Yes! Gear stuff is ok but unless it relates to your choice between video or stills or both and then also involves an eco system that's relevant to you it becomes mute. Our man has a huge wealth of knowledge that I feel is untapped. History, technique and both where they collide is what I get excited about.
@@joseph-the-seventh I subscribed to this channel some years ago. Content like this was the main reason why I subscribed in the first place. Not many channels talk about photography the artform these days. Too much emphasis on gears that people forget to shoot with their heart.
szz1070 I agree but I would like to expand a bit. I would like to still see videos about gear but with an emphasis of what makes a lens unique, some ways you can use it, what it really excels at, etc.
I like these types of videos when you talk about artists. I know it probably doesn’t get as many views as gear reviews but you do such a good job at sharing knowledge. Thanks!
More like this! Inspires me to just get out there instead of having GAS over the newest piece of technology. The new tech will not necessarily improve my images.
Thanks Ted, not just for this video but also for introducing me to even more influential photographers. This is the kind of video that got me interested in your channel six years ago. Cheers from Australia Steve
That's a great, and inspiring list of street photographers. We can learn so much from them... If there was an eleventh pick, I'd certainly include Vivian Maier.
Hey Ted, fellow fort worth'er here hoping your having a good rainy evening. Your channel has been the introduction to many photographic styles and photographers that have since become huge inspirations for me over the years. I haven't seen Ted Cronners work before and WOW! Thank you for all the great content and discussions here.
I love when you do photo history videos! Like you say there are so many good street photographers out there. All the more reason to do a continuation of this video.
I don't have 10, but I really admire Henry Cartier-Bresson, Fan Ho, & Helen Levitt. Especially Fan Ho because I grew up in Hong Kong. I like some of Robert Frank's work considering his place in photographic history. Not sure if you count Walker Evans as a street photographer but I like Evans too. By the way, some photos that you showed in La Strada were amazing. I wish I could get a hold of a copy.
Love these kinds of videos ! That's what initially got me into your channel wayyy back when you were doing the composition series. Those videos even helped me in my architecture career! ☺️
Street photography is definitely the essence of photography itself, as it embodies the one crucial element of photography, observation. The controversy around Martin Parr’s colour work and his admission to Magnum could have been an interesting subject to discuss in this video-essay as his work has inspired the fashion photography scene a lot in the past decade. Street photography and observation is great practice for pretty much all genres of photography and other art forms. William Klein, who also lived in NYC as a pioneering street photographer, became a well known Vogue photographer. Vogue and Klein collaborated for over a decade in the mid-twentieth century.
From Chile! Thank you for this, I’m always looking at new photographers to check out. I would recommend Sergio Larraín, a Chilean photographer, worked for Magnum, his photography is a bit surreal. His work influenced the story that inspired the film Blowup. Very different and awe inspiring work.
Can I just say thanks for all the time you've put into teaching us about the history of photography and technique in general. Not enough channels do this. Thank you sir, bless your heart. 🙏
I really like this video because many of the images you show bust the myth that street photography is just randomly snapping and hoping something turns out. Most of these images were either carefully composed and waiting for someone to enter or the person is well aware they are being photographed, if not always posed in the image.
Ted has done videos on her on the past. He said back then she was a good photographer but not a great one (I'm paraphrasing). That was years ago...I wonder what his thoughts are now? I too find her inspiring. The thought of that much creativity hidden away resonates with me. Some detractors of hers say it's her story that people are fascinated by as opposed to her work...I say why do those two things need to be separate?
Great List!!! If it was a top 20 I would add Max Yanvo, Diane Arbus, Winogrand, Bruce Davidson, Roy De Carava, Eugene Richards, Eisenstaedt, William Klein, Elliott Erwitt and Walker Evans
I much prefer this type of content Ted. I get it that your gear type videos get more views, but hell man, everyone does that. So few people talk about photography properly, so it's a shame when one whose actually able to, doesn't bother anymore.
Had the pleasure of meeting both Gene Smith and Gordon Parks back when I was a photojournalist, and worked with Norm Rabinowitz, who was Smith's assistant on his Pittsburgh essay. They were true greats.
I really love your channel! It talks about artist and about the love of photography! You are focusing on what 's important! It's so refreshing to hear about artists in a medium such as youtube where the algorithm pushes everyone to create content about gear - gear - gear.
Vivian Meyers, but there's a lot of street photographers who work is outstanding. I love this list you created. I've been doing it myself since I was in High School in the late 60's with my instamatic until I was able to afford to purchase a 35mm camera. Thanks for this video. I've been away from youtube for a while an I really need a huge break from the political carp. Thanks again...
I always look at old street photos and think “Ug I cant get something that interesting, it’s cool partly because it’s taken in a time I don’t know myself.” But I have to remind myself that today’s work will be viewed like that in the future.
