Really really enjoyed this video - subscribed now!

I will never ignore elbowy trees again, can't unsee that ff😲

A marvellous Riboud/Japan photo on Facebook led me here and I''m very glad it did! WIll now watch all your other brilliant vids. PS the photo at 4:15 isn't Karuizawa - it's the famous giant Buddha in Kamakura. But I notice you don't let the truth get in the way of a good story. Carry on! (wotta carry-on)!

So brillant and witty. We missed you very much. I learned so much on Kubrick and on photography in general. You are unique on you tube. It is a real pleasure watching you. Thank you

Is there any genre of photography that is not 'done to death'? It's the result of tens of millions of people taking pictures.

It can be lazy for sure, but let people get it out of their system...it's like driving a car a little recklessly when you're young....gunning it off the line, etc. Silhouettes can be a fun thing to play with, but a mature photographer knows when to use it tastefully

Excellent

The only channel that I watch the videos twice!

Fantastic train of thoughts behind this photo selection! Fantastic video a lot of us felt those thoughts! This channel is truly a hidden gem, I hope not for long, this video alone worth million views 👍👍👍

Thank you for your labors -- cogent, innovative in method, tenacious, unpretentious, and novel in results.

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Next : Fan Ho's triangular shadow curse 😝

What an unmitigated crock of shite. I sincerely hope you do better in future.

why shoot silhouettes when webb's work exists? why shoot portraits when arbus, avedon or mccury will do it better than you or i ever will? to speak of street, why even walk out the door when vivian maier did master level work while working as a nanny. there's something to be said for doing the type of photography (and art in general) that is enjoyable to one's self. to state objectively that a type or genre of image being bad is artistic gatekeeping of the worst kind. i have no issue with you expressing distaste of certain types of art or how it's represented. however, instead of suggesting people *could* consider shooting in a way which includes more detail, etc. you instead insist they *should* because your interpretation of art is correct while theirs is equivalent to a bathroom sign. perhaps true, but the work of the guy who created the bathroom silhouette is universally known and recognized while yours is not.

Dear Stephen: Thank you - for what can only be described as the picture-Perfect homage, (see what I did there??) to Stanley K. plus ~ you actually saw and heard, how he really must have been. Since my humble-lineage; half-Scotch/half-German/French Jews, I lead most introductions with, a rousing ""fuckOFF - you miserable tWat," before digressing into some pointless pitch of which I'm not interested, it's an economy of time, I'll never recover - not unlike this note. Since I'm the last American Cunt, not to be a millionaire, could you provide alternate options to procure your lovely offering, since I killed amazonPrime due to commercial infusion to every show I showed them the proverbial door. My best regards, LMK Tx rObt

This video is absolutely on point. All budding street photographers should watch it

Thoroughly fascinating and completely engaging, thank you!

What was his photography focal length lenses please?

I love it !

Never did I think I was going to defend the use of silhouettes but here I am. To call the use of silhouettes a pernicious cancer is rude, ludicrous, and uncalled for. Are they overdone? Oh my gosh, yes. Can they still be effective? Of course! Firstly, Alex Webb is a master of colour, and high contrast images, not silhouettes! Perhaps one uses silhouettes to avoid problems with copyright laws. Or to create a sense of mystery by not showing a person's features. To call anyone that takes a picture that includes a silhouette lazy, well, to me what is lazy is the analysis of those pictures. Can they be crap? Most definitely. Let's not forget that the father of street photography, HCB, who took that famous shot of a man leaping over water behind Gare St. Lazare, is a bloody silhouette! You have all the right to not like silhouetted images anymore, but please be careful as to the adjectives you use to poo-poo other people's work.

So brilliant and educational as always! THANKS!!!

Thats so funny I always said William Klein is my number one favorite photographer closely followed by Daido Moriyama at number 2. I do think their style has quite some similarities but I didn't knew there was a bit of a feude between them (even though it might not been that serious).

I had to dim my monitor because of that sweater. Lord, it's bright enough for traffic management.

Well worth waiting for episode 20 Stephen. Changing the subject to Mostly False Reports: I appreciate the idea of the story line for each image. I limited myself to one photo/ story per day. Great idea great book.

Yesterday I just concluded a three evening binge viewing of every one of your videos. Obviously, I enjoyed them immensely. This I evening a took a KZfaq break and I’ve thumbing through Walker Evans America. When I came to plate 82 ‘Floyd Evans and the Tingle Family Children, Hale County, Alabama 1936’ I had to stop and thank for my renewed appreciation of the photographed elbow.

Engrossing! thank you.

For me, I need more than a theme. Again, for ME, street photography is too detached and random. I seemed to constantly naturally drift away from street, into documentary photography. I've never looked back. Again, I'm speaking for myself, and there is some street photography that I like, but most of what I see is pure visual pollution. I had to unsub from all street photography social media groups due to the constant visual pollution and cellabration of mediocrity. Doc photography is more connected and deeper. Especially when it comes to projects. That's just my personal perspective. Photographing people or coming out of the same door just isn't worth my personal time. Fun to look at, But not serious work.

I love talking about my photos and protects, not camera gear. Your channel is refreshing!!! Congrats on the publication.

Why do you think so many early photographers were Jewish? Gary mentioned this in an essay he wrote on street photography. He wrote that, "to be a street photographer, it's is best to first be Jewish."

Great video, totatlly worth the lenght of it.. Hos do you make time to learn all of this? The books luckily arrived BTW, I'm picking them up this weekend.-

Another wonderful episode, your insight and knowledge is extremely impressive. Thank you for the time taken to produce these and imparting your extensive research. I fully appreciate these take fecking yonks to write and produce. Cheers mister, I shall purchase some of your work as a thank you... :) Keep it up!

Excellent assessment of the pair. Greg's snaps are dare I say it almost AI like, devoid of soul. Where as the monster clicker that is Joel is a master. American Prospects is one of my most valued books. Amazing even more so to think it was shot on plate. Alex Prager. I love her work, even though these are heavily constructed... What do you make of her body of work, interested to know...? Thought provoking video sir!

Another great episode Stephen... great insight true bits and the possibly fabricated enhancements :) Queuing up the next episode...............................

My first 'Show and Tell'. I come through the Idle Hands Society pod you did with Paul and Dan I heard today on a dog church yard dog walk. I will now be entering all the other episodes... neatly in a line to consume as the Mrs is away for a couple of days. I have also been introduced to Bump Books world of zines. Happy days Mister Leslie. Thank you for your obvious graft, personal takes and knowledge --- Ta (Fist pump emoji)

Spotting all these connections and patterns is such a great talent.

Thanks for making it so entertaining! Just spitting out sentences which may or may not be factual on screen is boring. You made it so much fun to watch such a big subject

I thoroughly enjoyed this video and the skilful and complex way you compare Kubrick's photography with other photographers of the same era and the connections you make linking his early way of looking with the images we know so well from his movies.

Brilliant episode Stephen👍🏼

Hmmm, it could be considered that Russia's current 'Tsar' is going one step further, and trying to **** a whole country.

We missed you

I knew nothing about Kubrick’s photography, and really enjoyed this. Thank you! Your passion for his work reallly came through. Also, loved the number of tangents you explored

Fantastic insights, thanks Stephen.

Excellent! As a professional photographer I loved the concept of photography being a set of problems to solve. Your presentation is really good too, I'm subscribing.

Another very fine episode! Starving for more of your insight and wit.

Lovely video!

Short hair dog over here ✋

Bailey & Kubrick inspired my photography.

Too many tangents

Some interesting info and nice presentation. Thanks for the up

Thanks, great video. Thoroughly enjoyed it.