Arlette Varda

สถานที่: Ixelles

เกิด: 1928

ความตาย: 2019

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Arlette Varda, also known as Agnès Varda, was a Belgian-born French film director, screenwriter, and photographer. She is considered the mother of the New Wave cinematic movement of the 1950s and 1960s in France. Her work employed location shooting and non-professional actors which were unconventional for her time.

Early Life and Education

Varda was born on May 30, 1928, in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium, to Christiane (née Pasquet) and Eugène Jean Varda. She was the third of five children. Her mother was from Sète, France, and her father was a member of a family of Greek refugees from Asia Minor in the Ottoman Empire. Varda studied art history at the École du Louvre and photography at the École des Beaux-Arts. She attended the Lycée et collège Victor-Duruy and received a bachelor's degree in literature and psychology from the Sorbonne.

Photography Career

Varda began her career as a still photographer before becoming one of the major voices of the Left Bank Cinema and the French New Wave. She maintained a fluid interrelationship between photographic and cinematic forms: "I take photographs or I make films. Or I put films in the photos, or photos in the films." Arlette Varda discussed her beginnings with the medium of still photography: "I started earning a living from photography straight away, taking trivial photographs of families and weddings to make money. But I immediately wanted to make what I called 'compositions.' And it was with these that I had the impression I was doing something where I was asking questions with composition, form and meaning." Varda worked as a stage photographer for the Theatre Festival of Avignon before being hired by her friend Jean Vilar at the Théâtre National Populaire. She worked there for ten years from 1951 to 1961, during which time her reputation grew and she eventually obtained photo-journalist jobs throughout Europe.

Notable Works

Some of Arlette Varda's notable works include The Potato Costume, a photograph taken in 2003 at Postman Cheval's Ideal Palace in Hauterives, France. This artwork showcases her creativity and sense of humor. Other notable works by Arlette Varda include her feature film debut La Pointe Courte (1955), followed by Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), and her work as a documentarian with such works as Black Panthers (1968) and Faces Places (2017).

• Location shooting was a key aspect of Varda's filmmaking style, which was unconventional for her time.
• Her use of non-professional actors added to the uniqueness of her films.
• Varda's work has been recognized with several awards, including an Honorary Palme d'Or at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

Legacy

's legacy continues to be celebrated through her work, which can be found on https://Wikioo.org/@/Arlette-Varda. Her contributions to the world of cinema and photography remain an important part of film history. As a pioneering female filmmaker, Varda has inspired generations of artists and will continue to do so through her work.