@@AlecSothTH-cam Worry not, perusers of Eggleston. Just head over to The Photobook Guy, where I believe the whole Democratic Forest box set is shown. Grab a six pack or your beverage of choice, settle in to a comfy seat and enjoy: th-cam.com/channels/zjx1mZr9gR_wjIQF4HvYyg.htmlvideos.
Love that you use the words 'challenging' and 'difficult' where many others would simply saying boring. Photographers like Eggleston show us that nothing is boring, it's only a question of how, and what, one perceives.
“If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.” - John Cage
William Eggleston's Guide was so life changing for me. Indescribably so. Like a karate chop to my imagination. Thanks for this discussion. It was hugely interesting and smart.
Thank you for this, Alec! As someone who doesn't have a formal education in art or photography, videos like this are an invaluable resource to learn about the importance of editing and sequencing. Thoroughly enjoyed this and I hope you'll do more this year!
This is gem! I feel like I’m taking an amazing class with an amazing teacher in my own home. Absolutely love learning your insights. I love the casual pacing and vibe. Thank you so much!
If this is called 'rambling', then ramble on! I enjoyed every minute of this Mr. Soth. It's a nice opportunity and insight to hear (and see) one master talking about another master.
Thank you Alec. I was comfortably enjoying a morning coffee in my pjs with the sun on my back and found this. Yes, it was great. Led to another cup of coffee and a new inspiration for what can be photographed. John Szarkowski was such a master editor and poetic communicator of everything photography. Poetry. Sequencing. Less, not more. We are surrounded with more. 2020 has taught us that less is better than more. Unless we’re talking about good conversation and talks like this. Please keep them coming Alec, we need more.
As a retired UPI photographer and an Alec Soth fan, I enjoyed this talk greatly! as the books were sometimes tough to understand, a lot was sorted out for me by Alec's words. Rambling and Democratic with the best photos acknowledged!...
Dear Alec, just two days ago I have found out you have a youtube channel. I have binged instantly all your videos. I can ´t even described how I feel. Thank you, thank you. Please continue talking about the books from your collection. My best regards, Miroslav
Please never stop these. It’s like educating me while in a meditative state. Thank you Alec
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Alec, listening to you talk about your photography and other photographers is a pleasure. You always speaks with openness and sincerity. I want to hear you talk more about book editing, but also about photography in general. It is very important what you are doing, for everyone who is interested in photography.
I think this might be the best photography video I've ever seen on TH-cam. And I'm not exaggerating. Your insights are so on point. Not surprised considering the quality of your online masterclass, but can you do it for your whole library ? Pretty please ? :D
This is my first video I've ever watched like this, and my first time experiencing Eggleston. I am blown away. The end of your video had me drawn in. Eggleston's guide is a seriously beautiful and equally ugly. Gosh. The emotions I had no idea I would find in a photo book.
I watched this video last night while having a night shift at work and i really enjoyed it .apart from my fondness to Eggleston,by watching your video i felt i am a guest at your house drinking a cup of tea and you just show us things that u have recently saw and read. Thanks for the invitation :))
This video has to be what the internet is for. Sharing images is fine but exploring the way images work and how they work collectively is so important. Superb video .... more please. The Democratic education.
William Eggleston is my favorite photographer and this is by far the most comprehensive video I have seen on his work and a very good introduction. It is also a democratic way to have access to these very expansive books.
I have been taking your Magnum education series extremely slow simply not to consume them so fast and continue listening to you. This video has just made my day! Looking forward to seeing more of these "ramblings".
Wow...wonderful discussion...truly valuable...please keep doing these videos...I have learned so much...and you've given me so much more to think about....
Hi Alec! Thank you so much for sharing this video and your thoughts on Eggleston work. Im sure we all would appreciate more videos and discussions like this one.... Greetings from Chile!
This was a incredible video. Thank you for sharing your views and passion on Eggleston. It really made appreciate his work even more, especially the Guide.
Dear Alec, thank you. Your voice is soothing. Thoughts after watching: what tells apart a challenging photograph from an unsuccessful one. What makes a photograph worth looking at.If pictures are random , what holds them together. And what is modern art without an idea to support it. Warmest greetings from Berlin
Thank you very much for this video. One of the things I like, is that you're sharing questions, and elaborating on these questions, rather than answers. Very fine food for thought, thank you.
Enthusiastic +1 to more of these, especially books that include narrative and discussion of photography or that are instructive. This talk is so good. Love it.
Thank you so much! For each and every word. You can't even image how much this means for us, people from such countries like Belarus, which don't have art photography education. And what's a happiness to have this democratic medium.
Thank you Alec. When you open a photobook it screams words at you. Now someone else who is talking through books like myself on CAMERA. Keep it up and look forward to more.
It's all food for thought. Damn it is. The photos of Eggleston makes an impact in seeing our world, our surroundings. This books will leave no one indifferent. I like the series to be continued.
Fantastic!!!!! You're so amazing in presenting Egglestone and using his vision as a troyan horse to explain what it'a all about when you take a picture. Thanks!
I enjoyed this a lot. I've always been interested in the repetitive nature of the democratic forest, I feel like there is definitely something to the absence of people that adds a surreal quality to the work I can't quite put my finger on. Would love to see more content like this
Well done Alec, inspiring, informative and at minute 41:31 Wolfgang Tillmans photo, It's a bridge in Rome, maybe Ponte Garibaldi, in case anyone was wondering. Thanks for these great vlogs.
This was great to watch. I had never really thought about John Szarkowski's edit of Eglleston's Guide in quite those terms but your summation is dead spot on. Yes, more of these ramblings as time allows please.
This is like ASMR for photographers
haha yes
Yo I was just about to say this
I had to look that up - you’re right!!
I only wish I’d found this 11months ago. The world is shitty with Covid again though, so
Thank you for sharing this. It’s truly appreciated.
Really enjoyed this, Alec. The TH-cam photography community is in dire need of this type of meaningful analysis. More please.
Check out THopper
everytime you said "don't worry, I won't show all of it" I was hoping you would show all of it. Thank you for this!
Haha, I should do the extended version
@@AlecSothTH-cam Worry not, perusers of Eggleston. Just head over to The Photobook Guy, where I believe the whole Democratic Forest box set is shown. Grab a six pack or your beverage of choice, settle in to a comfy seat and enjoy:
th-cam.com/channels/zjx1mZr9gR_wjIQF4HvYyg.htmlvideos.
This was perfect. Though I think I missed the bit where you said "Thank you to Squarespace" and "please click like and subscribe". More please.
haha
Love that you use the words 'challenging' and 'difficult' where many others would simply saying boring. Photographers like Eggleston show us that nothing is boring, it's only a question of how, and what, one perceives.
“If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.” - John Cage
Zen: John Cage « 4:33 » [1952 - in 3 movements of silence with instruments at rest.lasting 4 minutes and 33 seconds]. Looking vs seeing: just one look
Agree, it's such an artistically mature and open minded way of viewing images. A good reminder for myself.
Letting you know: Yes please do more of this.
I brought up this book in my photo class and now my photography teacher loves me. Ty Mr. Soth 😌
It seems like I never fail to enjoy hearing you speak, Alec. Pls go on with this initiative of yours! Thx
William Eggleston's Guide was so life changing for me. Indescribably so. Like a karate chop to my imagination. Thanks for this discussion. It was hugely interesting and smart.
Probably the best format I have seen on TH-cam ever. Could listing to you talking about photo books for ages. Thank you very much Alec!
Thanks so much Julien
Thank you for this, Alec! As someone who doesn't have a formal education in art or photography, videos like this are an invaluable resource to learn about the importance of editing and sequencing. Thoroughly enjoyed this and I hope you'll do more this year!
Thanks Andrew
This is gem! I feel like I’m taking an amazing class with an amazing teacher in my own home. Absolutely love learning your insights. I love the casual pacing and vibe. Thank you so much!
It would be great if you could do an analysis on Lee Friedlander.
