Jeff Bridges: Photographer
Iron Man was a great movie, wasn’t it? Funny and fast-paced with great performances by Robert Downey, Jr., and of course, Jeff Bridges, whose portrayal of Obadiah Stane makes you feel like you stepped in something icky.
By the way, if you haven’t seen Iron Man, do.
Anyways, in addition to being a good actor, Jeff Bridges is also (apparently) a pretty good photographer, and he’s put together a “book” of artful photos from his time on the set of Iron Man. For people like me who enjoy glimpses into the movie-making process, it’s fun to look backstage a little, and especially to see the actors in circumstances outside of the protection of makeup, lights, and theatricality that movies, professional interviews, and red-carpet coverage usually afford them.
It was also fun to see what were probably some of the last photographs of Stan Winston before his all-too-early death, as well as get a glimpse into his studios.
(Photo courtesy of JeffBridges.com.)
Reader Comments
That’s pretty neat. I hear he does this on almost every film he does.
I don’t know if you saw, but Matt Fox did something like this when they shot the LOST Pilot. Very interesting perspective.
Jeff’s had an obsession with this particular sort of panoramic-style camera, the Wide-Lux, and he’s been taking on-the-set photos for something like twenty years. I was lucky enough to pick up a “limited to 5000 copies” book he printed of the photos he took on the set of “The Big Lebowski” on eBay a few years ago and they’re great.
The coolest photos he takes involve getting actors to pose twice in the same photo for the theater “Tragedy & Comedy” faces; apparently, the camera’s shutter speed (or whatever, I’m no camera expert) is slow enough a person could stand in one place, the photo be started, and then move over to the side and be in the photo again before it finishes being taken.