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War Photographer (on the big screen)

May 12th, 2007 * Comments(0)

we return to regular programming after this short commercial break… ;)

War Photographer is a documentary by Christian Frei about James Nachtwey (the war photographer). Don’t miss the opportunity to enjoy it in a really big home theatre ;)

Screening on Thursday, May 24th @ 18.00 – FERI, G2-Gama (second floor on the right).

Here’s the flyer with some more info:
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Also by Christian Frei – the Giant Buddhas. Same place, same time, a week earlier (May 17th)

The email interviews

April 25th, 2007 * Comments(0)

Reading a post by Jason Calacanis about refusing to do a phone interview for Wired got me in a t’riffic mood. Of course Wired didn’t hold back but the thing that makes this amusing is the fact that Calacanis is so paranoid about being misquoted he’ll only do email interviews.

I can understand his “I don’t need publicity” position but what I fail to understand is how someone like himself doesn’t recognize how boring such interviews are for the journalists and especially for people to read. The whole point of an interview is the interaction between both parties involved. It’s about the spontaneity, follow-up questions and answers, digging deep, pushing the envelope of what you can get out of a person. When you look at it from such a perspective you might be inclined to believe Calacanis is simply affraid of being led into a trap and revealing too much.

Sure, you’ll be misquoted a few times but that’s easily rectified. Just as easy as doing it all by email.

28 millimetres

April 03rd, 2007 * Comments(1)

A JR and Ladj Ly collaboration, a portrait of a parisian ghetto in 28mm. Excellent film, excellent photography, excellent idea, excellent guerrila tactics for the exhibit.

Lovin it…

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