What People Are Saying

“Mesmerizing and unforgettable.”
—Andrew Goldstein, former Editor-in-Chief of Artnet

“Beautiful and hypnotic,” your Procession. Claudia said as we were getting ready to get up out of our seats: “I didn't want it to end.”
—Barbara Epler, Publisher of New Directions

“A lush, hypnotic experience for sure. Quite an achievement—to hold one's attention without plot, character development, dialog—or even music.”
— David Salle, artist and critic 

“A feeling of being a voyeur rather than observer slowly overcame me as night fell…”
—Bob Rubin, author and cultural critic

“Watching it is so relaxing, it’s like a spa day. It is so romantic about New York City, but equally cautionary about human nature.”
—Amy Arbus, photographer

“It reminded me of the friezes on the pediments of ancient buildings (and sometimes their sides)—person after person, hero after hero following one after another, each one’s body turned or bent or stepping a little differently. Yes, a procession.” 
—Leo Rubinfien, photographer and author of Wounded Cities

“A huge achievement—and one with serious artistic integrity.”
—Philip Gefter, photography historian and author of Cocktails with George and Martha: Movies, Marriage and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf

“I am thinking about this quiet, meditative piece you made…and I am grateful for the gift.”
—Kele McComsey, Director of Mana Contemporary

“Procession just flows through space—slowing people down and looking at them in a way that is deeply human.”
—Joshua David, Co-founder, The High Line

“I thought about Procession several times this week, especially when seeing faces out on the street. It’s a rewarding film, demanding though never boring.”
—Jeffrey Fraenkel, Owner, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco

“A masterpiece.”
—Victoria Dearing, Manager, Minetta Tavern

“This would be the perfect film to send into space on one of those ships seeking alien life—everything they would need to know about our species is encapsulated in [this] film, no language necessary…Powerful, insightful, and…heartbreaking.”
—Arne Svenson, photographer and author of The Neighbors

“I loved every second of it, and [this] visually ravishing film almost restored my belief in humanity. I didn't want it to end.”
—Claudia Steinberg, foreign correspondent for European cultural magazines

“What an achievement! It is pitch perfect. Like a dance.”
—Elisabeth Sussman, Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art

“The early visitors to the park…served as silent teachers, exemplifying the art of finding enrichment and solace in the embrace of a sliver of nature cut from the heart of the city.”
—James Martin, Executive Director of the Richard Avedon Foundation

“If we tend to think of Manhattan as mainly a bustling maelstrom, it’s impressive that you have isolated dream-like fragments and moments of humanity from the madness. It’s terrific—well done.”
—Martin Harrison, author of The Catalogue Raisonné of Francis Bacon

“An incisive ode to the sociality of sight…a thrumming, fulsome piece.”
—Olremi Onabanjo, Photography Curator, Museum of Modern Art

“The film seemed counterintuitive—to rush by. I say counterintuitive because of the slow motion and because there’s no narration to distract the viewer and therefore one would expect a bit of time—drag, but the experience was quite the opposite.”
—Paul Roth, Director of the Image Centre, Toronto

“Really stunning and the sound effects (are) incredible. It made me think and feel so many different things from Hitchcock to AbEx painters.”
—Dorothy Berwin, film producer