Camille Seaman

A photographer's eye on the Arctic reveals the natural beauty in ice

With what seems to be a prescient surname, Camille Seaman—often referred to as “the iceberg photographer”—may have been born to take up the subject. While Seaman did study photography and long worked with the medium, it wasn’t until she landed a job aboard an Arctic cruise ship at age 32 that something clicked with the harsh landscapes. There, surrounded by beautifully varied lighting conditions, what …

The Borscht Film Festival

An interview with Miami's champion of independent film

Speeding through Miami in a 1992 Toyota Corolla after midnight is just another day on the job for mastermind and self-proclaimed “Minister of The Interior” of the Borscht Film Festival Lucas Leyva. Leaving his own after party, the head of the city’s premier independent film event was on a mission for Miami’s rapper-turned-mayoral candidate, Unkle Luke Campbell, who told Leyva that he wouldn’t go onstage …

Levi’s Film Workshop

LA gets Levi's third creative production popup

by Mark Buche Los Angeles is to filmmaking what New York is to photography and San Francisco is to screen-printing, so it makes sense that the third installment of the Levi’s Workshop—opening this weekend at MoCA’s Geffen Contemporary—focuses on L.A.’s native art form. Levi’s Film Workshop makes professional resources like edit rooms, equipment rentals—including high-end cameras like the Red One—and training available to the public …