Yes! Gear stuff is ok but unless it relates to your choice between video or stills or both and then also involves an eco system that's relevant to you it becomes mute. Our man has a huge wealth of knowledge that I feel is untapped. History, technique and both where they collide is what I get excited about.
@@joseph-the-seventh I subscribed to this channel some years ago. Content like this was the main reason why I subscribed in the first place. Not many channels talk about photography the artform these days. Too much emphasis on gears that people forget to shoot with their heart.
szz1070 I agree but I would like to expand a bit. I would like to still see videos about gear but with an emphasis of what makes a lens unique, some ways you can use it, what it really excels at, etc.
I like these types of videos when you talk about artists. I know it probably doesn’t get as many views as gear reviews but you do such a good job at sharing knowledge. Thanks!
More like this! Inspires me to just get out there instead of having GAS over the newest piece of technology. The new tech will not necessarily improve my images.
Thanks Ted, not just for this video but also for introducing me to even more influential photographers. This is the kind of video that got me interested in your channel six years ago. Cheers from Australia Steve
That's a great, and inspiring list of street photographers. We can learn so much from them... If there was an eleventh pick, I'd certainly include Vivian Maier.
Hey Ted, fellow fort worth'er here hoping your having a good rainy evening. Your channel has been the introduction to many photographic styles and photographers that have since become huge inspirations for me over the years. I haven't seen Ted Cronners work before and WOW! Thank you for all the great content and discussions here.
I love when you do photo history videos! Like you say there are so many good street photographers out there. All the more reason to do a continuation of this video.
Can I just say thanks for all the time you've put into teaching us about the history of photography and technique in general. Not enough channels do this. Thank you sir, bless your heart. 🙏
Love these kinds of videos ! That's what initially got me into your channel wayyy back when you were doing the composition series. Those videos even helped me in my architecture career! ☺️
Great List!!! If it was a top 20 I would add Max Yanvo, Diane Arbus, Winogrand, Bruce Davidson, Roy De Carava, Eugene Richards, Eisenstaedt, William Klein, Elliott Erwitt and Walker Evans
I don't have 10, but I really admire Henry Cartier-Bresson, Fan Ho, & Helen Levitt. Especially Fan Ho because I grew up in Hong Kong. I like some of Robert Frank's work considering his place in photographic history. Not sure if you count Walker Evans as a street photographer but I like Evans too. By the way, some photos that you showed in La Strada were amazing. I wish I could get a hold of a copy.
Street photography is definitely the essence of photography itself, as it embodies the one crucial element of photography, observation. The controversy around Martin Parr’s colour work and his admission to Magnum could have been an interesting subject to discuss in this video-essay as his work has inspired the fashion photography scene a lot in the past decade. Street photography and observation is great practice for pretty much all genres of photography and other art forms. William Klein, who also lived in NYC as a pioneering street photographer, became a well known Vogue photographer. Vogue and Klein collaborated for over a decade in the mid-twentieth century.
I've been watching and appreciating your photo lit series for several years now. I feel like they're a lot better than the classes I took in college back in the '90s. Thank you!
From Chile! Thank you for this, I’m always looking at new photographers to check out. I would recommend Sergio Larraín, a Chilean photographer, worked for Magnum, his photography is a bit surreal. His work influenced the story that inspired the film Blowup. Very different and awe inspiring work.
I really like this video because many of the images you show bust the myth that street photography is just randomly snapping and hoping something turns out. Most of these images were either carefully composed and waiting for someone to enter or the person is well aware they are being photographed, if not always posed in the image.
Had the pleasure of meeting both Gene Smith and Gordon Parks back when I was a photojournalist, and worked with Norm Rabinowitz, who was Smith's assistant on his Pittsburgh essay. They were true greats.
Much better! Really, I can go anywhere for reviews of gear I'm not going to buy, but I come to Ted for the education, the photo books and the artists. This is how it used to be on AOP - good stuff!
Thanks for exposing Smith's work to people. I saw a monumental exhibit of the Pittsburgh project at the Carnegie Museum in the Pitt and it was awe inspiring.
