10 movies
10 movies about photography every photographer should watch!I hope that this non-exhaustive list of photography movies will be a source of inspiration to gain new perspectives on the work that we photographers do! Enjoy!
1) Rear Window (1954): a wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors through his camera.
2) Blow-up (1966): a fashion photographer captures a murder taking place in the background of one of his photographs.
3) Proof (1991): an assistant describes to a blind photographer the images he takes.
4) Pecker (1998): an art dealer discovers a a small town shop employee, and turns him into a photography sensation.
5) War Photographer (2001): the story of a photojournalist in pursuit of covering global conflicts.
6) City of God (2002): a boy from the favelas of Brazil grows up to become a photographer.
7) William Eggleston –In the Real World (2005). Eggleston talks about his work and his contributions to the world of photography.
8) Hand Held (2010): a photographer documents the horrors of 20th century Romania.
9) The Bang Bang Club (2010): four photographers document the Apartheid in South Africa.
10) Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters (2012). Documentary style film about the author’s creative process.
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