If this is called 'rambling', then ramble on! I enjoyed every minute of this Mr. Soth. It's a nice opportunity and insight to hear (and see) one master talking about another master.
Thank you Alec. I was comfortably enjoying a morning coffee in my pjs with the sun on my back and found this. Yes, it was great. Led to another cup of coffee and a new inspiration for what can be photographed. John Szarkowski was such a master editor and poetic communicator of everything photography. Poetry. Sequencing. Less, not more. We are surrounded with more. 2020 has taught us that less is better than more. Unless we’re talking about good conversation and talks like this. Please keep them coming Alec, we need more.
One of the first photo books I bought, second hand, before buying the other 450+ or so ;-) Highly enjoyed many of your talks so far!
As a retired UPI photographer and an Alec Soth fan, I enjoyed this talk greatly! as the books were sometimes tough to understand, a lot was sorted out for me by Alec's words. Rambling and Democratic with the best photos acknowledged!...
Thank you for your time and for sharing your knowledge, analyse and thoughts. This was extremely interesting. Good food for thought!
Wow, thank you for all your videos! Please keep doing it. You are a huge inspiration!
Thank you Alec!!!!!!
Dear Alec, just two days ago I have found out you have a youtube channel. I have binged instantly all your videos. I can ´t even described how I feel. Thank you, thank you. Please continue talking about the books from your collection. My best regards, Miroslav
Will do, thanks Miroslav
It's so easy to get lost in the technologies and practices of photography. Thank you for reminding me to look at photographs. More, please.
Thank you Alec.
Please never stop these. It’s like educating me while in a meditative state. Thank you Alec
Alec, listening to you talk about your photography and other photographers is a pleasure. You always speaks with openness and sincerity. I want to hear you talk more about book editing, but also about photography in general. It is very important what you are doing, for everyone who is interested in photography.
Thank you
What a great video! Very educational! Please keep doing this! Thanks
Thank you for the inspiring suggestions for my rambling thoughts!!
Love it! Thank you Alec
I think this might be the best photography video I've ever seen on TH-cam. And I'm not exaggerating.
Your insights are so on point. Not surprised considering the quality of your online masterclass, but can you do it for your whole library ? Pretty please ? :D
Totally agree
Keep going! We love that! Greetings from Greece
This is my first video I've ever watched like this, and my first time experiencing Eggleston. I am blown away. The end of your video had me drawn in. Eggleston's guide is a seriously beautiful and equally ugly. Gosh. The emotions I had no idea I would find in a photo book.
That was great!!! Thank you very much for this video!!!
Absolutely loved this!
Those are amazing! Thank you so much!
Great analyse...yes, more videos!
I watched this video last night while having a night shift at work and i really enjoyed it .apart from my fondness to Eggleston,by watching your video i felt i am a guest at your house drinking a cup of tea and you just show us things that u have recently saw and read. Thanks for the invitation :))
we all needed this channel, thank you
Really love this video.Please do more!
Hi Alec, Thank you so much for your time. I think this is wonderful, to you thinking about young people as well.
Please don't stop doing this kind of videos
Love your videos!!! I'm learning a lot with them. Thanks so much
This video has to be what the internet is for. Sharing images is fine but exploring the way images work and how they work collectively is so important. Superb video .... more please. The Democratic education.
"Democratic education" !
Hello Mr Soth, i come from belgium, and i appreciate your presentation. It was a dream, now it'a real. Merci beaucoup!
William Eggleston is my favorite photographer and this is by far the most comprehensive video I have seen on his work and a very good introduction. It is also a democratic way to have access to these very expansive books.
i feel better after this video. Thank you a lot !
What a gift. Thank you for your voracious insights.
Alec, I really enjoy your discussions on these works. It is such a great learning tool.
Thank you so much for these!
So good. I very much appreciate how you say what you think but are kind about how you do it. That's a hugely undervalued skill these days. Ramble on!
I have been taking your Magnum education series extremely slow simply not to consume them so fast and continue listening to you. This video has just made my day! Looking forward to seeing more of these "ramblings".
