The conversations focus on topics related to different aspects of photography including: art, documentary and photojournalism. The discussions explore the personal experiences of photographers and artists and how they approach their chosen subjects.
During the past 30 years I have photographed in over 50 countries for magazines including National Geographic, Time, New York Times and Newsweek. I have held solo exhibitions in New York, London and Paris and my work is housed in many permanent collections, including The Smithsonian (USA), The Rotterdam Museum of Ethnology, Duke University (USA), The North Carolina Museum of Art, The St Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts (USA) and the Finnish School of Photography. My work has been shown in Contemporary African Art exhibitions at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, Huis Marseille in Amsterdam, Aperture in New York, the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris, as well as in China, Singapore and Brazil.
One of your very best. So much in such a short presentation. Very much enjoyed. I probably saw the first publication of some of her atrocities images, never to be forgotten, and certainly her blitz images.
I’ve enthused about your videos before without knowing too much about the photographer. I have read extensively about Miller and can say that your summary was masterful. You are ridiculously talented
After watching your enthusiastic conversation about Lee Miller yesterday night I made a quick search for books about her work. Fortunately I found a fine used copy of The Lives of LEE MILLER by her son Anthony Penrose. I flipped through the book a couple of times and I am now very excited to dive deeper into her lives. THANK YOU very much for the conversation, Graeme.
Thank you for another fantastic video. I wonder whether you have any material on the work of Catherine LeRoy, it would be great to know your take on her career.
Graeme, this was spectacular. Such a sensitive portrait of this amazing woman photographer. Your videos are always a treat and an invitation. Many thanks.
Here I am @72 , seeing Myself in other photographers who have gone before, A Curse, I cannot simply see life, I must look at all things as how they can be, or are framed by My Camera..... I wonder of the fate of My lifetime of work :) :( :)
Thank you very much for your valuable work! Mrs. Miller is the example of true feminism, the one who knows how to overcome all the obstacles and prejudices that our sexist culture imposes on everyone, regardless of whether we are women or men. I find her life and her work admirable. I would like those who watch your channel to take the time necessary to think about the deep content that you know how to transmit in each of your videos.
Wow - a great presentation. I knew a little about her, enjoyed her photos in the past and this adds a whole new depth to understanding her work. An amazing woman - and an excellent presentation on your part. I watch all of your videos and learn so much.
Everything I’ve learned about Lee Miller in the past was only on the surface. Thanks for this! Some people are so courageous but complicated. She’s one of them.
What an amazing woman. And all credit to Antony Penrose. His was the first biography of his mother (The Lives of Lee Miller) and, after a flood of subsequent books, it still stands up. I hope that one day you’ll be in a position to give us a treatment (in at least 2 parts?) of Edward Steichen…
Wow, what an impressive and talented woman..........and the chutzpah! I will go in search of the movie now...................thanks, as always, Graeme for an enlightening video
Great and very educational video! Thank you, Graeme! 9:13 Btw my late grandpa as a young man was captured in Ukraine by Germans and was sent to Dachau concentration camp. The stories he told me were horrific. It’s incredible that nearly a century later we have a war in Europe, we have starvation and torture of Ukrainian POWs and filtration camps for Ukrainian civilians, we have mass atrocities committed by Russians. Also we have brave and committed Ukrainian photographers documenting all this horror. Friendly reminder to the world: Russia’s war against Ukrainian people is still ONGOING
Wow, what an amazing photographer! Unfortunately I wasn’t familiar with her wonderful works • Thank you for this video! Greetings from midnight Canada 🇨🇦
Lee Friedlander is like the Robin Williams of photography. His photographic reflexes are incredibly fast. At least, that is what seems to be at work as he manages to find juxtapositions that are as complex as they are ironic. Somehow, in the vernacular and banal artifacts of everyday environments, he sees something, a relationship among the elements, that most of us would never notice. And he sees it in about the same amount of time it takes to click the shutter. At least, that's the impression I come away with. What an amazing genius!
Much of the contemporary art flowing today fails to bring art under the yoke of articulate, almost academic, thought. In a work of art the artist's own thought is dispensable. In that sense, the democratization of sensations, with artists like Tillmans, comes to try to save the spectator from the hell of "truth" and take him towards unsafe terrain, where the sensations caused by inconnectivity prevail and the spectator can relates to the world from a purely sensual angle.
Thanks for commenting Luis. I get what you're saying and I know that this was his aim for the work. However, I cannot feel this transition from 'the hell of truth' into to some form of sensual freedom. As the Dude says in the Big Lebowski, 'Yeah, well that's just your opinion, man." Which is as valid as mine.
Excellent video, Graeme. I admire Richards greatly but I think he did himself no favours… the ‘demise of photojournalism’ began in the 60s as people turned to TV for news. The internet has disrupted the business model of all news publications… leading to massive lay-offs of editorial staff and photographers. I’m glad you have gone into bat for Richards. You have sent me back to the 3 books of his on my shelves. But his obsessions and his approach are now very old-fashioned. I am tempted to say he developed tunnel vision: these images … stunning in themselves… have themselves become clichéd, predictable… Many photographers have the rather abrasive attitude he displays. I wish him well, with all my heart. But if I want to contemplate the grim realities of modern America I will go back to my box set of The Wire.
I know I haven't commented for a while but with this how could I not? Extraordinarily interesting. Never really knew anything about Friedlander, but this analysis is riveting Thank you Graeme Noe here I go to part 2😎
Excellent 2-part series on Friedlander. I consider Friedlander and Eggleston's work similar, photographing the mundane while making it interesting and thought provoking.
I think a bit of an 'in' with Friedlander really helps (oh, just noticed - you typo'd his name in the main title, which may cause YT/algo issues!). Such an intuitive and instinctive talent. I find his images so intriguing, superficially and puzzling too. Your 2-part discussion has been fascinating - its given me a new perspective to view LF from. Thanks.
Thanks for this. It is inspiring and validating as my own approach mirrors his. After about 4 years of serious photography, I too am building a body of work on various themes emerging from shooting whatever catches my eye and heart.
The creative and physical energy it takes to focus on and create a body of work like that astounds me, and it is mostly associated with driven and successful artists. I see that in Van Gogh and his devotion to create every day, although his success never found him in his lifetime.
Annie Leibowitz used to be and sometimes still is a great photographer but now she's a Pop Star. Also, at least for me, the strongest subjects are not the people who are trying too hard to be beautiful or picturesque but the people who are comfortable in their own skin, like the people in 'In The American West'.
Look up the work of both William Gedney and Jim Marshall-the 'godfather' of music photography. It might be fun to compare the manner in which they approached Haight Ashbury and the hippie scene.
