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Pictures On My Mind
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Приєднався 30 сер 2011
I'm Edward Thompson and I've been a pro photographer for 24 years with 10 years teaching experience as a Senior Lecturer in universities in the U.K.
I've been published by National Geographic Magazine, The Guardian Weekend Magazine, BBC, CNN, Huck, The British Journal of Photography and VICE.
I've worked on around 3,000 professional photography assignments for some of the world's leading magazines, charities and organisations.
I'm a pro photographer pretending to be a UA-camr, not a UA-camr pretending to be a photographer! 🤣
I'm not going for 'lowest common denominator' content, as seems to be the fashion with much of 'Photo UA-cam', if you like what I do and want me to keep making it please consider JOINING my channel as a member for £2.99.
Thank you
I've been published by National Geographic Magazine, The Guardian Weekend Magazine, BBC, CNN, Huck, The British Journal of Photography and VICE.
I've worked on around 3,000 professional photography assignments for some of the world's leading magazines, charities and organisations.
I'm a pro photographer pretending to be a UA-camr, not a UA-camr pretending to be a photographer! 🤣
I'm not going for 'lowest common denominator' content, as seems to be the fashion with much of 'Photo UA-cam', if you like what I do and want me to keep making it please consider JOINING my channel as a member for £2.99.
Thank you
Photojournalist Homer Sykes: Some photographers can't 'see'
In todays episode you see a short interview with the amazing photojournalist Homer Sykes. He's been a photographer for 55 years and had the most incredible career.
I helped Homer film a crowdfunding video for his last photo book and at the end I cheekily asked him a few questions that I thought might be helpful. In essence he's talking about a photographers perception and I find that fascinating.... I hope you do too!
If you want to pick up a copy of his new book you can get a copy here: www.dewilewis.com/products/an-annual-affair?srsltid=AfmBOoouA2HRQjOWfv9ABbX3qVkQvUyTd3DeGyF7QFgvMTFFm1w_D6gH
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I helped Homer film a crowdfunding video for his last photo book and at the end I cheekily asked him a few questions that I thought might be helpful. In essence he's talking about a photographers perception and I find that fascinating.... I hope you do too!
If you want to pick up a copy of his new book you can get a copy here: www.dewilewis.com/products/an-annual-affair?srsltid=AfmBOoouA2HRQjOWfv9ABbX3qVkQvUyTd3DeGyF7QFgvMTFFm1w_D6gH
SUBSCRIBE HERE: ua-cam.com/users/edthompson80.
BECOME A CHANNEL MEMBER
www.youtube.com/@PicturesOnMyMind/join I've started a channel membership for £2.99 a month. You'll get members only videos (that at present I'm making on request!) and a monthly livestream so you can throw questions at me and we can get into it!
BUY MY PHOTO BOOKS & ZINES
edwardthompson.co.uk/Book-Sales
1-2-1 ONLINE TUTORIAL with Ed £50
edwardthompson.co.uk/teaching
#photojournalism #documentaryphotography #homersykes
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Why Conceptual Photography Wins... (and why you can't do anything about it)
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In todays video I talk about how conceptual fine art photography came to dominate the art landscape here in the UK and the world! And why I thought it was interesting to see the 'conceptual breakdancing' of Raygun fall flat at the Paris 2024 Olympics. I cite a few ideas as to why this has happened in the 21st century and why I think we can't even do anything about it! ha! If you have any sugges...
Plagiarised by a major camera company?
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In 2007 I saw an advert for a major camera company that looked a lot like one of my photographs. I kept the cutting folded up for 17 years wedged amongst my negatives and found it recently. I've tried to find the photograph online but in those heady days of 2007 I'm guessing the advert was only in print... you remember that, right? So what do you think? Was I ripped off? I mean there's nothing ...
Photojournalist Mike Goldwater talks about his 'Island' Photo Book
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Todays cellar chat is with veteran photojournalist Mike Goldwater. Founder of Network Photographers Agency and winner of two World Press Photo Awards! Today we are talking about his new photo book which he photographed over 4 years around the Isle of Thanet in Kent. Buy the Island photo book: www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/J24KX6A3BX9EU Mike's website: www.mikegoldwater.com/ Mike's Instagram: insta...
Alternatives To Photography Degrees?
