Evening Pipe

The story

A portrait of a retired craftsman in his workshop, filmed through the smoke of his evening pipe. I built the portrait around one ritual, the evening pipe, and scheduled the shoot for the half hour after sunset so the smoke could carry the light.

CLIENT

Ironwood

YEAR

2023

DELIVERABLES

Creative Direction Format Concept

ROLE

Creative Director

Behind the scenes

His one condition for filming became the film’s visual idea.

a group of people standing around a camera set up
Man with beard wearing cap using phone outdoors
man holding hammer while forging on anvil inside room
a black and white photo of a man sitting on a hill
brown wooden table with white printer papers
Wall painting of an old man smoking a pipe
a man working in a shop
Person sitting on steps of old log cabin
blacksmith holding mallet in garage
A man in a vintage suit smoking in a dusty attic with light beams
man inside tool shed
Weathered mural of a person on an ancient stone wall
person holding blue and silver hand tool
a man with a white turban is smoking a pipe
person using metal grinder
man in brown and white coat smoking
assorted-color power tools
grayscale photo of man in jacket sitting on ground with dried leaves
man in black and white long sleeve shirt holding brown wooden rolling pin
person smoking pipe grayscale photo

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