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The Art of the Screen
by Jennifer Dalton


*Three Movie Women* by Peter Illig

Japanese-American photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto has produced several series of works, but perhaps his most sublime images occur when he turns his lens on old movie palaces and drive-ins.


*Playhouse #2* by Jane Calvin

He shoots his photographs while a real film is being projected on the screen, timing the length of his exposure to the length of the film. So if a movie is two hours long, that is the length of his photographic exposure.


*Arthur Porras's Studio* by Eric Blau

His is a careful science: in the finished photographs, the movie screen is entirely white, and a bit blurry around the edges. The white is the sum total of all the images of the entire projected film, which his camera has dutifully recorded. Meanwhile, the beautifully preserved movie palace, or serene drive-in, is perfectly, clearly visible.


*Desert Detail, Big Bend Park, Texas* by Rebecca Weinstein

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