1 Beyond Presents High-Definition Documentary of the Lifework of Artist Photographer Bela Kalman.News Editors SOMERVILLE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2004 -- Boston Public Library Boston Public Library, founded in 1852, chiefly through the gift of Joshua Bates. It is the oldest free public city library supported by taxation in the world. Its present building on Copley Square, designed by McKim, Mead, and White, was completed in 1895. , Thursday 26th February at 5pm -- 1 Beyond, Inc., a leading provider of digital video editing See nonlinear video editing and video editor. and compositing systems, will present a high definition documentary of the lifework life·work n. The chief or entire work of a person's lifetime. Noun 1. lifework - the principal work of your career calling, career, vocation - the particular occupation for which you are trained of world-renowned local Boston artist photographer Bela Kalman at the Boston Public Library on Thursday 26th February at 5pm. This feature presentation will coincide with the opening of a new exhibition of the artist's work and the launch of his new book "Bela Kalman: Seashells and Other Delicacies." The documentary entitled "Bela Kalman: 65 Years in Photography" is a 20-minute biography of the award-winning Hungarian-born artist's life and work spanning from the Hungarian revolution Hungarian Revolution (1956) Popular uprising in Hungary following a speech by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in which he attacked the period of Joseph Stalin's rule. to the digital revolution. Written and edited by Emmy Award Emmy award Annual presentation for outstanding achievement in U.S. television. Its name is taken from the nickname “immy” for the image orthicon, a television camera tube. winning editor and TV personality, Chuck Kraemer, formerly of WGBH, the piece was edited entirely on 1 Beyond's revolutionary new uncompressed HD editing suite. "Kalman's photography is extraordinarily detailed and the only way to really do justice to the clarity and beauty of his work was to use state of the art HD technology which offers an image quality that is 6 times more precise than standard TV," explains Kraemer. "We decided to work with 1 Beyond because we knew that they were about to bring to market a new uncompressed HD editing suite that we could afford and of course they're a local company!" To create the documentary, Kraemer shot in 1080i uncompressed video with a Sony F900 Hi-Def camera and edited the footage on 1 Beyond's revolutionary new 1 Beyond HD Pro 10-bit uncompressed HD editing system. About Bela Kalman Bela Kalman was born in Hungary and immigrated to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. during the 1956 uprising. In addition to his career in advertising photography (he owned Studio 350 on Newbury Street), Kalman's highly acclaimed work is represented in numerous museum collections and has appeared in many magazines, exhibits, and books, including 'Angkor, Indian Country' with Tony Hillerman Tony Hillerman (born May 27 1925) is an award-winning American author of detective novels and non-fiction works. His mystery novels are set in the Four Corners area of New Mexico and Arizona. The protagonists are Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee of the Navajo tribal police. Lt. , 'The Third Eye', 'Flowers', and 'Rare Orchids'. In 1984, he was appointed a lifetime Master of the Federation of International Artistic Photographers. Of the twenty-five photographers in the world who hold this title, Kalman is the only American. He lives with his wife in Boston and on Cape Cod Cape Cod, narrow peninsula of glacial origin, 399 sq mi (1,033 sq km), SE Mass., extending 65 mi (105 km) E and N into the Atlantic Ocean. It is generally flat, with sand dunes, low hills, and numerous lakes. . About Chuck Kraemer Chuck Kraemer has worked for 20 years in Boston, as a writer a producer and on-air personality for WGBH Channel 2 and WCVB WCVB Warren County Visitors Bureau (Pennsylvania) Channel 5. He has won multiple Emmy Awards, most recently in 2002 for commentary/editorial he shot, wrote and produced for the greater Boston show. About 1 Beyond Founded in 1996, 1 Beyond, Inc. manufactures professional PC-based video editing and compositing systems at a fraction of the cost of traditional high-end systems. This value leadership is due to constant technical innovation including 8 years of industry firsts. 1 Beyond delivers turnkey video systems that provide customers with the highest performance and quality digital workflow in DV, SD and now full 10-bit uncompressed HD. The company offers a wide range of systems including award-winning Laptops, Desktops, Mobiles and Rack mounts used in all phases of editing and compositing. All 1 Beyond's systems are designed with true open architecture and built on products which are based on world standards. This insures the customer a continued upgrade path and hence, the longest period for ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). and non-obsolescence. For more information visit www.1Beyond.com. |
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