The Art of Theft: Finding Inspiration For Your Photography
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Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief, all kill for inspiration and then sing about their grief .....U2 The Fly
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Steve Jobs famously said a good artist copies, but a great artist steals… although he probably stole that quote from Picasso… who probably took it from Stravinsky.
I like to steal photo ideas from the painters Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth.
“Steal Like an Artist,” Austin Kleon. A short, very enlightened book, IMHO.
Yep--Reading it now.
Musicians take licks from their favourite musicians and then incorporate them into their own playing.
Well, OK ... but you might want to admit that every individual set of eyes has a different POV.
(and those can move around to see things from more angles)
A wise photographer knows how to put her eyes in positions where the picture writes itself.
“This is not a channel about famous chefs.” My new favorite quote from this channel.
Replicating those old styles can be tricky I used to buy 5 dollar used books from the 80s no one cares about and look at photo breakdowns. Saw one once with something like one light and 12 reflectors like that scene with the mirrors from The Mummy.
I was told that the definition of originality is hiding your source of plagiarism!
"I like taking pictures alone, in a place people used to be", i love that quote, because it really reflects how I like to take pictures.
Am I the only one who sees the Obie Oberholzer photo at 6:34 and thinks of King Kong glaring through the hotel window?
Bob looks like he was influenced by Helmut Newton.
We are influenced by others! So pleased to see Obie Oberholzer! I love his words and of course his Photos. I have a few of his books! As We say, Hulle is mos lekker! I 1st seen a photo, in a SA magazine. Corrugated tin roof trading store, in red, with a blue sky! Nikkormat! 28mm! Now I'm off to shoot, have a great day!
We all build on what came before, I do back yard wildlife and specifically taking tight images of small birds at high detail that print at 300 to 500%. I looked at the work of others and saw what were considered classic shots. When I achieved them I had a moment of cool then a continuous feeling of so what!
Then as always in true natural conditions the universe provided, the classic shot with more appealing (to me) lighting.
Dear Alex, do you know the late deceased(2022) Dutch Photographer Erwin Olaf? You should see and give an Alex comment on his very special work... Greetz from Guus, The Netherlands.
I stand on the shoulders of the greats before me. I only steal from the best.
There is HCB; Leiter; Hass; Meyerowitz, Winogrand et al. I’m taking an adult education class on the French Impressionists & music. I’ve loved the impressionists for a while. I never realized how many of their paintings are street paintings. Manet, Monet, and Renoir are now going to be sources of inspiration. Who knew?
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All art is theft in some form (read Steal Like an Artist) and Barenaked Ladies were right, to a point, when they said "It's All Been Done." While there are theoretically infinite things to photograph (or draw, paint, sculpt, write music, poetry, or prose about, etc.), there are only so many generic subjects and methodologies that result in a unique product that would generally be considered artistically significant (a subjective concept governed by consensus and affected by myriad variables including time, place, and culture). The key is in the vid title: "Finding Inspiration." Trying to copy someone directly may be a useful as a "student project," but not as a template for your own artistic output (because mimicry is not art, but craft). The point is, an artist needs exposure to multiple stimuli. You will incorporate that which resonates into your subconscious and draw from it when you view a scene and look through the viewfinder. What we've experienced will inevitably affect what we produce, but what ultimately emerges will bear our unique stamp. Don't think about it or force it--just let it happen.
Great video.
I believe that photography is like writing. Any word one can think of has been written already, just like any photo that you make has already been taken. It is just the different twist or specific detail that you put in it, that makes it your photo.
Respect to any photographer for being famous/well known or published, I don't want to sound harsh, but many times (no, actually almost always) when I see a photo in a museum or at an exhibition I wonder what makes this photo (or painting) worth being defined a fantastic, brilliant or that good?
It is the name of the photographer.
I know it is all in the eye of the beholder, but what in the name of all that is holy makes for example the photos shown @5:02 just a horse, @5:25 just a boy with a goat, like the guy with his Rolls @7:10 or other examples shown in this video, so special?
Again, it's the name that's put under it.
