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The School of Light Newsletter
We are very excited to announce the unveiling of School of Light Alumna Samira Yamin's beautiful HUGE watergram installation at the new Bunker Hill station in downtown Los Angeles.
Samira's multi-part work "All is Flux" was completed over several sessions with Andrew Hall in the SoL darkroom and records the vibrant movement of a water jet passing through still liquid. We are so proud to see her wonderful concept brought to fruition.
Read more about the project here.
We are happy to announce that accomplished advertising and portrait photographer Van Urfalian is joining The School of Light faculty.
Designing and directing brand campaigns for a diverse group of clients, Van has built his career working through advertising agencies while maintaining a hands on approach. Shooting and teaching analog and next-gen digital photography, Van synthesizes an Art Center trained eye for lighting and shot development with emerging technologies to create unique and resonant images.
You can see why we're so excited about Van's work here.
The School of Light was chosen by HBO’s Euphoria make up artist Donni Davy to bring an analog edge to the launch of her amazing new make up brand Half Magic. We set up to shoot over 200 participants inside LA's iconic Moonlight Rollerway, in a specially built set to echo the floral dream sequence in Season 2, Episode 4.
Euphoria has become justly famous for its innovative cinematography, particularly using specially produced Kodak film, and we decided to honor this analogue approach by shooting the participants on instant film with a large format 4x5" camera.
Drawing on our deep experience with film, Polaroid and lighting we were able to provide an instant "wow" moment to a large audience of knowledgeable industry leaders, influencers and artists, who all took home a beautiful framed memento of an enchanted evening.