Vivian Meyers, but there's a lot of street photographers who work is outstanding. I love this list you created. I've been doing it myself since I was in High School in the late 60's with my instamatic until I was able to afford to purchase a 35mm camera. Thanks for this video. I've been away from youtube for a while an I really need a huge break from the political carp. Thanks again...
I constantly rewatch the old stuff about photographers. It was great to see some new photographers I haven't hear of. I am about to go out and shoot and I have google searched all the photographers I haven't heard of. I am excited to come home and look through. I am also going to see if there any episodes of the candid frame with interviews with the Africa American photographers. I love these rabbit holes
hi Ted, love your channel. You have introduced me to a number of great photographers, Josef Sudek in particular as well as W. Eugene Smith are two of my favorites. i noticed a photograph of Rashaan Roland Kirk in this video that was taken at the jazz loft. i love his album The Inflated Tear a classic jazz tune with an interesting back story that was probably inspired by those late night jams you mentioned in the video. Must have been one of the coolest places on earth to hang out at the time .Thanks Ted for intorducing me to so many talented photographers, keep up the noble work.
Hey Ted! Hope you’re staying well. Thanks for pulling in some lesser known photographers among the better known group. It’s important to expand our knowledge base as we pursue our own work. Nice!
So happy to have a thoughtful review of the artistic works of many photographers. Other than a few brief mentions (wide angle, view camera, etc.) it was devoid of tech talk. Many thanks.
Great History video, I’m currently taking photography classes at OCC ( Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa California ), the rumor says that school is one of the best school for video and photography because the experience of the teachers and equipment, I was always interested on the thecnical aspects of photography but I took a class called “History and Aesthetics of photography” and is so amazing to learn how started, I even converted my tiny loft apartment into a “Camera Obscura” and the results were incredible, your video covered a lot of what I saw in class, people need to learn about all that, not just pick a camera and start shooting, Thank again. Jose W.
Back in the 70's I attended a lecture of his. One of my fondest memories. I also met George Hurrell, I chatted with him for over 30 minutes about the photos he was showing at the Irvine Fine Arts Center, only I didn't know who he was at the time! I was just getting into vintage pinup photography and old style Hollywood Glamour and didn't know until a year or so later, after reading his obit in the newspaper, who I'd been taking with. I'm sure he didn't know what to make of me. Probably thought I was ignorant as heck. I was fortunate to study photography at Orange Coast College in the early 70's where John Upton was head of the department and I took some classes from him. He literally wrote the book many schools and universities used as text for decades. Other favorites were John Sanford, who I became friends with for many years afterwards and taught me astro photography as well as the earthly kind, and Arthur Taussig who I'd run into all the time over the decades to follow and who I was assistant for in the color darkroom. He is very technically minded and I learned a lot from him. He said I had a good eye for color, which is why he had me assist him with other students in the color darkroom. Basically so I answered what color packs the student needed to get the best print and he didn't have to bother with that mundane chore. I loved it though.
When you've spent the last few weeks consuming nearly everything street photography related on TH-cam and a video from one of your favorite channels drops some content on the matter the next day. Thank you for this!
Amazingly valuable and important info in this video. I think many people watching it still have no idea what ISO is since they probably didn’t ever use a film camera, not even a disposable Kodak camera.
I love these history videos. I understand the art and art history videos are works of love. The gear videos pay the bills. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do. The Artist series was sooo good. Ted is also the guy that taught me all the stuff I've forgotten about composition. I need to rewatch so many things. I don't think I'll every be a great photographer, but every time I spend a few hours walking and intentionally practicing 1 specific form of composition, I feel a little more proud of my work. I need to get out and shoot more.
I love all your new content and your camera reviews. You give a different perspective as someone who actually taught photography, but I do really enjoy it when you take it back to the greats and share those classic images and why they were so important. I'm obsessed with street photography, but it wasn't until I saw your video on W. Eugene Smith that I realized just making a compelling image with some bokkeh isn't enough. You need a body of work to tell a complete story and you have to do it with passion. Keep doing what you do, but please continue sprinkling in stuff like this. Oh, and bring back the Pinterest boards in the vids if you can :) Thanks, Ted!
