Brooklyn Beckham's Hilariously BAD Photography Book | A Review

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  • Опубліковано 20 тра 2024
  • Today I take a look at what some people call the worst photography book of all time...Brooklyn Beckham's "What I See"
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 209

  • @analog_wav
    @analog_wav Місяць тому +167

    This book is basically a physical copy of his Instagram account, there's no other possible explanation.

    • @alexandermilanov1411
      @alexandermilanov1411 Місяць тому

      Or twitter

    • @analog_wav
      @analog_wav 28 днів тому

      @@alexandermilanov1411idk, i don't use Twitter, but sure, could be that too.

  • @oliverjohnkallesoe443
    @oliverjohnkallesoe443 Місяць тому +150

    My favorite thing about his book is that if he was taking a photo book class at uni and submitted that, he would be lucky to get a C

    • @StageOnTV
      @StageOnTV Місяць тому +12

      He would probably get a B+ due to the "celebrity" bonus.

    • @kennethakennetha
      @kennethakennetha Місяць тому +2

      not unless they know his dad is famous in which case they'd give him an A+

  • @ThereAlright
    @ThereAlright Місяць тому +100

    Imagine being that rich, visiting so many places, seeing so many breathtaking landscapes and yet focusing your expensive camera on yourself

    • @Bad_Wolf_Media
      @Bad_Wolf_Media Місяць тому

      He's the reason why as far as I understand it) there were no photogs allowed at recent Spice Girls reunion shows, because he was the official tour photographer to have photos distributed.

    • @maudefindlay3949
      @maudefindlay3949 21 день тому

      Oh...Did you go through his camera roll?

    • @ThereAlright
      @ThereAlright 20 днів тому

      @@maudefindlay3949 His book should be a representation of his best pieces. So in this case we can judge based on that. It is what he chose to show to the world as a photographer

  • @DesireeDuarteVera
    @DesireeDuarteVera Місяць тому +127

    I'm not even mad at the privileged boy, because he has always lived in a bubble, being celebrated for just existing and being pretty... I'm mad at Penguin for giving him all this resources without any criteria for making the book, and then he spent two years making selfies, knowing that doesn't matter if his photos are mediocre he would still get his book.

    • @AminTheMystic
      @AminTheMystic Місяць тому +3

      What's there to be mad about? Penguin are allowed to coin in the money from deluded celeb fans who would have bought the book. Penguin publish lotta culturally important material for little to no reward. Hopefully this was profitable for them.

    • @DesireeDuarteVera
      @DesireeDuarteVera Місяць тому +7

      @@AminTheMystic well... It wasn't profitable. They even took it out from the market.

    • @AmyB369
      @AmyB369 Місяць тому +1

      I can't imagine who would buy this and it's sad they didn't give an actual photographer the opportunity

    • @kennethakennetha
      @kennethakennetha Місяць тому

      @@AmyB369 I'd buy it to make fun of it

    • @kennethakennetha
      @kennethakennetha Місяць тому

      lmfao. You're sorry for the rich kid

  • @extinctbaryonyx
    @extinctbaryonyx Місяць тому +67

    If you have impostor syndrome as photographer, remember that this book exists. Thats the purpose of this book. Thanks brooklyn 😊

  • @daniellebelle94
    @daniellebelle94 Місяць тому +56

    This feels like an elementary school assignment where you bring in pics of your family from vacay and make a “book” to describe each photo😆

  • @MayLina
    @MayLina Місяць тому +50

    I love how we all understand exactly why most of the pictures are black and white without even needing to speak a word about it 😂

  • @kennethakennetha
    @kennethakennetha Місяць тому +84

    nepotism at its best

    • @ghostrouxinol6169
      @ghostrouxinol6169 Місяць тому +3

      To be fair, you know the dude could never have a normal life knowing who is his parents. At least, he isnt trying to be musician or soccer player.

    • @extinctbaryonyx
      @extinctbaryonyx Місяць тому +7

      ​@@ghostrouxinol6169 wipes tears with money, boo hoo hoo

    • @ghostrouxinol6169
      @ghostrouxinol6169 Місяць тому +1

      @@extinctbaryonyx I didn't say his life was horrible. I am just saying, he wouldn't be allowed to have a normal life.

    • @classicarah
      @classicarah Місяць тому

      @@ghostrouxinol6169honestly, that would've been better, it's hard work and his dad couldve trained him as a child.

    • @extinctbaryonyx
      @extinctbaryonyx Місяць тому +1

      @@ghostrouxinol6169 His life is as normal and as enabled as it can be and yet. Look at people in poverty, war and famine and you think thats 'normal'?

  • @nikitorres6852
    @nikitorres6852 Місяць тому +39

    This was way harder to watch then I thought it be. I’m sorry Jessica it’s not you, it’s the book. It is really, really bad.

  • @natellison
    @natellison Місяць тому +28

    "shift your body from the mirror... you need to find literally anything else to photograph" lol

  • @michelledawn7446
    @michelledawn7446 Місяць тому +25

    I’m going to sound like a hater here. Usually all this nepotism business doesn’t bother me but something about this book does. And it’s not really the subpar photos but the fact it was released as a legitimate photography book. There is so many wonderful photographers out there who could only dream of getting a book deal. They have the passion and want to share that with the world and make money from their craft, yet this guy gets signed so easily and releases this? It kind of feels like a slap in the face. There’s no story here, no substance. And most of the photos are in black and white probably because those are seen as more dynamic I assume. The layout is messy. Why do we need to see a mostly blank white page with only a small black and white mirror selfie? I just don’t understand.

    • @criticalshotstudios
      @criticalshotstudios 29 днів тому

      i honestly think they were color photos badly edited to black and white....

  • @dresden123456
    @dresden123456 Місяць тому +24

    His world is incredibly small for someone with access to everything he could ever want.
    ETA: I can't believe our 80s holiday photos took by mum are better than this. And she's big on accidental negative space lol

    • @frappoGarcia
      @frappoGarcia Місяць тому +2

      He could have literally photographed anything anywhere in the world but he chose mirror selfies, I guess he’s kind of a genius since he got money with minimum effort

    • @j.rebekah8605
      @j.rebekah8605 Місяць тому

      I'd love to see your mom get a book! Would be so much more interesting.

  • @LisaLee__
    @LisaLee__ Місяць тому +24

    Lmao unlocked a memory of this "beautiful" photo of an exit sign I took and posted on my MySpace when I was 14 😅

  • @inrockyvision
    @inrockyvision Місяць тому +11

    I thought all my film work was just kind of mediocre…and then I saw what is in this book and I suddenly re-evaluated the quality of my work 😄👍🏼

  • @alloh2021
    @alloh2021 Місяць тому +15

    The publishers were having a joke but told Brooklyn they wanted it to be serious. And this is what they got - a photographic journal of pure narcissism

  • @MiguelQuilesJr
    @MiguelQuilesJr Місяць тому +18

    Seeing his book gives me hope that I can one day become a best selling author 😂

    • @gpgp1841
      @gpgp1841 Місяць тому

      Never give up😁

  • @ReignBeauUnicorn
    @ReignBeauUnicorn Місяць тому +12

    He should study photography and get a degree if that’s his interest. Shame on the publishers-agree.

  • @Madkalibyr
    @Madkalibyr Місяць тому +22

    It’s literally just an Instagram feed lol :p

  • @irenegbfotografia
    @irenegbfotografia Місяць тому +7

    I love the way you can monetize a rich kid's horrible photography. Working class hero in my opinion 😂 keep going!

  • @thenerdster_
    @thenerdster_ Місяць тому +12

    not enough selfies.

  • @j.k5654
    @j.k5654 Місяць тому +7

    This book screams depression.
    Someone please check in on him.

  • @moninaong1999
    @moninaong1999 Місяць тому +6

    Yet again jessica roasting rich people. I love it 😂

  • @AminTheMystic
    @AminTheMystic Місяць тому +5

    His book is at least good for this. For photography channels like yours to make content out of it.

