Any clown can make a movie
* Joy Unfiltered 2025 exhibition, Allora Gallery
* Winner Los Angeles Photography Awards 21st Edition 2024, Behind the Scenes
* Winner ICE CineFest 2024, Behind the Scenes
It was the year 2000 and I was shooting a mockumentary film on the Santa Monica beach.
The film was about a b-movie director with delusions of grandeur. His cinematographer was literally a clown, shooting the movie in between his kids' birthday party gigs and confirming the proclamation of the title.
While taking a break, I grabbed the attention of the actor playing the clown who was having a smoke and the cinematographer for the mockumentary and shot this candid behind the scenes photo on 35mm film.
This frame perfectly encapsulates the absurdness and promise of low budget filmmaking.
Any clown can make a movie
* Joy Unfiltered 2025 exhibition, Allora Gallery
* Winner Los Angeles Photography Awards 21st Edition 2024, Behind the Scenes
* Winner ICE CineFest 2024, Behind the Scenes
It was the year 2000 and I was shooting a mockumentary film on the Santa Monica beach.
The film was about a b-movie director with delusions of grandeur. His cinematographer was literally a clown, shooting the movie in between his kids' birthday party gigs and confirming the proclamation of the title.
While taking a break, I grabbed the attention of the actor playing the clown who was having a smoke and the cinematographer for the mockumentary and shot this candid behind the scenes photo on 35mm film.
This frame perfectly encapsulates the absurdness and promise of low budget filmmaking.