Here's one of my favorite photographers, Enrique Metinides was a Mexican photographer pupular in the 50's, 60's & 70's who was known as the "The Kid" and his main focus was accidents, it was well known that he would be among the first ones to arrive into the crime scene in order to take pictures.
What an excellent job you did of putting together this diverse list of inspiring, influential photographers. Watching your video has been a great experience.
Ted has done videos on her on the past. He said back then she was a good photographer but not a great one (I'm paraphrasing). That was years ago...I wonder what his thoughts are now? I too find her inspiring. The thought of that much creativity hidden away resonates with me. Some detractors of hers say it's her story that people are fascinated by as opposed to her work...I say why do those two things need to be separate?
I really mean this in the best way I can say it.......this is the best video you have done for a while Ted. Really, REALLY enjoyed this. Hearing you talk about photographers I've not heard of and giving me ideas for people I want to learn more about is exactly why i first started watching years ago:) More of this content please.
I much prefer this type of content Ted. I get it that your gear type videos get more views, but hell man, everyone does that. So few people talk about photography properly, so it's a shame when one whose actually able to, doesn't bother anymore.
Awesome stuff. I lived thru the 50s,60s,70s,till 2020. and saw a lot of the times you referred to in this video. Thanks for sharing my life with me. Really enjoyed.
Love your videos! Thanx for making them. I was at U Texas in the mid 1970's at law school. The art school was next door and filled with hot girls. So, having loved photography all my life I signed up for a B&W film course. Garry Winogrand turned out to be the professor. I had no idea who he was. Class was about 10 people sitting in a conference room while Garry projected onto a screen the best B&W photos ever taken (though none of them were by him). He sat with his back to us silently looking at the pics for a few minutes for each slide. During the first class someone asked him why he liked a particular picture. He said, "Just look at it." I don't remember him saying anything else that semester or the next. An assistant gave us our assignments and oversaw our lab where we printed our pictures in a wonderful, brand new facility. I saw him frequently prowling the streets full of students around the campus shooting his Leica. He was a rather intimidating presence so I never spoke to him, but I treasure those hours studying the best photography ever made.
Ted - this is a wonderfully important video. I have not come across most of these photographers, I classify myself as a photo/artist tho so half baked, and this video is like a banquet of raw beauty that I’m sooooo appreciative of you sharing. My favorite videos of yours have lead this direction, and loved those. There’s just such a balance achieved w/ the direction of modern photography, and sifting through bygone, more or less, of the past artists. You’ve again enriched my evening.
I came across your channel almost a year ago when I was starting out photography and watched some of your videos and now this video came in my recommendations and I really enjoyed watching it! It’s so inspiring and I discovered new photographers and new photography! Very beautiful video!!
One of THE BEST enriching photography sessions I have seen so far! Ted, PLEASE use this one as a template for many more and thanks for bringing this to life!
Thank you so much for this video! I will do some more research on these amazing photographers! Thank goodness for quality photography channels like this!
A good list of classics, we know theres so many more who you could /you should. Happy to see this type of stuff again and another artists series would be great.
Hey Ted, thanks for doing keeping this photography-centric. I have a few general questions bouncing around that I hope you have time to address: - What do you think made a photographer successful in the previous eras that you discuss, vs now? - Most of the artistic analysis seems to be done in hindsight, but is there any work from current photographers that you follow and can point out similar features? It would be amazing to see like a "top modern photographers I follow today and why" type of thing.
Wow...I got the exact same question in my mind...So I understood is thag street photography has a lot to do with gone era or time.. where when you look at the pictures ..one tends to look at all details and just imagine how was it then...and all..and thus it becomes classic.... Even the street photographers alive today from past era keep sharing their archives....so Street photography has the time (in past tense) attached to it to make it more attractive
your presentation to great photography as needing obsessions' and passion for great photography is so timely to my project and the quest for what is needed in the photo's to successfully chronicle and present the world on a window into the world of politics. There is much more to say, but I shall wait for another day to expound further. Thank you very much Joe
This is the kind of video I love to watch. Your passion, knowledge and humility shine through. Fabulous selection of photographers; I hadn't heard of some of them which only whets my appetite to discover more about them. Thanks.