  • @foxtrot685
    @foxtrot685 Місяць тому +5

    I dunno how you make these so funny because the book looks wretched, but these have been hilarious 😂😂

  • @dangilmore9724
    @dangilmore9724 Місяць тому +3

    If I was in charge of editing that photobook, i would have culled the images down to one blank page with "Sorry 😢" on it. 😅

  • @tommaso3184
    @tommaso3184 Місяць тому +1

    my favourite picture so far is “dinner”. He wrote “it’s out of focus but you can tell there’s a lot going on”.
    I’m speechless

  • @CarboneCat
    @CarboneCat Місяць тому +2

    I love your comments of the pictures of this book. You instantly improved it. 😂😂😂

  • @PixelSeekingPhotography
    @PixelSeekingPhotography Місяць тому

    Yes, part 2🎉 I've been waiting ❤❤

  • @jotjotzzz5357
    @jotjotzzz5357 Місяць тому +1

    He has an expensive camera, so he's a PRO photographer! All those beautiful places, and he takes a selfie. What magnificent work.

    • @teijaflink2226
      @teijaflink2226 Місяць тому

      And mirror selfie, it's something I thought was cool and artistic when I was 10 years old

  • @Kranebitter81
    @Kranebitter81 28 днів тому +1

    Believe him when he says “this is what I see!”.
    Me, myself and I..

  • @808islandlife_HI
    @808islandlife_HI Місяць тому +1

    You’re right, this should have been marketed differently. Perhaps instead of giving it the introspective title "What I See", perhaps it could have been more realistically titled "My Collection of Selfies" or something like that. also, if the editor would have coax more descriptive text from him, I think it might have been OK. For example, letting us know what he was feeling when he took this selfie, or what he was thinking, or what the location was where he took a selfie and if it had any special meaning. A good editor could have made this book better.

  • @ghostrouxinol6169
    @ghostrouxinol6169 Місяць тому +3

    I dont know if he is the most boring guy or if he asked ChatGPT to write his book for him.

  • @iammz81
    @iammz81 Місяць тому +2

    The sad thing is, Jessica, it is not even first class... that's a private plane.. :D

  • @Bluebox87
    @Bluebox87 Місяць тому +3

    He's not the problem, really. The publisher is the problem and anyone who buys it is.

    • @AminTheMystic
      @AminTheMystic Місяць тому +1

      Why are they? People are allowed to buy what they want. Just as you are.

  • @garvinkelly
    @garvinkelly Місяць тому +1

    It annoys me when people just take photos of themselves spending money. Good photos say more than " hey look at me! I'm rich and have a camera!"

  • @robb2biago
    @robb2biago Місяць тому +2

    I bet, if you had a big bug, his book, would squish it.

    • @Mina-ki2kf
      @Mina-ki2kf Місяць тому +1

      No need to crush it, make the bug read it 😂

  • @Mina-ki2kf
    @Mina-ki2kf Місяць тому +1

    I can’t get enough of this series, please do other nepo babies, turns out its entertaining
    Also love the parts where u need to break out into arabic because English is just not enough to express the craziness that is that book 😂😂
    Keep going habibty

  • @antonmedvedev1128
    @antonmedvedev1128 Місяць тому +1

    I absolutely totally agree with you, Jessica. There could've been sooooo many things that one can see, yet those who happen to buy the book will get this - self-centered monologue with no clue how to write a story or tell one through a series of images 😮
    It is just a bubble, an empty bubble 😢
    All I see is how brutally poor (not financial sense of word❌) his life is 🤷🏼‍♂️

  • @LisaLee__
    @LisaLee__ Місяць тому +3

    Omg I had the same photo of my vans on my ig when I was 17! That's hilarious

  • @MichaelCH911
    @MichaelCH911 Місяць тому +1

    i am so confident to publish my own photography book after watched his book. Mine will be 99% taken from a smartphone and, almost zero selfie 😂

  • @ChrisFilmPresents
    @ChrisFilmPresents Місяць тому

    You need to make another video talking about 3 photos you love in Brooklyn Beckahem’s photo book.😂

  • @Bowiebonolennon1982
    @Bowiebonolennon1982 Місяць тому +2

    He wasn't blinking! He was just looking extra cool!

  • @jurekmiyojicastro6705
    @jurekmiyojicastro6705 29 днів тому

    I was on a studio and saw a photobook. Chapters were divided by genres of photography. Comparing to this one, I felt more appreciation with the craft and how photographers played with light. Captions were only the names of the respective photographers. As to this one, it's more of a autobiography with some photos in it. You need captions to clearly tell to the readers what's happening in the photo.

