The Darkroom Rumour

Films on photography to inspire your photography! www.thedarkroomrumour.com

[davidhudson]

Saul Leiter (December 3, 1923 – November 26, 2013), Harlem, 1960.

[vincekris]

Zbigniew Dłubak - Gesture | 1980

[regardintemporel]

Arno Rafael MINKKINEN

[yestertears]

[bigbendbabayaga]

Robert Frank "Nude (Marie) with Cat", 1950.

[thedarkroomrumour]

LEAVING HOME, COMING HOME: A PORTRAIT OF ROBERT FRANK (Documentary Film) GB - 2004 - 85' - Direction: Gerald Fox

More than just America, Robert Frank is a life of experimentation, of travel, of sensitivity. American by adoption, he returns to his roots in Europe, his apprenticeship and his first photos. Guided by intuition, he gravitates towards the cinema in the early 1960s, won over by the Beat Generation and its poetry. He revisits his career highlights while strolling through New York, Coney Island, places that shaped his work. He also invites us to his studio where he works "on life” with June Leaf, his wife. His photos and his films show how much his life and his work draw upon the same material.

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[hildeeveraert]

Harry Gruyaert, Moskou, Rusland, 1989

[thedarkroomrumour]

HARRY GRUYAERT, PHOTOGRAPHER (Documentary Film) Belgium - 2018 - 65′ - Direction: Gerrit Messiaen

Harry Gruyaert has a rare ability to compose colour. He avoids the pitfalls of the genre by creating nuanced images, with a feeling of loneliness, of tender irony, of the “beauty of ugliness”. A form of “Belgitude”, to echo the words of Aimé Césaire. But Harry Gruyaert is not “just” Belgian-Flemish; here we understand that his life abroad afforded him a clearer view of Belgium. We also understand that this silent hypersensitive is inhabited by photography.

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Photographs by Harry Gruyaert

[thedarkroomrumour]

HARRY GRUYAERT, PHOTOGRAPHER (Documentary Film) Belgium - 2018 - 65′ - Direction: Gerrit Messiaen

Harry Gruyaert has a rare ability to compose colour. He avoids the pitfalls of the genre by creating nuanced images, with a feeling of loneliness, of tender irony, of the “beauty of ugliness”. A form of “Belgitude”, to echo the words of Aimé Césaire. But Harry Gruyaert is not “just” Belgian-Flemish; here we understand that his life abroad afforded him a clearer view of Belgium. We also understand that this silent hypersensitive is inhabited by photography.

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[photographyartgallery]

by frederic fontenoy

[thedarkroomrumour]

INSIDE - FRÉDÉRIC FONTENOY (Documentary Film) France - 2017 -  25' - Direction: Thomas Goupille

An insight into the world of Frédéric Fontenoy through a photo shoot. His research with his models, his large format photography, his 1930s aesthetic and his collaboration with master printer Diamantino Quintas. In the tranquil setting of a Paris apartment, a time capsule straight out of the 1930s, three young models get ready. In the adjoining room, the photographer puts the finishing touches to a very elaborate mise en scene. Frédéric Fontenoy creates singular images, spending hours perfecting every detail...

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[geimfar]

By Harry Gruyaert

“There is no story. It’s just a question of shapes and light”

[thedarkroomrumour]

HARRY GRUYAERT, PHOTOGRAPHER (Documentary Film) Belgium - 2018 - 65′ - Direction: Gerrit Messiaen

Harry Gruyaert has a rare ability to compose colour. He avoids the pitfalls of the genre by creating nuanced images, with a feeling of loneliness, of tender irony, of the “beauty of ugliness”. A form of “Belgitude”, to echo the words of Aimé Césaire. But Harry Gruyaert is not “just” Belgian-Flemish; here we understand that his life abroad afforded him a clearer view of Belgium. We also understand that this silent hypersensitive is inhabited by photography.

Watch the film on The Darkroom Rumour

[henk-heijmans]

Mary and Pablo, 1954 - by Robert Frank (1924 - 2019), Swiss/American 

[thedarkroomrumour]

LEAVING HOME, COMING HOME: A PORTRAIT OF ROBERT FRANK (Documentary Film) GB - 2004 - 85' - Direction: Gerald Fox

More than just America, Robert Frank is a life of experimentation, of travel, of sensitivity. American by adoption, he returns to his roots in Europe, his apprenticeship and his first photos. Guided by intuition, he gravitates towards the cinema in the early 1960s, won over by the Beat Generation and its poetry. He revisits his career highlights while strolling through New York, Coney Island, places that shaped his work. He also invites us to his studio where he works "on life” with June Leaf, his wife. His photos and his films show how much his life and his work draw upon the same material.

Watch the full film on The Darkroom Rumour

[luzfosca]

Robert Frank. Times Square, 1947.

