The Lady Does Not Vanish: Hitchcock as a Feminist
I always try to charge my photo series with strong concepts.
Sacha Goldberger
Sacha Goldberger uses reversed roles to recreate scenes by master film director Alfred Hitchcock – and depends on his analogue Leica M6 and MP cameras, and the M11 to do so.
For his The Lady Does Not Vanish project, Goldberger himself became a director. He gives iconic scenes from the cult film director's classic horror films a completely new interpretation – to astonishing effect.
About the photographer
Sacha Goldberger worked for twelve years as an Art Director for numerous commercial campaigns, before turning to photography. His experience serves him well for the realisation of his complex, artistic projects.
"Imagine if the #Meetoo movement had reached Hitchcock. In this series, Hitchcock's cinema should be seen with new eyes, from the feminist perspective. We've taken certain scenes from among our favourite films, and have used an unconventional approach to give them a completely new interpretation.“
The photographer about the M11
"I used a variety of cameras with different lenses, depending on the result I hoped to achieve, to get closer to the spirit of the new interpretation of certain film scenes. I began photographing this series with the M11. I owned an M8 and an M9, but the evolution of the M11 was phenomenal. The results are very different, depending on the lens you use. The camera masters very disparate lighting situations. With 60 million pixels, it's possible to create large prints, which is very important to me. The M11 delivers data down to the tiniest detail in the highlights and the shadows, which allows me to work out the finest details.“