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In todays video I talk about how Higher Education in the arts is falling apart and why you could consider other routes to studying photography. Some background: STRIKES & CUTS www.workersliberty.org/story/2024-04-03/cuts-uk-universities#:~:text=The universities of Winchester, Surrey,job losses and course closures GREED www.ucu.org.uk/article/12941/New-analysis-reveals-record-university-income-a...
Help...Advice for a filmmaker stuck in limbo?
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I've been struggling to make a documentary film for 4 years now. When I started it I had no grey hair and all my teeth! ha! It's a very personal documentary film project about photography that is really TRIPPY. And of course I messed up from the start as I'm in it.. Yep, thats right. I've been trying to do the whole 'Nick Broomfield thing' for 4 years and aside from three shoots with the help o...
Who REALLY photographed The Bikeriders?
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In todays episode I look at a photo book and think about who REALLY photographed the bikeriders... Any regular viewers of the show will know how much I love film still photography, and there's a load of films out or about to be released to do with photojournalism as well! So in this episode I take a look at some of the film stills photography from The Bikeriders and also look at the 1968 photo ...
Be An Unstoppable Photographer
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A friend recently called me an unstoppable photographer... so today I thought I'd share 10 ways to be an unstoppable photographer! Ha! Please note this is about being unstoppable not being successful! But part of being successful is NOT GIVING UP! So hopefully some of this advice will help you to be unstoppable too! NEW THING! CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP I've started a channel membership for £2.99 a mon...
GULAG! A new photography book by Barry Lewis. 90s photojournalism.
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Gulag. A new photography book by Barry Lewis. Some outstanding photojournalism and today I am going through it. Its a great example of the kind of old school photojournalism that still existed in the nearly 90s. Barry is a master photojournalist and you're in for a treat! But not Barry, I'm sure he'll hate this video! ha! If you want to get a copy you can pick one up from A Fistful of Books: fi...
Symbolism in 'that scene' with Firecracker and Homelander
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In todays episode I deconstruct a moment from the last episode of The Boys that got a lot of attention... but not for the reasons I will outline in this video. It's 'that' scene with Firecracker and Homelander from Season 4, Episode 6. I deconstruct the symbolism behind a number of elements with an impeccably composed shot. Kudos to Director Karen Gaviola and Cinematographer Jonathan Cliff! The...
Scanning your film: From contact sheets to final prints.
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NEWS FLASH: This is just how I've done it for over 20 years and have delivered files to National Geographic Magazine, the Sony World Photo Award and The Guardian. You'll find a load of UA-camrs using their cameras to photograph their negatives with funky DSLR camera adapters. Thats not what I do or will ever do. To me, with my experience, this is the best & cheapest way of scanning my negatives...
Fashion Photography Editorial Shoot On Location with Flash. 4 looks in 1 hour!
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Todays video is a behind the scenes of a regular fashion editorial feature I shoot for the Ramsgate Recorder, a free local newspaper. The majority of the 2,500 photo assignments I've worked on have been portraits, reportage and event photography. So it was exciting when a few years ago I teamed up with the amazing stylist, and owner of Harbour & Tide, Katy Lassen and started working on these li...
Mind melting coincidence on a landscape photography project. Mamiya RZ67 + Weirdness
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12 years ago I had an idea for a medium format landscape photography project with my Mamiya RZ67 as an Arthurian Quest. In today’s video you join me and my squire Miles on our coincidence laden film photography project journeying to Glastonbury and Tintagel, diving into Medieval Mythology and continuing this long form photo project made on a well travelled Mamiya and some Kodak Portra. This is ...
Symbolism in the Stills Photography of Falling Down
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Symbolism in the Stills Photography of Falling Down
Photo Book Self Publish Mastery: Wetproofs, Editing and Sequencing.
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Photo Book Self Publish Mastery: Wetproofs, Editing and Sequencing.
A Bigger Book Fair 2024: Top Photo Book Publishers Share Their Wisdom 🧠 📚 🥇
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A Bigger Book Fair 2024: Top Photo Book Publishers Share Their Wisdom 🧠 📚 🥇
The book NASA rejected: Depravity's Rainbow by Lewis Bush.
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The book NASA rejected: Depravity's Rainbow by Lewis Bush.
Not a rip off....Photographers homage to a legendary portrait photographer.
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Not a rip off....Photographers homage to a legendary portrait photographer.
🤠🏜️ A documentary photography project on medium format film.
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🤠🏜️ A documentary photography project on medium format film.
...and why is the Medium Format Film Photography from the set of Fallout so Good?
