13 Lakes plot
American landscape filmmaker James Benning captures thirteen lakes on film as a series of moving landscape paintings. The focus is not on accidental geography, but on the play of light and reflections. As the title implies, Benning shot at thirteen different lakes, all in America: Lake Michigan, Great Salt Lake, Hiamna Lake, Lake Okeechobee, Lake Pontchartrain, Red Lake, Lake Champlain, Salton Sea, Lake Powell, Lake Winnebego, Flathead Lake, Goose Lake and Moosehead Lake. Each lake received one shot in which the preparation, the choice of camera position and the moment to be filmed were chosen with great care.