Lucien Castaing-Taylor
January 10, 1966 · 60 years old
Lucien Giles Castaing-Taylor (born 10 January 1966, Liverpool, United Kingdom) is a British anthropologist and artist who works in film, video, and photography. Castaing-Taylor received his B.A. at The University of Southern California and his Ph.D. at The University of California, Berkeley. Since…
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4 titles
Leviathan
A documentary shot in the North Atlantic and focused on the commercial fishing industry.
Sweetgrass
In the summer of 2003, a group of shepherds took a herd of sheep one final time through the Beartooth Mountains of Montana, in the extreme north-west of the United States. It was a journey of almost three hundred kilometres throug...
Manakamana
A documentary about a group of pilgrims who travel to Nepal to worship at the legendary Manakamana temple.
The Fabric of the Human Body
Focuses on five hospitals in northern Paris neighborhoods. It reveals that human flesh is an extraordinary landscape that exists only through the gaze and attention of others.