“Photograph of Jesus” by Laurie Hill

Dec 10, 2008 by M. Scott Brauer 2 Comments »

I just ran into this funny little film by Laurie Hill about the ridiculous requests that sometimes come into photo archives. The animation’s great, a bit reminiscent of Terry Gilliam’s Monty Python work. Hard to keep a straight face when a request comes in for a photo of Jesus or a dodo. “How about an etching, or a painting?” “Nope, we need a photo…and do you have a picture of Hitler at the 1948 Olympics? Or Neil Armstrong on the moon with a crowd of people?”

Tags: animation, archive, getty, Pictures, research, short film, stock photography, youtube
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Matt Lutton says:

December 10, 2008 at 7:46 pm

That’s great man! reminds me of what we did in the much smaller Black Star archive. Can you remember any of the weird requests we got? I’m having a hard time remembering myself..

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M. Scott Brauer says:

December 11, 2008 at 2:43 am

Ha! I wish I could remember some of the oddball ones; I know there were some, but can’t recall any specifics.

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