Clémence Polès
Clémence Polès is a creative, writer, and curator based in New York. She's the force behind the online magazine Passerbuys, focusing on profiles and recommendations from various voices. Additionally, she co-runs a film festival dedicated to celebrating work by women filmmakers. Raised in Nice and Dubai, her multicultural background informs her work across various creative fields.
Recommendations
A collection of conversations from the '90s between Abbas Kiarostami and film critic Godfrey Cheshire. The conversations are markedly intimate and provide context to his earlier works, all of which deal with a philosophy of life that I’m particularly drawn to.
A fascinating dissection of the rise of the selfie, and the origins of the face, from its actualization to its disconnected perversion.
Editions
On unsubscribe sprees, completionism, and Iranian cinema