Columbine Goldsmith

I discovered the work of Columbine Goldsmith a couple of months ago, with a post featuring her work here. Goldsmith's images are pretty and ethereal, capturing moments of intimacy and thought, with her use of a Mamiya 7 and Polaroid Land Camera.Columbine Goldsmith has since expanded her work into the world of film, with the result of a short film with co-director Allegria Torassa, titled L'ile, which can be seen on the Dazed and Confused website, here. Her newfound film-making style retains a sense of her still images seen here, but explores a more voyeuristic, and peculiar aesthetic; "Allegria and I didn't plan on making this film. We were on an island – it was a vacation. We were in this enormous swimming pool with diving masks late one night. The swimming pool had an eerie green light which looked other-worldly and fantastic. We had visions of doing a surrealist film underwater -- in the mood of Luis Buñel. So we spent the following days running around the island searching for an underwater camera. We never found one. But in the process, we played with these white masks and explored parts of the island. We just became freer and freer."

 

Images: Columbine Goldsmith