Hi Gregory, thanks for taking the time to comment. Happy y lou like the videos 🙂🙏🏼 I'm planning on making more videos about the big names of photography 📷
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Yes, Winogrand is definitely one of the pioneers. Truly dedicated to his art. I'm planning on trying one session in Vivian Maier's process 😉👍🏼
Learning from the great has always been one of the best ways to improve. You just have to be careful and not mindlessly only try and copy what they were doing. But I know that's not a problem for you. I really like the movement of the coat at 2:25 and the contrast between its brightness and the darkness of most everything else in the frame. For someone who loves colour as much as you do, it must have been painful to only shoot b&w? O and I realise you also photographed people from the front a lot more in this video. And now I hear tell us you did ;) Thanks for another interesting session!
Hey Thomas 👍🏼always great to have your thoughts. Learning from the masters is a great way to improve our photography, I might do some other sessions in that style. Maybe more their approach than just their photographic style. For the color, yes, it was a bit hard but it's strange that I love shooting color while having inspiration from black and white photography (Koudelka on top...) 😊 What about you ? What are your inspiration? I never asked you this question 😉
@@lazharcaptures I'm not conscious of any one who has inspired me. There are photographers whose work I admire but I don't think I'm anything like them. A couple you probably don't know and one you probably do: Michael Kenna
I think Gary Winogrands photos are good but from a modern perspective. For me they work because they are from a different time, like the subjects are in costume. But modern day copies of his style are just random snaps of random strangers. Im not sure that really counts as photography.also.. winogrand focussed often on attractive women. Legs out, nipples showing through clothes etc dressing it up as documentary. They are clearly the main character in the images. if you had a collection today of attractive women sunbathing, or sitting minding their own business or reading on a bus in a short skirt. Unaware that youve taken the photo Im sure you’d be considered a pervert. To have 6000 rolls of undeveloped film points to an output which is just too high for real and creative art.
Funny, I had the exact same thought about the picture and the process used. Even I, who is pretty much a beginner in photography, have to think about my shots before I take them. I did try street photography a few times, I mostly do it when there is a festivals, events, etc, and I try to spot interesting people. I remember, once there was a music festival, and for some reasons, the star wars 501st (high-end costume club) was present. One of the death trooper (elite stormtrooper) was having a conversation with an actual real cop. Took a snap of them, though it was funny and an unusual picture.
I would probably add, that if the process behind the pictures is to sort of document people in the streets in time and compare it through, let's say 30 years of photography, then I think this could be interesting. But other than that, I only see random pictures of random people.
You did an impressive job of copying Winogrand's style of shooting. I actually noticed something that is an important element in his work that you showed well here. He captured contextual relationships. Arrangements of the people and their physical relationships to each other and to the environment. And in some you captured the tonal relationships-- a white shirt on one person and a white coat on another. One person in motion while another is standing still. I love his work and have tried to understand his thinking but it has always seemed a mystery
Thank you for your comment. I think trying to copy a certain style can only make us better. Of course, we can't compete with a lifetime of dedication like Winogrand's but we can learn a thing or two in the process :)
Hey, from the little research I did, I thought France had pretty strict laws about photographing (and filming) people without their consent. I assume this video was in France, so I must be wrong about French laws. You’re allowed to photograph people without their consent if it’s done for art? I liked the video, but I don’t think you took enough pictures of women if you wanted to be like Winogrand.
Thank you for your comment. It's legal to take photos in a public space in France as long as the dignity of the person is respected. I plan on adressing this topic soon so stay tuned. And yes, Wingogrand took a lot of pictures of women but who can blame him ? :)
Best side shot than directly with discreet? Invasion of privacy and its always nice and politeness to ask first, than having camera pointing at the faces.
These photos that you took show that if you point your camera you will capture something unique, what I see that you have done is take a series of boring photos, and say very little. More practice.....
the irony of you pretending to claim any level of mastery at winogrand's level is truly indicative of this age. baffling that you think you're even remotely capable of describing, let alone doing, it. It's just stealing any capital from using his name in your video's title
