About Vera
This is what I can tell you aboutVera Farmiga, she is a trooper. I did this shoot for a short lived movie magazine back in 2000. They had no budget at all for a studio or location van. I wanted to shoot inChinatown and my good friend graciously allowed me to use her tiny apartment, located right in the center of this historicNew York district. It was anything but glamourous. Not only small, her apartment was dark and we had to be very quiet because it was somewhat of an illegal sublet. It was also the middle of winter and it was so cold outside I feared my camera might just freeze up on me.
Vera was still an emerging star, she had not yet worked withScorsese orClooney but she was on the verge and the buzz was big. She had seen my book before we shot and told me how much she liked my work. She did not care at all that there was no fancy make up room or catering. She showed up by herself and was completely willing to brave the cold streets and hang out in door ways while I rubbed thepolaroids with my gloved hands to get them to process.
I shot these usingFujifilm and aNikon F3, since my scanner is fogged (this always happens when it is raining) I laid them out on my old light-box and shot them on the macro setting with myG10. Vera's new film,Up in the Air will be released around Christmas. While the fun looking creepfest,Orphan is out on DVD and at the top of my Queue!
all photos & content © Lara Rossignol
Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 5:00AM
Reader Comments (2)
Wow, beautiful images and this story makes me like her all the more. I also really like seeing this from the lightbox perspective. It adds a little something... love your blog!
She's excellent in Orphan. My husband and I both really enjoyed that movie, it was suprisingly good. I also loved her in Dummy with Adrien Brody.