Hey, Ez... what's a music photeo?!
The term music photeo was coined in 2011 by Montreal filmmaker and
photographer Ezra Soiferman's friend, Halifax-born,
Baltimore-based Jasmine Oore,
when she saw a short music
video he’d recently made comprised solely of photographs instead of film or
video footage.
Ezra loved Jasmine's very
clever name for this and each subsequent video he's made bringing his photos to
life has had the music photeo moniker attached to it.
His music photeos to date are (oldest to most recent):
"Do You Feel The
World" (2011, featuring "Do You Feel The World" by Mike Evin) http://www.ezsez.com/2011/05/do-you-feel-world.html
"Last Game at The Forum" (2016, featuring "We Go
Home" by Adam Cohen), http://tinyurl.com/gvcq59a
“The Walls of Montreal” /
“Les Murs de Montréal” (2016, featuring "Homecoming" by Josh Ritter).
https://youtu.be/4QLoqlFfEjE
"Ez
in Res'" (2017, featuring "Free Medicine" by Lake of Stew)
http://www.ezrasoiferman.com/ez-in-res/
"The One to
Dream" (2017, featuring "The One to Dream" by Kat Goldman) https://youtu.be/A68jfGEk1r4
“Ecuadoria”
(2019, featuring “Si Tu No Estas Que Hago” written and performed by Julio Herrera, featuring
Diego Gonzales on percussion.
This video has some of
Ezra’s photos from his June 2019 trip to Ecuador.) https://youtu.be/6ivFzo5g4B8
“The Wildlife – The Walled
Life” (2021, Sung by Ezra Soiferman and Ilana Block, with wildlife photos by Ilana Block and animal mural photos
by Ezra Soiferman.)
https://youtu.be/TS33tonG_K0
“Purple Clouds” (2022,
Featuring “Purple Clouds” by James Forest) https://youtu.be/ucxQM3rqPMQ
“The Junk At My Cottage”
(2022, Featuring recycled art sculptor Dr. Michael Dworkind
aka “Dworko”) https://youtu.be/iCX520sWQ6Y
“Stages of Psychosexual
Development” (2022, Featuring the song of the same name by singer-songwriter
Ryan Stotland) https://youtu.be/jSCAEqP2Z8w
"Montreal Snowbec" (2023, A journey through winter in Montreal, featuring music by Socalled.) https://youtu.be/d_myZDQb86Y
"This Is Home" (2023, A music photeo on the theme of home featuring a new song by Peter Gabriel.) https://youtu.be/uosjwzc1gdE
More of these to come!
Ez
Ezra Soiferman