Painting with Light

An experimental video essay, Painting With Light, adapts a chapter from John Alton's 1949 cinematography textbook of the same name. In a section titled "Day or Night, Ladies watch your Light... Read allAn experimental video essay, Painting With Light, adapts a chapter from John Alton's 1949 cinematography textbook of the same name. In a section titled "Day or Night, Ladies watch your Light," Alton proposes an aesthetics of feminine masquerade, arguing that the soft lighting gla... Read allAn experimental video essay, Painting With Light, adapts a chapter from John Alton's 1949 cinematography textbook of the same name. In a section titled "Day or Night, Ladies watch your Light," Alton proposes an aesthetics of feminine masquerade, arguing that the soft lighting glamour photography principles of Hollywood ought to be practiced by all women in everyday li... Read all