This video is perfect. Thank you. BTW, stop watching the news. It helps. Events will spill in no matter what you do, but I find not watching to daily play by play enormously helpful for my mental health (former news junkie).
You said that chance encounters refresh our eyes and it reminded me of a Dan Arnold quote that I love from some article he was in. He said " These moments change your experience of the world. They combat loneliness and laziness; they make you feel productive and tuned in. Found moments incentivize going out of your way to value your surroundings and to pay attention to your life, to be delighted by arbitrary little things. It's like every time you go outside you choose to assign beauty and value to the world the way that a person would do if they were seeing for the first time" Thanks Alec for all your videos. I feel like I'm in the art school I couldn't afford to go to when I watch them, they inspire me and reinforce my appreciation of our wonderful craft.
A quiet and thoughtful video. Thank you very much Alec. Obviously you are not along in your cynicism - around the world (I live in Australia), we are world-weary and exhausted.
Your videos have been a huge help in developing my thinking on photography. I went to my local bookstore recently to pick up Sleeping by the Mississippi as a small way to say thank you.
There's nothing new on the internet, it's all history. The new is outside, in the world. Your mood visibly refreshed as you meandered through pages of visual and literary philosophy. I'm a great believer in art being able to soften the soul and lift one's spirit. A very meditative video, thank you.
I just discovered your channel and this is the second video I've watched, the first being the one where you talked about the story behind the picture. Knowing that Cage is one of your biggest inspirations will allow me to see and experience your work in a new light, and I'll keep this in the back of my mind somewhere as I sit down and dive into From Here To There properly for the first time. I don't recall ever seeing Peter Hutchinson's work before, but the thrown rope pieces made me smile. Thanks for sharing.
that first book was really inspiring and the full bleed works so well along with the feeling of the images. and the text from the last one wow. i really needed this as i move to a new season of my work. time to go on a good walk!
Thank you for your videos Alec. Speaking of the chance, here in the Hague we have wonderful public library with hunderts of photography books but... recently my favourite thing is to go and search for new photo books in secondhand stores. Just because I never know what i'll find, I always pay more attention to the finding than something that I can borrow anytime and I love the thrill of surprise. Going for a walk now.
Come see the new! Thanks Alec, for this video showing the role of chance in making art (as well as life, perhaps). Your remark on how the ‘random’ images of Huebler’s seemed to become ‘good’ images made me revisit the walks I did up the hill in the Pyrenees for the Eyes in Progress workshop, and how those random images led to a similar… not conclusion but notion. Even let the other participants choose their favorite images, though that never became a part of the work. A great reminder to again welcome chance.
Just back from a walk in the woods - nothing like it to bring me back to the present. Running through your videos is such a lovely thread of vulnerability...thank you!
By making this video you created something positive in a world that can be dark at times. It's not only the supreme court decisions that count. This counts too. Thanks again for the inspiration.
Thank you very much. A very grounding presentation and perhaps it’s not the new ‘world’ emerging but a new bit of our self….and gratitude emerges for me.
A pound of pictures arrived about 2 months ago and yesterday Gathered Leaves landed on my patio. I'm savoring Sleeping BTHM with the othe layer that your notes have added. Things I missed the first time thru the original work. The mattress in the water a reminiscent of Hucks raft. The roof where you shot aeroplane man. Putting these works together in this newsprinty, soft, biblical like with marked passages, like someones well worn king james version. So its not about the print quality and the color saturation, or print fidelity, it's about the work. Thank you for putting this together.
just wanted to say how much appreciated these videos are Alec. Was so surprised when I stumbled upon your channel, knowing of your work. As someone that makes photos and films, these kind of vids are just so inspiring and helpful. thank you.
One of your best vids yet. It could be a template for future videos or a series where you spin the wheel to serendipitously pick out and muse about a book or books in your library.
Thank you Alec. I had no idea about John Cage and chance. Amazing how the I Ching came to him via Christian Wolff and Grete Sultan. I will spend the weekend in the darkroom, printing old shots of Bowie and Chet Baker, and new ones from France last week, while listening to Music of Changes.
