Paul Strand - The Garden at Orgeval
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- The Garden at Orgeval by Paul Strand was the American photographer's last great body of work. Here I discuss the photographs and the relationship with the late work of other artists.
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At 8:40 of course I meant to say ''New Topographics' school, not 'New Typography' school - which did actually exist, and very good it was too, (bless another modernist master, Jan Tschichold) but an entirely different subject!
Probably your best video. Thank you for sharing !
Hi Justin, I spent the weekend watched all your posts TWICE!!! What a pleasure listening to you talking about my favourite artistes. Thank you for sharing your knowledge in such a sincere way.
You're lectures so to speak are beautifully written and utterly inspiring.
“…by their gardens, ye shall know them!” Brilliant, it’ll probably be on my epitaph! Another excellent video and thanks for sharing.
Great video. For those of us so inclined, this pandemic is giving us time to open our eyes to the near without the restrictions of old age like Strand and the artists you mentioned. Amazing what you can see. Thanks for sharing ❤
another brilliant video. thanks so much for sharing this.
Many thanks Kresimir.
Another thoughtful video. Thank you.
Lovely video, very interesting considerations. Thanks indeed. I've just ordered the Strand book.
Cheers Patrick.
Hi. Thanks for this fine documentary on Paul Strand. On little correction: he died in 1976, not 1975.
Thank you for your thoughtful insights. Please keep these videos coming. I wish you would do something similar with painting as the subject.
Bonjour Rita Thanks for your comment. I am mainly a painter, but for bizarre reasons I don't fully understand I preferred to do a channel on photography. Perhaps because painting is too close to home, too precious, too mysterious. However, I do often comment on painting during these videos, drawing parallels or contrasts with photography. I have no idea how the channel will develop in the future, perhaps I will talk more about painting and art in general.
I am not sure I agree with your thoughts on photographers imitating painters as misguided but it's an interesting point nonetheless
Hi David, I was thinking of something like the Intentional Camera Movement (ICM) school, where the camera is deliberately moved during the exposure, which gives a very swirly, blurry effect. It gives a strong impression of movement, but I'm afraid to me it just looks like bad painting. The best examples I've seen are intriguing, but they are few and far between. One ICM photographer I saw said he needs to take hundreds of photos to get one good image. I admire his persistence but i'm not sure the light is worth the candle.
Just want to say how much I enjoy your series and your thoughtful and considered opinion. I am going through the whole series. It is quite wonderful and interesting so far. However, I must disagree with you on ICM. It is a technique like any other in photography. Some do it well, most struggle to achieve anything worthwhile. Is this not the same with painting? Look at the work of this photographer, Michael Orton, famous for the Orton technique named after him. See here: th-cam.com/video/OMPuQBvnKWQ/w-d-xo.html And his other videos on same.
In my estimation, this work is nothing like bad painting, but a photographic technique that can produce really fine results as demonstrated by a master like Mr. Orton. He writes his own music as well. I discovered this technique on my own, then learned of Mr Orton. I can assure you that with practice one can achieve reasonably consistent results within the parameters of what is expected. One can achieve results that are painterly or impressionistic or simply abstract. You should give it try. Nevertheless, your point is well made and I really enjoy your series and look forward to the next episode!
Thanks for the suggestion, I will check out Orton's work.
'photography that pretends to be painting'. Hopefully a passing fad. The often used phrase to go alongside a blurry shot is experimentation. Art comes through clarity of thinking and seeing. Some folk see the cheap thrills of camera wobble as shortcut to being artistic. Wrong move in my book. Another thought provoking video, throughly enjoyed, thanks.