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Modern Instances: The Craft of Photography, by Stephen Shore

February 2022
MACK (UK, EU)

‘Shore’s work has been a personal inspiration from my earliest interaction with it. With Modern Instances, I am humbled to have his profound insight into the rigorous over-thinking that made it possible. This insight, delivered with such clarity, grace, and humility, will no doubt affect how you make or appreciate photographs – it might even alter how you see.’ David Fincher

‘Shore’s memoir is as riveting as it is illuminating – an almost deceptively seamless narrative of experiences, associations, correspondences, images, and remarkable erudition that testify to the mind’s eye through which, from the beginning of his career, Shore has transformed the seemingly spontaneous configurations of his photography into profound works of art.’ Jane Kramer

‘Modern Instances is like a conversation among friends. It reveals a deeply inquiring mind, and renders making photographs, and looking at them, one of the most exciting and humane of pursuits.’ Sandra Phillips

‘Although the dream is a very strange phenomenon and an inexplicable mystery, far more inexplicable is the mystery and aspect our minds confer on certain objects and aspects of life.’ Giorgio de Chirico

Stephen Shore’s Modern Instances: The Craft of Photography is an experimental new memoir from one of the world’s most prolific artists — an impressionistic scrapbook that documents the rich and surprising touchstones that make up over half a century of ground-breaking work. With essays, photographs, stories, and excerpts that draw on Shore’s decades of teaching, this is an essential handbook for anyone interested in learning more about mastering one’s craft and the distinct threads that come together to inform a creative voice. As much as offering meditation on the influences of a single artist, Modern Instances proposes a new way of thinking about the world around us, in which even the smallest moment can become a source of boundless inspiration — if only we pay attention.

Silkscreen printed linen hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-913620-53-0
Dimensions: 17 x 24.5cm
Page Count: 224 pages
Price: €38 / £30 / $45

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How Stephen Shore’s Photographs Inspired Netflix’s Mindhunter

The Mank Production Images by Miles Crist

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“Excited to share these images which I have been working on for the past year in support of Mank. Thank you to David Fincher and Ceán Chaffin for the opportunity to witness and photograph the production of this incredibly unique film. Scorsese said that the most personal is the most creative, and as such, Mank is Fincher’s best film yet.” [1]

“I shot everything digitally, 95% of it on a Leica Q2. I spent a lot of time making everything look like 4×5 – scanning vintage negatives to place around the images, decreasing depth of field/softening the photos by adding Gaussian blur in Photoshop, adding shadow and highlight halation, dodging and burning every image to get the best tonality out of the files while emulating panchromatic film, adding vignetting, and the right amount of grain. I could never have achieved these shots using 4×5, and it was David Fincher’s idea to do this all digitally, and in the process make something that looks even better than film.”

“The reason I chose the Q2 was for its high resolution, as well as its ability to achieve shallow depth of field on a wide angle lens, which I then augmented even further in post.”

“I didn’t push the ISO very often, shooting at f1.7 helped. I don’t like to go above base (50) on the Q2. For Mindhunter I used the Q, as the Q2 wasn’t out yet.” [2]

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The Mindhunter Art Department (2)


July 11, 2020
Mindhunter Art Department (Instagram)

Production Designer: Steve Arnold

Art Director: Oana Bogdan Miller

Set Decorator: Andrew Baseman

Graphic Designer: Carly Sertic

Photos by Nikolai Loveikis

Stills of Life: Miles Crist

Billy Moon (Safflare)
November 21, 2019
Stills of Life (Podcast)

Actors, producers, models, and other artists share, encourage, and reveal their professional experiences, failures, accomplishments and authentic selves.

‘Mindhunter‘ still & behind-the-scenes photographer, Miles Crist, shares his incredible path from knowing the right person at the right time to winning the 8-month job of photographing BTS of ‘Mindhunter‘ for Netflix, jumping from Columbia to Art Center, the demanding surprises of the profession, his passion for films, learning from David Fincher, and working for him again this winter.