Alec, thank you, thank you, thank you for this video. The world feels extremely chaotic at the moment (perhaps, it has always been). But all of a sudden, it all felt "too much". This video has been like a rope dangling down into the abyss. I feel hopeful once again. Interestingly, I have been digging into Rebecca Solnit's Wanderlust: A history of walking recently. Your video is so timely. Let's walk it out and hooray to chance encounters! Sending hope to everyone and anyone who needs it.
Just what I needed today (kinda most days) .. thank you :) P.S. -- Huebler's series reminded me of San Francisco's very own Lew Thomas and his incredible work.
This summer I faced the biggest crisis I've had with my photography, to the point of tears and hatred. It sucks to be in it but, on the other hand, it's amazing to see how each person deals with these types of situations and how they dig their way out. For me it was instant photography - pure simplification of the complicated process that burried me in the first place... and going for a walk ;) Hang in there, Alec.
I share your cynicism about the state of the world. In these times, photography is mostly what keeps me from falling into total despair as it allows me to balance the ugly with the beautiful that is still out there to be discovered. Thanks for sharing some interesting work.
Hi Alec. Thank you for teaching us so much. As someone who can't really afford photography school, this channel has become such a great place to learn. I wonder if you could say something about the place of black and white photography as a medium in 2022, with so much being digital. I feel very strongly that black and white (film or digital) still has its place today, especially within the form of the photo book, but I would really appreciate hearing your thoughts on it. Best, Benjamin
This was a special one Alec. Hopefully your mood changed, I know at the least you did a great thing for the world. Interesting how proactive you are to alter your cynical mood when it hits, I'm not sure I do that, I think I probably give in to it all too easy. Maybe I'll remember this the next time and free myself quicker. Thanks
Love your channel and your gentle speaking voice. Can anyone help me? I'm trying to put a fine art photography book together.. I'm kinda clueless. Have much of it laid out in Lightroom, but so much more to do! Any resources very much appreciated.
I always find your videos so honest. Like they are as much for you as for us and our presence here is so important to your process. Like you aren't talking at us but to us. I think that is why you are so inspiring. Because you are inspiring yourself as well and the videos engrave in perpetuity that which you need to come back to and draw vital nutrients from. I am not saying this well. I hope you understand.
Hello Alec, tell you a joke:when your book A pound of pictures came out I misread its title into A pond of pictures.I thought wow it was so beautiful and poetic.LoL
Thanks. It’s such an interesting idea that one way out of a funk is to invite randomness and embrace the result. It reminds me that I can plan all I want, but that surfing chance works too.
What do you think of taking photographs of shooting victims (as in war photography)? Would that jolt society into lucidity? I'm thinking of iconic photographs like the one of the Drowned Syrian Child. I'm aware that on twitter there is a lot of raw eyewitness media but such media is prone to be appropriated and taken out of context. A photographer could provoke and tread the fine line of showing the sheer brutality while keeping respect for the victims.
This video is perfect. Thank you. BTW, stop watching the news. It helps. Events will spill in no matter what you do, but I find not watching to daily play by play enormously helpful for my mental health (former news junkie).
You said that chance encounters refresh our eyes and it reminded me of a Dan Arnold quote that I love from some article he was in. He said
" These moments change your experience of the world. They combat loneliness and laziness; they make you feel productive and tuned in. Found moments incentivize going out of your way to value your surroundings and to pay attention to your life, to be delighted by arbitrary little things. It's like every time you go outside you choose to assign beauty and value to the world the way that a person would do if they were seeing for the first time"
Thanks Alec for all your videos. I feel like I'm in the art school I couldn't afford to go to when I watch them, they inspire me and reinforce my appreciation of our wonderful craft.
Great quote!
Thanks for beginning anywhere, Alec!
Your video is my chance encounter right now, as I was desperately trying to soothe myself for similar reasons. It defenately worked, so thank you.
I love that you took the time to do this and lift not only your own mood but also your viewer's at the same time. A beautiful video as always!
Thank you
A quiet and thoughtful video. Thank you very much Alec. Obviously you are not along in your cynicism - around the world (I live in Australia), we are world-weary and exhausted.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and your books. This is very inspiring!
Your videos have been a huge help in developing my thinking on photography. I went to my local bookstore recently to pick up Sleeping by the Mississippi as a small way to say thank you.
