Director

Orson Welles

13 prints

Working often within tight studio constraints, Welles treated black and white as if it were color. His shadows so deep and highlights so blown that Citizen Kane remains a study in chiaroscuro extremity. When he did work in color, as in Falstaff's earthy tones and the Kafkaesque acid-lit corridors of The Trial, he brought the same all-or-nothing visual commitment that defined every frame he made.