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...and why is the Medium Format Film Photography from the set of Fallout so Good?
RARE Photo Book Review: Sightwalk by Magnum Photographer Gueorgui Pinkhassov
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RARE Photo Book Review: Sightwalk by Magnum Photographer Gueorgui Pinkhassov
Print Sales at Art Fairs: Professional Photographer tips for selling your photography prints.
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Print Sales at Art Fairs: Professional Photographer tips for selling your photography prints.
How to Make A Photo Exhibition Great Again! Advice from 23 years of exhibiting photographs
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How to Make A Photo Exhibition Great Again! Advice from 23 years of exhibiting photographs
Film Photography Negative Masochism. Featuring Lewis Bush
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Film Photography Negative Masochism. Featuring Lewis Bush
YouTube Monetization 2024? Why I don't care! 😜 Quitting Youtube?
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UA-cam Monetization 2024? Why I don't care! 😜 Quitting UA-cam?
Ordering Photographs. How and Why I Sequence Photos In A Photo Book
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Ordering Photographs. How and Why I Sequence Photos In A Photo Book
Europe Street Photography: Reflections & Beyond. Street Photo Tips & Tricks in Davos, Switzerland
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Europe Street Photography: Reflections & Beyond. Street Photo Tips & Tricks in Davos, Switzerland
No Pressure! Photo exhibition preparation for major London art gallery
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No Pressure! Photo exhibition preparation for major London art gallery
New York STREET PHOTOGRAPHY in a Blizzard with Medium Format Film Ikonta + Metz
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New York STREET PHOTOGRAPHY in a Blizzard with Medium Format Film Ikonta Metz
MF Documentary Portrait Photography in Texas from 'When In The Lone Star State' Photo Book
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MF Documentary Portrait Photography in Texas from 'When In The Lone Star State' Photo Book
ahhhh, that time a well known photographger sighed and said to me "Oh this is great but I wish you'd pay attention to your background ... you idiot [winks]."
@@antifencer classic! 🤣
So yep, was on UA-cam and thinking about my days as a neophyte photographer. I was drawn to nuevo avant garde slash experimental stuff back when everything was 35 mm, SLR. Documentary photography is a contrast to that. I mean photography, i.e., taking photographs it's all about perspectives right. People didn't interest me, but Diane, it looks like she was fascinated by that. In what you showed I saw a lot of people posed in immediate loneness. Really enjoyed the baby crying tho, as it wiped away the facade of cute and beautiful bambino's smiling cheerfully with eyes full of curiosity. Instead, as you put it, the wonder of reality - babies cry all the time. As I hit the search term, photog..." on UA-cam last night is when I discovered Diane. First up was a documentary starring her daughter - didn't know about the suicide, but the Doc was Dark. It gave me a bad impression. Then all her photo's were just stark - the WOW factor exiled on main street (Rolling Stones album cover; ~1970s). But now, thanks to you and an impulse to give Diane another chance: I want to explore her perspective more.
Fab vid Ed, I wasn't familiar with Homer Sykes. I love it though. And looking at his stuff, I'd love to see some more coverage on the members' section ;)
@@maxw-h ok I'll do a deep dive into all his photo books as a members only video
At least all the books I own
@@PicturesOnMyMind The way we are really reminds me of some of the rural photos James Ravilious took - lovely documentary :)
Good stuff.
In my opinion, background in an image is key. Unless the forground speaks for itself, as the gentleman mentioned. If the background is rubbish, i dont make the image. Id rather shoot less than have thousands of so-so images. And, does one need to photograph everyday to be a 'photographer' (of course there is keeping the skill alive)
@@stevenjb.9275 I'm a photographic camel. I bottle it up and then get weird! For me I think it keeps the experience fresh and exciting.
Don't forget the middle ground!
Currently on my 4th year to get my bachelor's degree in photography in Greece. Generally what was said in the video also apply to Greece, except that universities are free and we don't have to pay anything. But still, the majority of people drop out sooner or later and those that keep studying end up doing other jobs that have no connection to photography. Best thing I can recommend is try to do side projects/find jobs relevant to photography while studying to build up some short of portfolio by the time you finish. It's better to have something rather than nothing on your resume.
@@zalogiannis wow! Free! Well that changes everything, it's the marketisation of higher education that's messed it up in the UK. I'm trying to compute how you have similar issues to the UK even when the courses aren't run as a business?
