Lauren Greenfield wins directing award for “Queen of Versailles”

. Congratulations to Lauren Greenfield, who at the Sundance Film Festival last night was presented with the U.S. Directing Award for Documentary for her film The Queen of Versailles. “I want to especially thank Jackie Segal and her family for bravely sticking with the story when it changed in unexpected ways,” Lauren said in her [...]

Video: Interview with Lauren Greenfield at the Sundance Film Festival

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Sundance selects Lauren Greenfield’s doc “Queen of Versailles” for fest’s opening day

. The Sundance Film Festival has selected Lauren Greenfield‘s latest documentary, the feature-length The Queen of Versailles, for its U.S. Documentary Competition and has given it a plum spot on the fest’s opening-day schedule As reported yesterday in The New York Times, more than 4,000 full-length films were submitted to Sundance, and only 58 were [...]

There’s nothing quite like family

With the holiday season upon us, we’ve been thinking a lot about family. Here, we celebrate it in its many forms, forever grateful for the ties that bind us together. . . .  

Lauren Greenfield’s advertising photography

With the rise of “real people” ad campaigns and clients’ perennial desire to produce ads that feel like they’ve been drawn from real life, Lauren Greenfield has been more in demand than ever. She has a rare ability to make produced situations look and feel like authentic moments, whether she’s working with experienced actors or [...]

Come celebrate Tim Mantoani’s “Behind Photographs” this Thursday

. Tim Mantoani has just published a book of his 20×24 Polaroid portraits of well-known photographers titled Behind Photographs, and he’s hosting a book-release party from 7 to 9 p.m. this Thursday, October 27, at Ogilvy& Mather’s New York City headquarters, 636 11th Ave, 1st Fl, between 46th and 47th streets. RSVP is required: rsvp@mantoani.com. [...]

Have you registered for PhotoPlus?

PDN‘s PhotoPlus International Conference + Expo is coming up fast: October 27–29 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. If you haven’t already registered, go here to do so: https://www.xpressreg.net/register/phot101/landing.asp There will be hundreds of seminars (full schedule here), including these featuring Stockland Martel‘s photographers: . Lauren Greenfield: The Documentary Hybrid: Photography + Filmmaking Oct. [...]

Lauren Greenfield photo on view in Newseum’s “Pictures of the Year” exhibition

. Lauren Greenfield‘s photo of models backstage at a 2010 Prada fashion show in Milan is on view through October 31 in the exhibit “Pictures of the Year,” at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. The show, explains the museum’s site, celebrates “the year’s best news images.” Lauren’s photo is from her “Fashion Week” story, which [...]

An evening with Lauren Greenfield

. Lauren Greenfield will be speaking at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles next Thursday, October 13, as part of the museum’s IRIS Nights Lecture Series. Here’s the official description: “Lauren Greenfield will screen and discuss the digital feature she directed as part of the BEAUTY CULTURE exhibit. The 30-minute documentary explores our [...]

Grey announces new division dedicated to health-related advertising

In a limping economy, when downsizing or going bust are the norm, it’s uplifting to hear that a company is expanding. Grey announced today that it is adding a new global division “that will specialize in advertising for health-related products and services — not only prescription drugs and over-the-counter medications, but also anything intended to [...]

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