Check out his website at milescrist.com!

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The Mindhunter Art Department

October 1, 2019
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The Command Post Bar. A popular bar in Quantico, Virginia. Quantico is surrounded by the Quantico US Marine Corps base and is home to the FBI training academy. The Command Post Pub was owned by the mayor of Quantico and was a common hang out for marines. The Mindhunter crew built this whole bar on stage, using part of a salvaged mahogany bar, adding faux brick walls and a coffered ceiling. Construction, painters, plasterers, and Set Dec did an amazing job. Photos by Nikolai Loveikis #mindhunter #netflix #art #artdepartment #cinematography #film #television #productiondesign #quantico #commandpost #fbi #marines #80s #1981 #adg #artdirectorsguild #union #pittsburgh #pa #bar #pub @adg800 @mindhunterseries @mindhunter @mindhunterfans

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The Omni Hotel in Atlanta. Today, it is the world headquarters for CNN, but back in 1981, it was the Omni Hotel filled with an ice skating rink, movie theaters, arcades, and even an indoor amusement park (The World of Sid and Marty Krofft). Our team transformed the abandoned Century III Mall in Pittsburgh into the Omni lobby, building mahogany paneled walls, marble columns to cover existing posts, and a curved glass elevator. While the rest of the mall was added in post with green screen, our team masterfully turned an abandoned Macy’s into 1981 luxury. Photos by Nikolai Loveikis. #mindhunter #netflix #serialkiller #atlanta #georgia #cnn #artdepartment #film #television #behindthescenes #hotel #1981 #80s #omni #omnihotel #atlantachildmurders #fbi #holdenford #billtench #pittsburgh #centuryiiimall #mall #adg #union #artdirectorsguild @adg800 @mindhunterseries @mindhunter @mindhunterfans

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The Omni Hotel Lobby in Atlanta. Today, it is the world headquarters for CNN, but back in 1981, it was the Omni Hotel featuring an ice skating rink, movie theaters, arcades, and even an indoor amusement park (The World of Sid and Marty Krofft). You can read more about the Omni during the Atlanta Child Murders in James Baldwin’s article in the December 1981 Playboy magazine and his book “The Evidence of Things Not Seen.” It was here where Wayne Williams handed out flyers searching for young talented singers. Our incredible graphic artist Leni Diamantopoulos recreated our period-accurate store logos for Waldenbooks, Musicland, Gold Mine arcade, and Orange Julius. The Gold Mine facade was built and plastered to look like real stone, and our Set Dec team went above and beyond to dress every storefront. Photos by Nikolai Loveikis #mindhunter #netflix #artdepartment #design #atlanta #omni #cnn #hotel #omnihogel #pittsburgh #centuryiiimall #mall #musicland #orangejulius #goldmine #arcade #waldenbooks #waynewilliams #serialkiller #atlantachildmurders #1981 #80s #adg #union #artdirectorsguild @adg800 @mindhunterseries @mindhunter @mindhuntershow

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The STOP Office. Do you know where your children are? The strong mothers of the Atlanta child murders took matters into their own hands and formed the STOP office in order to find their lost children and stop further murders. The strength and love pouring out of these mothers to protect their children is truly inspiring. You can learn more about the murders and these strong women in the video below. Our team replicated the office from actual footage, adding oak slatted panels, plastered cinderblock walls and wood paneling. Our Set Dec team and graphic artist Leni Diamantopoulos replicated bulletin boards, flyers, and posters, transforming an old record store into the 1981 STOP office. Photos by Nikolai Loveikis #Netflix #mindhunter #stop #stopoffice #atlantachildmurders #children #doyouknowwhereyourchildrenare #justice #productiondesign #artdepartment #film #television #atlanta #pittsburgh #design #adg #artdirectorsguild @adg800 @mindhunterseries

