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" Everyone whose work influences me is on a quest
to bring realism to a higher plane of poetry. "
like that, to show the students that you can still - especially earlier in my career, when I was stylized approaches. During that same period, I
perhaps trying to prove myself with more was also doing a deep study of Vittorio Storaro
be inventive and creative without all the toys.
In specific regard to lighting, my main early
influences were probably the photographers
William Eggleston and Nan Goldin, who bring
poetry to everyday subjects, and cinematographers Christopher Doyle, Slawomir Idziak and
Jean-Yves Escoffier, whose work also goes beyond realism. But another visual artist who's
had a big effect on me is James Turrell. His influence is more abstract, because he lights environments instead of people or scenes; when
you go to one of his exhibitions, it's almost like
you're entering a sacred space. I just find his
work a fascinating experience, even if I'm not
sure how it might directly influence the lighting that I do. As a person and an artist, it touches me.
When I first started looking at the work of
Bill Viola and James Turrell, I was still in my
20s, and I wasn't fully formed as a person yet.
I didn't have a spiritual side because I came
from a very agnostic family - my parents are
shrinks, and they're totally anti-religion. In
those years I didn't even have a connection
with nature; that didn't happen until my 30s,
when I did a lot of work in the jungle. Speaking from my perspective now, as an adult with
more life experience, I can see more clearly how
spiritual their work really is.
I think everyone whose work influences me
is on a quest to bring realism to a higher plane
of poetry - with some magical moment of the
light, or a special angle. In a way, that's what I'm
always trying to do - to find that heightened
moment of emotional reality that still feels real
and relatable for the audience.
Exploring Shadows and Light
By Kramer Morgenthau, ASC
I've been lucky to work on a variety of productions during my career - ranging from indies
and documentaries to fantasy series and superhero action films - and different artists
have influenced my cinematography, always in
a project-based way.
Many of my fellow cinematographers frequently reference Caravaggio, and his work
has had a huge influence on my work as well
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