Caravaggio: master 'photographer'

Jarman's John The Baptist in Caravaggio

 

Caravaggio's St. John The Baptist c.1604

The other day, when looking up pictures of Matthew Stone's work (see The Sunday Times most influential under 30's post from Sunday 8) I thought how easily Caravaggio's work adapts itself to photography and film (Derek Jarman's masterpiece - an important milestone in my life - being one of them). This morning I came across this short piece in The Guardian, so I thought I'd share it with you.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2009/nov/09/caravaggio-photography