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2009 | Color | 13 min

At the Ariel photo studio in downtown Mexico City, portrait photography has resisted change. Francisco continues to use technology from the 1940s. For color portraits he uses a technique that is both artistic and archaic. He takes a black- and-white photograph and colors it with oil paint.


Country: México
Direction: Azcuaga; Roque
Script: Azcuaga; Roque
Production: Audiffred; Víctor
Photography: Carlos Lazo; Juan
Sound: Saint-remy; Joseph
Music: Saint Remy; Joseph
Cast:Escamilla; Francisco, Escamilla; Beatriz
Participation year at FICM: 2010

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