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THE JOURNAL
A DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER'S BLOG
NEW YORK CHARLOTTESVILLE VALENCIA
FEATURE ESSAY
The numbers do not fully absorb. As of this writing, 1,783 cultural heritage sites have been damaged or destroyed in Ukraine since February 24, 2022. Among them, 46 have been completely erased. The Ministry of Culture counts 346 artists and 132 media workers dead. PEN Ukraine had already reached 102 cultural figures killed by the end of 2024, and the count has not stopped. These are not collateral casualties. They are the point.
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HIRAM POWERS
ON LOCATION: While in Florence, I looked for the villa once inhabited by the American sculptor Hiram Powers and his family.
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Jan 15, 20232 min read
THE LIONS: An Inspiration
There is no reason to believe that Attilio Piccirilli did not have his beloved lions from Piazza Aranci in mind when he designed and execute
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Jan 13, 20231 min read
L’EPOPEA PICCIRILLI
Massa-Carrara. Il Tirreno - Il ponte creato tra Massa Carrara e gli Stati Uniti dai fratelli Piccirilli, i famosi scultori massesi emigrati
Daniela Marzano
Jan 12, 20233 min read
JOY BROWN
Joy Brown has exhibited in galleries and museums in the United States, Europe, Japan, and China.
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Dec 28, 20221 min read
THE TEACHERS
The generational transfer of knowledge, much as in the Hebrew proverb L'dor v'dor, depends on the intellectual generosity of our teachers...
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Dec 26, 20221 min read
HANIWA
For the last six months, Joy Brown and I have been working to produce a film about her ceramics, her sculptures, and a recent mural...
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Dec 25, 20222 min read
LaGUARDIA ON PICCIRILLI
ATTILIO PICCIRILLI: LIFE OF AN AMERICAN SCULPTOR Foreword by Fiorello H. LaGuardia NEW YORK CHICAGO reminds me of a well cultivated,...
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Dec 24, 20222 min read
ATTILIO PICCIRILLI
Notes for a documentary film | Part 1 Six Italian brothers, all children of Giuseppe Piccirilli, ran the most prolific sculpture studio...
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Dec 24, 20222 min read
I CAVATORI
During the preliminary research for "The Italian Factor" and the lives of the Piccirilli Brothers from Massa Carrara, I came upon this...
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Dec 23, 20221 min read
BODELAIRE ON SCULPTURE
As part of the research for the film Daniel Chester French: American Sculptor, I adapted concepts from Baudelaire’s...
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Dec 19, 202218 min read
ONWARD TO JAPAN
It is no longer a secret. I will soon be heading to Amano, Japan, where I'll stay for a few days with potter master Shige Morioka.
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Dec 14, 20223 min read
SHIGE MORIOKA
While working on my film about Joy Brown in Connecticut, I heard the name Shige mentioned many times and by multiple sources. Joy will...
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Dec 12, 20222 min read
PART OF OUR WORLD
Eduardo arrived the next day, and as is true to form with most of Joy’s acquaintances, Eduardo turned out to be a person of substance. His z
Paul Chaleff
Dec 9, 20223 min read
NOTES ABOUT MYSELF
I have splendid memories of my childhood and early adolescence in Argentina. From a very early age, I felt compelled to express myself...
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Dec 9, 20222 min read
ON THE NEWS
For Brown, artwork is communal. In effect, to create her singular work, Brown works in plurality. “Once you see her at work around the kiln,
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Dec 6, 20228 min read
GETULIO PICCIRILLI NYSE
The New York Stock Exchange pediment is undoubtedly one of the most attractive sights in Lower Manhattan. However, most visitors are...
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Dec 4, 20222 min read
WHO'S WATCHING
Kanopy's report shows that our films have a solid presence in academic and public libraries in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Nov 30, 20224 min read
THE STORY OF BEIMAR MAMANI
"Beimar Mamani”, no in postproduction, is a documentary about the plight of immigrants from Bolivia in Argentina, a nation of mostly...
Eduardo Montes-Bradley
Nov 27, 20222 min read
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