What I learned about Documentary Photography from Tish Murtha
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Tish Murtha's Photography made a huge impression on me when I first saw it. Looking at her work, and reading up about her background and process, it was clear she was someone who cared deeply about her subjects, and took the responsibility of telling their stories well very seriously. I think we can all learn a great deal about the art of documentary photography by spending time with her work.
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This was excellent, and I definitely would like to see more.
You kept her spirit alive in the photos you took in Namibia.
Stay blessed, Mr Tucker.
Totally agree!
This was great.🥰
I’m super into it, keep it up Sean 🙏🏽👍🏽
Agree!
I second this! Excellent stuff
yes Sean, we look forward to watch more! thanks thanks thanks
Sean
she was an amazing photographer it makes you think please continue
Hey Sean I’ve just purchased Tish murthas book because of this short film. Thankyou for creating such meaningful content.
Definitely Sean. A lovely way to learn about your choiced photographers and their thinking experiences behind their modus operandi
Sesn, I really enjoy and appreciate how you managed an in-depth view of Tish's work in a short video.
It resonated with me quite like you hit a bulls-eye. Thanks!!
Thank you Sean for bringing Tish’s work out like this. I’ve known her work a while & although now live close to the south coast, I grew up in the 60’s and 70’s in the north east & can identify exactly with her subjects. As you say this intimacy with her subject makes her work very powerful. No matter what your type of photography you can learn so much from this approach. This style of video along with your documentary ones when you’re able are inspirational & thank you for putting so much into them.
Sean, as one just a few years older than Ms. Murtha, and having had the privilege of knowing the late Walter Rosenblum (husband of Naomi, who wrote the World History of Photography, I value this effort of yours and add my voice to the chorus urging you to continue. We live in a western society that stands, I believe, on the edge of either a profound change back toward a more humane, directly personal and moral direction, or a rapidly accelerated, continued dive into a dystopic one. I am optimistic that we may soon emerge from our troubles. The potential power of a single photograph, made honestly and with insight, has only been diminished by the floods made possible by our technology and a culture not yet mature enough to handle it. Your contribution will make a difference. Best wishes!
Philip U.
A lovely thought. Thanks Philip.
It was a great episode! I'd love to see more of this format. Thank you!
This was compelling on so many levels - narration, new information, inspiration, and discovery to name a few. Thank you especially for spotlighting the work and motivation of someone I'm discovering for the first time. She is now a part of the important components of my photo library and those things filed under "inspiration". As I was looking at her images I was seeing them as the 'other side of the coin' of Tony Ray-Jones , “A Day Off: An English Journal"
Hey Sean! Although some may say, I really love your philosophical takes on photography and life. It's the main reason why I subscribed, keep doing it, you're awesome
Great video Sean! I would enjoy seeing more of this type of video. It’s opened my eyes to a photographer and an aspect of documentary photography that I had not previously known. Thanks!
Please keep the series going, super interesting! Thank you.
Thank you, Sean. I too would like to see more.
Fantastic video! I've learned so much from your videos. My favorite photography UA-camr.
I think a good project for Tish's daughter is to look for the people Tish photographed to see where they are and what kind of conditions they live in today and put the images side by side.
Martin Parr did something similar it would be a great project
Great to be exposed to other photographers, and photographic styles. Keep up the great work.
Great video Sean. I'm from Newcastle and got the book as soon as it came out. Fantastic images especially when you are familiar with the people of Newcastle and the area. It was a little before my time but I totally get a familiar feeling with every image. You tell her story very well indeed, I'm sure Ella will be over the moon with this.
Also another photographer famous in Newcastle you may not be aware of but I'm sure you will enjoy is Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen. She came from Finland to Newcastle and photographed the people of the East end of Newcastle in those hard times a little bit earlier than Tish's work. Hope you check her work out.
Excellent video, Sean! Very inspirational. Keep them coming
I really like the way you think about photography and this video is something I will probably come back to in the future. It challenges me to do things differently and to think about them differently. Thanks for that. And I hope you will do similar videos in the future.
More please, Sean
Fantastic video Sean, cheers.
100% would love to see more videos like this.
Another great video @sean_tuck! I've been enjoying shooting portraits for storytelling, but I think the next evolution is definitely documentary photography. Where portraits tell the story of one person, documentary photography can tell the story of a people. Please do more!
So much to consider and learn from. Like so many others, I would love to see more in this format.
Great Video and amazing photographer, thanks for sharing and letting me know more about her. Would love to see more content like this one
Yes this is great, mate! Please more
Thoroughly enjoyed this Sean. I love Tish Murtha's work she was taken far too soon
excellent! Definitely more like these to learn about new authors and what you learnt from them
Wonderful! Would love to see more.