Thanks Chris
There's nothing new on the internet, it's all history. The new is outside, in the world. Your mood visibly refreshed as you meandered through pages of visual and literary philosophy. I'm a great believer in art being able to soften the soul and lift one's spirit. A very meditative video, thank you.
Thank you Neil
I just discovered your channel and this is the second video I've watched, the first being the one where you talked about the story behind the picture.
Knowing that Cage is one of your biggest inspirations will allow me to see and experience your work in a new light, and I'll keep this in the back of my mind somewhere as I sit down and dive into From Here To There properly for the first time.
I don't recall ever seeing Peter Hutchinson's work before, but the thrown rope pieces made me smile.
Thanks for sharing.
that first book was really inspiring and the full bleed works so well along with the feeling of the images. and the text from the last one wow. i really needed this as i move to a new season of my work. time to go on a good walk!
Thank you for your videos Alec. Speaking of the chance, here in the Hague we have wonderful public library with hunderts of photography books but... recently my favourite thing is to go and search for new photo books in secondhand stores. Just because I never know what i'll find, I always pay more attention to the finding than something that I can borrow anytime and I love the thrill of surprise. Going for a walk now.
Really, really enjoyed the wonderful work of Ohtake. This one image of the house stayed with me.
Come see the new!
Thanks Alec, for this video showing the role of chance in making art (as well as life, perhaps). Your remark on how the ‘random’ images of Huebler’s seemed to become ‘good’ images made me revisit the walks I did up the hill in the Pyrenees for the Eyes in Progress workshop, and how those random images led to a similar… not conclusion but notion. Even let the other participants choose their favorite images, though that never became a part of the work. A great reminder to again welcome chance.
Just back from a walk in the woods - nothing like it to bring me back to the present. Running through your videos is such a lovely thread of vulnerability...thank you!
Thanks Marty
Alec it's a gorgeous sunny day here in Ireland, so I'm going to grab my camera and go for that walk tonight. Cheers mate.
Excellent, thanks Colin
Thank you for the ride, Alec! 😎❤️🔥 Your videos are also always exciting for me because you never know where you are going to arrive.
Yeah, it's a surprise for me too!
Love the subjectivity and combining of mediums - really great piece of a life and transition
By making this video you created something positive in a world that can be dark at times. It's not only the supreme court decisions that count. This counts too. Thanks again for the inspiration.
Very kind, thanks Tijs
Thanks Alec for your videos. Always a restful moment of my day
Thank you very much. A very grounding presentation and perhaps it’s not the new ‘world’ emerging but a new bit of our self….and gratitude emerges for me.
Thanks Eddy
A pound of pictures arrived about 2 months ago and yesterday Gathered Leaves landed on my patio. I'm savoring Sleeping BTHM with the othe layer that your notes have added. Things I missed the first time thru the original work. The mattress in the water a reminiscent of Hucks raft. The roof where you shot aeroplane man. Putting these works together in this newsprinty, soft, biblical like with marked passages, like someones well worn king james version. So its not about the print quality and the color saturation, or print fidelity, it's about the work. Thank you for putting this together.
Very kind. Thank you
Thanks for another considered and informative video. The UA-cam library grows …
just wanted to say how much appreciated these videos are Alec. Was so surprised when I stumbled upon your channel, knowing of your work. As someone that makes photos and films, these kind of vids are just so inspiring and helpful. thank you.
One of your best vids yet. It could be a template for future videos or a series where you spin the wheel to serendipitously pick out and muse about a book or books in your library.
I might just do that!
Such a shame that it is 23:04 here. I should definitely go for a walk tomorrow in the morning. Thank you, Alec!
Man, I get so much out of watching your videos. Never stop making them.
This one was perfectly timed, and helped me out of a funk. Thank you.
Thank you, Alec. I needed to hear, "Come see the new."
This is poetry Alec, many thanks for making this video.
Thank you Alec. I had no idea about John Cage and chance. Amazing how the I Ching came to him via Christian Wolff and Grete Sultan. I will spend the weekend in the darkroom, printing old shots of Bowie and Chet Baker, and new ones from France last week, while listening to Music of Changes.
Thank you thank you for these encouraging vídeos.
