Which photographer’s work would you like me to look at in the next episode?

I'm old enough to have worked with Kodachrome for a long time, and forty years ago we already considered Gruyaert a master of this film, like Jim McCurry and some others. As he is Belgian, his images were often published in French photographic magazines. Nowadays, he works a lot on his past work. As he said a few months ago in an interview with a journalist from France Culture, the possibilities of processing and printing were poor before digital. The only paper he found suitable was Cibachrome. Digital post-production and inkjet printing seem to him a great opportunity to get the best out of his images. At 81 years old, this man avoids the trap of purism and wants to get the best of both technologies, film and digital. Beyond this technical point, Gruyaert is a poet of color, as was Saul Leiter. Thank you for this video that pays tribute to him.

‘You don’t want to look like your heroes, you want to see like them’. This new series is such a great idea! What a great way to continue learning and share your inspiration with the world. Thank you for this!🙌🏼🫶🏻

What's even more insane is that his early color work was done on slide film with a rangefinder. And HCB asked him to add/aid in color to his own work. Even more complex...HG photographed his family and personal life only in black and white. Truly a master. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

The Master - Some books signed in my library - Definitely my favorite photographer

Beautiful video of one of my favorite photographers.

I just acquired "Between Worlds" and was/am at Gruyearts photographs. I also have his collection "Edges" which is a more melancholic book and a lessor presentation because of the reorienting of the binding, but Between Worlds is his masterpiece. An entire book of exquisite observation.🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🏆

I wish your videos would never end. Great series, hope to see more coming!

Love the new series concept. Loved the deep dive in Gruyaert, I was not familiar with his work.

This was definitely a fantastic idea. Love learning about other photographers and seeing their work and how they see the world. Your videos always have such a calming tone to them, nothing feels rushed which is such a luxuary these days.

Good initiative to start this series mate. I’ve always loved pulling new inspirations for my own street photography work.

thank you for introducing me to Harry Gruyaert's works, he's may be my new favourite photographer after Saul Leiter now. I'll study him more.

Great video. You have a wonderful presence and calm way of telling a story. I was sucked in the entire time. Glad I found your channel.

Thank you so much for sharing your insights in this wonderful video; I can't wait to see the next one!

Great beginning of a series, I am a massive fan of Mr Harry Gruyaert and you show me another side of his work.

Great talk Faizal. Harry Gruyaert, Saul Leiter and Ernst Haas are the three masters in Color. Their works have provided endless inspirations to me and my own street photography. Love your channel. Happy New Year 2023!

Faizal, I absolutely loved watching this! Looking forward to more. Thank you!!

Excellent idea Faisal! Looking forward to this serie.

Thanks to the algorithm I found this video and your channel and I'm looking forward to more of this format!!!

One of the better photography book videos I’ve seen. Well done 👏

Love this new video series. Excited for future videos!

Such an amazing mini doc. Well produced and exceptionally informative

Excellent video and a great start to the series. I'd not heard of Gruyaert until now so it was great to "discover" a terrific photographer. Looking forward to the next instalment.

Fantastic narrative you put forward. Awesome channel

Wonderful video Faizal, looking forward to the series 💚

This was such a beautiful video that I really needed. Thank you so much.

I LOVE this series you're starting. I always feel like I should be taking more opportunities to study artists and photographers. And art books can be so expensive and artist talks hard to access. Thank you for making this area of art study so accessible! Can't wait to watch the next videos!

Entirely new to me! Thank you and looking forward to this series

Beautifully done! Thanks for this video!

Fantastic take and video. I love love love this. I look forward to more in depth looks at other photographers. I had never heard of this photographer til today. Thanks!

Really enjoyed watching this! Excited to see the next one!

This is such an awesome idea for your channel, it allows us all to learn and be inspired. Happy New Year’s everyone

I stumbled cross this video purely by chance and I’m so glad I did. The series is a great idea too! I’ve subscribed and eagerly await the next episode

Outstanding job putting this video together!

Absolutely love this series. Thanks for sharing

Thanks for the quiet [ish] thoughtful approach to this subject inintroducing Harry to us

Excellent video, Faizal. Well done, sir!

Great video Faizal. Love your channel.

Great job ! Looking ahead for Street Study series.

Im so excited to see more of these, this is awesome

This is great! As I am new to street photography it’s cool to learn about the true masters of it. I also like how he uses the hard light and shadows like you talked about in a previous video. This is now something I am starting to look for when shooting. Thanks for this great stuff.

Super review, have enjoyed watching, its like a true documentary. Congrats !

great series, thanks for sharing all of these nice shots.

I love this new series…Also this first episode that you released in same day of my birthday 😊

Thank you Faizal for your sharing. I was learning too much from your videos to improve my photography hobbies.

I love this series

Great video, love your flow. Thank you!

Fantastic and inspirational documentary. Thank you

Thank you Faizal for turning my scope to a photographer that I've missed and what a great one as well. His work really struck a nerve. I got to get a chance to see these photos in print. Of the photos you shown, many of them are so dense I'd need a longer study of them to really figure out how he shoots. Interesting how you can create such beautiful stillness and balance in an often time very chaotic scene. Love that! Very well scripted start of this series of yours. Kudos for putting in such a massive amount of work to enlighten us. Thank you. /Robert

What a beautiful video. Mesmerized. So inspiring. Great Work.

