In Praise of Shadows

H I A T U S

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Flowering Gum, 1958. Oil on composition board - John Brack

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today is the day ;)

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Clarice Beckett (Australian, 1887 - 1935): Bathing boxes, Brighton Beach (via Deutscher and Hackett)

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From Woman on a Terrace, Moon Chung hee.

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From Woman on a Terrace, Moon Chung hee.

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From Woman on a Terrace, Moon Chung hee.

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Australian costume and production designer Janet Patterson has died

Costume designer Janet Patterson, a four-time Oscar nominee for period films like Bright Star, The Portrait of a Lady and The Piano, has died.

The press-shy Patterson, a native of Sydney, frequently collaborated with directors Jane Campion and Gillian Armstrong and became known for her sumptuous 19th century costume creations.

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Louise Bourgeois, Portrait with Darned Cuffs

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Takehisa Yumeji 竹久夢二 (1884-1934)

Sofa de hon o miru onna ソファーで本を見る女 (Woman reading a book on the couch) - Japan - 1919

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that’s it. that’s the book

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April Story (Shunji Iwai, 1998)

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Happy Birthday, Catherine Breillat! Photo by Donald Weber.

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matisse

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Jane Campion b. 30 April, 1954

Campion was born the second of two daughters to actress Edith Campion and theatre director Richard M. Campion. Campion was raised in the theatrical New Zealand community where her parents were well known. Initially adopting a career in painting Campion later turned her attention to film and began to direct short films. 

Almost immediately Campion was recognized as an important voice in world cinema. Her early shorts screened at the Cannes Film Festival where she won the Short Film Palme d'Or, the highest honour achievable at the festival for a short film. 

Her 1989 feature film debut Sweetie played In Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. The festival further honoured her in 1993 by awarding her the Palme d’Or for her film The Piano making her the first (and as of 2015 the only) female director to have this honour.  She was also nominated for Best Director at the Oscars for The Piano, the second woman ever to be nominated in that category. 

Campion has directed 7 feature films, 7 shorts and an entire season of the crime drama Top of the Lake which goes into production on its second season in 2016.