[thedarkroomrumour]

LEAVING HOME, COMING HOME: A PORTRAIT OF ROBERT FRANK (Documentary Film) GB - 2004 - 85' - Direction: Gerald Fox

More than just America, Robert Frank is a life of experimentation, of travel, of sensitivity. American by adoption, he returns to his roots in Europe, his apprenticeship and his first photos. Guided by intuition, he gravitates towards the cinema in the early 1960s, won over by the Beat Generation and its poetry. He revisits his career highlights while strolling through New York, Coney Island, places that shaped his work. He also invites us to his studio where he works "on life” with June Leaf, his wife. His photos and his films show how much his life and his work draw upon the same material.

Watch the full film on The Darkroom Rumour

[casadabiqueira]

U.S. 90, en route to Del Rio, Texas

Robert Frank, 1955

[thedarkroomrumour]

LEAVING HOME, COMING HOME: A PORTRAIT OF ROBERT FRANK (Documentary Film) GB - 2004 - 85’ - Direction: Gerald Fox

More than just America, Robert Frank is a life of experimentation, of travel, of sensitivity. American by adoption, he returns to his roots in Europe, his apprenticeship and his first photos. Guided by intuition, he gravitates towards the cinema in the early 1960s, won over by the Beat Generation and its poetry. He revisits his career highlights while strolling through New York, Coney Island, places that shaped his work. He also invites us to his studio where he works “on life” with June Leaf, his wife. His photos and his films show how much his life and his work draw upon the same material.

Watch the full film on The Darkroom Rumour

[zegalba]

USA. NYC. In a subway. 1996

Harry Gruyaert

[thedarkroomrumour]

HARRY GRUYAERT, PHOTOGRAPHER (Documentary Film) Belgium - 2018 - 65′ - Direction: Gerrit Messiaen

Harry Gruyaert has a rare ability to compose colour. He avoids the pitfalls of the genre by creating nuanced images, with a feeling of loneliness, of tender irony, of the “beauty of ugliness”. A form of “Belgitude”, to echo the words of Aimé Césaire. But Harry Gruyaert is not “just” Belgian-Flemish; here we understand that his life abroad afforded him a clearer view of Belgium. We also understand that this silent hypersensitive is inhabited by photography.

Watch the film on The Darkroom Rumour

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Frederic Fontenoy’s Self-Portrait from the collection “Inside”

[thedarkroomrumour]

INSIDE - FRÉDÉRIC FONTENOY (Documentary Film) France - 2017 -  25' - Direction: Thomas Goupille

An insight into the world of Frédéric Fontenoy through a photo shoot. His research with his models, his large format photography, his 1930s aesthetic and his collaboration with master printer Diamantino Quintas. In the tranquil setting of a Paris apartment, a time capsule straight out of the 1930s, three young models get ready. In the adjoining room, the photographer puts the finishing touches to a very elaborate mise en scene. Working with a large format view camera and assisted by his printer, he creates singular images, spending hours perfecting every detail.

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[gacougnol]

Frederic Fontenoy From “Inside” 2005

[thedarkroomrumour]

INSIDE - FRÉDÉRIC FONTENOY (Documentary Film) France - 2017 -  25' - Direction: Thomas Goupille

An insight into the world of Frédéric Fontenoy through a photo shoot. His research with his models, his large format photography, his 1930s aesthetic and his collaboration with master printer Diamantino Quintas. In the tranquil setting of a Paris apartment, a time capsule straight out of the 1930s, three young models get ready. In the adjoining room, the photographer puts the finishing touches to a very elaborate mise en scene. Frédéric Fontenoy creates singular images, spending hours perfecting every detail...

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[colonellickburger]

Robert Frank. People You Don't See: After lunch Connie jokes with other workers outside the factory. NYC 1951

[thedarkroomrumour]

LEAVING HOME, COMING HOME: A PORTRAIT OF ROBERT FRANK (Documentary Film) GB - 2004 - 85' - Direction: Gerald Fox

More than just America, Robert Frank is a life of experimentation, of travel, of sensitivity. American by adoption, he returns to his roots in Europe, his apprenticeship and his first photos. Guided by intuition, he gravitates towards the cinema in the early 1960s, won over by the Beat Generation and its poetry. He revisits his career highlights while strolling through New York, Coney Island, places that shaped his work. He also invites us to his studio where he works "on life” with June Leaf, his wife. His photos and his films show how much his life and his work draw upon the same material.

Watch the full film on The Darkroom Rumour

[tipsfrompi]

INSIDE FRÉDÉRIC FONTENOY , FR.

[thedarkroomrumour]

INSIDE - FRÉDÉRIC FONTENOY (Documentary Film) France - 2017 -  25' - Direction: Thomas Goupille

An insight into the world of Frédéric Fontenoy through a photo shoot. His research with his models, his large format photography, his 1930s aesthetic and his collaboration with master printer Diamantino Quintas. In the tranquil setting of a Paris apartment, a time capsule straight out of the 1930s, three young models get ready. In the adjoining room, the photographer puts the finishing touches to a very elaborate mise en scene. Frédéric Fontenoy creates singular images, spending hours perfecting every detail...

Watch the full film on The Dakroom Rumour !