Great video! I love Homer's work. Such a joy to see this short interview. Thank you.
Yes, I felt a bit cheeky cornering him at the end of a few hours of filming for his crowdfunding video... but the lights were there and I thought he'd have something profound to say!
@@PicturesOnMyMind He looks really well, too. I'd love to see you do a longer sit down with him. You've got an "in" now, ask ;-)
@@simonkossoff9663 ha! We'll see... I'll be needing to make more than a £1 a video to afford to go driving around! Ha! I've just done an hour+ chat with Mike Goldwater and that'll be out soon (he came to the cellar again!)
Spot on Ed - MBPBA! Baseball Caps? Red ones? 😁
@@MassiveBenny some people say that I'm the voice of a generation...'the photographers photographer' ... I've heard them say... You've heard them? Huge. And some people spend no time on their craft. Sad. Sooo sad. Huge.
MGPGA works better, right?
Let's make good art great again! I agree with what your saying here. It comes down to aesthetic values and one set of these values only being considered 'good'. Perhaps we need to form an alliance or group to start promoting technically good art. I think one commenter makes a valid point regarding Grenfell. For me it was a prime example of the aesthetic values of one social class over that of another. They wanted the building clad so it created a 'prettier' skyline for them but the building's resident weren't considered enough when they set out to do that!
There seems to be a revival in the craft world. Like a respect for technical expertise as well as artistic talent. Even in the art world I think something is brewing. Lots of painters are getting taken seriously with work at the last Frieze, there's some great painters in Tracy Emins studio here in Margate for example. Everything is in cycles. For those who think conceptual art is rebellious... Well it's not, it's totally establishment now.
Perhaps it’s even more serious than this, it’s an issue for university professional education as a whole. I have just read this in this morning’s Guardian about the architects on the Grenfell Tower “Anyone who has been to a degree show or a “crit”, where students present their work to a jury of critics, will know that architectural education is a five-year training in visual representation and rhetorical obfuscation, with precious little time spent on learning how to actually make a building. It is a course that produces countless cod philosophers, gonzo anthropologists and aspiring conceptual artists, but few technically capable designers who know their cavity barriers from their damp proof membranes.”
@@DrBrianOCallaghan well thats horrific, I'm going to try and find that article now. Thank you Brian
If you haven't read it already, see: Julian SPALDING, Con Art - Why You Should Sell Your Damien Hirsts While You Can. (2012)
The trend you’re pointing at is following the general arc of smaller/simpler/faster-to-digest information and entertainment of the “connected” world, whose participants are educated less in less in the ways of free and critical thinking, and on agenda-free material. We solve that and we will have changed the course of humanity and the future of this planet.
No one is buying the George-Next-Door's-AI pix, unless they are actually good. Just as no one is buying his snaps of the kids, his sweet Camaro, his last five lunches, etc., no matter how flawlessly executed. How might they be "good," in that they attract acclaim or sales? Probably NOT by just being a copy of something else or anime versions of Taylor Swift or a million other banal obvious things. Instead they'll have an angle that makes them a unique expression of something that those with money and/or influence value. Something they can own and/or show that they believe will increase their bank book and/or prestige. Raygun is bad, but uniquely so. She inspires remarks. There are so many was to be remarkable. Sometimes it is unique access and dedication: Salgado comes to mind, or Mark Peterson. They are not remotely bad. They are also widely celebrated and I hope rewarded. Good luck repeating their successes by direct emulation, though. You're not them, no one else has their history and access. So many ways to be special... Maybe it's the personal connection of an artist to a theme or a place or a medium. Maybe it's rarity because the place they documented is gone, or they are. Maybe they were in the right place at the right time. But it's rarely outright BAD -- one characteristic of BAD is that it stumbles around, it's not repeatable. A good artist knows what they make and can make it. What they make is clearly theirs, even if, sometimes, it can feel trivial to someone whose daily craft is professional well-polished and flexible. I think it was Doug Huebler (maybe quoting someone else?) whose response to "I could have done that" was: "but you didn't."
@@KevinBjorke I think there's a handful of people telling people with money what photography to collect. And if they were told to collect George next doors Taylor Swift Ai anime lunchboxes they would. Money and taste invariably don't go together. Ol' Douglas Huebler... Did you know a student ripped his "you have a beautiful face" a few years ago and her version became the meme! I talk about it in my episode on manipulation. The work, not the memes.
