Todd Haynes Collects Images to Guide the Feel of His Films (Published 2016)

The first shot of the drama “Carol” begins on a subway grate and tilts up to reveal the bustling streets of 1950s New York. That shot and the many that follow show art deco hotels, crowded and meticulously designed department stores, beautiful suburban homes, and smart fashions, and they sometimes feel as if they were taken from the pages of magazines or photography books that depicted the period.