Back in the 70's I attended a lecture of his. One of my fondest memories. I also met George Hurrell, I chatted with him for over 30 minutes about the photos he was showing at the Irvine Fine Arts Center, only I didn't know who he was at the time! I was just getting into vintage pinup photography and old style Hollywood Glamour and didn't know until a year or so later, after reading his obit in the newspaper, who I'd been taking with. I'm sure he didn't know what to make of me. Probably thought I was ignorant as heck. I was fortunate to study photography at Orange Coast College in the early 70's where John Upton was head of the department and I took some classes from him. He literally wrote the book many schools and universities used as text for decades. Other favorites were John Sanford, who I became friends with for many years afterwards and taught me astro photography as well as the earthly kind, and Arthur Taussig who I'd run into all the time over the decades to follow and who I was assistant for in the color darkroom. He is very technically minded and I learned a lot from him. He said I had a good eye for color, which is why he had me assist him with other students in the color darkroom. Basically so I answered what color packs the student needed to get the best print and he didn't have to bother with that mundane chore. I loved it though.
Here's one of my favorite photographers, Enrique Metinides was a Mexican photographer pupular in the 50's, 60's & 70's who was known as the "The Kid" and his main focus was accidents, it was well known that he would be among the first ones to arrive into the crime scene in order to take pictures.
I've been watching and appreciating your photo lit series for several years now. I feel like they're a lot better than the classes I took in college back in the '90s. Thank you!
Much better! Really, I can go anywhere for reviews of gear I'm not going to buy, but I come to Ted for the education, the photo books and the artists. This is how it used to be on AOP - good stuff!
Thanks for exposing Smith's work to people. I saw a monumental exhibit of the Pittsburgh project at the Carnegie Museum in the Pitt and it was awe inspiring.
Love your videos! Thanx for making them. I was at U Texas in the mid 1970's at law school. The art school was next door and filled with hot girls. So, having loved photography all my life I signed up for a B&W film course. Garry Winogrand turned out to be the professor. I had no idea who he was. Class was about 10 people sitting in a conference room while Garry projected onto a screen the best B&W photos ever taken (though none of them were by him). He sat with his back to us silently looking at the pics for a few minutes for each slide. During the first class someone asked him why he liked a particular picture. He said, "Just look at it." I don't remember him saying anything else that semester or the next. An assistant gave us our assignments and oversaw our lab where we printed our pictures in a wonderful, brand new facility. I saw him frequently prowling the streets full of students around the campus shooting his Leica. He was a rather intimidating presence so I never spoke to him, but I treasure those hours studying the best photography ever made.
I learned photography in the late 60s and worked as a photojournalist on my universities newspaper so I appreciate your perspective and these fine photographers that you’ve mentioned. In my opinion the street photography today has become too much of a fad. There’s a bunch of people who go and simply take photos of people on the street… But there’s no theme, no perspective, no moment, no sense of composition, no sense of light, no story… Just people on the street. All the street photography sites are flooded with this type of “street photography” it seems.
Hey Ted! Hope you’re staying well. Thanks for pulling in some lesser known photographers among the better known group. It’s important to expand our knowledge base as we pursue our own work. Nice!
hi Ted, love your channel. You have introduced me to a number of great photographers, Josef Sudek in particular as well as W. Eugene Smith are two of my favorites. i noticed a photograph of Rashaan Roland Kirk in this video that was taken at the jazz loft. i love his album The Inflated Tear a classic jazz tune with an interesting back story that was probably inspired by those late night jams you mentioned in the video. Must have been one of the coolest places on earth to hang out at the time .Thanks Ted for intorducing me to so many talented photographers, keep up the noble work.
When you've spent the last few weeks consuming nearly everything street photography related on RU-vid and a video from one of your favorite channels drops some content on the matter the next day. Thank you for this!
I looked at the photo at 4:55 longer than I should have. That picture is so strong. I can't believe a time like that existed, yet, there it is. Racism is tucked under the rug nowadays but this picture here is just heart breaking. What a lovely family- having a wonderful day and perhaps sharing laughs- all while being surrounded by blind hatred and negativity. I'm glad that this photo exists but at the same time, it's a shame it exists. What a great photographer.
Great History video, I’m currently taking photography classes at OCC ( Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa California ), the rumor says that school is one of the best school for video and photography because the experience of the teachers and equipment, I was always interested on the thecnical aspects of photography but I took a class called “History and Aesthetics of photography” and is so amazing to learn how started, I even converted my tiny loft apartment into a “Camera Obscura” and the results were incredible, your video covered a lot of what I saw in class, people need to learn about all that, not just pick a camera and start shooting, Thank again. Jose W.
Amazingly valuable and important info in this video. I think many people watching it still have no idea what ISO is since they probably didn’t ever use a film camera, not even a disposable Kodak camera.
Thank you for this. I, like others here, want to see a part two. Here are a few photographers I hope you will consider for part two: Rodchenko, Weegee, Levitt, Erwitt, Model and Arbus. Rodchenko for the angles, Weegee for the gore, Levitt and Model for the humanity, Erwitt for the humor, and Arbus for the inhumanity.
I constantly rewatch the old stuff about photographers. It was great to see some new photographers I haven't hear of. I am about to go out and shoot and I have google searched all the photographers I haven't heard of. I am excited to come home and look through. I am also going to see if there any episodes of the candid frame with interviews with the Africa American photographers. I love these rabbit holes
So happy to have a thoughtful review of the artistic works of many photographers. Other than a few brief mentions (wide angle, view camera, etc.) it was devoid of tech talk. Many thanks.
