A handbook for andré the art of holding a camera
Håndbok for andré. Kunsten å holde et kamera
It’s the last day at school before the summer holidays, but André is not happy. His older sister Karin is not there anymore. Her body is lying in a hospital bed, completely motionless, and no one knows whether her thoughts will ever return to her. But then he meets Pia. And they both get to know Alex.
Alex is a famous photographer who has lost his drive, and instead of pursuing his art spends the summer refurbishing André’s family’s apartment. Alex teaches the kids to catch motion with a camera lens, to hold a camera, to tell a story. But most of all he teaches them to see. The result is a handbook – A handbook for André. Through the handbook André gets an introduction to film making and the art of creative thinking. And so does the reader of André’s story.
Aschehoug 2009
