In his latest artists book, Yorgos Lanthimos further develops his inimitable visual language and his rapidly growing body of photographic work with a beguiling collection of still photographs made around the sets and locations of his 2025 feature Bugonia. Shot spontaneously between takes, Lanthimoss photographs present a story untethered to the film and its narrative conventions and once again he uses the possibilities of the book form to explore new modes of storytelling. Moving between offbeat compositions, uncanny portraiture, and evocative landscapes and reflections, Lanthimos weaves a tale of mystery and illusion, death and renewal, imbued with the psychological intensity and eerie modality characteristic of his work.
The physical form of the publication invokes the unspooling of a film reel, using an accordion or leporello fold to create a sculptural object. The resulting sequence unfurls a narrative of foreboding, violence, and rebirth, told through a progression of black-and-white into colour imagery. VISCINs unique visuality sees Lanthimos draw on these broad strands of his oeuvre to form a distinctive and enigmatic new world.
Yorgos Lanthimos (b. 1973, Athens) is a director of feature films, music videos, short films, and theatre productions. His critically acclaimed feature films include Kinetta, which played at Berlin and Toronto Film Festivals; Dogtooth, which won the Un Certain Regard award at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award in 2011; Alps, which won the Osella for Best Screenplay at the 68th Venice Film Festival and Best Film at the Sydney Film Festival in 2012; The Lobster, which won the Jury Prize at the 68th Cannes Film Festival; The Killing of a Sacred Deer, which won the Best Screenplay award at the 70th Cannes Film Festival; The Favourite, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 75th Venice Film Festival; Poor Things, which won the Golden Lion at the 80th Venice Film Festival and Academy Awards for best hair and make-up, costume, and production design; and Bugonia (2025), which premiered at the 82nd Venice Film Festival. He has also photographed numerous editorials and fashion brand campaigns.
