Update: the photo was selected to be included in the Joy Unfiltered 2025 exhibition by Allora Gallery.
My candid behind the scenes photograph, Any Clown Can Make A Movie was a winner in the Los Angeles Photography Awards, 21st edition 2024, and at the ICE CineFest 2024 in the Behind The Scenes category in both.
It was the year 2000 and I was shooting a mockumentary film on the Santa Monica beach.
The film was about a b-movie director with delusions of grandeur. His cinematographer was literally a clown, shooting the movie in between his kids’ birthday parties and confirming the proclamation of the title.
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While taking a break, I grabbed the attention of the actor playing the clown who was having a smoke and the cinematographer for the mockumentary and shot this candid behind the scenes photo on 35mm film.
This frame perfectly encapsulates the absurdness and promise of low budget filmmaking.
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