  • @user-is8jw5lc6n
    @user-is8jw5lc6n Місяць тому +1

    This so so self indulgent and unrelatable. What art he gona do next? Interpretive dance? Glamour rock? I hope it will not be on a whim and suddenly he’s a professional. Churning out hideous garbage just cos his dad kicked balls and his mum “sang” back up

  • @DjimmyTrovy
    @DjimmyTrovy Місяць тому +2

    You seem to be forgetting what art is. Why are most of the comments so hateful. What is wrong with having money and expensive cameras and taking interesting photos instead of conventional/pro/plastic/boring photos?

    • @sleepopeepo
      @sleepopeepo Місяць тому +1

      Are the interesting photos in the room with us right now?

  • @miltonkonig
    @miltonkonig Місяць тому +5

    I choose to see it as if he really enjoys the style of photographs he published. It's easy to judge and think that he is untalented and I do think we need to spread more kindness. Brooklyn sure did the best he could at that time, he was 18 when the book was released and with his family boosting his interest in photography maybe made him do some fast decisions in choosing the photographs. Art is strange and we don't have to understand his art, but please, spread kindness.

    • @extinctbaryonyx
      @extinctbaryonyx Місяць тому +1

      Nope

    • @-AtomsPhere-
      @-AtomsPhere- Місяць тому

      Art is shared to be judged

    • @miltonkonig
      @miltonkonig Місяць тому +1

      @@-AtomsPhere- I like constructive critique. Not to make fun of someone.

    • @-AtomsPhere-
      @-AtomsPhere- Місяць тому +1

      @@miltonkonig that’s fair, however I didn’t find this video that mean spirited. She was reacting to the pictures as they were presented. 🤷🏽

    • @miltonkonig
      @miltonkonig Місяць тому

      @@-AtomsPhere- I read the comments mostly, and reacted to that, Jessica always has a sense of humor and I understand it now after years of videos. 😌

  • @wanderingjadah
    @wanderingjadah Місяць тому

    Lol I’m from napa and locals always talk about how rich ppl and tourists think it’s nice here because they don’t see the non-tourist parts. They don’t see all of us struggling to even rent a bedroom in a house for $1200. They don’t see the crime, the unhoused people camping so close to their gated in opulent asskissing resorts. Sorry for the rant 😂

  • @Angelina14799
    @Angelina14799 Місяць тому +1

    OMG just one time in first class...the dream of being able to stretch my legs and not be drenched in sweat from the body heat of 70 people stuffed into a cabin the size of a closet.

  • @suzycloud
    @suzycloud Місяць тому +1

    Could you review Robert Irwin's photography book? it would be cool to get your thoughts on it.

  • @poppykins2714
    @poppykins2714 27 днів тому

    Take a moment to realise that this was after it was proofread/edited. Imagine how bad his first ‘manuscript’ must have been.

  • @georgiostriantopoulos9921
    @georgiostriantopoulos9921 Місяць тому

    You made my day Jessica!

  • @Rabbitmancer
    @Rabbitmancer Місяць тому +1

    I love it when she does it but I don't understand what Jessica's saying when she drops in those Arabic words and sentences, however I can sense the saltiness in it. Being annoyed at talentless nepo babies truly is a universal language.

  • @joits
    @joits Місяць тому

    3:15 Lol, I see this at every film camera meet. They just take pics of other people's gear and then people taking pictures with their film cameras or selfies of them taking pics with their film cameras.

  • @saras7587
    @saras7587 Місяць тому

    Lmao crazy book. Anyway I love your earrings and nails in this!!! ❤

  • @haroldmanicotti3815
    @haroldmanicotti3815 Місяць тому

    Ahh the POV feet photograph. The photography class right of passage for all 14yo high schoolers when I was a kid.

  • @badboy25ro
    @badboy25ro Місяць тому

    His father is my all time favorite football player (in Europe we call it football because it is played using feet). When I was a teen I have dreamt to cross and kick like he did and I have spent most of the spare time practicing just that. I have heard that his kid has shot some campaign for some company and I have thought that he might be some prodigy using a camera. I guess money gives you that title, even if it is not the case. Hell, I have pictures on my hard drives that nobody other than me have seen and I am 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000% positive that are way more interesting and can actually bring some sort of a value in some book than what this copy of Paris Hilton have presented in those pages. One can expect that all that abundance could have brought exceptional education, also from an aesthetic point of view... I guess it is not the case. Traveling around leaves you no time to study. To me it looks like he wants to brag at his fans/followers cost.