No photograph is worth tens-of-thousands of pounds... Aesthetic gatekeeping based on the fact that the art world is divorced from reality is absurd since most classical artists would see your work as un-aesthetic if not abhorrently focussed on the "wrong class of people". The art world is neither culture or a critique of quality or merit - it is simply what rich people do with their money. To preoccupy yourself with conceptual art you don't like because it makes money is like whining that punk/hip-hop/metal/house isn't music because you don't get it - shoot what you shoot - everything you want to photograph is a good subject people. For instance, I take picture of dumpsters - I don't whine that no one want to pay me for them - I just love the aesthetic qualities and I could write novels about each and everyone. That's because I love the subject. There is nothing about art that is not both conceptually and aesthetically arbitrary.
@@nateux8267 I think the thing that gets my 🐐 is there's lots of money to support that kind of conceptual photography as the kind of people in charge of funding, access to residencies and essentially gallery representation are those people. In short they are taking up all the oxygen and I'm saying "give these people air!".
@@PicturesOnMyMind In those terms it's impossible for me not to agree - Rachel Gunn is one person in a talented field - I'm not sure she makes the case for an art world filled with low talent, poor craft, pretenders with great skills for capturing conceptual themes in artists statements - I think of Pier Manzoni, Duchamp, Miro, Miranda July etc... It's more likely we're at a cross roads where capturing a quality image is so easy that the contrived nature of the previous era is losing attention as artists and viewers look to photography to give them things they can't get in life - silence, introspection, a single still contemplative moment away from a world flooded with needy social media influencers, unhinged politicians, prosperity gospel and hustle culture. I take pictures of dumpsters, worn doors, liminal spaces and I have no desire to show or sell my photography - am I no talent or am I just part of something the we don't have the distance to recognize yet? I found Rachel Gunn's performance charming... like a regular person trying hard or an absurdist conceptual artist demonstrating how absurd the reality of the olympics are - and I didn't even got o art school.
She yawns at 4min 43. Deeply disrespectful as well as unashamedly conceptual.
Wait a minute! You're the one who teaches photography at the art school! I'm very tired of photography without esthetics that is really popular here and there. But on the other end we have all these photos with too many effects at once. But what really matters? I'd say the story behind the image. Like in Avedon's "In the American West". There are no special esthetics in these photos (but really?) and everything in the subjects he photographed. But on the other hand there are Pierre et Gilles who take similar portraits but with too much of everything on purpose. BTW I've been in a local art school recently and young artists are awesome in technical terms. They simply don't know what to do.
@@grimperpl in my experience of teaching over 10 years at universities in the UK I'd say most students aren't that technical anymore as there's been such a focus on photo theory. They also don't ask much of the students as they desperately need everyone to pass and keep taking their money. I do teach photography at an art school. But it's a postgraduate course, not a degree, and there's no written element at all. It's all practical, making work and professional practice.
@@PicturesOnMyMind but technical stuff should be on the very beginning. Postgraduates should be more into the philosophy of taking photos. I see many photos with models staring into space, but it doesn't make the author a Gregory Crewdson.
@@grimperpl you'd think right? My MA in Photojournalism was incredibly practical and had a huge focus on professional practice that kick started my career as a photographer. I guess it depends on the course. Given the rapid erosion and decline of higher education in the arts I guess we'll see by which photography courses survive. There's only one photography degree left in all of Kent.
@@PicturesOnMyMind "they desperately need everyone to pass and keep taking their money" :D
Haha, wow this is so accurate. I left uni in 2012, my best work was made before uni. I learnt the art of giving the tutors what they wanted. A friend of mine successfully submitted a sound piece for a photography project. As much as we had fun challenging the concepts, my enjoyment of photography rapidly dropped off during and since uni. ):
@@Cosmicdoubtthat's a pretty common story... I've seen students make their best work in the first year and slowly get headf**d into making the worst work by their final 3rd year show. Sorry. That's really grim.
4 min 44 seconds says it all!
Spot on
Good point, although for every Juergen Teller doing campaigns for Marc Jacobs, there are 100 "Lens based practitioners" attending every opening but mostly sitting at home angrily wondering why they can't pay the rent...
