2018 / 02 — February issue of American Cinematographer

The February 2018 issue of American Cinematographer magazine, which features a special focus on rising stars of cinematography along with profiles of this year’s ASC Awards honorees. Star Wars: The Last Jedi(Disney – Lucasfilm) Steve Yedlin, ASC reteamed with his longtime collaborator, writer-director Rian Johnson, for this eighth episode in the Skywalker saga. Picking up right where the previous chapter, The Force Awakens, left off, the movie finds Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) drawn out of seclusion by Rey (Daisy Ridley) while, across the galaxy, General Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) leads the Resistance in its ongoing war against the tyrannical First Order. Yedlin and his collaborators welcomed AC to the set at Pinewood Studios in England, offering a firsthand view of the eagerly anticipated production. Rising Stars of Cinematography Following the introduction of this spotlight section in 2017, AC’s editors surveyed a record-setting field of worthy candidates to compile 2018’s list of