Lisa Sutcliffe, assistant curator of photography, SFMOMA
Image: Retrospectroscope, Kerry Laitala, 1998, image courtesy of the artist
Kerry Laitala’s Retrospectroscope (1998) and Hollis Frampton’s Nostalgia (1973) screen courtesy of the Filmmaker’s Cooperative.
Sutcliffe presents a three short films inspired by Muybridge and his proto-cinematic work including the dazzling Retrospectroscope by acclaimed local filmmaker, Kerry Laitala, and Hollis Frampton’s lyrical ode to photography and memory, Nostalgia from 1973.