Rafa JiménezDirector of Photography — Photographer

TRINIDAD

The Caribbean Bachanal

Shot in Trinidad while working as director of photography on Playing Mas, a documentary on the island's carnival for Bliss. The series keeps the two halves of that carnival apart — the parade in full costume, and J'Ouvert, which happens before dawn with paint instead of feathers.

Series
TRINIDAD
Project
The Caribbean Bachanal
Role
Director of photography and photographer
Client
Bliss
Production
Trinidad and Tobago Rocks
Director
Miquel Galofre
Location
Trinidad and Tobago
Frames
14
Year
2018

The film these came from

A masquerader in coral feathers and a jewelled costume
A masquerader with braids and a feathered headdress
A masquerader in pink feathers with her arms outstretched
Two masqueraders laughing in the crowd
A masquerader in orange and turquoise feathers
Masqueraders dancing on the road in confetti
Women dancing in the street outside a KFC
A couple dancing against a wall
Masqueraders in gorilla costumes beside the parade
A masquerader in pink beside a yellow welcome wall
A boy with his face painted blue at J'Ouvert
A crowd covered in blue paint at J'Ouvert
A man in blue paint among the crowd at J'Ouvert
A man covered in blue paint on J'Ouvert morning