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Photos have the real task of bringing exposure to places that we otherwise don't have much awareness of.
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I did photography in summer camp; I did it in high school. The only hard decision I've had to make was whether to go towards photo or film. And I ultimately realized that the type of photo I was interested in was actually photojournalism. And it's a very individualist career, whereas film is a very team-driven medium. So that's why I chose film.
Rachel Morrison
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The first female DPs that I was aware of were Ellen Kuras, Mandy Walker, Nancy Schreiber, Amy Vincent, Sandi Sissel, Maryse Alberti and Tami Reiker. You look for a role model as somebody who looks like yourself and is doing what you want to do; they were the handful.
Rachel Morrison -
I came up in photography, and Dust Bowl-era photography is a lot of the reason that I got behind the camera in the first place.
Rachel Morrison -
The best kind of entertainment is the kind that also makes you question something or think outside the box or live another life. Those are the stories that I'm drawn to.
Rachel Morrison -
I pour my blood, sweat, and tears into a movie. What I always look for is a message and a social consciousness: a relevance to what's happening in our world.
Rachel Morrison -
I was probably five when I first picked up a camera. My mom had an Olympus OM-10 that she carried around to document our family photos. And I just always loved it.
Rachel Morrison -
I think there's this assumption that everybody would rather be a director, and I don't know that that's the case for me, so we'll see.
Rachel Morrison
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My dad, before he passed away, never understood what I did. What I say is that I'm responsible for translating the director's vision, hopefully turning an idea into something people can connect to and relate to.
Rachel Morrison -
Cinematography speaks to everything that women do inherently well: It's multitasking, it's empathy, and it's channeling visuals into human emotion.
Rachel Morrison -
My wife jokes that any time I want to take a picture of her, it has nothing to do with her - it's just because the light is really nice. She's usually right. I definitely am somebody who notices the way the light skips off the floor.
Rachel Morrison -
For me, it's always been about the work - it wasn't about, 'Let's go break some ceilings.' I just wanted to tell an important story and do the best work I can. Everything else is secondary.
Rachel Morrison -
You just sort of get used to being one of the only women on set, so it's really refreshing to start to enter a time when that's not the case anymore.
Rachel Morrison -
It's hard to go back to shooting contemporary apartment interiors after you shoot something like 'Mudbound.'
Rachel Morrison
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I shot 'Fruitvale Station' on super-16, and then I shot a movie called 'The Harvest' on 35mm, and then I shot 'Little Accidents' on 2-perf 35.
Rachel Morrison -
I kind of grew up with a camera in my hand.
Rachel Morrison -
We shot 'Mudbound' in the South in the summer, which meant we were working in extreme heat and humidity at all times and that it could go from glaring sun to overcast skies to pouring rain in a matter of minutes, often shifting multiple times a day.
Rachel Morrison -
Documentaries are inherently instinctual; you're constantly moment to moment, determining what the best place for the camera is to tell the story, usually in service of natural lighting.
Rachel Morrison -
It's always a challenge to shoot a period film and not have it look like you hit the tea stain button in post.
Rachel Morrison -
Having a family is a compromise on some level, but it's so incredibly worth it. It actually informs the work that I do as a DP.
Rachel Morrison
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For me, I just like new challenges.
Rachel Morrison -
I'll never know what happens behind closed doors or why I don't get hired for things.
Rachel Morrison -
For me, it's just always about trying to tell stories that I care about.
Rachel Morrison -
'Fruitvale' set the bar for what I wanted to do with my career, which was to make films that had consciousness and messaging in an entertaining package. Once I hit that mark, I never wanted to go back.
Rachel Morrison