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The Robert Krasker Project
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Writing about the late, great, tragically forgotten Australian feature film cinematographer Robert Krasker, BSC at http://robertkraskerproject.wordpress.com
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Robert Krasker’s camera operator for ‘Great Expectations’, Nigel (Bob) Huke, spoke of the cloud glasses they tested for weeks on location in the Medway before commencing the film’s principal photography. What is a cloud glass?:

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November 7, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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The Robert Krasker Project is sharing a large, growing collection of movie contact sheets of many of the feature films the great Australian cinematographer Robert Krasker, BSC photographed for British, European & US directors, producers & studios:

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November 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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I have added more movie contact sheets of films photographed by Robert Krasker, BSC to The Robert Krasker Project and there are more to come:

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November 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Sotheby’s auction catalogue containing Robert Krasker’s collection of over 400 photographs, 10 to 11 July 1986, at 34-35 New Bond Street, London W1, bought by the British Film Institute (BFI) — 400+ and not 200+ photographs:

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October 30, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Under Construction at The Robert Krasker Project: Article header movie contact sheets for Robert Krasker films in my small but growing collection:

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October 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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A better way to make movie contact sheets?: ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ (1948), cinematography in studio by Robert Krasker, BSC — Using the MoviePrint freeware application for macOS:

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October 28, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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‘Great Expectations’ (1946): The river escape sequence photographed by Australian Director of Photography Robert Krasker, BSC, on location in Kent and in the studio in Denham — The river escape sequence is also considered a feat of cinematography:

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October 27, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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‘Great Expectations’ (1946): The famous opening sequence photographed by Australian Director of Photography Robert Krasker, BSC, on location and in the studio — Krasker tested colour filters and pan glasses for weeks before principal photography:

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October 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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Robert Krasker, BSC in ‘David Lean: A Biography of the Director of Doctor Zhivago, The Bridge Over the River Kwai, and Lawrence of Arabia’, by Kevin Brownlow, 1997 — Updated:

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October 24, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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Robert Krasker, BSC in transcript of audio recording for the British Entertainment History Project interview with Nigel (Bob) Huke on 12 August 1994 — Huke shares real reason why Krasker was asked to leave 'Great Expectations' halfway through:

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October 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Notable writers about Australian cinematographer Robert Krasker, BSC: Professor Duncan Petrie in ‘The British Cinematographer’, 1996 — Updated:

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October 23, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Robert Krasker, BSC in ‘Straight from the Horse’s Mouth: Ronald Neame, An Autobiography’, by Ronald Neame, 2003 – 'Great Expectations' Producer Neame shares why he asked Krasker to hand over to Guy Green:

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October 23, 2025 at 5:51 AM
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Robert Krasker, BSC in ‘Historical Dictionary of British Cinema’, by Alan Burton and Steve Chibnall, 2013; new edition coming out 19 February 2026 — 2025 update of article first published in 2023:

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October 22, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Robert Krasker, BSC in ‘British Cinematographer’ magazine: In conversation with BSC lifetime achievement award recipient Phil Méheux BSC — “… Bob Krasker BSC … , all those giants of cinematography”:

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October 21, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Robert Krasker, BSC in Cliomuse.com, Where history and movies meet: ‘El Cid’ (1961) Director: Anthony Mann — How close is 'El Cid' to El Cid? This may help.:

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October 21, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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Robert Krasker, BSC & ‘Senso’, Luchino Visconti and the Italian film industry unions in ‘Farbige Schatten – Der Kameramann Robert Krasker’, by Dr Falk Schwarz, 2012 — Did Krasker quarrel with Visconti or did the Italian film unions demand he go?:

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October 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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The Robert Krasker Project causes a ruckus at Pinewood Studios: Australian cinematographer Robert Krasker, BSC’s Oscar for his brilliant work on ‘The Third Man’ is back in the hands of the British Society of Cinematography (BSC):

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October 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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What I am watching right now: ‘Mr. Scorsese’, five-part documentary miniseries by Rebecca Miller about film director and film preservationist Martin Scorsese:

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October 20, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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One of the movie cameras used to film Leni Riefenstahl’s ‘Olympia’ (1938) was created by the brilliant Professor Emanuel Goldberg of Zeiss Ikon in Dresden – was Australian cinematographer Robert Krasker taught by Goldberg in Dresden, 1930?:

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October 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Robert Krasker, BSC and Bill Brandt in ‘Bill Brandt Behind the Camera: Photographs 1928–1983’ — Art historian David A. Mellor asks if Krasker and Brandt influenced each other — Updated:

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October 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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Robert Krasker, BSC’s Oscar statuette for Best Cinematography in Black-and-White on ‘The Third Man’ from 1951 Academy Awards is located somewhere at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom:

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October 8, 2025 at 4:43 AM
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Robert Krasker, BSC in behind-the-scenes photograph from ‘Brief Encounter’, large enough to positively identify him:

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October 7, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Robert Krasker, BSC in rare colour photograph of him behind the scenes for ‘El Cid’ on location in Spain:

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October 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Robert Krasker, BSC reportedly mounted a Technicolor camera on a Hollywood film truck to photograph the famous horse charge in ‘Henry V’. What did that camera rig look like?:

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October 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Robert Krasker, BSC in ‘Filmguide to Henry V’, by Harry M. Geduld, 1973 — Krasker “did daring, magnificent new things with color”:

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October 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM