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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: Iluvmycam on July 08, 2015, 09:28:41 am

Title: I used to think that view cam photogs were the most anal of our breed...
Post by: Iluvmycam on July 08, 2015, 09:28:41 am

But, the grand prize for 'analness', when it comes to freezing time, has to go to Ron Fricke. When he shot his movie Samsara, the small crew had to lug around 70 pieces of cargo...to 26 countries.

http://photohostsnapshots.tumblr.com/image/123547096728

Highly rec the movie for prettiness. Mesmerizing and beautiful film. Interesting fact, film had a budget of 4 million and the box office receipts didn't even meet the budget for production costs.

Just underscores that pretty pix are a dime a dozen...or even free.

http://www.amazon.com/Sunrise-around-world-Photo-Gallery-ebook/dp/B00ROCZ2JG/ref=pd_sim_sbs_kstore_9?ie=UTF8&refRID=16FNDDPK30NZ1MN5T7FJ


http://www.amazon.com/Spectacular-Mountain-Lakes-Photo-Gallery-ebook/dp/B00QU1H3NK/ref=pd_sim_sbs_kstore_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=0GHX6N388YGCDGWS8V3J

...unless your name is Lik!

Title: Re: I used to think that view cam photogs were the most anal of our breed...
Post by: pcgpcg on July 08, 2015, 07:54:01 pm

Samsara should have won an Oscar for something. It's an awesome movie and a testament to under-appreciated art.

Title: Re: I used to think that view cam photogs were the most anal of our breed...
Post by: Alan Klein on July 20, 2015, 11:18:24 pm

It seems this is the kind of movie that works better on TV.  Not many people would spend the cost of theater tickets for a travelogue, as terrific as it may be.  Was it ever shown on broadcast or cable?