Cinematographers represent the intimate union of art and technology for which the motion picture camera has become a substantial metaphor. Digital technology provides a contemporary tool for image capture, intermediate refinements, and eventual motion picture distribution, underscoring integration of the cinematographer throughout the filmmaking process. Despite their essential role, cinematographers have historically been denied recognition effusively provided to other members of the filmmaking team.
We advocate that the time has come for the cinematographer to be acknowledged as an author of “film” and as an artist with a refined technologist’s instinct and expertise.
Cinematographer’s Day provides the fertile venue for artistic and scientific exchange within the filmmaking community and the opportunity to influence filmmaking throughout the world.
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