Comments | mechtild: A great photo artist has gone: Pierre Vinet

mechtild

A great photo artist has gone: Pierre Vinet

Mar 05, 2010 11:30

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Thank you, Pierre Vinet

I can't express how much I love this man's portraits of the trilogy characters. What a way he had of capturing his subjects. I bow my head in memory of this gifted artist whose work has so enriched my love of The Lord of the RingsTo commemorate his work, I am linking an entry I made a few years ago, presenting ( Read more... )

lotr, pierre vinet

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mechtild March 5 2010, 18:09:21 UTC

He had a real eye for portraiture. He captured his subject with visual fidelity, but also conveyed a sense of the person's mood or aura -- the character or person's inner life.

elijahs_mumble March 5 2010, 18:23:22 UTC

He had also taken the photo of Sam with Frodo in his arms, one of my favourites.

mechtild March 5 2010, 19:20:36 UTC

He took *gorgeous* production stills. I love the colour portraits (posed) of Frodo and Gandalf, but also love SO MANY of his production stills. He did beautiful shots for the King Kong shoot, too.

ink_gypsy March 5 2010, 18:42:39 UTC

Those portraits were some of the first LOTR images I ever saw. They're still breathtaking.

mechtild March 5 2010, 19:20:53 UTC

I agree!

belleferret March 5 2010, 19:27:51 UTC

Thank you for the link to your older post. They are stunningly gorgeous images.

mechtild March 5 2010, 23:58:27 UTC

Aren't they super? His colour portraits were jaw-dropping, too. (My icon is from one of his Frodo portraits, which I'm sure you know intimately.) And his production stills for the films were iconic. What a loss!

belleferret March 6 2010, 00:25:15 UTC

Oh yes, I know that photo--so very lovely.

Do you know if he did any color photos of Sam?

mechtild March 6 2010, 00:54:02 UTC

No, I don't Belle. But I've never actively looked for Sam photos. But some of the very well-known colour stills of Sam with Frodo are by Vinet, though. Maybe a book of his work will come out. I'd buy it in a trice. :)

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shirebound March 5 2010, 19:37:31 UTC

Thank you for gathering these together for us. He was truly an artist.

mechtild March 6 2010, 00:03:08 UTC

You're welcome, Shirebound. He was such a gift to us. I wonder what he died of? He couldn't have been old. His family and friends must be so sad.

I just Googled his name to find out his dates. Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool News has done a piece on him. I'm going to add the link to the post above.

mechtild March 6 2010, 00:04:39 UTC

Nope, Quint wrote it, not Harry Knowles. It's a nice piece with a lot of pictures.

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/44189