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Zana Briski (born 25 October 1966) is a British photographer and filmmaker, best known for Born into Brothels, the 2004 Oscar winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, which she directed.
Zana Briski is an Academy Award-winning director and photographic artist whose deepest love is the earth and her creatures. Led by passion and intuition, Zana has traveled to 80 countries.
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British/American, born 1966. Through her one-of-a-kind camera-less Animalogram photograms, Briski offers viewers a synthesis of art and the natural world, immersing viewers in the realm of wild creatures within their native habitats.
Zana Briski was born on 25 October 1966 in London, England, UK. She is a director and writer, known for Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004), The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005) and The WIN Awards 2006 (2006).
- January 1, 1
- Director, Writer, Cinematographer
- London, England, UK
- Zana Briski
Zana Briski is an Academy Award-winning director and photographic artist whose deepest love is the earth and her creatures. Led by passion and intuition, Zana has traveled to 80 countries. She spent ten years on her project in the brothels of Calcutta where she lived, photographed, filmed and taught photography...
Working patiently on moonless nights, Zana collaborates with wild animals, making exposures of them directly onto large sheets of photographic paper. These photograms are later developed in a traditional darkroom and toned with pure gold. The results are unique and magical photographic artworks.
