New York Film Academy Instructor and Emmy® Award-Winning Director of Photography Claudia Raschke Named a 2024 Canon Explorer of Light
2024年7月2日 - 11:00PM
For nearly 30 years, Canon has brought renowned photographers
together to inspire, teach, and support new and emerging visual
artists through the elite Canon Explorers of Light program. For the
first time since the program’s inception in 1995, Canon, a leader
in digital imaging solutions, has officially expanded beyond still
photography by naming six distinguished filmmakers and
cinematographers to the newest class of its Canon Explorers of
Light program. Among the world-renowned cinematographers selected
is New York Film Academy (NYFA) Instructor of Documentary
Filmmaking, Claudia Raschke, an Emmy® Award-Winning and
Oscar-nominated Director of Photography.
Those invited to Canon Explorers of Light will be engaged in
panel discussions and virtual and in-person conversations spanning
several months to foster collaboration and inspiration among
experts in cinematography and photography. The elite opportunity,
focused on the future of cinematography and photography, will
center itself around new camera technologies, industry hiring
trends, and commentary surrounding the resulting work of its
participants.
As a Director of Photography with over 33 years of professional,
on-the-ground experience, Claudia Raschke commented on how siloed
the job of a cinematographer can be, “Directors of Photography are
often so involved in a project and limited in what they can share
until production is finished. As a result, there is often very
little collaboration. You don’t have access to another buddy
cinematographer, which means you don’t have someone to help you
problem-solve. Canon Explorers of Light enables visual artists to
get together and discuss challenges they’ve faced in the field,
along with solutions they can share with participants of this elite
opportunity.”
Raschke, no stranger to the necessity of collaboration among
other experts in her field, founded the New York City Kamera
Kollektiv, a boutique agency for documentary and feature film
cinematographers in New York City.
The NYFA Documentary Filmmaking instructor is best known for her
ability to bring rich tones of the motion picture to a diverse
range of films, from purely commercial ventures to feature-length
documentaries, to lower-budget works of art. Raschke’s notable
award-winning films include the Oscar-nominated and
Emmy® award-winning documentary RBG and God is the
Bigger Elvis, the Oscar-short-listed Mad Hot Ballroom, Julia, Boys
State, the Peabody Award-winning Black Magic, and My Name is Pauli
Murray, Critics Choice Award-nominated Fauci, and The House of
Hammer, as well as her work on several documentary series for
National Geographic, Discovery, Showtime, and CNN.
In addition to her many projects, courses, and now involvement
in Canon Explorers of Light, Claudia is also working on an
eight-part documentary series for the History Channel to be
released in 2025.
Over the next several months, Raschke, and the other visual
artists will participate in Canon Explorers of Light where they
will collaborate on ideas and explore industry-trending topics
through panels, discussions, events, and the creation of new work.
The NYFA instructor is thrilled to have the opportunity to
collaborate with other experts through this highly recognized and
elite opportunity. Raschke says, “It is a distinct privilege and
honor to be part of Canon Explorers of Light. Canon cameras and
optics have been my top creative tools for documentary filmmaking
for many years. I consider it a great opportunity to learn from
other visual artists and to share my creative process as a
cinematographer with the Explorers of Light community.”
Follow NYFA’s Film School Blog for updates on Claudia Raschke’s
journey as part of Canon Explorers of Light. Be sure to read about
the incredible work and projects of our other esteemed faculty, the
Documentary Filmmaking program at NYFA where Raschke teaches, and
the New York Film Academy.
About NYFA
New York Film Academy (NYFA) is a world-renowned film, media,
and performing arts college that offers BFA and MFA degrees,
short-term workshops, 1-and-2 year programs, certificates, online
classes, and Summer Camps for teens and kids. NYFA has campuses
across the globe in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Italy, Australia,
and also online. NYFA students gain hands-on experience alongside
industry professionals in Filmmaking, Acting for Film,
Screenwriting, Cinematography, Producing, Game Design, Musical
Theatre, Broadcast Journalism, Photography, and more.
Learn more at https://www.nyfa.edu/
- New York Film Academy Instructor and Emmy® Award-Winning
Director of Photography Claudia Raschke Named a 2024 Canon Explorer
of Light
- New York Film Academy Instructor and Emmy® Award-Winning
Director of Photography Claudia Raschke Named a 2024 Canon Explorer
of Light
Laura Bailey-Wickins
New York Film Academy
pr@nyfa.edu