everything is original 2009 documentary. digital video. total running time: 5 minutes. german photographer birgit richter's recent subjects include women who clean houses. richter creates portraits of them in the homes where they work. filmed in los angeles, everything is original offers a brief behind-the-scenes exploration of one particular photo session and its aftermath, negotiating the space between richter and her subject, a mexican woman who, like the photographer and the film's director, is a foreigner working in america. director: christian svanes kolding. editor: christian svanes kolding. do you like what you’ve seen? lend your support by making the kind of contribution that allow projects like these to happen. thanks!
this is a non-commercial project. comments can be left here. more of birgit richter's photographs from the series are avaialble here.