Letter From the President Blog
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Letter From the President
Letter From the President: Careers Take Unpredictable Twists and Turns
For cinematographers, thinking about one’s career trajectory is a daily concern that sometimes verges on obsession, as various projects are considered.
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Letter From the President: The Spirit of Cinematography
In the spirit of the season of award presentations, it is time to turn away from our everyday challenges and remind ourselves of core creative ambitions for cinematographers.
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Letter from the President: Working Through the New Normal
We must go about the business of living and working in the modified and masked manner we have learned over the last two years.
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Letter from the President: It’s Time for a Broad Conversation by the Entire Filmmaking Community
In Halyna’s memory, we need to do better on set.
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Letter From the President: “We Mourn Her Loss”
“We deplore this senseless failure of long-established on-set firearm protocols.”
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Letter from the President: What Happened to “Do The Right Thing”?
We went from a pandemic of Covid-19 to a “pandemic of the unvaccinated” — and, in our business, a long struggle over establishing more reasonable working hours for cinematographers and other crewmembers.
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Letter From the President: You Have to Have Something to Sing About
“Indie production” — or independent film — can refer to a small film, a low-budget film, and so on, but really, “indie” should be seen as referring to a film with independent spirit.
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Letter From the President: The Decisive Moment
Photography remains the root technology of cinematography, and one of the best tools for teaching cinematography.