The leaving and waving project is probably one of the most beautiful and touching project I have ever seen, and the photos and also technically very nice

I choked up too at the waving goodbye project

This was marvelous man, and I can say with absolute certainty that you are definitely equally informed if not more so than most people I know with a formal education in photography. Especially myself ahaha. Seriously though, knowing the photographers you've shared here and spending time observing their work is more than enough formal education in my opinion, and I look forward immensely to seeing where your projects take you in the coming year

hahaha, I'm so glad that stuff like having to fiddle extra with the lens and then realizing you don't have any film in the camera is something that happens to folks like Alec Soth, too.

Dude are you kidding me?! You inspire me!

Good job letting your knowledge and heart speak...

This was great, loving your selection, the vulnerability. I have to say about that, I just realized talking over pictures can be quite emotionnally potent. Thanks for the work you're putting out there, keep it up !

Dude, you are awesome. I'm struggling with the same stuff as an artist and photographer. Keep on keeping on!

Who inspires the inspirer. Please keep doing what your doing. Best for the Holidays.

This was greatly inspiring!! Makin a list of ppl I need to check out

Loved this video. Thanks.

Amazing work man!

Happy new year, Bryan!

Love your videos. Keep it up man

great content I have seen on this platform. Thank you for the sharing.

Love your channel! Merry Christmas and thanks for this video!

Alec Soth is one of the real ones.. it's why i love Larry Sultan's images/process.

I think you speak very well on photography! thanks for sharing these, Bryan!

Happy New Year Bryan, thank you for your videos, I really enjoy them, especially the fact at you really talk about other artists, why they inspire you. The amount of content you can find on the technical aspects of photography is great now, but there is not a lot of content like yours on KZfaq in the end. I also can relate to the fact that when committing to a practice such as photography, with the amount of existing pictures out there and the price it costs, it can be hard to feel like "This is worth it". Hence the research of a topic that is yours, something that makes you want to go outside even when it rains etc... I feel like a lot of artists today know that this practice makes them happy, but feel like they still need to "find something to say". The fear not to be relevant I guess. This is a very personal thing and in my opinion cannot be the topic of a youtube video, but your struggle is the struggle of every real artist I guess and it's interesting to go along on that road with you.

THANK YOU!!!! Great inspiration!!!

Thank you for all the great videos this year Bryan

Great Video as always

Merry Christmas Bryan. Thank you for inspiring me this year.

Great as always, here's wishing you a very merry Christmas, thanks for all your hard work.

Hey Bryan, your channel is one my favorites on KZfaq. Really enjoy the work.

I can't believe I only just found your channel! Your videos are incredibly inspiring to me. love you work.

You have inspired me this year, thank you for sharing your work and your journey.

this was awesome, thanks for the great work man.

Excellent video. You really captured the essence of why these photographers inspired you. Taking Soth's course is tempting after seeing the clips you shared. Happy holidays.

Love these episodes; I always come away excited to go check out your inspirations, and impressed with your thoughtfulness and dedication to the craft. Thank you!

This was incredibly inspiring. Thank you, Bryan. Happy new year.

Great work man. Keep it coming learning a lot from your vids. !!

love this list bryan! yes yes yes to the bit about Alec showing mistakes too even at his level.

excellent vid. been recently really digging Schutmaat myself

This was a lovely video Bryan thank you 🙂

Those photographers are truly inspiring. Thank you for the videos. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Bryan...

Great video Bryan. Happy Holidays to everyone. “Take photos that matter”

Merry Christmas and happy new year Bryan, I wish you and your family all the best. Thank you so much for sharing as always. ❤️

Bryan I just want to say thank you for a wonderful year here on YT, you and your enthusiasm and work ethic when it comes to photography is inspiring to all of us watching. Merry Christmas, and best wishes for the coming new year.

Really love this video. The thoughts were genuine and candid. Thank you for sharing. The last part was very moving. I am definitely going to check out each of their work. I appreciate your work on these videos. Keep inspiring me to keep shooting despite the challenges.

Bryan, you inspired me so much this year! You are definitely someone who’s words and opinions really mean something to me. It just resonates. Happy holidays and I hope you and yours have a wonderful new year.

You have been one of my biggest inspirations this year. Thank you man

Bryan, thanks for sharing this!!! It’s much appreciated. After you :) I’m a big fan of Alec Soth. Have been watching him a lot. And I learned for the first time about other photographers. They are amazing! Will follow their work from now on. ❄️ Merry Christmas to you🎄 And wishing you all the best in the New Year 2022!

Thanks so much for sharing about photographers who inspired you! Your video inspired many of us who watched it.

This was an interesting video and very educational Thanks Bryan

Thank you for honest stories! The part about the empty driveway made me cry. wow.. Looking forward to deepen my own work like that.

The process is real. I've been trying to remind myself of Ralph Gibson's "point of departure" talk that he got from Dorothea Lange. It works (usually). Thanks for the great content.

loved watching this dude.

Great vid, dawg :)

Leaving and waving hit me hard. A wonderful idea and very well executed

I used to get about 38 frames out of a 36 frame roll of film and many years ago on a trip to Isle of Skye in Scotland I got the BEST photo's in my entire life, the scenery was beautiful, the light was perfect and then when I clicked over to 39, and then 40 and then 41 I realised that from my greed I hadn't wound the film on properly. Never needed that lesson again.

Hi Bryan, you talk with such passion - very powerful, educational and inspirational. You deserve many more subscribers! - I hope you produce that Coffee Table book in 2022….when it comes, I’ll be proud to have it on my coffee table….and share with friends and family. All the best for the year ahead - Peter.

I loved the Alec Soth course and actually emailed him to say how much his allowing his own mistakes to be seen made me feel so much better about my own work!

Merry Christmas sir! That waving goodbye project got me a little choked up ngl, what an incredible idea. Lovely video as always and looking forward to more work this new year! 🎄

I think when that happens when you're driving around and you're burnt out and you haven't even taken a single photo, I think you should just find something, tiny, and shitty, and still take one, maybe, I don't know. But it sounds like this book, 'the artist way' by Julie Cameron could really help you be intentional and feel better with the process. Also yeah I love artificial light now, especially bare bulb, I just got the good ad400, which is a good option I think for being portable and powerful.

dude your lighting is so good.

Thanks for this-we share some favorite photographers. I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of Curran Hatleberg's new book in my mailbox. Wish I had discovered him sooner, before "Lost Coast" became so rare. I just found your channel and haven't watched your other videos yet, so you might have already mentioned Lucas Foglia and Doug DuBois, but if you don't know them, I bet you'd love them.

Man you just put me on and that last project really got me crying in the club🥲🥲🥲

Perfection does Not exist 👍 Make some Memories 👌 Happy Xmas and New year 🎄

This is photography.

Hey, can you mention the photography discord you talked about in the video? Thanks for the video, I learned a lot.

Alec Soth's magnum course is discounted for the holidays! With holiday20 you'll save 20 bucks. Bryan maybe you want to pick up another class? Or did you preorder his new book?

Make it an hour long :)

Did you, by any chance, get Curran’s statements from Sasha Wolf’s podcast?