On set - off set
Portraits of the stars, crew clowing around, big explosions and amazing locations… More from the set & off the set of Largo Winch II… First a few portraits…
Tomer Sisley, Polaroid - off Set in Belgium
Sharon Stone - Cologne, Germany
Ulrich Tukur, Belgium
Napakpapha Nakprasitte Brussels, Belgium
All pics © Cedric Arnold
Laurent Terzieff
Laurent Terzieff in Cologne, May 2010 © Cedric Arnold / realfeatures.com
French cinema and theatre lost one of its great talents last week when Laurent Terzieff passed away. I had the honor of working with him on what turned out to be his very last day at work. I arranged a portrait session between scenes – Above are some of the resulting images – shot with my trusty old Bronica SQ.
It felt very strange when I heard the news; after all, we’d only wrapped filming just over a month before… The conversations I had with him were extraordinary, he was so giving, he told me about his experiences with Godard, Luis Bunuel and all the greats… We chatted on several occasions throughout that day in Cologne while lighting and camera gear was set up for different scenes… About cinematography, the superb candle-lit scenes in Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon, the magnificent tones in Welles’ The Third Man… How actors need to adapt when moving from the stage to the film set, the eye line, the pace of sentences…
It was fascinating and I wish I could have spoken longer with him. I was humbled by his experience, knowledge and kindness. The first assistant came to tell us he was needed back on set – Mr Terzieff could see I was not done yet and said “lets finish this roll shall we, it won’t make any difference if I’m a few minutes late and we’ll make sure you have what you need”. RIP
It’s a wrap!
I just completed a four month gig, shooting movie stills for French action flick Largo Winch 2 in Thailand (Mae Hong Son, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Pai), Belgium & Germany…
A jeep flies up in the air as an explosion is triggered. The whole set was eventually blown up © Pan Europeenne / Cedric Arnold
It was a privilege to work with a great team and some of the best camera men, special effects and props people in the biz. Learned heaps, ready to shoot my first doco when I come back to Asia in July. Doing jobs and showing portfolios in Paris, London and NY until then.
Here are a few more images from the shoot. Obviously, I can’t show much until just before the release of the movie, but this will give you an idea… The movie is due out on Feb 16th 2011.
Largo Winch, played by Tomer Sisley, knocks out his opponent © Pan Europeenne / Cedric Arnold
The military camp set before it was blown up! © Pan Europeenne / Cedric Arnold
A flame thrower in action on the set, that’s one scary device… © Pan Europeenne / Cedric Arnold
keep an eye on my main site www.realfeatures.com for updates with portraits of the film’s actors
Black & White awards
These 2 shots recently won awards at this year’s Black & White Spider awards in the photojournalism and sports categories …
Phuket vegetarian festival fire crackers see the feature
Takraw players in Bangkok. See the feature
IPA Awards 2010
New look site up and running
Just finished redesigning my website. You can see all the new pages here
French photography museum
If wet plate collodion field photography, trekking and weight lifting happen to be your 3 hobbies, then this one’s for you. Complete with a portable lab, that folds up into a massive wooden backpack the whole kit weighs a “mere” 12.4 kg (without tripod), circa 1870 that was apparently ultra light. When you see how small the camera (about the size of a 4×5”) looks compared to the lab case, it gives you an idea of the mad proportions of this “travel photographer’s” kit.
Dimensions: H. 107 x L. 92 x P. 80 cm - 12,4 kg.
This is one of many amazing cameras on display at the “Musée français de la Photographie” (the French photography museum in Bièvres, a small town near Versailles. The place is absolutely crammed with cameras form the classic Rolleis and Leicas to some incredibly strange modified large format models…
L: A camera for a carrier pigeon!
R: A modified technika Linhof 4×5, turned into a giant twin lens reflex, now that must be really light!
L: This large format camera was huge at least 20×24″ couldn’t find any info on the strange periscope-like lens. Designed for a narrow L shaped studio perhaps!
R: A Rolleiflex with a transparent panel showing the mechanism inside
ZEISS IKON - Contarex in perfect condition with a selenium cell
Musée français de la Photographie
78, rue de Paris
91570 Bièvres
Tel : 01 69 35 16 50
Fax : 01 60 19 21 11
“Vintage Film” part 2
After a portrait shoot with my 4×5 I used a couple of sheets more of 12 and 15 year “vintage” expired polaroid - I was amazed that the Polaroid 55 negative gave as much detail (I believe I was told when it was given to me that it was about 15 years old!) The print came out ok too but of course not with the proper exposure since the shot was exposed for the negative…
© Cedric Arnold
The Polaroid 52 print rendered a huge amount of grain - it obviously doesn’t “age” as well…
© Cedric Arnold
Brick Lane
Sorting through hundreds of negatives, slides, contact sheets was a painful process but some completely forgotten images resurfaced, notably random color, black and white 6×6 and 35mm images taken in London’s Brick Lane / Hoxton / Old Street areas between 1999 and 2001…
Sunday morning in Brick Lane © Cedric Arnold
Another Sunday morning in Hoxton Sq © Cedric Arnold
More to come soon…
Bangkok’s own photo festival
PHOTOZERO 2009 / BANGKOK
Don’t miss this if you’re in Bangkok this weekend March 13th-15th
At Raindogs Bar
© Michael Coyne www.michaelcoyne.com.au
By photographers for photographers, the second annual meeting of PhotoZero will take place next week in Bangkok. World class photographers including Nic Dunlop, Jason P. Howe, Paula Bronstein, James Nachtwey, Michael Coyne & Thierry Falise will showcase their work, and engage the audience on the important social role played by documentary photography. And everyone is welcome.
We hope you can make the time and join the discussions and be part of this experience.
Entrance fee: 200 baht (includes food)
Drinks and food from 1700. Slideshow at 1900 sharp(ish).
More info map and detailled shedule here
www.photozero.org
Email:photozerobangkok@gmail.com