Actually me too and I think when I read about the years he lived, the state of photography and why he created such a great disruption and change I was even more touched by his work. Thank you for watching Matt! (Ps - been loving your last videos!)

That’s so heart warming, thank you George!

So true

@@TatianaHopper I only discovered your channel moments ago, watching your admonition that photographers could learn something from Kurosawa (BIG fan) and I'm impressed with your comprehensive understanding of the subject matter at hand. Just heard your comment on Kodachrome 🤣 I however, am old enough to have used Kodachrome though only for travel shots. I was too much a solidly B&W photographer at the time, late 70's & 80's before my own foray into color abstract photography in the early 90's, I now do both. I'm thoroughly enjoying this video and will rewind now. Thanks!

@@TatianaHopper I'll make one more observation: I do like very much that you present in a way and a fashion that has no prejudice at all and yet, is deeply rooted in a quite comprehensive understanding. Christenberry like Eggleston not only both Bill's 🤣 are deeply rooted in the South, it's a regional quality they have that informs their eye, whether photographing here in the South or anywhere, it's an intangible but present in their work, and their work although similar is also quite different. I forgot to mention this, and maybe you have done this already, but I'd love to see what you have to offer concerning early Czech modernist/surrealist photography, at the same time contrasting it with Czech photography of the latter 20th century in particular, Josef Koudelka, Viktor Kolar & Jiri Hanke or others, your choice. Hanke did a wonderful little book of photographs over a period of time, that looked out onto the street from his flat above his place of work, many of them during his lunch break, the same view and perspective every day yet with wonderful variety. Also, I see you've done one of my favorites Vivian Maier, and if you haven't, may I also suggest Vanessa Winship. I should probably check your channel first!

Same here!

Thank you Joseph. Really appreciate it! Thank you for watching 🧡

I’ve watched that movie it’s called “one hour photo” ahah

@@TatianaHopper That movie is a Leica Minilux advert. 😉

Absolutely agree with you on that Norman, thank you for watching!

That’s great, thank you so much for watching T. Also have a look at William Christenberry or Mary Ellen Mark. I find that they also captured a lot of the idea of the south. But I can be wrong because I’m not American although I’ve been fascinated by the country’s history for a really really long time.

Thank you Jimmy. Well put when you said “ordinary but also revolutionary”. I guess the same goes to pop art.

Thank you Kailyn, I appreciate it and yes I always try to share my two cents on the subject matter of the video :)

Thank you so much for the kind words. Really appreciate the compliment & thank you for watching!

I loved that analogy there. Cheers for watching! :)

Thank you so much !

Thank you Stephen! Appreciate it.

Thank you Adam! I really appreciate the support and kind words! :)

Thank you John glad you liked it now onto the next :) maybe christenberry ahah

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It’s okay I forgive you 😂 just kidding thank you for watching, much appreciated!

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Thank you Rebecca I felt it was indeed an important point to include in the video.

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Thank you Steven!

A fantastic book!

Thank you so much Jim!

Thank you Clarhett indeed he was a very talented photographer!

Thank you Ben! Much appreciated I do try ahah I will for sure keep working on videos like this. Cheers!

Thank you for watching, sounds like a pretty solid Sunday!

Thank you! I appreciate it & that’s exactly one of my goals!

Thank you David, completely agree with you.

Your comments are always very interesting, always greats thoughts and questions. And now you also got me thinking Sadie ahah thank you for that and for taking your time to share your thoughts with us & of course for watching!

It is like the movie Demolition Man, playing vintage TV commercial jingles will be trendy in the future. Since I wasn't raised under the similar surrounding and environment, many of these vintage images are just passing interest unless they have some photographic values.

Hey Sadie, nice words, I was wondering if you have a blog where you write ideas? I'm thinking the same thing and it's not an american thing. I live in Paris. I'm really sensitive to Brassaï, Doisneau, HCB and other early street and social photographers. When I walk the streets and raise the viewfinder to my eye, nothing is like what I see in those photographer work, and I end up lowering the camera, disappointed. I might be wrong but I came to the conclusion that the simple aesthetic I'm looking for is just strong nostalgia and romanticism. A feeling that "it was better before", "it was more beautiful", and that we'll never have that again. Well, never, in 50 years maybe the next generation will have the same feeling.

@@TatianaHopper Thank youuu!

@@REMY.C. ​ @R. G. I don't have a blog or anything I just do a lot of thinking and reading haha. I'm very new to photography and have always been a musician but I became obsessed with this medium when I lost my way with music. I do actually have a Tumblr where I just sort of shitpost my work, learning process, it's spongetoast.tumblr.com if you want to check it out but I assure you it's nothing special and the distance between what I want to create in my head and what I am capable of yet is vast. I'm in the planning stages of my first two photo projects rn, one about the inaccessibility of American landscape to queer people and one that is more an autobiographical thing about growing up trans. My favorite artist David Wojnarowicz had this thing where he always said that society made him want to climb a water tower and start shooting, and that art was the thing that kept him from the water tower so to speak, so I have an idea for this photo project called Descending The Water Tower about my upbringing...my friend is helping me storyboard it and I have pages and pages written and am planning all the shots and locations etc. Kind of just about breaking the cycle of trauma and grief and carving out the beauty you want to see in the world. It will make sense when I finish it in like 5-10 years haha. Right now I'm all talk though :) And yes, more to your point about nostalgia, romanticism, and lowering the camera disappointed, I so relate. The world now is so saturated with logos and distracting cultural signifiers. With early street photography I feel like it could be more about motion, shadows, shapes, and colors, there was less distraction. But I think it's up to contemporary photographers to figure out how to give meaning to the current landscape. Like, yeah, it fucking sucks that if I want to go to NYC and take pictures of the East Village I'm basically just going to be taking pictures of like Chipotle n shit..... but it's a cop-out to fall into the thinking that there's nothing to photograph now! Maybe the world was more beautiful before, there was more filth and grime and character and less sterility, but I bet we can still find the good stuff we just have to stay creative and curious :)

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Thank you so much for your kind words and support Sathya! Indeed we live in an age where forming one’s opinion is extremely difficult due to so much influence from all sources. So conclusion keep it true to yourself ✌🏻

Thank you for watching Daniel, appreciate the support!

Thank you Ali!

Thank you!

Thank you. It’s true I’ve also read that, people can read things so differently. With his work I usually don’t find any symbols because he himself said he photographed most things based of its formal qualities (shape, form...)

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That’s really cool. Glad the videos had a good impact, cheers Ines.

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You’re very welcome Ali, thank you for watching!

Yes that photo is almost like a visual legend!

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Thank you so much really appreciate it! :)

That’s great Terry his work is really inspiring :)

Thank you Scott! Much appreciated.

I loved your thoughts. I think William Christenberry deserves a video on his own soon enough. And I think when I talk about him I should definitely talk about the moment of gothic south which is something I really like perhaps more in literature (Truman Capote or & Tennessee Williams) but that also crossed into photography with people like Eggleston, Christenberry, Sally Mann photographing extensively in its fashion.

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