I know the gear reviews have to be done, but I love these old school videos. The artist and photographer series have been played through many times in my living room.
Ok first off, what an amazing list and oh so useful as I look for more photo books. Second off, I am speechless at how well the two images per spread work together in La Strada. Clearly much care and attention was given to that which is perfect as an example as I ponder creating my own photo book.
Great videos !! I was an analog amateur photographer and I´m getting into photography again with digital. I´m 59 years old and your videos are very good for knowing the right way of this fascinating hobby (or job, it depends). Thank you !! Hello from México !!
Hello Ted. Jose from Puerto Rico. Fascinating video! I really enjoyed this one. You are a true scholar of Photography and your channel is a breath of fresh air on TH-cam. I never get tired of watching and listening to your narration of the history of Photography. Joel Meyerowitz is one of my favorites too. I'd love to hear you talk someday about Jay Maisel, Pete Turner, Ernst Haas, and Fan Ho.
Thank you Ted, I enjoyed that. I struggle with street photography it is my avoid if I can genre, However I have become enthralled by the work of Jozef Sudek thanks to your efforts, Thank you.
Still an awesome video in 2022! Kind of wish I would’ve gotten out in 2020 and captured some of the stuff that was going on. This video also help me become more open with my style outside of Portrait photography.
I'm glad it's not another gear review of stuff I can't afford. More of this type of content please.
Yes! Gear stuff is ok but unless it relates to your choice between video or stills or both and then also involves an eco system that's relevant to you it becomes mute. Our man has a huge wealth of knowledge that I feel is untapped. History, technique and both where they collide is what I get excited about.
If you search through this channel’s older videos there’s tons of content like this. Ted has been doing this stuff for awhile.
@@joseph-the-seventh I subscribed to this channel some years ago. Content like this was the main reason why I subscribed in the first place. Not many channels talk about photography the artform these days. Too much emphasis on gears that people forget to shoot with their heart.
@@szz1070 True
szz1070 I agree but I would like to expand a bit. I would like to still see videos about gear but with an emphasis of what makes a lens unique, some ways you can use it, what it really excels at, etc.
I like these types of videos when you talk about artists. I know it probably doesn’t get as many views as gear reviews but you do such a good job at sharing knowledge. Thanks!
Weird. I skip most of the gear reviews. This is far more interesting.
Welcome back.... Glad to see photographers and photographs being discussed again.. 👏
💕💕
This is the Ted Forbes that I like 😀
absolutely
I mean you have to earn a living too. Gear videos ar much more popular: th-cam.com/users/theartofphotographyvideos?view=0&sort=p&flow=grid
This is why I come back. Not thehardware reviews.
I watched this many many times
More like this! Inspires me to just get out there instead of having GAS over the newest piece of technology. The new tech will not necessarily improve my images.
was really hoping to see some Fan Ho, but I love the mention of Gordon Parks
Well... he has like 2 videos on Fan Ho's photography already.
@@peskymacaw9033 and at least one video on gordon parks...
Michael Smith
Oh yeah! Another incredible photographer!
Thanks Ted, not just for this video but also for introducing me to even more influential photographers. This is the kind of video that got me interested in your channel six years ago.
Cheers from Australia
Steve
Mr Forbes, I love these videos. Going 'old school' AOP is definitely appreciated!
That's a great, and inspiring list of street photographers. We can learn so much from them... If there was an eleventh pick, I'd certainly include Vivian Maier.
I didn't know about Charles Négre. MY GOD, i love that work. And to think he did it as a way to gather material for his paintings.
Hey Ted, fellow fort worth'er here hoping your having a good rainy evening. Your channel has been the introduction to many photographic styles and photographers that have since become huge inspirations for me over the years. I haven't seen Ted Cronners work before and WOW! Thank you for all the great content and discussions here.
I highly approve this list and would like to include 20 ppl more :D Ah the good old days with some education and history lessons from Ted :)
I love when you do photo history videos! Like you say there are so many good street photographers out there. All the more reason to do a continuation of this video.