Loved this one! Thank you so much!

I enjoyed your presentation, thoughtful and presented with a nice unhurried pace. Also big thumbs up on your choice of music for background: it was completely unobtrusive but present. Look forward to seeing more!

Very nice. I look forward to more this year.

Great job Faizal. Waiting for more short documentaries about Masters of Photography. THX

Awesome series. Keep them coming.

Please, keep 'em coming! Instant subscriber

Really interesting video. I look forward to this series.

I like this series & am looking forward to seeing more masters!

Great choice for the first in your series - I also recently acquired this book and find it really inspiring. Looking forward to seeing more episodes! :)

Excellent idea for a series!

I ashamed that I was not familiar with the work of Harry Gruyaert. Thank you for the introduction. I look forward to future episodes of this voyage of discovery. Many thanks.

really excited for this series, can't wait for more!! would love to see something about saul leiter, fan ho, or vivian maier in the coming episodes.

just great presentation! thanx for sharing!

Great series. Not a unique one, there are others like it. However, what I enjoy most and take most from are your thoughts and critique on the work. Imagery and sound come together into a video that is both beautiful and fun to watch. It's what makes your addition unique amongst the rest. Appreciate the work, dude.

I’m so grateful for this information

Thank you so much for this fantastic study! I must admit that I did not know Harry's work so far and I am totally impressed. Thank you for this discovery! Guido Klumpe

Love that type of Videos !

Honestly bro please do more of these videos very inspiring

Thanks for this great video. Can't wait for some more of this series ! 👍 I really need to dig Gruyaert more. I have a similar mindset than him, apparently. Very interesting !

I never knew Harry Gruyaert, and this episode was a good overview of his work. I'm looking forward to the 2nd episode... Thank you.

Beautiful interpretation of the book. Thanks!

Great video, fascinating insight

dudee, such a good video. im inspired, thank you.

Looove your videos man.

This is an excellent video, Faizal. I've been a big fan of your channel for a while but I particularly enjoy the videos you produce which places the art form as the focus rather than the gear. KZfaq is awash with street photography videos that are basically adverts, it must be hard to avoid that when tagging a hyped camera will get you a lot of views but I think this content is a lot more engaging and educational. I came across your videos when I was looking to get into street photography and trying to figure out what camera to buy but have stuck around for your tips with shooting (your recent video on the use of foreground for example) and your beautiful work. I think your photography has come on a lot in the last few years, I live and work in London near where a lot of your recent work was shot and my partner is from Lisbon, the way you documented both cities shows a photographer that's becoming more confident, it's clear you are building up a coherent body of work with its own distinctive style, something that's harder and harder in the digital age. I know online spaces encourage slightly weird parasocial relationships but I can't help but notice you've had a hard year, please stick at it, your work is getting better and better and I hope next year will bring you more happiness. Happy new year!

Saul Leiter. Thank you for these thoughtful, erudite reviews!!

Thank you for this video. ❤

This’s an awesome tutorial video!😊

this is absolutely amazing

Great work, thank you!

I cant wait to be apart of this journey with you. Thank you truly.

wow!!! This video is so inspiring.

That final image was outstanding, the opposite views of the people in each position was perfect

Shooting the color, not subjects. Brilliant. Good work 👏

Thank you for a lovely video about Harry Gruyaert. I thought of a Keld Helmer-Petersens 122 Colour Photographs from 1948.

Excellent video - thanks

Really enjoyed that ❤

Awesome video Faizal! Hope you make on for black and white street photography enthusiasts as well!

It was beautiful ! Such a great video ! I hope you'll present female photographers too !

thanks for the great video👍

His books where just recommended to me by amazon - great timing, maybe Ill pick one up, too

great interview with him on the Team Deakins podcast from last year (2021)

Brilliant video and analysis. What is incredible is that you have done a video about my favourite street photographer and somehow one of lifes great coincidences has occurred. At 6mins13seconds to the left of the photographer there is a bald gentleman who is Mick Lynch, the head of the RMT trade union who happens to be one of my favourite human beings. Random I know but you have made my day by somehow including two of the most disparately connected people in your video. Thank you :)

Just came across your channel and I love it. Thank you for this series and thank you for this episode. From which book did you show the photos?

7:34 so many amazing things captured in one frame 🖼

Gruyaert’s one of my favourite photographers, Faizal, and I’ve got several of his photobooks (I particularly recommend the twin ‘East’ and ‘West’ volumes) plus a couple of his Magnum prints. Do you know the work of Fred Herzog, who shot Vancouver on gorgeous Kodachrome in the 1950s - 70s? I think you’ll like the work.

Harry is one of my favorite Photographer. And Belgian too. 😊

Nice video. Thank you.

I started shooting Kodacrome 64 in 1980s and was heavily influenced by the work of Ernst Haas. As an exercise, I would to take a single roll of 36 out and see how many 'keepers' I could get out of it. My cameras were Nikon FMs. I have one black and white image that I took hanging in my house. I see color and shoot what I see. I quit for decades but have gotten back into it, now using digital Nikons and like the works of other color photographers like Gruyaert. Thanks.

Thank you! 💟