Mark Holthusen’s Photography for Ça Ira

Posted by Ajit on March 8, 2006. Comment 

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Ça Ira is an opera scored and directed by Pink Floyd founder, Roger Waters. The opera revolves around the French Revolution. The style of the opera was simple enough, a black-clad orchestra performing to the backdrop of Mark Holthusen’s photography. The photography is absolutely stunning, one of the few times I have ever been excited about watching an opera.

The photographs are enhanced to look grand rather than to imitate reality. The backdrop, the props and costumes are some of the best I have ever seen. Holthusen’s photography outside of Ça Ira is very similar in style: painterly, staged, abundance of costumes, and decadent in nature. In the photographs that look current or have modern subjects, his photography seems stalled in mid-sentence.

The entire site is in Flash so I really cannot link to any particular images or pages. However, I recommend you check out the slideshows for the various acts and the videos in the “Downloads” section.

Visit & play Ça Ira photos – Holthusen’s portfolio site

Filed Under Decadence, Drama, Ham it up, Live, Musicals, Period Pieces, Photography & Slideshows, Royalty

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