  • @iammz81
    @iammz81 Місяць тому

    Good, good... was waiting for this one... :)

  • @megmoell5752
    @megmoell5752 Місяць тому +3

    I love your content and agree with almost everything you said, but I have to disagree about the blank page. I’m a graphic designer and many photography books use blank pages as breaks for the readers ☺️

  • @Paul_Wetor
    @Paul_Wetor Місяць тому

    It's a book of snapshots. At the used bookstore, I see a lot of crappy photo books. This book would fit right in. If it had an unknown's name on it, nobody would pay it any attention.

  • @majdk6483
    @majdk6483 Місяць тому +2

    such a waste of paper

  • @Edvanfleury
    @Edvanfleury Місяць тому +2

    it is clear you hate him lol

  • @jamesgaszak3685
    @jamesgaszak3685 Місяць тому +2

    I love your humor. Its hilarious.

  • @navarro_gabrielle
    @navarro_gabrielle Місяць тому

    Your humor is on point(!).

  • @andrewthompson5609
    @andrewthompson5609 29 днів тому

    While I agree this book is terrible and should not exist the part about having an empty page is actually very common in most photo books. It allows breathing space for the eye and makes things more visually interesting. Some of my favorite photo books use this layout on almost every page.

  • @CurtM555
    @CurtM555 Місяць тому

    I thought the first chapters you reviewed in the first vid gave MySpace circa 2006 but this selfie-fest of the next chapters is a whole new level of bad. Honestly does make me angry.

  • @atomicboxstudios
    @atomicboxstudios Місяць тому

    I would get this book for my studio...to hold up my unstable C-stand to keep it from tipping over

  • @huckleberryfinn7208
    @huckleberryfinn7208 29 днів тому

    can you recommend any good photography books ? i love thos books ❣(not this one) but i am afraid to spendthe money and then be dissapointd.....
    Love your commentary 🤣🤣

  • @adamevans7945
    @adamevans7945 Місяць тому

    This gives me hope. This kids "work" makes me feel like an actual artist.

  • @AtlasMoaned
    @AtlasMoaned Місяць тому

    those elevator mirror selfies taking up so little space on those two pages really upsets me lol

  • @fazfaraday
    @fazfaraday Місяць тому

    As a graphic designer, the layout design of the book is kinda all over the place and lacks consistency. Overall, I like your review🙂

  • @amandawhittaker8330
    @amandawhittaker8330 Місяць тому

    It shows how to live vicariously off family fame while having none of your own! I'm all for people haveing a passion in life, art, gardening, crafting whatever, it's very important to be creative in any way. But most people have to work VERY hard to be published or make a living from it. This is simply using his parents money on a whim and it's a slap in the face to all those genuinely talented people who never get the chance to showcase their creativity. I doubt he'd get very far if he had to get a real job and work hard to achieve something of worth. He's been very lucky in life, which is not a talent, skill, potential, or work ethic.

  • @computercatto
    @computercatto 25 днів тому

    I'm hoping one day you'll publish a book of your work bc i would definitely get it 😊

  • @jumbodog5955
    @jumbodog5955 Місяць тому +1

    12:17 that’s a private jet seat Jessica private jet …” fIrst ClaSs SEat “ … you kidding ?

  • @nnoemi_
    @nnoemi_ Місяць тому

    6:26 bread with some toast? 🤨 okay but honestly cannot stop laughing this book is so bad 😀

  • @TheVleckChannel
    @TheVleckChannel Місяць тому

    Masterful use of negative space on those pages at 1:38.

