Synopsis
What you will learn in this film…
Photographer Jane Evelyn Atwood’s story • Her work prior to the selecting of images • The work print • Two interpretations of a photographic print • The photographer checking proofs as they come off the press• The machine proofs • Slices of prostitutes’ lives• Jane Evelyn Atwood’s decisive encounters • The cameras used for her series on prostitutes• The influence of Diane Arbus at the beginning • Leonard Freed’s support • The bonds she formed with the people she photographed • Hanging her exhibition
Film chapters
00:00 From the lab to the printer’s
06:43 Slices of Pigalle life
11:28 How it all began
18:00 The importance of listening
Further exploration
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• PIGALLE PEOPLE, 1978-1979 - artist and author: Jane Evelyn Atwood ; 2018 ; Le Bec en L'Air ; French and English
• RUE DES LOMBARDS - artist and author: Jane Evelyn Atwood ; 2011 ; Editions Xavier Barral ; English
• JANE EVELYN ATWOOD PHOTO POCHE #125 - author: Catherine Chaine ; 2010 ; Centre National de la Photographie ; French
• HAÏTI - artist: Jane Evelyn Atwood ; author: Lyonel Trouillot ; 2008 ; Actes Sud ; French
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