the following narrative is from Cyndi who brought James to f8 as a guest today "James Chressanthis ASC, GSC traveled from his home in Topanga Canyon to be our guest at F8, He shared his life’s journey with the group which included a short film that he shot on a 16mm windup Bollex in Greece of his family working in the fields harvesting wheat. It was that experience that provided the epiphany for his pursuit of expanding his interests from being a still photographer into a budding young cinematographer. He was fortunate to have the opportunity to learn at the elbows of Hungarian cinematographer, Vilmos Zsigmond. The camera has been a passport for James and he brought numerous prints of his work from Mongolia, Russian, Greece etc. His photography collages are complex, full of symbolism and dotted with images of his family. At the end of the morning’s presentation, James showed a short film of Berlin that he shot on super 8 and then transferred to digital. He emphasized the importance for him to portray what ‘real life looks like’ in all of his work." His wife, Robin Becker, a visual artist www.robinbeckerartist.com was also in attendance. His links are below....cinema http://chressanthis.com/cinematography/ photography http://jameschressanthisascgsc.zenfolio.com James' presentation was rich in oral and visual content...below are samples of his photography
First set are B&W; second set are his assemblages and the last set below are collages
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Rod Williams
9/23/2018 10:36:42 pm
Excellent presentation!
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