Andrew Gingerich

Filmmaker/Educator

About

Andrew Gin­gerich is a film­mak­er whose work explores notions of fam­i­ly, dis­so­ci­at­ed iden­ti­ties, region­al alle­giances, and the bound­aries of fic­tion. He lives and teach­es in Michi­gan’s Upper Peninsula.

Moving Portraits

Por­traits of actors I’ve direct­ed, shot on 16mm motion pic­ture film.

I’ll admit that the idea of shoot­ing por­traits of actors on movie film is a lit­tle on the nose, and to be frank, these prints were moti­vat­ed as much by an urge to play with the aes­thet­ic qual­i­ties of 16mm film as they were to doc­u­ment these spe­cif­ic faces. Still, I’m proud with the result­ing prints, which are com­bi­na­tion enlarge­ments and con­tact prints, accom­plished with an entire­ly ana­log process.

Black and white, Gelatin sil­ver prints from 16mm motion pic­ture film. 2008.