A conversation with Tara Violet Niami, a British Australian-Iranian American cinematographer and photographer based in Los Angeles. As a DOP she has worked in narrative film, documentary, music video, and fashion film mediums. Later this summer, her first feature film as cinematographer, Eye Without A Face made in collaboration with her independent filmmaker father Ramin Niami, will be released. In this episode, we talk about Tara's journey from photography to the moving image, perseverance, and much more.

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