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Kay’s Apartment. After finding an exterior for Kay’s apartment, the art department set designers measured the interior and rebuilt it on stage. Replicating exterior window and door placements, production designer Steve Arnold redesigned the interior to fit the script and camera shots. Shooting in Pittsburgh, the art department used Construction Junction (an architectural salvage shop) to add layers of aged window shutters, hardware, and more. In order to create the kitchen and bathroom floors, our graphic artist Leni Diamantopoulos scanned antique Armstrong linoleum patterns from 1935 and printed them on sintra tiles. With a little wax and aging, our floors were period accurate and economically efficient. Photos by Nikolai Loveikis and Steve Arnold. #netflix #mindhunter #series #productiondesign #pittsburgh #architectural #salvage #recycle #reuse #apartment #armstrong #linoleum #graphics #80s #70s #film #television #adg #union #artdepartment @adg800 @mindhunter @mindhunterseries

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Paschal’s. The restaurant opened in 1947 by James and Robert Paschal and was considered by many to serve the best fried chicken in Atlanta. They moved to a different location in 1957 and became a meeting place for key civil rights leaders and strategists including Martin Luther King Jr. In 1960, “La Carousel Lounge” opened. In Season 2, our mothers of the Atlanta child murders meet here constantly like MLK to fight for justice and find their missing children. Our locations department found an abandoned King’s restaurant in Pittsburgh, which our art department transformed. Adding walls, upholstered booths, planter boxes, and brass dividers, the art department replicated aspects of the real paschals into the show. Our exterior was a different location where graphics and lights were added. Photos by Nikolai Loveikis. #mindhunter #netflix #mothers #atlanta #civilrights #paschals #restaurant #friedchicken #1981 #80s #atlantachildmurders #serialkiller #fbi #stop #savethechildren #pittsburgh #union #artdepartment #film #television #design #adg @adg800 @mindhunterseries @mindhunter

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Wayne Williams house. The Wayne Williams case has been and still is extremely controversial due to the handling of evidence and, as we see in Mindhunter, the lack of communication between FBI and local police. There were several suspects including other members of the community and KKK members. It is highly unusual that so many different fibers from Wayne Williams’ house matched fibers on some of the victims. Click on the link below to learn more about the fiber evidence and rental cars in the Williams business. Williams was convicted in 1982 for the murders of Nathaniel Cater and Jimmy Ray Payne, 2 of the 28 victims, and is currently serving life in prison. The interior of the Williams house was built on a soundstage and our Set Dec department did an incredible job matching the infamous green carpet and recreating the life of Wayne Williams in his bedroom. Is Wayne Williams Atlanta’s 30th victim? #mindhunter #netflix #fbi #atlanta #1981 #80s #atlantachildmurders #serialkiller #fiber #evidence #artdepartment #design #carpet #union #adg #pittsburgh #film #television @mindhunter @adg800 @mindhunterseries

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California Medical Facility Chapel. A male-only state prison has been home to many infamous inmates including Edmund Kemper, the Co-ed Killer. Kemper killed 10 people including his grandmother, grandfather, and mother. While in prison, he spent 5,000 hours narrating books on tape for the blind and completed several hundred recordings. Set in a chapel, the scene brings to mind the tragic storyline of Bill Trench’s son. The art department added oak panels and a few walls not seen in the photos above. Shot in an abandoned Pennsylvania prison, the simplicity of the room adds to the disturbing content Kemper so calmly discusses. Photos by Nikolai Loveikis #mindhunter #netflix #artdepartment #union #adg #edkemper #serial #killer #chapel #prison #audiobook #recording #interview #fbi #california #design @mindhunter @mindhunterseries @adg800 @holtmccallany @cameronbrittonh

