Duane Michals The Man Who Invented Himself (2014)

Portrait of an artist who has marked the history of contemporary photography with his images in sequences where gravity and humor and even writing are mixed Through the emblematic themes of his work such as love desire death or immortality this film proposes to revisit the places that have marked him Pittsburgh the flagship city of the steel industry the city of his childhood and his first discoveries New York where he has been living for many years with his companion Frédéric a city that symbolizes encounters and desire and finally Vermont for the nature the seasons and the disused hotel where he works These places bring out the artists fantasy humor and emotion Duane Michals is a young man of 80 years with a great freedom of spirit and vitality his enthusiasm is contagious and this film is a reflection of it