March 2025

Tari Segal Welcomed as New ASC Member

Born in Chicago, Tari Segal was immersed in the city’s jazz scene from an early age. Surrounded by great artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, who frequented her father Joe’s legendary club The Jazz Showcase, founded in 1947, she was drawn to the expressive, improvisational elements and style of the music, which have inspired her camerawork. She became a film fan in part due to her father, with whom she frequently watched movies, and the sci-fi adventure The Abyss — shot by Mikael Salomon, ASC — was “one of our favorites. I’m not sure if the movie had a strong impression on me or the act of watching it with my dad made it a lasting memory.” Segal had a camera in her hands at an early age, as her family encouraged her growing interest in...more