Retrato por outros medios: catro películas de Richard P. Rogers / Portraiture by Other Means: Four Films by Richard P. Rogers Curado por / Curated by Haden Guest
©Susan Meiselas. Richard P. Rogers with Leica, date unknown
Primeira retrospectiva internacional / First International Retrospective
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o longo da súa vida artística, Richard P. Rogers (1944-2001) estivo en activo tanto en calidade de célebre director e produtor de filmes de non-ficción como no seu posto de profesor e mentor en Harvard, onde foi moi querido e impartiu aulas de fotografía fixa e cinematografía. O seu omnívoro apetito polo coñecemento levouno a percorrer o mundo: das selvas de Nicaragua ás fontes de Roma, e dos dormitorios das vivendas coloniais de Nova Inglaterra ás rúas da Albany de clase traballadora. Pero, en última instancia, o tema máis importante que
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hroughout his artistic life Richard P. Rogers (1944-2001) was active both as a celebrated director/producer of non-fiction films and a beloved teacher and mentor at Harvard, where he taught still photography and filmmaking. Rogers' omnivorous appetite for knowledge took him around the world; from the jungles of Nicaragua to the fountains of Rome, from the bedrooms of colonial New England homes to the streets of working-class Albany. But Rogers' most important subject was ultimately much closer: himself, explored in films that turned 23
