Bocal aux poissons rouges

[…] by shooting the fish in a globular bowl, the Lumières effectively use a fisheye lens, which offers distortions. The history of cinema has witnessed a struggle between the objective and subjective camera and the optically distorting lenses like the fisheye lens has been a powerful tool for the subjective camera. Here it is at the start.

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La remise des décorations

La remise des décorations

1903

The Turkish Sultan Mehmed V Resad Visiting Bitola

1911

The Screen Director

1951

Chandmani Sum

Chandmani Sum

2009

To the Arctic 3D

To the Arctic 3D

2012

The History of a Butterfly: A Romance of Insect Life

1910

Accordion Player

Accordion Player

1888

Manhatta

Manhatta

1921

The Magnificent Rebel

The Magnificent Rebel

1973

Kino-Pravda No. 1

Kino-Pravda No. 1

1922

Henry Rollins, Easter Sunday

1997

Survivors

2008

The S from Hell

The S from Hell

2010

They Were There

They Were There

2011

The Umbrella Man

2011

Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak

Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak

2009

Window Water Baby Moving

Window Water Baby Moving

1959

Something Has Happened

Something Has Happened

1987

Passage à l'Acte

Passage à l'Acte

1993

The Subterranean Stadium

2015