Jackson Pollock 51 (1951)

The photography of German photographer Hans Namuth is largely credited for Pollocks rise to fame and as the painter gained a higher profile along with Abstract Expressionism in general Namuth returned to capture Pollocks action painting on video for the short documentary below In a cinematically brilliant move Namuth asked Pollock to create a painting on glass so that he could film underneath giving the viewer the experience of actually being the canvas Lacking a lighting crew they shot in the cold Long Island expanse of grassland outside of Pollocks home