The ASC releases its Expanded Second Edition of “Our First 100 Years” Book. The book includes exceptional historical photos and informative, inspiring stories illustrating the history of cinematography — with an eye toward the future. For those who wanted to purchase the first one and missed it, here’s another chance.

ASC presents: “Our First 100 Years”

Published by the ASC Press, the album-size hardback book Our First 100 Years chronicled the history of the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) in celebration of the organization’s centennial (1919-2019). It featured profiles of the Society’s 15 founders and many outstanding members who have photographed classic feature films, television shows, and other motion-picture projects.

BTS from sets during every decade since 1919

Illustrated with hundreds of behind-the-scenes images — curated and restored by Charlie Lieberman, ASC, and printed in duotone for exceptional image quality — Our First 100 Years offers an insightful look at renowned ASC members and their crews at work on sets and locations during every decade since 1919. The accompanying text details their artistic influences, creative collaborations, and technologies that helped shape the past century of motion-picture history. The first book (First Edition) was an immediate hit and sold out. Now, the ASC has released the second and expanded edition.

Second and expanded edition released

The ASC has just announced the second and expanded edition of the book. As stated by the ASC: “With 204 pages, the new expanded second edition of Our First 100 Years features additional profiles and more rare photographs, including a special presentation of 50 new ASC members inducted since 2019 — who will help shape the organization for the next 100 years”.

With 204 pages, the new expanded second edition of Our First 100 Years features additional profiles and more rare photographs, including a special presentation of 50 new ASC members inducted since 2019 — who will help shape the organization for the next 100 years.

Featured ASC cinematographers

The featured ASC cinematographers include Néstor Almendros, John A. Alonzo, Michael Ballhaus, George Barnes, Robert Burks, Michael Chapman, Stanley Cortez, Allen Daviau, George Spiro Dibie, Linwood Dunn, Arthur Edeson, George Folsey, William A. Fraker, Karl Freund, Burt Glennon, Burnett Guffey, Conrad L. Hall, Gerald Hirschfeld, John Hora, James Wong Howe, Halyna Hutchins, Judy Irola, Boris Kaufman, Richard H. Kline, László Kovács, Milton Krasner, Charles B. Lang, Ernest Laszlo, Andrew Lesnie, Joseph MacDonald, Rudy Maté, Russell Metty, Arthur C. Miller, Hal Mohr, Brianne Murphy, Nicholas Musuraca, Sol Negrin, Sven Nykvist, Miroslav Ondříček, Sol Polito, Ray Rennahan, Harold Rosson, Giuseppe Rotunno, Joe Ruttenberg, Harris Savides, John F. Seitz, Leon Shamroy, Harry Stradling Sr., Karl Struss, Robert L. Surtees, Gregg Toland, Leo Tover, Joseph Walker, Haskell Wexler, Gordon Willis, Vilmos Zsigmond, and many more, including the 50 new ASC members.

This new second edition is limited to 1,000 copies and is now available from the ASC Store. Price: $85 USD.