Inspirational images

[Ralph Tabith]

 

 

[Leo Anthony Vale]

 

[Ralph Tabith]

loving the rocket ship, famous illustrator?

[David Mullen ASC]

Not having any scans of paintings that I like, I'll repost my favorite movie images:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Chris Keth]

Boy is that an open invitation. I find a lot I like in large format photography. The equipment forces it to be very though out and planned and composed. There is the possibility for either very shallow depth of field or for everything to be sharp as a tack. The tendancy toward very round irises and old lenses gives me a lot to look at, too:

 

I also have an affinity for very handmade photographs. Handmade emulsions, collodion, tintypes, very old lenses, et cetera. All have a unique one-of-a-kindness and I find the "flaws" beautiful:

[Kieran Scannell]

David,

 

What's the fifth still from? Can't place it. Surprised there's no Ridley in there by the way!

 

Kieran.

[Chris Keth]

Here are a couple more I was thinking of:

[Chris Keth]

David,

 

What's the fifth still from? Can't place it. Surprised there's no Ridley in there by the way!

 

Kieran.

 

That's from Lawrence of Arabia

[Kieran Scannell]

Thanks Chris!

 

I thought it might be.

 

I think if i start posting images i won't be able to stop! I watched a documentary on Akira Kurosawa last night so I'm kind of saturated in extraordinary imagery at the moment.

 

Loved your stills also BTW. Who shot the three heads? Looks familiar.

 

Kieran.

[Chris Keth]

Loved your stills also BTW. Who shot the three heads? Looks familiar.

 

Kieran.

 

That is work by Quinn Jacobson. He works exclusively in the wet collodion negative process and in ambrotypes. I first saw some of his work in Ogden, UT where we both grew up, albeit twenty years apart. I believe he works in Germany now.

[Ralph Tabith]

some inspired movie imagery =

 

 

 

[David Mullen ASC]

If you're going to show a frame of a Kurosawa anamorphic movie like "Yojimbo", please show the whole frame. ;)

 

Here are some frames I've posted over the years (the last two from "Red Beard"):

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ralph Tabith]

If you're going to show a frame of a Kurosawa anamorphic movie like "Yojimbo", please show the whole frame. ;)

 

True, I should be more respectful of Kurosawa :) - watched seven samurai at a local cinema recently, hairs stood up on the back of my neck ! the last image is beautiful, almost caravaggio like with the chiaroscuro lighting..

Edited September 25, 2007 by Ralph Tabith

[Leo Anthony Vale]

loving the rocket ship, famous illustrator?

 

It's by Chesley Bonestell, the astronomical painter. It was the cover illustration on Willy Ley's "The Conquest of Space",

which was written as a showcase for Bonestell's paintings.

He also worked on georg Pal movies, notably 'Destination Moon' and 'When World's Collide'.

 

 

Prior to the astronomical paintings he was a matte painter at RKO, worked on 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' and 'Citizen Kane'

 

The other is Alma-Tadema's 'Antony and Cleopatra', the Greek queen of Egypt.

The 'research image' function wouldn't work with larger versions.

 

I love the multiple planes and the various frames within frames. & the big grey quinquiremes contrasting with the opulent barge.

The shield on the left is reflecting the barge.

 

Here's a larger, more detailed version:

 

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...l%3Den%26sa%3DN

[Chris Keth]

The other is Alma-Tadema's 'Antony and Cleopatra', the Greek queen of Egypt.

The 'research image' function wouldn't work with larger versions.

 

I love the multiple planes and the various frames within frames. & the big grey quinquiremes contrasting with the opulent barge.

The shield on the left is reflecting the barge.

 

Here's a larger, more detailed version:

 

That's much more impressive in a larger size. How large is the original?

[Leo Anthony Vale]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ralph Tabith]

It's by Chesley Bonestell, the astronomical painter. It was the cover illustration on Willy Ley's "The Conquest of Space",

which was written as a showcase for Bonestell's paintings.

He also worked on georg Pal movies, notably 'Destination Moon' and 'When World's Collide'.

 

I will look him up - a contemporary artist who has used sci fi imagery is this guy / glenn brown \ his paintings are meticulous -

 

[Ralph Tabith]

[Rod Otaviano]

A few frames from some movies I like:

 

[Leo Anthony Vale]

That's much more impressive in a larger size. How large is the original?

 

'Antony and Cleopatra' is 25.75"x36.25".

One would Expect it to be bigger.

[Mike Williamson]

Leo, I love the Eisenstein stills, especially the shot of Ivan with the trail of miniature peasants snaking up towards him. I remember first seeing that image in film studies book and rushing out to get ahold of the DVD's, great images throughout both parts of that film.

[Chris Keth]

'Antony and Cleopatra' is 25.75"x36.25".

One would Expect it to be bigger.

 

Yeah, I was expecting something at least 5 or 6 feet tall. That's almost disappointing. <_<

[Bill Totolo]

A few images that I revisit:

 

Edmond Francois Aman-Jean "Hesiod Listening to the Inspiration of the Muse"

 

 

 

 

 

Joan Miro

 

Claude Monet

 

Stencil art

[Leo Anthony Vale]

I'm getting a bit carried away since I found the 'Helen of Troy' site, but that and 'The Mysterians' were major

films from my childhood.

 

This particular image of the horse outside the city has stuck with me all my life":

 

 

Deep focus on a night exterior with ASA 25 film.

 

Look at the left edge of the spear on the left.

It's two passes. The unlit spears are out of focus on the back ground pass, causing some spill over.

 

And the harbor of Troy was a recurring dream image for 20 years.

 

 

Admittedly the dream image was from a Heddy Lamarr movie, rather than the Robert Wise one.

But I can't find screen grabs of that one.

[Bill Totolo]

A few more images. I like these not only for visual impact but the history behind the images.

 

Picasso's "Guernica"

 

Rembrandt's "The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis (cut-down), 1661-62"

 

Georges Seurat's "Un dimanche de la Grande Jatte"