Tacita Dean is best known for her work in 16mm film, although she utilises a variety of media including drawing, photography and sound. Her films often employ long takes and steady camera angles to create a contemplative atmosphere. Her anamorphic films are shot by cinematographers John Adderley and

Contemplative, Nostalgic, Tragic

Trained in philosophy at Harvard under Stanley Cavell before the cinema at AFI, Malick’s slim oeuvre foregrounds this inheritance: each of his four features to date is a period piece of American history; each trains an eye on the natural world (and its relationship with humans and human technologie

Atmospheric, Beautiful , Chance, Citational, Contemplative, Dreamy, Ebullient, Elegant, Event, Feminine, Figurative, Fleeting, Flux, Hypnotic, Illusive, Joyful, Lyrical, Melancholy, Mythic, Open-ended, Perceptual, Playful, Polychromatic, Primal, Quiet, Rhythmic, Self-reflection, Silence, Smart, Sprawling, Sublime, Tragic, Tranquil, Violent, Visceral

Pedro Costa has made digital works since the turn of the 21st Century due to a number of influences and philosophical premises. Through his 1997 film, Ossos (Bones), Costa shot on film and perfected a style of shadow and elision equal parts Bresson, Rivette, Ford and Tourneur. After working in the Li

Architectural, Beautiful , Bright, Collage, Contemplative, Egalitarian, Event, Experimental, Geometric, Gritty, Intimate, Joyful, Perceptual, Political, Quiet, Rhythmic, Rough, Severe, Spare, Spectral, Subtle

Shannon Benine is an internationally exhibited interdisciplinary artist working within the mediums of photography, video and instillation. She received her MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago and she currently teaches photography at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Conceptual, Conceptual photography, Contemplative, Dark, Documentary photography, Domestic, Intense, Political, Sincere, Smart, Tragic, Violent