If just about any random person would have taken these specific photos, it would have been considered "just a snapshot", overexposed because of flash being used at such close distance, or considered worse. But no if some famous person took that very same picture, (in this case Obie Oberholzer again respect to the man) it automagically is considered a great photo. I'd wager some money on it, but if it would be any random of my photo's (or any random photo made by anyone who reads this comment, with say Anton Corbijn's name under it, it would be considered a work of art.
Sorry, but I don't get it.
How you perceive the world now depends on how you have perceived it before. That is an established principle in neuroscience. So you are always 'recycling' in a way. It's just how it works. And if you are into photography (or any other art-form) you consciously develop that recycle proces by taking in and engaging with other work through looking or copying.
As Woody Guthrie put it about another folk singer: “Ah hell; he just steals from me-I steal from everybody.”
You make me smile. The variety of topics and Photographers you highlight challenge me to think. Usually that hurts my head. Thanks!
I replaced one Bob Carlos Clark images (Rachel Weiss) I had to clone in some hair for volume, I thought I did a reasonable job. One thing it dose teach you is the logistics of the shoot.
Interesting amongst my black and white photos I have a style similar to Paul Strand.
If you can make it to the Southwest, go. I'm very fortunate to live less than 2 hours from some of the most amazing landscapes on the planet .
Learning by seeing (robotic), or inspired by seeing (human)?
I go to a restaurant, eat greek salad, liked it. I go home & try to make it, not as good. Make it again with changes, better. Make a new salad inspired by greek salad, perfect.
Its almost like that she has taken those really old photos of formal family sittings, plucked out the children and dropped it again , given it modern treatment
Strand had a large camera and printed on platinum paper. YOU should see his work.
Is taking inspiration from others theft?
There can be only so.many ways of taking a portrait so someone could possibly take an image in the same way as someone else without ever seeing the others images.
lux is a cross between Russian and early Germanic to my eyes, loved it. could never replicate it, its beyond my way of thinking. thanks Alex introducing great work through difference.
The fact the first chef to come to mind was Keith Flloyd tells me we should go to the pub together 😂
I read somewhere that copying great photographers can teach you taste.
Can there be inspiration derived from nuance?
The mimetiskt desire can take many forms
I steal souls with my camera 📸 👻
Don't say this in a squatter camp! I did! We had to leave FAST!
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You liberate my mind, you let me free myself from my limitations and from my obsessions. Of course you can and of course you may get inspired by somebody and even copy his style. Thank you so much.
Hi Alex, I really enjoyed this video seeing the work from Bob Carlos Clarke, what great Compositions he had. Obie also had some nice photos. Thanks for sharing this video. 😊
For me, as an enthusiastic amateur portrait photographer, Annie Leibovitz was a big influence in my early years, and having seen her exhibition at London's NPG back in the day of her celebrity portraits/Vanity Fair work it still lives rent free in my head. Just because I don't have access to celebrities that isn't a barrier, I have pulled together a small group of talent, make-up, stylists etc. that between us allows me to try more elaborate setups, and for me that is a big part of the fun and the challenge. I will never be at the level of Leibovitz, but I can sure have fun trying. Aim for the stars, and you may just hit the ceiling!! 😊
Ha ha nice one Alex. The Damned were/ are one of my favorite bands. I was a huge Joy Division/Cure/Bauhaus/Go4 fan as well. Glad to hear The Damned mentioned and still being remembered.
Re: Paul Strand and the US southwest ... I'm also drawn to the southwest but not only for photography. Living in a relatively wooded, green, lush environment farther east the southwest is by comparison a place where I can breathe without the stifling effect of flora overgrowth. Photographically I find it very attractive and inspiring, both in general terms and for the landscapes. Also as an amateur astronomer it's an ideal place for that, but mostly -- it simply makes me feel good to be there (even as relatively little as I've been). As the crow flies I'm between 600 and 1200 miles from the southwest -- well within driving range -- so I have little excuse for not going there more often.
Anyway, probably not a very germane comment all in all... but the southwest gets me excited. 🙂
My favorite photographer will always be Wynn Bullock. He did a photograph called “Half an Apple “. I studied it, figured out the lighting, then replaced the apple with an orange and created my own version for 52frames weekly photo challenge “Inspired by another photographer “.
