April 2025

President’s Desk — April 2025

In the wake of the recent ASC Awards, held on February 23 at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles, I find myself reflecting on the sense of community that is prevalent throughout our cinematography family. In fact, our art form was built on the very concept of joining together to collaborate, as cinematographers from our nation’s East Coast linked up with their counterparts from the West Coast to solve a technical issue that all had been experiencing: Static electricity generated by their hand-cranked cameras was causing spots on their film negatives. Shelly Johnson, ASC (Portrait by John Simmons, ASC) The two groups shared in ways that went far beyond their thoughts on static discharge: They found a common passion that benefited the...more