2021 MVA Thesis Projects 

Fine art photographs, different from journalism or documentary photographs, are created by fine artists and usually displayed at galleries and museums. As the prices of fine art photographs keep breaking records in auction houses, more and more people are paying attention to photographic art. In Los Angeles, there is a rich history and culture of photography collecting. 

Photography Collecting: The Still Point of the Turning World is an ethnographic film centered around four serious collectors in Los Angeles who each have their own approaches to and methods of collecting. Interviewing them among their collections and following them to see art, the filmmaker explores why they collect, how they collect and the relationship between their collections and themselves. 

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Running time: 29 minutes