Inspiring material again. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. And your books.
Alec, thank you, thank you, thank you for this video. The world feels extremely chaotic at the moment (perhaps, it has always been). But all of a sudden, it all felt "too much". This video has been like a rope dangling down into the abyss. I feel hopeful once again. Interestingly, I have been digging into Rebecca Solnit's Wanderlust: A history of walking recently. Your video is so timely. Let's walk it out and hooray to chance encounters! Sending hope to everyone and anyone who needs it.
What a lovely comment. Thank you Joanna
Thank you Alec, I needed this!
Needed this today. Thank you Alec.
Just what I needed today (kinda most days) .. thank you :)
P.S. -- Huebler's series reminded me of San Francisco's very own Lew Thomas and his incredible work.
I need to do more digging into Lew Thomas, thanks for the heads up
This summer I faced the biggest crisis I've had with my photography, to the point of tears and hatred. It sucks to be in it but, on the other hand, it's amazing to see how each person deals with these types of situations and how they dig their way out. For me it was instant photography - pure simplification of the complicated process that burried me in the first place... and going for a walk ;) Hang in there, Alec.
was hoping for one of these soon. thank you
Thank you for this video. Its inspiring and educational at the same time. We need that now. 🇺🇦🇺🇦
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Thank you Valerii
Thank you for making these! :)
Thankyou so much !
Thank you, I needed this.
I share your cynicism about the state of the world. In these times, photography is mostly what keeps me from falling into total despair as it allows me to balance the ugly with the beautiful that is still out there to be discovered. Thanks for sharing some interesting work.
Thank you
Hi Alec. Thank you for teaching us so much. As someone who can't really afford photography school, this channel has become such a great place to learn. I wonder if you could say something about the place of black and white photography as a medium in 2022, with so much being digital. I feel very strongly that black and white (film or digital) still has its place today, especially within the form of the photo book, but I would really appreciate hearing your thoughts on it.
Best,
Benjamin
Keep up these video's Alec!
Really excellent. Thank you!
Very nice. Thank you.
Thanks again!
This was a special one Alec. Hopefully your mood changed, I know at the least you did a great thing for the world. Interesting how proactive you are to alter your cynical mood when it hits, I'm not sure I do that, I think I probably give in to it all too easy. Maybe I'll remember this the next time and free myself quicker. Thanks
Thanks Matt
Love that chance led to chance. Great affirmation
Love your channel and your gentle speaking voice. Can anyone help me? I'm trying to put a fine art photography book together.. I'm kinda clueless. Have much of it laid out in Lightroom, but so much more to do! Any resources very much appreciated.
I always find your videos so honest. Like they are as much for you as for us and our presence here is so important to your process. Like you aren't talking at us but to us. I think that is why you are so inspiring. Because you are inspiring yourself as well and the videos engrave in perpetuity that which you need to come back to and draw vital nutrients from. I am not saying this well. I hope you understand.
So kind, Kathleen, thank you
Tell me about it, my mother passed away today and other things happen. But I watch your videos they make me feel good
So sorry to hear this, Mitch.
I love your videos Alec!
Hello Alec, tell you a joke:when your book A pound of pictures came out I misread its title into A pond of pictures.I thought wow it was so beautiful and poetic.LoL
I like that!
Beautiful video
Thanks. It’s such an interesting idea that one way out of a funk is to invite randomness and embrace the result. It reminds me that I can plan all I want, but that surfing chance works too.
Well said, Larry
I'm going for a walk
I fucking love this channel
I feel for you.
Yes. Thanks.
❤️
I ended up with Meatyard via the letter wheel… I came to find some cheer 😊.
What do you think of taking photographs of shooting victims (as in war photography)? Would that jolt society into lucidity? I'm thinking of iconic photographs like the one of the Drowned Syrian Child.
I'm aware that on twitter there is a lot of raw eyewitness media but such media is prone to be appropriated and taken out of context. A photographer could provoke and tread the fine line of showing the sheer brutality while keeping respect for the victims.
Come see the new.
Tell me bout it, my mother passed away today.
Mitch, very sorry to hear this. May he rest in peace.
I made it to 3:24.
The Huebler photos were pretty bad, tbh...