Can I just say thanks for all the time you've put into teaching us about the history of photography and technique in general. Not enough channels do this. Thank you sir, bless your heart. 🙏
Love these kinds of videos ! That's what initially got me into your channel wayyy back when you were doing the composition series. Those videos even helped me in my architecture career! ☺️
Great List!!! If it was a top 20 I would add Max Yanvo, Diane Arbus, Winogrand, Bruce Davidson, Roy De Carava, Eugene Richards, Eisenstaedt, William Klein, Elliott Erwitt and Walker Evans
I don't have 10, but I really admire Henry Cartier-Bresson, Fan Ho, & Helen Levitt. Especially Fan Ho because I grew up in Hong Kong. I like some of Robert Frank's work considering his place in photographic history. Not sure if you count Walker Evans as a street photographer but I like Evans too. By the way, some photos that you showed in La Strada were amazing. I wish I could get a hold of a copy.
Please keep on making these videos! I want to stop looking at “popular” crap and start looking at good stuff, no matter what the era
This is the type of content I like to see.
A pity that most people only crave gear reviews.
Show mercy for this poor class and tasteless fool, you singularly magnificent human. I am not worthy..
They want instant results, and definitive answers through specs lists. Thinking and practice are too open ended for them
Street photography is definitely the essence of photography itself, as it embodies the one crucial element of photography, observation.
The controversy around Martin Parr’s colour work and his admission to Magnum could have been an interesting subject to discuss in this video-essay as his work has inspired the fashion photography scene a lot in the past decade.
Street photography and observation is great practice for pretty much all genres of photography and other art forms. William Klein, who also lived in NYC as a pioneering street photographer, became a well known Vogue photographer. Vogue and Klein collaborated for over a decade in the mid-twentieth century.
I've been watching and appreciating your photo lit series for several years now. I feel like they're a lot better than the classes I took in college back in the '90s.
Thank you!
From Chile! Thank you for this, I’m always looking at new photographers to check out. I would recommend Sergio Larraín, a Chilean photographer, worked for Magnum, his photography is a bit surreal. His work influenced the story that inspired the film Blowup. Very different and awe inspiring work.
I really like this video because many of the images you show bust the myth that street photography is just randomly snapping and hoping something turns out. Most of these images were either carefully composed and waiting for someone to enter or the person is well aware they are being photographed, if not always posed in the image.
Miss this old kind of content. That's what got me on this Chanel.
No matter what your topic, I ALWAYS learn from you. Thank you so much for the variety of thoughtful content you produce.
Daido Moriyama is my current favorite
I'm currently learning a lot about him and his style which is highly influenced by the Japanese way of life.
There's a great documentary called "Near Equal" if you haven't already seen it.
There was recently an exhibition of his work in Barcelona, where I live. Fascinating.
Love these videos, Ted. You provide us such a great education - highly appreciated! All best from Korea
Thank you for putting this together and showing us these wonderful artists
I love love Henri C-B's work 💕 thank you for sharing the others Im definitely going to look more into them!
Had the pleasure of meeting both Gene Smith and Gordon Parks back when I was a photojournalist, and worked with Norm Rabinowitz, who was Smith's assistant on his Pittsburgh essay. They were true greats.
Much better! Really, I can go anywhere for reviews of gear I'm not going to buy, but I come to Ted for the education, the photo books and the artists. This is how it used to be on AOP - good stuff!
Thanks for exposing Smith's work to people. I saw a monumental exhibit of the Pittsburgh project at the Carnegie Museum in the Pitt and it was awe inspiring.
Vivian Meyers, but there's a lot of street photographers who work is outstanding. I love this list you created. I've been doing it myself since I was in High School in the late 60's with my instamatic until I was able to afford to purchase a 35mm camera. Thanks for this video. I've been away from youtube for a while an I really need a huge break from the political carp. Thanks again...