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California Men’s Colony Gym. Originally shot in an abandoned Pittsburgh prison, the final cut featured a reshot set in Los Angeles. CMC was the home of Charles “Tex” Watson, member of the Manson family and murderer of Sharon Tate at 10050 Cielo Drive in 1969. Once in prison, Tex became very involved in religious organizations and became an ordained minister in 1981. The actual gym had glazed brown tiles and a padded floor with basketball lines. The art department completely repainted the gym to an aged white and repainted the floor. Set Dec placed salvaged gym equipment in the space while several talented painters created a mural behind Tex, featuring Christ opening his arms to prisoners. Ironically, Christ’s face is meant to resemble Manson’s, hovering over Tex’s shoulder as a demon from his past forever haunting him. Photos by Nikolai Loveikis and Steve Arnold. #mindhunter #netflix #prison #gym #tex #manson #cielodrive #1969 #helterskelter #fbi #interview #murder #sharontate #artdepartment #adg #union #pittsburgh #california #design #film #television @mindhunter @adg800 @mindhunterseries

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Attica Prison. Solitary confinement. Son of Sam, or David Berkowitz killed 6 people and wounded 7 others in New York 1976-77. Initially claiming a dog told him to commit these crimes, he was found mentally competent to stand trial. The art department built this set on stage, replicating an actual solitary confinement cell block from a Pittsburgh prison. Even the doors are exact replicas. Our FBI agents come face to face with Son of Sam in a cage, trying to understand the link between serial crimes and the drive to commit them. Photos by Nikolai Loveikis. #mindhunter #netflix #fbi #sonofsam #davidberkowitz #newyork #prison #attica #serial #design #interview #adg #artdirectorsguild #union #pittsburgh #film #television #cage @adg800 @mindhunter @mindhunterseries

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Art Director: Oana Bogdan Miller

Set Decorator: Andrew Baseman

Graphic Designer: Carly Sertic

Photos by Nikolai Loveikis

Frank W Ockenfels 3: David Bowie, Light, & Portrait Photography

The Hollywood Reporter (YouTube)
June 22, 2018

A craftsman with a camera and an artist with a vision. Frank W Ockenfels 3 takes us through his detailed story of his close relationship with the late David Bowie. A master of light and one of the industry’s most prolific photographers, this is ‘Magic Hour.’

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Design by P+A / Mojo, Photography by Frank Ockenfels 3)
The Social Network (Design by Neil Kellerhouse, Photography by Frank Ockenfels 3)
The Social Network (Frank Ockenfels 3)
The Social Network (Design by Neil Kellerhouse, Photography by Frank Ockenfels 3)
The Social Network (Frank Ockenfels 3)
2011-02-09. The Hollywood Reporter (Photography by Frank Ockenfels 3)
2011-02-09. The Hollywood Reporter (Photography by Frank Ockenfels 3)
2011-02-09. The Hollywood Reporter (Photography by Frank Ockenfels 3)
2011-02-09. The Hollywood Reporter (Photography by Frank Ockenfels 3)

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How Stephen Shore’s Photographs Inspired Netflix’s Mindhunter

Alexxa Gotthardt
November 23, 2017
Artsy

In the first scene of the Netflix crime show Mindhunter, the camera trails a car through the run-down streets of small-town Braddock, Pennsylvania. We don’t know that it’s 1977, or that someone will be offed in the next five minutes—but the setting provides clues. It’s a rainy night lit only by moody street lamps and the beams of an AMC Matador police car. The nearby buildings ooze seediness.

The scene is lonely, unglamorous, and wildly intriguing. It’s also resolutely American—and whisks viewers swiftly back to the 1970s.

It’s perhaps unsurprising, then, that the show’s creators were inspired by the pioneering U.S. photographers of that decade—namely, the great Stephen Shore, whose career spent capturing backroads, motel rooms, and lunch counters across America is currently being celebrated in a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art. “Since Mindhunter is a period piece, photography from the era was hugely helpful to all of us,” the show’s cinematographer, Erik Messerschmidt, tells me from Los Angeles.

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