  • @maguiatreides
    @maguiatreides Місяць тому

    This book only exists, so we can watch you roast it. I can't stoo, I need more

  • @Roberto_79
    @Roberto_79 Місяць тому

    Can you imagine being the editors and publishers of this book and sitting down with the task of looking through all the pictures he's taken and trying to find something that you could fill a massive physical album with…???😂😂😂😂😂

  • @dadison
    @dadison Місяць тому

    “It’s so cool to see something unexpectedly man made”
    “wait until you see pollution” 😂😂

  • @King_Dragon_13
    @King_Dragon_13 Місяць тому

    Brooklyn: Hey dad I want to make a photography book over the pics we took over the summer even though I have no experience. Oh and I want it done in 3 days.

  • @dadison
    @dadison Місяць тому

    Iv’e commented too many times but I’m almost positive that a lot of these photos actually were instagram stories. I swear i saw that picture of two checkered vans on instagram years ago. Almost positive that the smaller show is Chloe grace moretz.
    Just because you CAN take a photo does not make you a photographer.

  • @filibertkraxner305
    @filibertkraxner305 Місяць тому

    Hahahahaha, I just love your BS allergy and saltiness: well done you!

  • @Bird_of_Prey_
    @Bird_of_Prey_ Місяць тому

    I need to see the rest of the book 😂😂

  • @PearlaSantiesteban
    @PearlaSantiesteban Місяць тому +3

    QUEEN

  • @FlyboyJonathanLover
    @FlyboyJonathanLover Місяць тому

    The three same rocks photo is what bothers me about people's posts on Instagram all the time. LEARN HOW TO EDIT Y'ALL!! Putting 3 photos of you in the same pose and just slightly moving your head doesn't make it a completely different image. Just choose the best one. And that blank page drives me insane! A waste of a space. This is awful and makes me angry how people like him are given the easy chance to publish something so effortlessly thrown together while others work so hard just to be noticed and get their great stories and photo books out there. Sad.

  • @caiodlimaM
    @caiodlimaM Місяць тому

    all i can say about this book is that, when you are rich and famous, you can do whatever.
    maybe in the future well see this as a manifestation of later captalism.
    i think its terrible tho

  • @dadison
    @dadison Місяць тому

    Do nepotism babies not have editors? Who approved this?
    He truly does have some incredible shots, so why were these the ones chosen? It’s like an autobiography assignment of an elementary schooler.

  • @josejuanrivera4603
    @josejuanrivera4603 Місяць тому

    Part 3!!!

  • @artoflife22
    @artoflife22 Місяць тому

    He got a hardcover book of average photos that EVERYONE has in their albums. Feet by the pool, selfies…. Wtf?

  • @caiodlimaM
    @caiodlimaM Місяць тому +1

    darling, its not gla-cia its ga-li-ci-a

  • @Annikidiary
    @Annikidiary Місяць тому +1

    That gives me 2010’s Instagram vibes

  • @KaleidoSTARPH
    @KaleidoSTARPH Місяць тому

    a collection of pictures that should be on his IG, not on the book
    luckily, he is a Beckham with all of his parent's connections, influence, and money

  • @Kaylaandthezoo
    @Kaylaandthezoo Місяць тому +1

    He's feeling himself with this book😂

  • @mMonazzzLindozz
    @mMonazzzLindozz Місяць тому

    I really wasn't prepared for how bad this book was (I saw this video first), I thought the wedding photographer from the other video was bad and Jessica gave her the benefit of the doubt, so maybe it could be the same in this case, but no... this is just too bad

  • @bumblebee_mrs
    @bumblebee_mrs Місяць тому

    Sad!

  • @natellison
    @natellison Місяць тому

    You're so funny lol I wish I had more friends like you irl

  • @natellison
    @natellison Місяць тому

    They should've just hired you in his production team because these folk need to hear some realistic feedback before they put this out in the world. I would be embarrassed as a parent frfr

  • @jei-el2139
    @jei-el2139 Місяць тому

    That’s his parents looking at their child’s work and saying “you’re so talented.” And not being objective

  • @elisabethn2893
    @elisabethn2893 29 днів тому

    "so is pollution" had me crack up xD

  • @queenlucy11
    @queenlucy11 Місяць тому

    Girl he’s probably not flying commercial that picture looked like it was private 😂 so for him there isn’t any part of the plane that isn’t first class 😂

  • @Sony-Fanboy
    @Sony-Fanboy Місяць тому

    2:55 - 3:00 exactly my thoughts as well and i think he got it from his mama...