The government mandated lockdown demonstrated to me how much I didnt need people. How much I didnt need the masses. The collective. It also showed me who were sheep and who were human being with minds of their own. I photographed without restraint, no masks, no jabs, no sickness. I'm a pure blood with the independence and self sufficient mindset that resists compliance to the Overlords. If you are rolling your eyes at my post, congratulations, you're covered in wool.🐑 My favorite books of Meyerowitz' are St Louis and the Arch and Legacy.

A great takeaway: Mario Andretti's comment about commitment. So many new photographers will ask 'what does it take'...and you hear answers like 'great equipment, good education, lots of practice" and, yada, yadda.. But it all starts with commitment. If you're not out there investing time in making images that matter, if you're not learning from your failures, if you're not making your camera an extension of your arm (yes, actually reading the manual), then you're really not committed to improvement and mastery. You might as well admit that your smart phone is about as far as you want to go. Which can actually be a good thing. As a camera club member reminds me: photography is one hobby where people are more than pleased to spend thousands of dollars to find out what they don't need. To find out how committed you really are, tally the number of days your equipment is sitting in a bag or drawer.

Probably one of the most powerful statements he made, is that he succeeded with about 6 pictures. Newbie photographers get the impression that they have to have a thousand great pictures under their belt. In reality, much of what they have stored on the external hard drive is learning material that could easily be scrapped. Saying you have '25000 images in memory" simply means at least 24,000 of them are wasting valuable space. Think quality, not quantity. Be ruthless.

I want to cancel my day trial on TV

Wow thank you for this❤🎉

March 24th i got my first camera, a Canon SX20, since then ive photographed birds in my area, and recently photographed birds in ireland. I need some education on photography and im excited to learn

Wow

Your art of photography is amazing

Your art of photography is amazing

Hey man how can I start getting money being a wildlife photographer?

Just as good today 2024 as the original interview

Stunning ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤,💯👍👏👏👏👏👏I just love it!

Wow. That's all I can say.

GOAT 🐐

I really admire and respect Mr Nicklen and his wife Mitty with all their hard work to keep our planet alive! These are beautiful photos of a magnificent creature! Lovely ❤❤❤❤❤🤗👍👏👏👏👏👏

An absolutely ridiculous campaign for Joe Biden.

This is fantastic!

Wow...what a guy. Love his captures so much. Thanks for sharing!

Magnificent interview!!! Thanks!!

Fantastic!

So well done you guys! Wow I'm so excited for this course. Congrats Mitty

This is an absolutely spectacular video! I loved it. Thank you so much for sharing your stunning work 💯❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

I'm in 8th grade and i want to be a nature photographer for my career. I've searched you up and have done tuns of reasearch. Photography makes me really happy andi want to learn more from you

I am a third of the way through this and it is totally brilliant and very inspiring.

Hi sir i am jegan from India I interested in wildlife photography

awesome!

Great photographer indeed!

Remarkable….insightful….exceptional…thought provoking…

True Gem. Love his work.

Amazing

Nice❤❤❤🎉🎉

Inspirational photographer

I please you don't allow to disappeare these tribals. What we can do show that they don't disappeare this on pictures please. With greetings.

Adam Hinton doesn’t know he basically made me realize that the roots of my family go all the way to El Salvador and I had no idea about that until he took a picture of a person who looks exactly like my brother in a prison in El Salvador who happens to have my last name tattooed across his stomach

Wow. I had never heard of this photographer but his work is absolutely stunning. The narrative shows just how much work is needed before even getting the camera out to achieve such work.

Wonderful ! Thank you very much😯❣

Extraordinary work and very inspirational, thanks for this.

David's work is just out of this world.

Yes, it's an ad, but it's short, nicely paced, and Meyerowitz makes many essential points, not limited to "photography as 'a license to see'," and that photography is fundamentally about ideas.

I'm astounded at the beauty of ur pics. I lov all animals domestic or wildlife.

With greetings for Nick

Joel is a brilliant and cultivated man, and his photography reflects that.

Please , people- don't get caught up in the brand name. I missed the freewheeling,shoot from the hip days .Taking subjects exactly I happened upon them ,street ,or, concert shoots with my pawnshop jewel,a Nikkormat FTN & 50 mm F2 Nikkor lense.I was consumed by lust for ,satisfied,through acquisition of an almost immaculate Leica M3 body.Purchased at an estate consignment ,paired with a 90mm Summicron- as my new, "normal" lense. I was caught, like deer in headlights, between two friend's opposing philosophies.The first a superb photographer ,devote' of all things "Leitz"but trapped by re- metering, Zone System &meticulous eye for composition & detail.The other ?a scruffy gnome who once actually spat on a lense to wipe it clean .But ,it was the gnome who taught me that "the moment" is more important. As he put it " if the Hindenburg went down in front of you -who cares what brand of camera you happen to own -just get the f...g shot !And a few years late, he would be vindicated by a very unique experience for me (about three choice minutes), one to one, with the late Andre' Kertesz.Who would advise ME, that evening, that "eet ees very important , to make zee mistake". See? Heed what they said.

one of the best photographer of the planet and a beautiful person

It says packages go $199-$499 but I’m seeing $199 and $249. What am I missing?

This arent the best photographers . The places are different and with that interesting and impressive . With that lies you destroy the feelings of a lot of people . Shoot Something Boring is much more difficult

This whole interview is perfect from start to finish! Thank you Masters of Photography & Mr Watson!

I always feel like he's trying to sell you something. Especially Leica. xD

Yes sir, it's all about the rectangular, not so much square. Although I see the world as round which fits into a square, a portraits fits much better into a rectangular. Hasselblad a square, Pentax 6x7 a rectangular. I think the Hasselblad is the best thought out camera ever but I prefer a Pentax 6x7. Albert your book Cyclops was a true inspiration. I assisted in NYC from 85'/94'. Somehow I see you as the Ridley Scott of stills. Bladerunner comes to mind. Thank you for all your energy.