Chiaroscuro




Welcome to Gallery Chiaroscuro, the official website for the Jack Cardiff collection.

Jack Cardiff’s life as a cinematographer has spanned more than 80 years, and has won him Oscars for his outstanding work on over one hundred films and his ‘exceptional’ contributions to the moving picture industry. Jack’s catalogue of films includes the Oscar-winning Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes, The African Queen and Rambo II.


Throughout his hugely successful career in the film industry Jack has worked with some of Hollywood’s most beautiful women. He was inspired by them to preserve some of that beauty not on moving film this time, but through still portraits. This is the first time Jack’s portraits, taken over 50 years ago, have been exhibited to the public.

Gallery Chiaroscuro has released for sale a limited number of each picture. These Collectors Edition prints are signed by Jack Cardiff and come with an exclusive photograph of him adding his signature to your picture. The pictures are available in several sizes and arrive mounted ready for framing. Accompanying your picture will be a Certificate of Authenticity and a verification of purchase. The Collectors Edition prints are subject to availability. For further details about picture sizes and investment please call the Midas Group on + 44 (0) 870 922 1100





Photo by Scarlet Page