Sunday, January 21, 2007
Today I wandered into the DVD store at the Mall and while browsing I found a DVD called Ashes and Snow.It is a film by Gregory Colbert, a Canadian born artist, who takes *exceptionally* (this by the way is an understatement) beautiful pictures of animals and their relationship with humans. His pictures are all sepia-toned to perfection. After ten years of capturing these images, he launched his Ashes and Snow exhibition in 2002 in Italy, and believe it or not, the exhibition is coming to Asia - Tokyo, Japan to be more specific, from the 11th March to 24th June 2007.
While the film itself has no storyline (yes I suppose it does qualify as an Arts Film and hence is an acquired taste) fellow photographers and aspiring directors/cinematographers should check out his work. No words will describe the beauty he's managed to capture both in photography and film. Below is Chapter 1 of the DVD, a sequence with a small boat floating through a group of elephants. Judge for yourself his work. If you do get the DVD, check out Chapter 5 (I think) the one with a child lying in the sands of a wind-swept desert with 2 cheetahs by his side. Simply exquisite work.
While the film itself has no storyline (yes I suppose it does qualify as an Arts Film and hence is an acquired taste) fellow photographers and aspiring directors/cinematographers should check out his work. No words will describe the beauty he's managed to capture both in photography and film. Below is Chapter 1 of the DVD, a sequence with a small boat floating through a group of elephants. Judge for yourself his work. If you do get the DVD, check out Chapter 5 (I think) the one with a child lying in the sands of a wind-swept desert with 2 cheetahs by his side. Simply exquisite work.
For more information on Ashes and Snow Exhibition, images and film, go to the Ashes and Snow Homepage.
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