Yes! More please! 😉
I follow your channel since last year and it’s so inspiring ! Thank you thank you so much. I’m in the line for your next book !! Thanks again
Bravo!!
I definitely want to see this more❤️
Would love to see you talk about ones such as Robert Frank, Bert Hardy or Robert Doisneau
Love this, thank you.
Love this video! Thank you! (PS My father is from NC)
...gefällt mir sehr gut. I woud like to see more.
I've really missed content like this, since Ted Forbes started doing gear reviews. More please.
The distinction you made between street photography and documentary photography is insightful, but sometimes they do blend into each other. Some street photog need to get intimate with the subject in order to take good photos, and documentary photog stay aloof as required by the circumstances.
I share your bio in that I studied Religion and then became a teacher and photog. Not like you, but I’m trying to learn. I like your stuff because you talk about the humanity (and even ethics) behind storytelling. Would love to see more. Thx.
I loved this video
Yes 💯
8:00 Looks like her name is on the pillar.
This was good . I enjoy Mark Twights work . You should check it out. Thanks for the 📹
I grew up in Newcastle in the 90’s, my parents took our family to New Zealand in ‘95 when I was 8. My dad has always told me stories of when he grew up there playing in the rubble of fallen buildings. I will definitely be purchasing this book for him. I think it’ll bring back a lot of memories for him.
You should film his walking down memory lane when discussing the book with him, and put it on UA-cam. I would love to see that
Brilliant
yes Sean this needs to be a series
Your UA-cam channel and photographic work on Instagram is absolutely inspiring and pedagogical, Sean. As a professor of media, I am learning so much from your content. Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom!
This needs to be a series Sean! Please do continue.
Yes, please!
Exactly my thoughts !
Would be well worth it
I was fortunate enough to know Tish, in fact it was Tish who got me interested in documentary photography and10 years after meeting her I went to Newport and did the documentary photograhy degree there.
When she first turned up to the course she hadn't arranged accomodation-one of the other students took her home and she stayed with him and his parents until she found somewhere. Not only did she not have a place to live, she didn't even own a CAMERA! David Hurn stood as guarantor with Dixons so she could get an Olympus OM1 with a 50mm lens. All her work was done on it and her daughter Ella still has it.
Wow thanks for the insight Graham:) It's heartwarming to hear of people surrounding someone with few means, but lots of talent, and back her to succeed.
@@seantuck She was a remarkable woman, didn't care about recognition, as long as she had enough for her film and cigarettes she was happy.
I would love more of these it helps me get a new perspective on my Photography
Really enjoyed this, Sean. Would love to see it run as a series.
I've never commented on a youtube video before (and I've watched a lot). I love videos like this. Discovering photographers who I'd never heard of. Masters who'd slipped under the radar. Please keep making more videos like this!
Sean, your work is such a gift (and the fact that your images of home took me back to Camps Bay, Noordhoek etc. certainly helped my sense of connection...). Thank you.
Its refreshing to hear your point of view & & the things your passionate about. I feel you... Please do keep this style of video coming.. Appreciate you ...
These are THE questions, Sean. In my opinion, this is the best kind of analysis for getting better after you've mastered the exposure triangle. You've got to know what makes work important if you have any hope of making it yourself. No better way to do that then trying to understand the "why" of others so that you can find your own. These are great videos.
This is truly inspiring, Sean. Yes, please bring us more of this. You're an amazing mentor
You never met the photographers who influenced you. What about us we never met you personally but still watching and getting inspiration.
"It's not my location need to change its my vision"
Yes we need more these kind of stories, please continue.
Thank you.
Yes, this needs to be a series. Thanks for bringing Tish to my attention.
Very lovely video. I actually backed the Kickstarter campaigns for 3 of her books (including the one featured in your video).
Meaning, a reason. Thanks for this Sean, incredible photography!
Thank you Sean and yes let's see and hear your comments of other great photographers that you like and influence your work.
Those photos may have been taken in the north of England but as someone who grew up in the same time period, but in Dublin, those images and those people could easily been seen in Dublin in the late 60'S and early 70's. The emotion, the grime, the decay, it feels so real to me, Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for this Sean. Just noticed that at 8.08. - the graffiti says 'TISH'! Coincidence?
Like it Sean! For a street photography-phile, the insight into a great example of documentary photography (from Newcastle, a place I know quite well from uni days) was extremely enlightening...
Thank you. Much food for thought 👍😀
"It's not my location that needs to change to take compelling images, it's my vision": chills.
Wonderful video and storytelling. Very Spiritual and thought provoking. You are articulate and speak very carefully, and clear.