I constantly rewatch the old stuff about photographers. It was great to see some new photographers I haven't hear of. I am about to go out and shoot and I have google searched all the photographers I haven't heard of. I am excited to come home and look through. I am also going to see if there any episodes of the candid frame with interviews with the Africa American photographers. I love these rabbit holes
hi Ted, love your channel. You have introduced me to a number of great photographers, Josef Sudek in particular as well as W. Eugene Smith are two of my favorites. i noticed a photograph of Rashaan Roland Kirk in this video that was taken at the jazz loft. i love his album The Inflated Tear a classic jazz tune with an interesting back story that was probably inspired by those late night jams you mentioned in the video. Must have been one of the coolest places on earth to hang out at the time .Thanks Ted for intorducing me to so many talented photographers, keep up the noble work.
Hey Ted! Hope you’re staying well. Thanks for pulling in some lesser known photographers among the better known group. It’s important to expand our knowledge base as we pursue our own work. Nice!
You have done a great video here, all photographers you have mentionned are the most interesting ones.
Thank you Ted !
The Gary Winogrand image at 13.51 is amazing, one of my all time favourite pictures. Beautiful.
Thanks for sharing Ted. This is the main reason why I love your channel. Your insight on the history of photography.
So happy to have a thoughtful review of the artistic works of many photographers. Other than a few brief mentions (wide angle, view camera, etc.) it was devoid of tech talk. Many thanks.
Love the quick flash of Winogrand's face!
I've been diving back into your older videos where you cover specific photographers. Very glad to see you're getting back into this type of content.
Great History video, I’m currently taking photography classes at OCC ( Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa California ), the rumor says that school is one of the best school for video and photography because the experience of the teachers and equipment, I was always interested on the thecnical aspects of photography but I took a class called “History and Aesthetics of photography” and is so amazing to learn how started, I even converted my tiny loft apartment into a “Camera Obscura” and the results were incredible, your video covered a lot of what I saw in class, people need to learn about all that, not just pick a camera and start shooting, Thank again.
Jose W.
Just watched this again. It never gets old because there’s always something to learn. Thanks again Ted.
Back in the 70's I attended a lecture of his. One of my fondest memories. I also met George Hurrell, I chatted with him for over 30 minutes about the photos he was showing at the Irvine Fine Arts Center, only I didn't know who he was at the time! I was just getting into vintage pinup photography and old style Hollywood Glamour and didn't know until a year or so later, after reading his obit in the newspaper, who I'd been taking with. I'm sure he didn't know what to make of me. Probably thought I was ignorant as heck.
I was fortunate to study photography at Orange Coast College in the early 70's where John Upton was head of the department and I took some classes from him. He literally wrote the book many schools and universities used as text for decades. Other favorites were John Sanford, who I became friends with for many years afterwards and taught me astro photography as well as the earthly kind, and Arthur Taussig who I'd run into all the time over the decades to follow and who I was assistant for in the color darkroom. He is very technically minded and I learned a lot from him. He said I had a good eye for color, which is why he had me assist him with other students in the color darkroom. Basically so I answered what color packs the student needed to get the best print and he didn't have to bother with that mundane chore. I loved it though.
When you've spent the last few weeks consuming nearly everything street photography related on TH-cam and a video from one of your favorite channels drops some content on the matter the next day. Thank you for this!
Amazingly valuable and important info in this video. I think many people watching it still have no idea what ISO is since they probably didn’t ever use a film camera, not even a disposable Kodak camera.
I love these history videos. I understand the art and art history videos are works of love. The gear videos pay the bills. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do. The Artist series was sooo good. Ted is also the guy that taught me all the stuff I've forgotten about composition. I need to rewatch so many things. I don't think I'll every be a great photographer, but every time I spend a few hours walking and intentionally practicing 1 specific form of composition, I feel a little more proud of my work. I need to get out and shoot more.
I love all your new content and your camera reviews. You give a different perspective as someone who actually taught photography, but I do really enjoy it when you take it back to the greats and share those classic images and why they were so important. I'm obsessed with street photography, but it wasn't until I saw your video on W. Eugene Smith that I realized just making a compelling image with some bokkeh isn't enough. You need a body of work to tell a complete story and you have to do it with passion. Keep doing what you do, but please continue sprinkling in stuff like this. Oh, and bring back the Pinterest boards in the vids if you can :) Thanks, Ted!
