item details
NameJapanese movies industry, Toho Studios (from a series on Japan)
ProductionBrian Brake; photographer; circa 1964; Kanto
Classificationcolour transparencies, documentary photographs
Materialsphotographic gelatin, dye, cut film, reversal film
Materials Summarycolour transparency
Techniquesphotography, colour photography, chromogenic processes
Registration NumberD.000883
Credit lineGift of Wai Man Lau, 2010
Overview
Depicts a studio scene in which an actor is tied to a birdlike wicker structure, suspended against a violet backdrop. cameramen, lighting staff and other studio staff are silhouetted against the violet and the scene is reflected on a shiny floor in the foreground of the image.