So many other bloggers have posted tributes to the late, great, Jack Cardiff that it was difficult to find an image that hadn't already been posted at one of those blogs. However, here is the radiant Audrey Hepburn, radiantly photographed by Cardiff, in one of the finest epics ever made, King Vidor's War and Peace (1956).
Cardiff's collaborations with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, e.g., A Matter of Life and Death, aka Stairway to Heaven (above), were the summit of '40s Technicolor.
We highly recommend you check out the many Cardiff-related links gathered by David Hudson here.
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A phenomenal cinematographer; his collaborations with P&P are some of my favorite films, and "The Red Shoes" is often cited as the best example of three-strip Technicolor's versatility. I highly recommend the documentary on Cardiff's work that accompanies Criterion's "Black Narcissus" set for anyone interested not only in that film's photography, but learning more about color film in general.
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