Laura: “I don’t know if you are a detective or a pervert!” Jeff: “That’s for me to know and you to find out. This dialog defines the role game that has to be played by characters and audience in order to understand David Lynch’s masterpiece “Blue Velvet” (1986). The film is all about contrasting the […]
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Lisa Gidley
Originally from Kansas City, and now based in Portland, Lisa Gidley is an American photographer that “finds images as a sport”. She fell in love with photography in NYC, but her most recent work focuses on urban public spaces. Make sure to check her most recent work on her website or tumblr.
The Colorful Compositions of Saul Leiter
Here is a humble man never leaded by fame. Saul Leiter’s abstract paintings gave his photography a distinctive approach, with his pastel tones and large color areas, he is a pioneer of color. His compositions using reflections, windows, fog, negative spaces have come to defy all the rules at the time. His sensibility and alternative way of seeing was revealed […]
Virgin Suicides
For the second edition of Movie Picks we chose Virgin Suicides by Sofia Coppola. Based on a novel by Jefferey Eugenides, the film portrays through a dreamlike imaginery the life of the Lisbon sisters, seen from the point of view of adolescent boys fantasizing about their teenage crushes and the mystery behind them. What we […]
Katherine Squier
Katherine Squier (27) is an American photographer from Austin, Texas whose pictures are like a reminiscence of a young summer, filled with new discoveries and experiences. Photographing with a Canon AE-1 (a personal favorite here at Velvet Eyes), and inspired by light, she manages to capture unique moments that will appeal to your deepest memories and […]
Vertigo
A fascinating film such as Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo is what makes this section come to life. Based on the novel D’entre les morts, this psychological thriller from 1958 takes us into a tragic love story as sensual as cerebral. Hitchcock brightly uses the figure of the spiral and circular travelings to support the idea of vertigo, […]