Student Life Newspaper Features Patrick Keating’s Lecture at Washington University

In a story published by Student Life, Washington University in St. Louis’ independent student-run newspaper, Trinity University professor and cinematographer, Patrick Keating, Ph.D., visited WashU as part of the Film and Media Studies (FMS) Colloquium Series. The article notes that Keating “is renowned among peers for his knowledge on filmmaking, the history of cinematography, and media analysis,” and highlights his lecture on Italian neorealism and his concept of “luminism,” a lighting style that emphasizes realism. 

Keating’s “Postwar Cinematography and the Idea of Italian Neorealism” lecture centered around his new book, a turn away from his career-long focus on Hollywood films. “My own book might be a bit of a meta history, a history of cinematographers who thought about the history of cinematography,” Keating said. Read the full story here.