Here's one of my favorite photographers, Enrique Metinides was a Mexican photographer pupular in the 50's, 60's & 70's who was known as the "The Kid" and his main focus was accidents, it was well known that he would be among the first ones to arrive into the crime scene in order to take pictures.
Love the return to non gear content.....it is terrific
What an excellent job you did of putting together this diverse list of inspiring, influential photographers. Watching your video has been a great experience.
I hate to complain, but I am so sad that you left out Vivian Maier. She is solely responsible for inspiring me to pick up a camera.
Ted has done videos on her on the past. He said back then she was a good photographer but not a great one (I'm paraphrasing). That was years ago...I wonder what his thoughts are now? I too find her inspiring. The thought of that much creativity hidden away resonates with me. Some detractors of hers say it's her story that people are fascinated by as opposed to her work...I say why do those two things need to be separate?
I absolutely agree with the previous comment. It's great to hear commentary on photographers who can produce amazing images.
I really mean this in the best way I can say it.......this is the best video you have done for a while Ted. Really, REALLY enjoyed this. Hearing you talk about photographers I've not heard of and giving me ideas for people I want to learn more about is exactly why i first started watching years ago:) More of this content please.
I follow you for so long and you are still knockin‘it again and again ! 💪🖖💨
I much prefer this type of content Ted. I get it that your gear type videos get more views, but hell man, everyone does that.
So few people talk about photography properly, so it's a shame when one whose actually able to, doesn't bother anymore.
Awesome stuff. I lived thru the 50s,60s,70s,till 2020. and saw a lot of the times you referred to in this video. Thanks for sharing my life with me. Really enjoyed.
Love your videos! Thanx for making them. I was at U Texas in the mid 1970's at law school. The art school was next door and filled with hot girls. So, having loved photography all my life I signed up for a B&W film course. Garry Winogrand turned out to be the professor. I had no idea who he was. Class was about 10 people sitting in a conference room while Garry projected onto a screen the best B&W photos ever taken (though none of them were by him). He sat with his back to us silently looking at the pics for a few minutes for each slide. During the first class someone asked him why he liked a particular picture. He said, "Just look at it." I don't remember him saying anything else that semester or the next. An assistant gave us our assignments and oversaw our lab where we printed our pictures in a wonderful, brand new facility. I saw him frequently prowling the streets full of students around the campus shooting his Leica. He was a rather intimidating presence so I never spoke to him, but I treasure those hours studying the best photography ever made.
This is great. Talking about influence rather than gear.
amazing list! Would've loved to see fan ho, alex webb, and daido moriyama in the list. It's hard to include everyone tho. 👍
One of your best. Loved this video so much.
I love Fred Herzog, he is marvelous. I use some of his artworks as wallpaper for my phone.
You can tell; it shows it; this was from the heart. Thanks for some of the (to me) relatively unknown but talented names in it.
Ted - this is a wonderfully important video. I have not come across most of these photographers, I classify myself as a photo/artist tho so half baked, and this video is like a banquet of raw beauty that I’m sooooo appreciative of you sharing. My favorite videos of yours have lead this direction, and loved those. There’s just such a balance achieved w/ the direction of modern photography, and sifting through bygone, more or less, of the past artists. You’ve again enriched my evening.
Wonderful to see you back doing what you are great at !!
Wholeheartedly Appreciated!❤️
I came across your channel almost a year ago when I was starting out photography and watched some of your videos and now this video came in my recommendations and I really enjoyed watching it! It’s so inspiring and I discovered new photographers and new photography!
Very beautiful video!!
One of THE BEST enriching photography sessions I have seen so far! Ted, PLEASE use this one as a template for many more and thanks for bringing this to life!
I think a lot of us would be happy with a follow up video five times as long!
I love Photographer Jacob Riis, and Lewis Hine, and Bruce Davidson, and Bresson.
So glad to see some old style Ted back. So much to learn from these types of videos 😀
I learned about new photographers after a long time especially both the School of thoughts you mentioned.
