This is well well over thought. Not much more than mental masturbation.

She only got ahead , got recognition by marrying a well connected media guy who promoted her Before that she was an unknown srlf-taught amateur snapper I met her once, ruthlessly ambitious unhappy vibe. Slept her way up but thats how it goes for many women in the business, ask Madonna.

I was just waiting for the word 'ordinary' juxtaposed with the word 'extraordinary' to come up. lol Search ' London Dada the extra in the ordinary'

Thank you for your videos.

Thoroughly engaging film. I agree with your assessment of these works. I have used digital cameras for 20 odd years, because work demanded it. I now only shoot with an SX 70, not for work but for myself. The Polaroid film is not as it used to be, but it's not bad. I find most photography quite boring now, Polaroid film however, is so unpredictable it's refreshing to get a visual that is not a standard representation of what you look at. It's about as close to painting as you can get.

Very nice.

I enjoyed that immensely. Thank you!

Nice work!

I found the video very interesting and will certainly watch it again! I am very open minded to the narratives photographs can offer and find myself on the side of the fence you are making your narrative, and yet, I believe there is certainly room on both sides of the fence as the world would be a much more closed-up arena if there weren't people like Thomas Heaton to bring these places that I may never have the opportunity to go see for myself to the wider audience ...

es, yes, yes. I will say I have watched Heaton's videos consistently....always learning how to use my camera better. But always disappointed....people who drop by when a video is on might say "Wow, those are something..." and it leaves me so depressed. No, the images are nothing more than commercial photography. I can't understand, for the life of me, why he can't take a good photo. I think once he mentioned the New Topographics Schol, and seemed to have never, ever heard of it until the day before!

Thank to you sir, I have come to appreciate the beauty in the seemingly mundane photographs of the likes Raymond Moore and Robert Adams . These photographs remind me of a saying in my mother tongue Persian ( To Moo Mibini O Ma Peechesh e Moo ) which lietrally translates as , you just see the appearance of her hair, but I the way it curls. We ought to stop looking superficially at everything and use a bit of inisight. Thank you again.

5 years later I come back and even don´t remember, that I saw all this, your film, before. Indeed, it looks new and some of the dead I couldn´t bear to see, moving my eyes away, so terrible! Although it´s my central theme in filming and photographing and writing too! Not so directly may be. So time went bye, and I am still here. Death has an oppositiion: Being still here and looking back and be here now, that´s why I do filming my everydays life and show these film messages also here on youtube, have a look! Thank you for your work.

I just discovered this body of work for the first time, and I'm absolutely blown away. I must disagree with you on one point. If you evaluate the work through the lens of Kantian and Bell's formalist aesthetics critique, I believe the creator's identity is irrelevant-it would be regarded as sublime.

I found this and think you might find it interesting: pure.southwales.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/2267659/S._Stahli_2009_1936262.pdf

I like to see and take photographs that don't merely frame a scene but frame the emptiness harbouring the scene. And the emptiness has to be primary. Heaton's technically excellent photographs are primarily about the subject and the emptiness is absent or secondary in most photos I've seen, which is true for almost every other popular photographer. But who wants emptiness? Few.

A good minimalist black and white image will always stand the test of time!

I come here from time to time to watch what I consider as one of the most interesting channels about art in photography. Maybe it's easier from me because they match my sensibility, even certain of your specific opinions. I felt less lonely about Michael Keena and I noticed that your critic was both balanced and honest. So, when I feel a bit lost in my work, I find here a safe place to rest and start again. I wish you came back but I respect your silence and maybe you consider that you delivered your message.

I’ve just come across your channel and I’m gonna say that you’ve just single handedly articulated everything I have ever wanted to say. As a photographer myself, who is about to do a personal project and then use it to inspire workshops for beginners in self expression through a non-technical form of photography (point and Shoot/attention keeping/cash converter avoiding/more instantly gratifying/one roll at a time restrictive fun) I wholeheartedly enjoyed this videos and very much share the same sentiment so thank you very much and if you wouldn’t mind, I would love to refer people to your page for this very reason. Thank you

indeed

Very interesting, thank you

❤ THANK YOU FOR WONDERFUL VIDEOS you made… they are among the best videos on true photography… PLEASE COME BACK!

I'd be really curious about your take on AI. What are we going to do with that now? Love your channel. Please give us more insight.

Still one of my fave channels on here, even if no fresh content for three years! Hint hint xx

This is my favourite photography channel.

Probably your best video. Thank you for sharing !

It’s a question I ask myself every day particularly when I pick up my camera. I agree with much of what you said. In the end I believe a good photo is one that moves the viewer, even if it’s only one- even if it’s only the photographer. Well done!

Great video, congratulations. But I believe the photographic language is not only that of artistic/author's photography. Photography has other languages: commercial, informative, documentary, experience, communication, narration, research, decorative ... The hyper-saturated color photography you are talking about has a commercial value: it promotes places of tourism, photographic workshops and travels, and photographic equipment. You can find it in trade magazines, books, and tourist guides, or decorative calendars and prints. Those who only love their favorite photographic genre and despise others, do not truly love photography. To do commercial photography you need a strong immediate impact and this genre has it. If, however, a photographer thinks he is making art with hypersaturated landscape photographs then he is wrong. Photographs, of any kind, all have one thing in common: they connect humans and all have the right to exist and their usefulness.

Lovely video, thanks.

I love how you describe and explain and interpret the work 👍👏👌

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Thoroughly enjoyed this look into The Pond, thanks for the insight.

Epic

Thank you for helping us to understand and explore these important photographers in such a profound way. Raymond Moore and Fay Godwin resonate strongly with my sensitivity to nature and the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you, the work you have done for this channel is almost unique, I agree with every word of your analysis and visual approach. We are immersed in a world of clones and visual poverty. Your work should be shown in all schools!

Lovely video, lovely book and your summary of the value of this work was very nicely summed up. There is not enough derisive criticism directed toward the amount of lacklustre photography being pedalled in the realms of social media nowadays - it should be discussed more openly. I have subscribed and hope you come back with more videos in the future!

Yuan found your channel - hope you keep posting 👍

Great video - perfect analysis

People need to be introduced to work like this in person.

I like these photos. Makes you feel calm and relaxed. Also feels like you’re standing right there in the middle. Colour photos don’t do that. Great video

While I agree with many of your points, perhaps you should show us your photographs and be open to harsh critiques and caustic comments if we're that way inclined. Only fair don't you think?

As a photographer who has gone through all the stupid stages you mentioned, I agree with all your points. Thank you for share.

2 years without a video .-(

While I agree that outrageously commercial and overly-worked photos are not an interesting expression, just decoration, I am not convinced by the examples of non-commercial photos presented here. Few of them create palpable emotion. In my humble opinion they are only a counter to photos with a marketing purpose.

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Come back! This is arguably the best photography channel that talks about the art of photography.

Please come back. Your videos are needed on YT. After spending hours and hours watching landscape photography and getting more and more dissatisfied and angry, your channel is where I come to cleanse my soul. Plus you don’t stick your talking head over everything

Boorriinnggg!!!

Beautiful essay / commentary. Enjoyed your thoughts very much and of course Nan Goldin’s work is breathtaking

Thank you for this thoughtful, affirming video. I've just switched from 55 years of abstract painting to minimally processed landscape photography...so this really hits the spot!

Thank you for this. It was very good.

Superb essay and meditation on Adams' work - stirs up the assumptions of what photography can be.