Atmospheric, Baroque, Beautiful , Chance, Classic hollywood, Classical, Clever, Composed, Conceptual, Contemplative, Dense, Dissonant, Dreamy, Ethereal, Experimental, Fleeting, Functional, Funny, Geometric, Hi-tech, Hypnotic, Illusive, Improvised, Intense, Intimate, Lush, Lyrical, Melancholy, Minimal, Open-ended, Organic, Paranoid, Playful, Pop, Quiet, Self-reflection, Sensual, Serene, Serial, Sincere, Smart, Sophisticated, Spare, Spectral, Sprawling, Sublime, Subtle, Visceral

A member of the legendary Cahiers quintet, Jacques Rivette was a critic before a filmmaker. Reading his early criticism, though, it’s clear he thought in images from the start, even in words, emphasizing closed complex circuits of mise-en-scene, the better to form meaning. However, he trains one ey

Absurd, Charming, Conceptual, Death, Enigmatic, Event, Excessive, Feminine, Figurative, Functional, Grotesque, Hallucinatory, Layered, Loose, Manic, Paranoid, Playful, Polychromatic, Quirky, Sardonic, Saturated, Self-reflection, Sexy, Spectral, Whimsical

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

French writer, often called the greatest innovator of form of his generation. He was a highly-regarded French Jewish novelist, filmmaker and essayist. He was a member of the Oulipo group. Perec was orphaned at an early age: his father was killed in action in World War II, and his mother died in a

Absurd, Clever, Conceptual, Experimental, Oulipo, Playful, Quirky, Repetition, Whimsical