Some great parallels there.

thank you Graeme, another interesting video and I will go back and watch your previous composition videos 🙂 I was wondering; I am naturally drawn to architectural minimalism and minimal architecture and while not all of my work is finished in B&W, a large part of it is. Do you have any thoughts on this, and could it make an interesting topic for one of your conversations?

Thank you, there was a few I newer have lerand about in my photo courses.

Excellent! I love your videos. They are very helpful in reminding me of the things I love about art and photography. Thank you and please keep it up

Brilliant video, again! I have three of Richard's books (Stepping through the Ashes, The Fat Baby and Cocaine true Cocaine). And I have always marveled at his ability to win people's trust and move in so closely. I had not though about why there were no new stories coming out from him and attributed it to his age. I had no idea that photo editors had begun giving assignments to "matching" ethnicities/sexual orientations etc. Do you think that these new ideas in picture editors' heads have also contibuted to National Geographic not doing the good old land and people reportages anymore - the ones that David Alan Harvey, the Turnleys or William Albert Allard did). I have always though it was about the lack of ads and finances in these magazines that would not allow editors to send out photographers on a three-month trip all expenses covered to "show the soul of France" in 15 images.

Anothe rgreat video. Klein was formally educated as a painter and saw his negatives as a canvas on which he could express his final version

There's two sorts of photographer, those that understand composition and those that put a vignette around the shot. Having painted with that oversized brush - I do think that those that take naturally to art/design/photography tend to have an instinctual eye for composition, probably learnt from looking at so many images that it has embedded itself in the psyche; thought isn't required. This lead me on to my suspicion of deconstructing works of art. Its often reminds me of people finding ley-lines on a map, if you're looking for a pattern/structure you'll find one, even if it is purely coincidental. As humans we just love patterns, even if it is Jesus's face in a slice of toast.

After looking at his photos I can say I've been a life long student of his without even knowing it.

I love this video!

Another wonderful video! Art history from historic to contemporary has been a great inspiration for my own personal photography. Gettin some insight in design basics for artists was another huge step for me (not neccessarily for others). Am into planned as well as spontaneous photography. Design basics go byond composition rules.

A semester of information in 12 minutes. I love this school!

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Grame, thank you so much for this video! I did have a rough idea of who Lee Miller was. But your 13:35 minutes were spectacularly engaging, informing and concise. You put in so much work into researching and sourcing the materials! Thank you! And I like your calm narration - such a relief from all these "youtubers" shouting at their viewers. I have only one suggestion, if I may, I think your narration will be even more approachable - especially by non-native speakers like myself - if you silenced the background music while talking. Please do continue to produce these gems. And please do stick to your style. It is rare and will - in due course - attract maybe a slightly older and more sophisticated group of viewers and non native speakers interested in photography and it's masters. If I was running Leica I would send you all the money you need to produce your videos (and a bit extra) in hope you would let me sponsor your videos.

Thank you for presenting some of the best photography related videos to be watched in this medium. Much appreciated.

Probably my favourite photographer.

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

so glad i found your channel. suberb

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.

What an amazing life story. It reads like a Hollywood script.

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.

Wow!! What an amazing lady. Thanks for posting.

Graeme, this was spectacular. Such a sensitive portrait of this amazing woman photographer. Your videos are always a treat and an invitation. Many thanks.

You find the most interesting subjects for us to meet.

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 :) :( :)

ThankYou for doing this Important work of showing those who came n went before us.. Lee Miller can be an Inspiration for Us!!!!!!!! :) :) :)

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

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

What a woman! Smart, tough, beautiful and completely her own person.

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!

When I hear critical things about his art I just remember those who said the Beatles are a passing moment in time soon forgotten .

Wonderful 📸

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.

Excellent view of a master. Thanks for sharing.

thnks for sharing

I think the pregnant woman in green is his wife Graeme, but I may be wrong.

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😎

FYI: "Sugimoto" is pronounced with a hard 'G', not "jee"

Thank you, an excellent look at one of my favourite photographers.

I wonder if anyone has found a family member in her photos?

Really appreciate this video, I'm learning so much.

Thank you for the analys a good videoagain

Excellent 2-part series on Friedlander. I consider Friedlander and Eggleston's work similar, photographing the mundane while making it interesting and thought provoking.