@@harryborden6077 the 'lens based practitioners' ! Actually... can we say 'artists who work in a photographic medium' ? Because technically speaking my art isn't lens based but it's still photographic..... 🤣
Great video. When I lived in Brighton I whent to two academic photography shows. The first was a foundation degree shows. The work there was excellent. It was technically great, creative and showed real skill. The second was a "fine art photography" show. It was some of the worst photography I have seen. I remember one person that got a very good grade for having other people take pictures of him drunk and partying. It was clear there was no effort or skill. He obviously wrote (or had someone else write) an essay that they liked. All I read was the first paragraph that looked like a random mixture of unrelated words. I thankfully I also when to many other non-academic exhibitions from local amateur photographers. Every one of them showed real thought and talent.
Thank you. Yeah, it sucks. But thats the way its been for decades and the way it will stay. I know life is a state of flux, vacuums etc but I can't see how they can ever get outed. I was hoping for some bright ideas in the comments to this video as to what can be done! ha!
@@PicturesOnMyMind the only way I see of it improving is if enough of the "correct" people start calling out the BS. That would probably be people with the money or power.
Interesting video, and I get your point but at the same time, to go back to 'good' photography, you would first have to determine what is good photography? and that is an issue, or the issue. Technical proficency? Composition? Content? All subjective issues,.as any of the parameters by which a photograph might be judged 'good' vary so much. Your good photograph is not my good photograph, etc.
@@user-go7vz8zp7m to paraphrase the great Robert Capa... "If your photographs not good enough, you're not good enough"
1:38 in and i'm like, damn it, i'm going to subscribe to this yappy bloke. keep saying interesting stuff!
Heresy! You'll never get to arty 'demia heaven. But absolutely spot on and how refreshing to see it called out. Your comment about the "degree" system in recent decades is on point. Particularly when you consider that, for a certain demographic, degree level education has become economically extremely difficult over the past 30 or so years - particularly in the arts. It might have been you that said it, but I recall recently a statistic revealing that only 40% of individuals in the arts come from a working class background - I'll leave it at that.
I thought about the NFT craze, not that long ago. Most people knew it was bullsh*t, but played along because it was a trend. So to me AI art seems like the NFT craze. How long before the public gets tired of the AI look? It’s just recycling old ideas, especially the over-Photoshopped era of a dozen years ago.
Yeah, to me a lot of the fauxtography made with AI looks like terrible commercial photography that I always hated anyway. The thing is it will get better. And it will replace most commercial photography. Andy of course we all remember who was trying to sell their photographs as nfts don't we 😉 "they shall bare the mark of the NFT and you will know them"
So ... we will have to wait for the old academic guard to die off then be governed by the Instagram - TicTok'rs. Then it will be a free-for-all.
Only legends know that conceptual photography is king 😂
Paint that on a 2 x 2 metre canvas, photograph it and destroy it and you're in!
A brilliant film. As poignant to day as it was at its release.
Bam. Nailed it. Conceptual work, can be good. Look at Crewdson for example. I choose him to highlight, because he is a strong inspiration on my work. And he in turn was inspired by Ogle Winston Link. But he produces work that asks more questions than it answers. It is safe to say, it is great conceptual work. But by God, it's executed with such brilliant creative and technical craftsmanship. This is what I strive for in my personal work. And I do hope that photographic artists can again one day, celebrate good conceptual work that has been executed with exceptional creative and technical skill.
Exactly, this video is just one long and weak strawman argument.
Crewdson's work is well made indeed.
I think people are missing one point about Rachael Gunn…. Remember Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards? There was a time when the Olympics was open to pretty much anyone, amateur or professional. Then Eddie entered, did badly, and then the Olympic body ruled out amateurs as a result. I think deep down, that breakdancing performance was a dig and comment on that.
@@derrenleepoole the thing is she thinks she's great. There's some behavioural psychologist on UA-cam whose done an analysis of her with interviews she's done, her response etc you should check that out.
@@PicturesOnMyMind or maybe this is all part of a long game science study or something that we’re all unaware of ;)
@@derrenleepoole for her sake I hope so!
thank you, I loved Eddie the Eagle, a bit like the Lantern Rouge, the person last becomes a great hero celebrated in the media, "We can't have this"
Worth checking Flesh Simulator's video on her.
Such an excellent point! Thanks for this video 🔥
@@katefelliniyeah you're welcome
Yeah, even many film photographers on UA-cam will deliver (not even glorified) snapshots and gush lyrically about the veracity of the artwork...now don't get me wrong, there can be fantastic images grabbed randomly, but a lot of it is just 'meh'....but presented as serious art. Again, it is subjective, my own work is probably 'meh' to many, but one cannot deny the rubbish out there. One needs to approach unconventional photography, deliberately, with purpose.