I live in the SW part of the US and it is a wonderful place to explore photographically. Thanks for the interesting thoughts in your video. Nothing is original expect the person who created it. We are emulations of the world around us in some form and fashion.
A similar photographer to Loretta Lux is Simen Johan. His book "Room to Play" has some great haunting pictures of children.
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Love Paul Strand. Strand, Weston, Atget and Walker Evans were my biggest influences as I was learning composition. I still study their work to keep me grounded. Good stuff.
I have just today found you this morning, Fantastic, now going to try and look at all your tutorials , you have a completely different take on your photography, than most of the others I have watched and listened to. I have never felt so excited in the first few moments of watching and listening. I have been a member in local photography clubs for over 20 years, and feel that you have now opened new doors. I love the artistic side of photography. What a brilliant mind you have.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Many years ago (when libraries had librarians and nothing was too much trouble) they even sourced a Bob Carlos Clarke book from the British Library. A great talent lost. This is an interesting and inspiring video.
I have an inner volcano. I never stole or reproduced other's work. I love some photographers or painters, but consciously I never thought of doing the same.
My inspiration recently has been the grainy clickbait photos for real crime/disaster UA-cam videos. The ones with a forlorn crowd looking on at something barely identifiable but mysteriously sinister.
How can it feel like you are talking directly to me. The West in the US can be intriguing. I hope you can come see for yourself. Thank you for all your hard work and gifted insights. We love it.
You see, hear, or read some artist’s work. You connect with it in some way and the work gives you an idea. You take that idea and like a seed plant it in your mind. You nurture it and tend to it. Once it matures you use it to create your own work of art. I am exposed to your work of art. I connect with it in some way and the work gives me an idea. I take that idea and like a seed plant it in my mind. I nurture it and tend to it. Once it matures I use it to create my own work of art. Someone is exposed to my work and the process continues. I don’t see this as stealing. I see this as the propagation of the arts via the gracious sharing by artists of their work.
I literally did this yesterday : Recreated an image I saw in the photomuseum here recently. Came out really well, and in the process of recreation made it my own.
I don’t think about if I can do that but it does inspire me and starts me thinking
U got me w/ the Damned-Artwork! I'm still delighted about your punk-background 😎before you mentioned it in another clip, I would never have guessed that, rather the opposite (what we called "popper" in Germany) - and then a bit later Spandau Ballet rather than Crass, maybe it's your wedge 🤡
"In a place where people used to be"..... nailed it!
Love Loretta and Strand. Love your videos.
We're just retelling the same story.
We all copy
I thought that quote is from Picasso
The quote "A good artist copies, but a great artist steals" is often attributed to Steve Jobs, but its exact origin is uncertain. It's possible that Jobs popularized a variation of a saying that predates him. The notion behind this quote has been expressed by various artists and thinkers throughout history.
As for Picasso and Stravinsky, there's no direct evidence to suggest that Picasso stole this quote from Stravinsky. Both Picasso and Igor Stravinsky were influential figures in their respective fields of art and music. While there might be some thematic overlap in their philosophies about creativity, there's no clear indication that one directly borrowed from the other in this specific context. It's worth noting that the concept of artistic influence and borrowing ideas is a common theme in the creative world, and it's likely that both Picasso and Stravinsky were influenced by each other and by other artists and thinkers of their time.
Empty cup???
This is a matter of extensive speculation.
Loretta Lux’s work is so peculiar to me. The head to body proportions and angles are definitely digitally altered and it throws me off in almost every example. In some slight ways, the work gives me a similar feeing to Yoshitomo Nara’s paintings. Never really seen any other photography with techniques like that before.
Images are eerie, disquieting, scary! Loretta Lux.
Interesting discussion. Personally I would not want to emulate the photos of the children. Beyond the question of the backgrounds, they look like automatons with the life and consciousness sucked out of them. I would not do this in the name of art and I can’t imagine a parent commissioning a photographer to create such a photo of their child.