Cinematography speaks to everything that women do inherently well: It's multitasking, it's empathy, and it's channeling visuals into human emotion. — Rachel Morrison Cinematography Copy Share Image
Part of the reason why I love to operate is because I find that so much of what we do is instinctual.… — Rachel Morrison Body Copy Share Image
You can only shoot small movies and documentaries for so long if you want to have a family that you support; eventually,… — Rachel Morrison Cinema Copy Share Image
As artists, we can't help but infuse our art with our own experience, so your experience becomes informative. — Rachel Morrison Art Copy Share Image
The first female DPs that I was aware of were Ellen Kuras, Mandy Walker, Nancy Schreiber, Amy Vincent, Sandi Sissel, Maryse Alberti… — Rachel Morrison Aware Copy Share Image
I think lighting is a reflection of what is at stake emotionally in a movie. — Rachel Morrison I think Copy Share Image
If there's anything consistent about my work, it's not flat. — Rachel Morrison About Copy Share Image
It would be naive to say that you could make a movie on film for the same price you can digitally. — Rachel Morrison Cinema Copy Share Image
Photos have the real task of bringing exposure to places that we otherwise don't have much awareness of. — Rachel Morrison Awareness Copy Share Image
I pour my blood, sweat, and tears into a movie. What I always look for is a message and a social consciousness:… — Rachel Morrison Blood sweat and tears Copy Share Image
Authenticity, to me, is something that you feel, and if it doesn't feel authentic, you pick up on it right away. — Rachel Morrison Authenticity Copy Share Image
'Fruitvale' set the bar for what I wanted to do with my career, which was to make films that had consciousness and… — Rachel Morrison Back Copy Share Image
We shot 'Mudbound' in the South in the summer, which meant we were working in extreme heat and humidity at all times… — Rachel Morrison Day Copy Share Image
The biggest difference for me was that I operated almost every frame on 'Mudbound,' and I didn't operate on 'Black Panther.' — Rachel Morrison Black Copy Share Image
Photography was a way for me to freeze time and to capture the moments that were happy and healthy. I saw a… — Rachel Morrison Freeze time Copy Share Image
Half of 'Mudbound' were shots I stole in between other scenes. — Rachel Morrison Between Copy Share Image
I love faces that have freckles. I love faces that have wrinkles. For me, beauty is naturalism, I guess. — Rachel Morrison Beauty Copy Share Image
I came up in photography, and Dust Bowl-era photography is a lot of the reason that I got behind the camera in… — Rachel Morrison Camera Copy Share Image
I gravitate much more toward realism, realism in the work that I do, but magical realism got me hooked on film. I… — Rachel Morrison Cinema Copy Share Image
Lighting practically whenever I can when shooting period really helps with authenticity. — Rachel Morrison Authenticity Copy Share Image
The only consistency in the work I do is that I try to use cinematography to best tell the narrative and do… — Rachel Morrison Best Copy Share Image
The theatrical experience is also a communal one. When people saw 'Fruitvale' in the theater, there was not a dry eye at… — Rachel Morrison End Copy Share Image
When shooting in real spaces, the work of a cinematographer begins where location meets production design meets time of day. No movie… — Rachel Morrison Design Copy Share Image