Oh Mr. Tucker, of course we love these kind of videos! Please, continue doing so! And such a strange thing: although you speak very fast and english is not my mother language I understand everything you say! I think you are the best mentor! Any plans to have a workshop here in Brussels? Maybe after Covid, ah? Thank you! I keep watching all your videos!
Hello from India, I wait for your youtube videos. You are so amazing!! This idea of you walking us thru other photographers journey is awesome. Eagerly waiting for content like this from you. Thanks
Hi Sean, I really enjoyed this format. As always your videos leave me thinking about my own photography. I hope you can continue this type of video into the future.
Yes. Please. Continue to show us what you're passionate about and the photographers that spark something in you, whether they join you in person or through their work. Thanks.
Excellent video Sean. Could you review Robert Frank’s work, including the work he did in London and Wales.
You should check out the book - Children of Bombay by Dario Mittidieri. Very very powerful work.
Sean i loved man! Keep Rocking wisdon Bro! Thank you!
Really good! Thank you so much
I would also like more videos like this.
While I have never lived in England, it is NO surprise that she never missed class, if you went to school in the 1970's and you were from a big family, she, like me, probably calculated to the penny how much each hour of class time cost and was sure to see none of it was wasted. The 1970's were a lousy economic time for years and culminated with big inflation and high unemployment by the late 70's and early 80's. Film and film supplies were very expensive to those of meager means back then, each sheet of paper would be very dear, as would the chemicals and all supplies, one would be lucky to have more than 2 lenses.
Great ‚portrait‘ again, thank you. Please continue this format. For me these insights (including your thoughts & views on their work) are the highlights of your channel.
Definitely this must be the pilot episode of a series on photographers images through photographer's books: watching other ways to look at the world helps discover how deep a look can cut, narrate and explain our own reality.
I'm really impressed in Tish's Story and her wonderful work! And also in your (also depth) presentation!
I really would like to hear and see much more of photographers through your eyes and mind, would enjoy and beeing touched by every episode, would be nice as a series!
Tish would have enjoyed this I think. More of the same would be great. Thank you! Well done Sean!
This is very nive video. This tells much beyond just photography. I would love to watch more of such videos.
Sean, once again you provide us with a set of multiple distinctions in a direct, clear, and informative manner. You remind us as Newton said “we all stand upon the shoulders of giants.” Nobody comes from nowhere. We’re all from somewhere. We all have influences who shape us, inspire us, and point us in a direction for a while or a lifetime. You also observe that from where we stand determines what we see. A documentary photographer needs access in order to tell the deep story. Then there’s your deep insight, “It’s not my location that needs to change, it’s my vision.” If one sees rather than looks, one will begin to see the extraordinary within the ordinary. I hope you do continue with this new thread in your work and continue to share photographers who have influenced you. Again well done.
Thanks Roger:)
An excellent video indeed. I myself love doing street photography and I find it hard for me to apply documentary type of photography in my work especially in story telling. I wish you can provide more information about the differences between the street photographer and documentary photographer.
Really enjoy this video ! Didnt know this photographer and her great job! Thanks a lot, & please contine !
Thanks for this. It's a good idea to talk through other photographer's work and you pulled a number of really good points from this. Thanks.
Great video, nice to see you focussing one one artist - more like this would be fab. The subject reminds me of some bad advice given out by a now-defunct UA-cam channel who were doing portfolio reviews - "you just need to go to more awesome locations" was one of the comments!
Excellent video. Really good format. Looking forward to others.
Wonderful video! Love the advice of shoot what you know. Thank you. Stay safe.
Another vote for more of this please. I could watch this content all day long.
Definitely I want to see more like this. I can feel your emotions about Tish, the photographs and the history. Greetings from Germany!
Great video Sean id like to see more of this format, but anything from you is a bonus in my book
I don't know why it has taken me so long to view this video - I've watched most of your videos several times. This was excellent. Thanks.
Great video Sean! I really enjoy being introduced to photographers that I did not know about. I look forward to the next one.
I look forward to your videos, especial those in which you have featured other photographers. In the absence of these this episode is a worthy substitute and I'd certainly like to see some more. As usual great work.
What an excellent video, and yep, open your eyes, I am forever wanting to go elsewhere to shoot, and forget here has a lot to shoot, but I miss it all. Bob on.
DG
Thank you for sharing. More of these sorts of videos would be very welcomed.
Thanks for sharing this. Her work is very impressive. Please keep sharing photographers you like.
It's not about what we see, but how we see things. Thanks for sharing Tish's story with us. Please continue this series.
Excellent, like all that you do. I have enjoyed the work you have published here.
Very good and very interested to learn about other photographers work. I would love to see more ....thank you 🙏🏼
Thank you for this. Just wonderful. Many more please.