BBC 1, Imagine The Many Lives of William Klein

Thanks for the heads up.... Sky+ set to record.

Much Appreciated.
 
DG Phototraining said:
Never heard of him and had to look him up

I don't think I'll be watching either, I much prefer the new 'greats' to the old greats

Dave
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And I'm sure he's never heard of you either....:lol:

I think you should watch, he is not just a great and influential photographer but he's also a very interesting, swims against the tide kind of fella.:thumbs:

Andy
 
DG Phototraining said:
Never heard of him and had to look him up

I don't think I'll be watching either, I much prefer the new 'greats' to the old greats

Dave
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You might find that a lot of the new greats owe a lot to the old greats like Klein.
 
wow...can't believe that someone who delivers photography training is so dismissive and so blinkered that believe they couldn't possibly learn anything from this.
 
Steve said:
wow...can't believe that someone who delivers photography training is so dismissive and so blinkered that believe they couldn't possibly learn anything from this.
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Shocking isn't it - but then I teach BUSINESS not photography :lol:

Perhaps if I was into teaching photography I should first do a Degree in it so I can talk farty about the old greats then ??? Or maybe its really not that important as I know several with an arty degree who can't shoot for ****** :shrug:

EDIT - cos that might read a bit arsey, which I'm not :D

My point is you don't NEED to know anything about past masters to be good at photography, just as you don't NEED to know anything about film Developing & Printing to produce a nice canvas image - if you want to know then that's fair enough, but so is not being the slightest bit interested :)

Dave
 
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I agree with Dave on this.

I read Michael Schumacher's autobiography, didn't make me a better driver !!
 
I've never heard if him but after a little research he seems like an interesting chap.

I'll be watching, thanks for the heads-up.
 
One of the greats, looking forward to watching it, although I'd be surprised if I learnt anything.... ;)
 
DG Phototraining said:
Shocking isn't it - but then I teach BUSINESS not photography :lol:

Perhaps if I was into teaching photography I should first do a Degree in it so I can talk farty about the old greats then ??? Or maybe its really not that important as I know several with an arty degree who can't shoot for ****** :shrug:

EDIT - cos that might read a bit arsey, which I'm not :D

My point is you don't NEED to know anything about past masters to be good at photography, just as you don't NEED to know anything about film Developing & Printing to produce a nice canvas image - if you want to know then that's fair enough, but so is not being the slightest bit interested :)

Dave
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Apologies for the mistake....didn't realise it was business you taught.

Up to you whether to watch of course, but I'm just surprised that you think you have nothing to learn from old masters....each to his own of course.

Personally, after 40 years of photography, I'm still learning and believe there is merit in understanding old masters and what made them great.
 
Was just pointed this prog out to me on my newbie thread so set to record incase i fall asleep! ..... Looking forward! :-)
 
Cg_Girl said:
Was just pointed this prog out to me on my newbie thread so set to record incase i fall asleep! ..... Looking forward! :-)
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Perhaps i need a program on writing in English too :bonk::lol:
 
Well I thought that was an excellent programme. :thumbs: I'm not really into following famous photographers, being inspired by images rather than the people that create them.

I still find programmes about most photographers interesting though, especially if I like their work, which I did in this case, because there are so few programmes featuring them. And indeed, for the current popularity of Photography there is very few programmes which cater for the subject.

He is an interesting character, who has had an interesting life (so far) and looking at his images, and from the testimony of those in the programme, he was a very ground breaking photographer. As I said, I don't follow photographers, but have seen a number of his images over the years and for the images to stick in the memory means to me that they are/were notable images imho.

His exhibition in London looked like it would be worth a visit if I was down in that part of the world.
 
Incredible photographer, Iconic images. What a great hours worth of viewing that was.
 
redhed17 said:
Well I thought that was an excellent programme. :thumbs: I'm not really into following famous photographers, being inspired by images rather than the people that create them.

I still find programmes about most photographers interesting though, especially if I like their work, which I did in this case, because there are so few programmes featuring them. And indeed, for the current popularity of Photography there is very few programmes which cater for the subject.

He is an interesting character, who has had an interesting life (so far) and looking at his images, and from the testimony of those in the programme, he was a very ground breaking photographer. As I said, I don't follow photographers, but have seen a number of his images over the years and for the images to stick in the memory means to me that they are/were notable images imho.

His exhibition in London looked like it would be worth a visit if I was down in that part of the world.
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Totally agree, considering it's one of the top passtimes, photography is really neglected by the media, especially compared to cooking and gardening.

I really liked the programme, Klein was a really interesting character as well as a great photographer.
 
DG Phototraining said:
So if I wanted to be a painter too I have to study Monet ???

Can't I just paint :thinking:

On 2nd thoughts, lets not make this an argument :D

Dave
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Yes, you can just paint, and equally you can just hand a newb a camera and tell him to shoot a wedding. Few of us have the latent technical and artistic skills, to "never learn" or "never be taught"

Klein was pretty groundbreaking, and we can all learn a lot form the way this photographer (who is still with us) both works and shoots.
 
I can't say I like all of his work, but it was a very interesting and entertaining programme. He's quite a character and that comes across in the way he photographs the world around him.
 
I enjoyed that, it certainly challenged my idea of what makes a picture. I mean, some of his images are "soft", blurred or have out of focus subjects yet despite, or possibly because of, this they have that "something" that all great images have. :thinking:
 
It just goes to show it's not the camera but the people either side of it that make the photo special (in people photography anyway).

I really enjoyed it and found it quite inspiring :)
 
Im Very new to photography and really enjoyed watching the programme ;~))
 
Mahone said:
It just goes to show it's not the camera but the people either side of it that make the photo special (in people photography anyway).

I really enjoyed it and found it quite inspiring :)
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Especially as he used a camera once owned by Cartier Bresson - same camera, different style.
 
I've seen some of his photographs before and enjoyed the documentary. I always enjoy watching any photography related programmes. Did I learn anything? Not really.

Still wouldn't put me off watching it, or similar again.

Cheers.
 
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