Polaroid-style portraits of TIFF stars from the L.A. Times’ festival photo studio
Stars of the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival photographed in the L.A. Times’ photo and video studio.
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Working to have something unique from The Times’ studio presence at the major film festivals, staff photographer Jay L. Clendenin continues his use of a 1960s-era Polaroid Land Camera and what remains of his Fuji FP-100C instant print film. Often called “Polaroid” because of the camera and history of the instant delivery of the image, the camera allows for a couple minutes of calm in an otherwise frenetic environment of a movie cast passing through the studio every 15 minutes during the 41st annual Toronto International Film Festival. Using the vintage camera doesn’t always produce the sharpest images, but being able to create a single moment in time, rendered permanently to emulsion and paper, outweighs the challenges of using an analog medium.
Devon Terrell, from the movie “Barry.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Actress Lucy Boynton from the film “I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Director Dash Shaw, from the film “My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, directors of the Belgian film “The Unknown Girl.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Actress Riley Keough, from the film “American Honey.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Actor Oscar Isaac, from the film “The Promise.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Teresa Palmer, from the film “Message from the King.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Fisher Stevens, director of the documentary “Before the Flood.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Director Sarah Adina Smith, from the film “Buster’s Mal Heart.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Director Kenneth Lonergan, from the film “Manchester by the Sea.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Actress Sonia Braga, from the film “Aquarius.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Actor Gerard Butler, from the film “Headhunter’s Calling.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Filmmaker Marc Forster, from the film “All I See Is You.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Actress Ahna O’Reilly, from the film “All I See Is You.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Actor Miles Teller, from the film “Bleed for This.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Actor Aaron Eckhart, from the film “Bleed for This.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Actor Baltasar Kormakur, from the film “The Oath.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Actor Luis Gnecco, from the film “Neruda.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Actor Gael Garcia Bernal, from the film “Neruda.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Actor Richard Gere, from the film “Norman.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Director Katherine Dieckmann, from the film “Strange Weather.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Actress Holly Hunter, from the film “Strange Weather.”
(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)Grammy Award-winning musician John Legend, from the film “La La Land.”
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