SCREENING IN THE BERNARD OSHER FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM
“The film is brilliant, it both honors Webb’s art and examines the creative impulses behind the photography.”
56 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Huey. This screening will be followed by a discussion with the director.
Honest Vision is produced and directed by Portland based filmmaker Huey, Films by Huey. The film had its premiere at the Portland Museum of Art with Todd and Lucille Webb in attendance in 1996.
This award-winning documentary chronicles the life and career of Todd Webb (1905-2000), one of America’s important 20th century photographers. The photographer’s life is told through the wit and stories of Webb himself. Featured are Webb’s elegant black and white photographs of Paris and New York in the 1940s and 1950s, and his photographs of the American West taken from 1955-65 when he retraced the Gold Rush Trails by foot, by bicycle, and by motor scooter. Honest Vision also is the love story of Todd and Lucille Webb. An inseparable team, the interviews with Lucille Webb give an insight to the influence a partner has on the creative life of an artist.