Moriyama & Vivian Mayer remain my favorites, though I love all those you mentioned.... Thanks a lot this beautiful list.
Greetings from Morocco 🇲🇦
This is the type of content that brought me to this channel. Thanks for the insight, especially about Kamoinge. I’ve never heard of the group.
My favorite street photographer is Alan Schaller, his work is amazing.
Thank you so much for this video! I will do some more research on these amazing photographers! Thank goodness for quality photography channels like this!
A good list of classics, we know theres so many more who you could /you should. Happy to see this type of stuff again and another artists series would be great.
Hey Ted, thanks for doing keeping this photography-centric. I have a few general questions bouncing around that I hope you have time to address:
- What do you think made a photographer successful in the previous eras that you discuss, vs now?
- Most of the artistic analysis seems to be done in hindsight, but is there any work from current photographers that you follow and can point out similar features? It would be amazing to see like a "top modern photographers I follow today and why" type of thing.
Wow...I got the exact same question in my mind...So I understood is thag street photography has a lot to do with gone era or time.. where when you look at the pictures ..one tends to look at all details and just imagine how was it then...and all..and thus it becomes classic.... Even the street photographers alive today from past era keep sharing their archives....so Street photography has the time (in past tense) attached to it to make it more attractive
I'm more excited to see street photographers I've never heard of rather than the ones I've known for years.
I really miss seeing these style of videos on you channel ted hopefully we can keep getting them
your presentation to great photography as needing obsessions' and passion for great photography is so timely to my project and the quest for what is needed in the photo's to successfully chronicle and present the world on a window into the world of politics. There is much more to say, but I shall wait for another day to expound further. Thank you very much Joe
This is the kind of video I love to watch. Your passion, knowledge and humility shine through. Fabulous selection of photographers; I hadn't heard of some of them which only whets my appetite to discover more about them. Thanks.
Thank you for introducing me to the work of Louis Draper and Kamoinge. I’ve just ordered the definitive book on their work.
I know the gear reviews have to be done, but I love these old school videos. The artist and photographer series have been played through many times in my living room.
Ok first off, what an amazing list and oh so useful as I look for more photo books. Second off, I am speechless at how well the two images per spread work together in La Strada. Clearly much care and attention was given to that which is perfect as an example as I ponder creating my own photo book.
I love these episodes. Its been months since I've tuned in. It feels like photography tonight.
You have always been my mentor. Thank you for existing. I love the Artist series plus Photo assignment. Keep doing.
I love love love that you put several black photographers on this list. Thank you.
Wonderful video Sir. I never heard about Ted Croner, but immedialtly fall in love with his blurry pictures.
Amazing list!! Truly inspiring video, Ted!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Good Stuff! I guess I'm not alone in being disappointed by so much tech and so little Art on this channel in the last couple of years.
Great videos !! I was an analog amateur photographer and I´m getting into photography again with digital. I´m 59 years old and your videos are very good for knowing the right way of this fascinating hobby (or job, it depends). Thank you !! Hello from México !!
Great video! Saul Leiter’s color work is phenomenal. I think his work gets better with time.
Just love Sauls work. Was fortunate to see an exhibition of his work in Tokyo a few years ago. Amazing use of colour
Hello Ted. Jose from Puerto Rico. Fascinating video! I really enjoyed this one. You are a true scholar of Photography and your channel is a breath of fresh air on TH-cam. I never get tired of watching and listening to your narration of the history of Photography. Joel Meyerowitz is one of my favorites too. I'd love to hear you talk someday about Jay Maisel, Pete Turner, Ernst Haas, and Fan Ho.
Thank you Ted,
I enjoyed that. I struggle with street photography it is my avoid if I can genre,
However I have become enthralled by the work of Jozef Sudek thanks to your efforts,
Thank you.
It's great to hear about some of the history of what we do. Thank you, Sir.
I love when you talk about this stuff ! So much passion !
Still an awesome video in 2022! Kind of wish I would’ve gotten out in 2020 and captured some of the stuff that was going on. This video also help me become more open with my style outside of Portrait photography.