I really mean this in the best way I can say it.......this is the best video you have done for a while Ted. Really, REALLY enjoyed this. Hearing you talk about photographers I've not heard of and giving me ideas for people I want to learn more about is exactly why i first started watching years ago:) More of this content please.
I love these history videos. I understand the art and art history videos are works of love. The gear videos pay the bills. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do. The Artist series was sooo good. Ted is also the guy that taught me all the stuff I've forgotten about composition. I need to rewatch so many things. I don't think I'll every be a great photographer, but every time I spend a few hours walking and intentionally practicing 1 specific form of composition, I feel a little more proud of my work. I need to get out and shoot more.
When i saw the title of the video I thought “oh no, not such a video again with the photographers you must know, bla bla bla”. There are already so many on RU-vid. He must have a lack of inspiration... But I looked at it and your enthusiasm did that I liked it and found it interesting. Discovered some new photographers that I added to my Pinterest gallery!
This is the type of video that initially brought me to your channel Ted. The gear reviews are fine but this is where you shine sir. There's a maturity in discussing photography that gear channels simply don't have. You have been around long enough where when you talk about photography philosophically people listen. Please continue to bring this content back, this is what your loyal followers want to hear. Also, unless I missed something, there were no women on this list. Can you do 10 street photographers who are women video as well? I'm sure you can make room on that list for photographers like Vivian Maier, Hele Levitt, etc.
I love all your new content and your camera reviews. You give a different perspective as someone who actually taught photography, but I do really enjoy it when you take it back to the greats and share those classic images and why they were so important. I'm obsessed with street photography, but it wasn't until I saw your video on W. Eugene Smith that I realized just making a compelling image with some bokkeh isn't enough. You need a body of work to tell a complete story and you have to do it with passion. Keep doing what you do, but please continue sprinkling in stuff like this. Oh, and bring back the Pinterest boards in the vids if you can :) Thanks, Ted!
One of THE BEST enriching photography sessions I have seen so far! Ted, PLEASE use this one as a template for many more and thanks for bringing this to life!
Awesome stuff. I lived thru the 50s,60s,70s,till 2020. and saw a lot of the times you referred to in this video. Thanks for sharing my life with me. Really enjoyed.
A few street photographers I admire are Vivian Maier, Robert Doisneau, Martin Parr. Also like Bert Hardy and Don McCullin but they are more like photojournalists.
Vivian Maier is not a street photographer. She took a series of personal photos, which as far as we can tell, she never intended to be displayed or published. It was only after her death that the images were discovered and she was shamelessly promoted as a photographer savient for financial gain. No arguing some of the images are brilliant, but this is exploitation.
What an excellent job you did of putting together this diverse list of inspiring, influential photographers. Watching your video has been a great experience.
I came across your channel almost a year ago when I was starting out photography and watched some of your videos and now this video came in my recommendations and I really enjoyed watching it! It’s so inspiring and I discovered new photographers and new photography! Very beautiful video!!
Ted - this is a wonderfully important video. I have not come across most of these photographers, I classify myself as a photo/artist tho so half baked, and this video is like a banquet of raw beauty that I’m sooooo appreciative of you sharing. My favorite videos of yours have lead this direction, and loved those. There’s just such a balance achieved w/ the direction of modern photography, and sifting through bygone, more or less, of the past artists. You’ve again enriched my evening.
Hey Ted, thanks for doing keeping this photography-centric. I have a few general questions bouncing around that I hope you have time to address: - What do you think made a photographer successful in the previous eras that you discuss, vs now? - Most of the artistic analysis seems to be done in hindsight, but is there any work from current photographers that you follow and can point out similar features? It would be amazing to see like a "top modern photographers I follow today and why" type of thing.
Wow...I got the exact same question in my mind...So I understood is thag street photography has a lot to do with gone era or time.. where when you look at the pictures ..one tends to look at all details and just imagine how was it then...and all..and thus it becomes classic.... Even the street photographers alive today from past era keep sharing their archives....so Street photography has the time (in past tense) attached to it to make it more attractive
Ted, thank you for for this video, so well done. Themes like this are why I subscribed to your channel. Lots of guys are doing gear posts but no one that I have found creates insightful videos on The Art of Photography the way you do , Please Keep em coming!
Thank you. There’s some names in there I’m not so familiar with, and some I definitely need to revisit. Agree with many of the other comments - this is how we discovered your channel years ago. The gear reviews may get the clicks but there’s hundreds of other channels doing that. So few doing this - the art of photography. Keep it up. Good stuff!
Thank you so much for this video! I will do some more research on these amazing photographers! Thank goodness for quality photography channels like this!
A good list of classics, we know theres so many more who you could /you should. Happy to see this type of stuff again and another artists series would be great.
Ok first off, what an amazing list and oh so useful as I look for more photo books. Second off, I am speechless at how well the two images per spread work together in La Strada. Clearly much care and attention was given to that which is perfect as an example as I ponder creating my own photo book.