Brilliant! I have long had a hatred of the verbal diarrhea that seems to be a part of the photographic art world. You can easily detect this nonsense as soon as the "artist" uses the word "intersection". Be wary of those describing their work using long-winded sentences and terms such as juxtaposition, socioeconomic, gender identity, and lastly, colonialism.
@@tundrusphoto4312 I think there's room for everything if its in the work itself. But how many portrait series of peoples blank faces have we seen where the work is actually about __________. But that doesn't come through in the work at all.
@@PicturesOnMyMind I belong to photo collective that leans heavily into the "artistic". Its membership consists of amateur artists and those earning an income from art. The culture at this collective is skewed towards the "woke" with often incomprehensible art being produced and justified with the buzzwords of the day. Frankly, if you need a paragraph or two to explain your work you've likely failed to make work worth looking at.
I guess the moment art enters the business world, things start to deteriorate. And then there's the question: What is art? I don't think that "concept" is the problem, but when the concept is all there is. Well, that's not my field of expertise. I'm simple-minded when it comes to art (or rather photography) - does it speak to me? Yes? Then I'm fine with it, no matter what some art intellectuals try to tell me …
The BJP is full of this stuff too. Cover to cover identity politics. The only question I am left asking after seeing such work is "so what?"
Best video yet. It's Douglas Adam's B Ark all over again.
@@allandixon8105 I adore HHGTTG! So yes to the reference!!
All very catch 22 absurdity, think it's a Major Major problem. Make some MBPBA caps.
I don't think anything can be done. But that's ok. As long as we're happy and we know it 👏👏
This is a controversial video cause there are excellent conceptual works out there and Raygun didn't win a medal. By the way, Damien Hirst is a C word.
Ha! indeed. I guess my reasoning is to ask why conceptual breakdancing is bad, but conceptual photography is good? It could be that most people feel they know what breakdancing should be like, so they were able to be critical and WOOSH the breakdancing emperor had no clothes. Where as with much conceptual photography the value of the work is hidden behind a frothy word soup salad and people just give up and say 'I don't understand this, I must be ignorant'. When maybe they should say, 'I don't understand this... explain it to me!' ;)
@@PicturesOnMyMind A lot of photography projects need words to make sense. I'm not a fan of it but it's alright. How do you describe documentary projects that don't tell a story? I call them conceptual. Then they can be either good or bad conceptual projects. How did Raygun qualify to the Olympics? Was it fair? Was it a wildcard?
@@jbentosimoes I tactfully didn't show any examples of conceptual photography..... 🤣 But we all know, right?
This article pretty much sums it up voicesofacademia.com/2024/04/05/its-not-your-fault-that-academic-life-is-getting-harder-by-glen-ohara/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFA_zpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHVXT-eBitvlBVjEoMhR48roFJkZLGxTwNqOQp4FJ7UuyphNzPD4eJC34HQ_aem_tWyW-y9ghuDWw8T09NdA8Q
that is a fantastic set ...... thank you.
Thank you. It was the most I ever photographed a single subject. I think I shot over 5000 photographs. There was a very small self published book I put out in 2012.
Really benefit from these kind of conversions to understand how best to print things.
Inspired by your shot? Yeah, maybe (or even likely, given your story). Plagiarised or ripped off? No. This woman in the ad isn't looking at the butt, and differences are already too many. Maybe this is what got you the dislikes. Still a "case" to be made, at least something for discussion.
Isn't the woman in the advert looking at the front of the statue?
@@bnrynlds no, I think she's in a photo studio. 😉
I’ve had people take my photos and get them tattooed. No matter how I phrased ‘it would have been nice to have been asked to use this’ did it make any difference. The photo was of this guys son and in his eyes, had every right to use it! It highlights perfectly how taking things off online sources will never be considered theft in the eyes of some people. It’s not a physical item. I’m also pretty sure one of my photos was used on a low budget horror flick on Netflix’s….. but for the life of me can’t remember what it’s called. It’s a really little known ruined church wall near to where I live, and it’s not even worth snapping really.
check out photographer Chas Gerretsen's work, he went from being a vietnam war photographer to a film set photographer
@@edfreije Wow! That sounds incredible! And that way around?! You think it would make sense to go from movie sets to war zones but not the other way round!
I just found him on Instagram. My printers of my photo books follow him already. Thank you