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Contacts, Vol. 2: The Renewal of Contemporary Photography DVD

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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: FACETS VIDEO
EAN: 9781565804821
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 1565804821
Label: Arte
Manufacturer: Arte
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Arte
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 25, 2005
Running Time: 143 minutes
Sales Rank: 33854
Studio: Arte
Theatrical Release Date: 2005




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Product Description:
The world's greatest photographers reveal the secrets behind their images in this collection of short personal films. Using images (contact prints proofs prints or slides) with commentary by the artists the program utilizes an original perspective to uncover the artistic processes of the greatest contemporary photographers. Volume Two features Sophie Calle Nan Goldin Sarah Moon Andreas Gursky Thomas Ruff and other contemporary masters. In English and French with English subtitles. France 1992-2000 System Requirements:Running Time 143 mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: FOREIGN/LATIN UPC: 736899058029



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Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Unique and Thought Provoking
This DVD collects 11 filmed segments made for French Television over the course of several years. Each segment is almost exactly 13 minutes long.

In each segment an individual photographer speaks about their work - their own personal backgrounds, their inspirations, their methodology and their objectives. In some cases they speak their own commentary, and in other cases a narrator reads their commentary, speaking in the first person. In either case the commentary comes directly from ... Read More



Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Unusual But Still Interesting
This French "Contacts" series (I have three) is a rather unusual body of documentary work. Basically you are presented with a series of photographers talking about themselves and their work. On screen you see their images, or contact sheets of their work, but never the artist. The sound is either the translated monologue with the native language in the background or, depending on you language selection (English / French) the actual artist's voice.

The visual quality, in terms of design ... Read More



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - great nuggets
The format of the DVD is great for breaking up and talking about the work geared toward specific projects/subjects--people vs. landscapes etc. But it is also great because you're hearing the artist speak a little about his concept or method and the backstory of his imagery/series. True, the translator (English or French) sounds stilted and hokey and doesn't quite drown out the native tongue--but c'mon. This is photography as art, not reportage or documentation--therefore, it should not be watched as ... Read More



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Photographers include...
Covers the following photographers: Sophie Calle, Nan Goldin, Duane Michals, Sarah Moon, Nobuyoshi Araki, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Ruff, Jeff Wall, Lewis Baltz, Jean-Marc Bustamante.





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