I really enjoyed this. I like seeing how people who are still fundamentally "photographers" (ie where the images are still rooted in their direct experience with the subject they photographed) but don't feel constrained by tradition. Even though the concept of collage is a well established photographic tradition.
Really enjoyed this - thanks for posting it Dave. Parr did another interview recently with Ben Smith, but I liked how this guy was prepared to challenge some of Parr's statements - even if only to be put right. I agree with everything said in the video - especially the part about most photography being junk, and the difficulty in evaluating work based on one single image. It's getting harder and harder to see the wheat from the chaff, wood for the trees, [insert your preferred phrase here].
Glad you enjoyed it. I liked it because there were some fresh questions asked.
I wish you'd posted that yesterday, I could have watched it while the test match was rained off!
I'll try and do better next time
I really enjoyed thatThe photos aren't my cup of tea but his enthusiasm and use of limited space is a great example.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn5QEUuTVmM&ab_channel=FactoryInternational
Me too. I quite liked the photos too. I think people who have a passion for something turn out great work.I really enjoyed that
I think a lot of it is a deep sense of purpose, that doesn't just fuel the passion but also drives the focus and practice.
I dare you to start a thread on that one
I read a quote the other week (which I can't find who it was made by): "The trouble with many amateurs is that what they love is photography itself; few have anything the actually want to say."
Fixed it for you, and also managed to change the attribution. Wise words Dave
If I'd said that I'd be happy to own up to it.Fixed it for you, and also managed to change the attribution. Wise words Dave
On the second point, when I was at college (Napier in Edinburgh, almost 50 years ago) studying photography, one of my lecturers used to say almost the same thing to the photography students: i.e. that our biggest problem was only being interested in photography.
It's a funny old place Youtube, and I think he made some reasonable points. "Professional" professional photographers as opposed to people who are make a living out of photography generally come with a different underlying approach to photography.
I tried The Crit Housebut it didn't appeal - the name's cringeworthy for a start! I might give it another try.
I agree about the name, and, having watched all of the posts (except for the most recent) they do vary a lot but experience has shown I have lower standards than you do !!
I've just had another look and remembered the reason I gave the channel a swerve. I find 'zoom' type presentations completely unwatchable. Talking heads in little boxes is a turn off for me.
I didn't even think about it, and until your post had forgotten that it was on zoom or something similar. The advantage, of course, is that they can bring together people from all over the world. So in spite of of its US base, for example Jamie Windsor, Alex Kilbee and Sean Tucker from the UK have all taken part in the broadcasts. There was also someone "famous" took part in one. So famous I've forgotten who it was !I've just had another look and remembered the reason I gave the channel a swerve. I find 'zoom' type presentations completely unwatchable. Talking heads in little boxes is a turn off for me.
There's one name there I make sure I avoid.
And one I've not heard of.
Yes, there is something incestuous about youtubers developing a "youtube photography" community. For many people I fear that this is now seen as defining photography and photographers.There's one name there I make sure I avoid.
I have noticed photo Youtbers (phototubers?) are starting to crop up on each other's channels and it's getting a bit incestuous. Seems to be a trend though - it goes on in the farming channels I look at too. Worlds within worlds.
A 21st century version of camera clubs?
YouTubers featuring other YouTubers is a huge turn off me. It's lazy and unimaginative.. there are great photographers out there and it would be easy to curate and give them a platform but they don't.
Have you looked at the site?
I have come across it and enjoyed a few episodes in the past - the reason why what you said resonated with me was because the last few times I've been on YouTube - the algorithm served me videos from the cirit house featuring the list of photographers you mentioned in the previous post . To be fair, I enjoy watching videos from Jamie Windsor, Sean Tucker, etc.. but just think it's unimaginative to feature other youtubers when there is so many other people out there you could platform
I agree it's probably going to the easiest to just feature other Youtubers, because they have the obvious benefit of it being advertising for their own youtube channels,
I hadn't come across the term staging and blocking before, but I've done a few courses on making films, and it's been mentioned a few times about how still photographers coming to movies often bring a sense of composition (which is what Staging seems to be) with them, but usually need to work hard at the storytelling part.
I find the storytelling part hard in stills photography too. Thanks for the book recommendations though. I'll be sure to have a browse!