Thank you Tugba
You have my immense gratitude. Please continue doing more videos like this.
Thank you Alec, great talk!
Wow...wonderful discussion...truly valuable...please keep doing these videos...I have learned so much...and you've given me so much more to think about....
Hi Alec! Thank you so much for sharing this video and your thoughts on Eggleston work. Im sure we all would appreciate more videos and discussions like this one.... Greetings from Chile!
This was a incredible video. Thank you for sharing your views and passion on Eggleston. It really made appreciate his work even more, especially the Guide.
I could listen to more of that “rambling talk”... Thank you for the much appreciated time and lesson !
This is great, thanks for sharing.
Thank you!!!!
Thank you alec.
Dear Alec, thank you. Your voice is soothing.
Thoughts after watching: what tells apart a challenging photograph from an unsuccessful one. What makes a photograph worth looking at.If pictures are random , what holds them together. And what is modern art without an idea to support it.
Warmest greetings from Berlin
This is like a Masterclass on William Eggleston! Thank you so much for this incredible video.
Thank you!
Thank you Alex, I love your work and your personality of how you talk, think and bring us your view in our homes.
Fabulous - more please, Alec.
Thanks for sharing these ! Love your videos !
Thank you Alec! More please.
thank you very much, Alec
Please keep doing this, I could listen to ramblings on photography all day.
Thank you very much for this video. One of the things I like, is that you're sharing questions, and elaborating on these questions, rather than answers. Very fine food for thought, thank you.
Enthusiastic +1 to more of these, especially books that include narrative and discussion of photography or that are instructive. This talk is so good. Love it.
Please more and thanks.
Loved this. I could listen to you talk about photo books all day. Thanks making this video.
Thanks for sharing
Thank you so much! For each and every word. You can't even image how much this means for us, people from such countries like Belarus, which don't have art photography education. And what's a happiness to have this democratic medium.
This video is on the same level of blessing as David Lynch's weather forecasts. Best content on TH-cam.
Love your rambling. Thanks Alec.
Nice talk Alex. Much appreciated - and enjoyed. Meditative even..!
I really appreciate you doing this. Please do more.
Thank you Alec. When you open a photobook it screams words at you. Now someone else who is talking through books like myself on CAMERA. Keep it up and look forward to more.
Thank you, Alec. This is truly special.
thanks for sharing!
It's all food for thought. Damn it is. The photos of Eggleston makes an impact in seeing our world, our surroundings. This books will leave no one indifferent.
I like the series to be continued.
Please do more. Wonderful.
Fantastic!!!!! You're so amazing in presenting Egglestone and using his vision as a troyan horse to explain what it'a all about when you take a picture. Thanks!
I enjoyed this a lot. I've always been interested in the repetitive nature of the democratic forest, I feel like there is definitely something to the absence of people that adds a surreal quality to the work I can't quite put my finger on. Would love to see more content like this
Brilliant. Enjoying every single video you've posted lately ¡Cheers! (Keep them coming)
I enjoyed this. Thank you for posting. I would love to see one on Wolfgang Tillmans or Juergen Teller.
Yes, please make more !
It was GREAT ! please continue ! Thank you !
I didn't know you had a TH-cam channel and glad to be watching this video.
Love your vision about the images.
Thank you for sharing!
This is great. More of this please.
Thank you
Thank you so much for this. So hopeful there will be more!
Well done Alec, inspiring, informative and at minute 41:31 Wolfgang Tillmans photo, It's a bridge in Rome, maybe Ponte Garibaldi, in case anyone was wondering. Thanks for these great vlogs.
I absolutely loved this video alec! simple and captivating. thanks!
Thanks for that. That was great...
Much appreciated. I have been using this to speak to students about the importance of editing. I will watch as many as you make!
I love to hear that these videos are being shared with students. Thank you.
Mind blown. To borrow your words, this was seriously challenging. Thanks?
This was great to watch. I had never really thought about John Szarkowski's edit of Eglleston's Guide in quite those terms but your summation is dead spot on. Yes, more of these ramblings as time allows please.