Jackson Pollock 51 1951
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The photography of German photographer Hans Namuth is largely credited for Pollock’s rise to fame, and as the painter gained a higher profile, along with Abstract Expressionism in general, Namuth returned to capture Pollock’s “action painting” on video for the short documentary below. In a cinematically brilliant move, Namuth asked Pollock to create a painting on glass, so that he could film underneath, giving the viewer the experience of actually being the canvas. Lacking a lighting crew, they shot in the cold Long Island expanse of grassland outside of Pollock’s home.
- Released: 1951-07-19
- Runtime: 11 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars: Jackson Pollock
- Director: Morton Feldman, Hans Namuth, Hans Namuth, Daniel Stern, Hans Namuth
