Joseph Losey was orchestrating a deeply personal project that brought artists and professionals together who lived through what they were showing.
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Alexandre Trauner and Joseph Losey: Crafting the World of M Klein
When Joseph Losey set out to make M Klein in 1976, he turned to one of Europe’s most celebrated art directors, Alexandre Trauner, to help bring wartime Paris to life. Their collaboration on this film was not just a meeting of two accomplished professionals, but a convergence of personal histories and artistic philosophies that shaped the film’s haunting atmosphere and visual authenticity.
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Reginald Beck: Invisible Artisan of Cinema
Reginald Beck (1902-1992) edited eighteen films of Losey’s, beginning in 1958 and stretching to Losey’s last, in 1985.
Laughter in the shadows: The chilling cabaret scene of M Klein
Losey hired Frantz Salieri to bring his flamboyant and imaginative queer cabaret style to M Klein.
Posted in Joseph Losey, Artists, Europe, Paris
Tags: Frantz Salieri, French Cinema, History of Film, Joseph Losey, Paris, queer cabaret
Tags: Frantz Salieri, French Cinema, History of Film, Joseph Losey, Paris, queer cabaret
Homage to Margot Capelier, Casting Director for M Klein
Margot Capelier was known and admired in French Cinema for being the first Casting Director in France, if not Europe. She was a poignant example of a person who put their heart into the profession, helping a lot of people, but remaining in the shadows herself.
Return to Damascus is my new book of photographs, available for order, that preserves fleeting impressions and the spirit of a place through the lens. Accompanied by brief reflections and memories, the photographs offer a tribute to the place and its people, focusing on enduring character and the subtle interplay of light, architecture, and tradition. Return to Damascus is a quiet celebration of observation and memory, inviting viewers to participate.
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| How Many Roads? is a book of photographs by Jonathan Sa'adah, available for order, offering an unglossy but deeply human view of the period from 1968 to 1975 in richly detailed, observant images that have poignant resonance with the present. Ninety-one sepia photographs reproduced with an introduction by Teju Cole, essays by Beth Adams, Hoyt Alverson, and Steven Tozer, and a preface by the photographer. | |
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