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All Quotes by author - Rachel Morrison

" Cinematography is so much about instinct and intuition - you want the same range of experience going into behind the camera as what you see in front of it. Your life experience will come through the lens. "

" Cinematography speaks to everything that women do inherently well: It's multitasking, it's empathy, and it's channeling visuals into human emotion. "

" For me, I just like new challenges. "

" 'Fruitvale' set the bar for what I wanted to do with my career, which was to make films that had consciousness and messaging in an entertaining package. Once I hit that mark, I never wanted to go back. "

" I believe in naturalistic lighting, which isn't to say natural light. "

" I didn't want 'Mudbound' to feel stylized in any way. "

" I don't love cinematography that's very flashy because I find that it keeps the audience from becoming a part of the film; it becomes sort of self-reflective. "

" I find beauty in imperfection. "

" I'll never know what happens behind closed doors or why I don't get hired for things. "

" I love faces that have freckles. I love faces that have wrinkles. For me, beauty is naturalism, I guess. "

" I love the team aspect of filmmaking. "

" I think lighting is a reflection of what is at stake emotionally in a movie. "

" I think you can make a gorgeous movie on any piece of equipment. Look at 'Tangerine,' which is a beautiful movie shot on an iPhone. You see so many movies that are impeccably shot but are vapid, and there's no audience for that except for other cinematographers who just like to watch two-hour-long music videos. "

" Life is unpredictable, and I feel, to some extent, lighting and cinematography should be a reflection of that. "

" Photography was a way for me to freeze time and to capture the moments that were happy and healthy. I saw a photo as a way to go back to a memory if I ever needed to. "

" Sometimes it just takes a little longer to get to your destination, but if you make sure to enjoy the journey, eventually you will get there. "

" Success doesn't come overnight, especially for women. "

" Surfing is incredible. It's both meditative and physical. I think it was my way into California. "

" The cinematographer's basically translating the director's vision into imagery. "

" Usually, if you notice good cinematography, then the cinematographer's failing. I try to make light feel like it's always motivated and natural in some way and hope that the lighting goes unnoticed. "

" We shot 'Mudbound' in the South in the summer, which meant we were working in extreme heat and humidity at all times and that it could go from glaring sun to overcast skies to pouring rain in a matter of minutes, often shifting multiple times a day. "

" When I was studying photography, I became interested in conflict photojournalism, and that got me interested in lighting. Then I realized there was this amazing thing called cinematography where you could kind of tell more complete stories photographing for film. So I ended up going to AFI grad school for that. "

" When shooting in real spaces, the work of a cinematographer begins where location meets production design meets time of day. No movie light will ever look as real as the sun, so scheduling becomes truly paramount to naturalistic lighting. "

" When you're so used to operating the camera, it's an extension of your eye and your heart and your head. "

" You can only shoot small movies and documentaries for so long if you want to have a family that you support; eventually, you need to get let into the big leagues. "

" Your movie becomes much more narrow-minded when you have like-minded department heads. Whereas if you can surround yourself with people who have been a mother before, been a grandmother before, you get a much broader and wide-reaching swath of human emotions. "

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