Continuously EVOLVE as a Photographer // Stephen Shore

[@markmurton5507]

Thank you for describing a photographers work succinctly in plain English without any unnecessary pretension. It's not often I find videos like this that really help me understand someones work - particularly when I presume it's just too intellectual for me to comprehend!

[@developingtank]

Thank you for the kind words. I feel the same and that's exactly why I want to provide these videos for the photography community in an attempt to try and fill that void.

[@the_washington_monument_am9714]

I feel exactly the same - a no nonsense explanation of why one of the greatest photographers around is one of the greatest photographers around. Instant sub from me!

[@developingtank]

@@the_washington_monument_am9714 love to see it! Thank you.

[@NuraliKushkov]

great episode, thank you!

[@developingtank]

Thank you 🙏

[@illkoncept]

I love Stephen Shore's work and knew nothing about how he made it in the art world. This was fascinating to watch. Thanks for your research and time putting this together!

[@developingtank]

Thanks man! This is the one that really made me realize the importance of going in on the lives of the greats. So many things about him that I didn’t know before doing this.

[@grahamrichards8531]

I agree, what a great review, keep them coming, notes taken, thank you.

[@prestondaniels3890]

best photography channel on KZbin - keep it up!

[@developingtank]

Appreciate it 🙌

[@ChrisBrogan]

Truly one of the two photography books that hit me the hardest. This one was one of those "it clicks" books where I thought, THIS! This is the thing I was trying to explain to people. This one and Daidō's Record (collection book vol 1 by..I dunno. That guy) are the two books where I thought, "Ahhhh, these people get me." I love that you covered this one. But at this point, I'd watch you read a menu for a restaurant.

[@developingtank]

Thanks man, this one hit me in terms of opening my eyes to all that Shore is about. I had no idea he tried so many different things.

[@gabrielrosales4344]

The way he just finds 90 degree angles in everything is amazing

[@developingtank]

Most definitely

[@spaceman77777]

I'm only 2 minutes in and this is amazing. Gonna make myself a cup of coffee and come back and really enjoy this.

[@developingtank]

Haha thank you!

[@donjagoe]

That was a fantastic essay. Uncommon Places is my favorite. Not sure why, but it may be the coherence as a body of work. Thanks for this!

[@developingtank]

Thank you! It’s the only book I’ve seen, so it’s my favorite as well by default. I’d love to get the other work in my hands.

[@kerrymatthew]

I'm a huge fan of his work, thanks for giving it more context.

[@developingtank]

Thanks for watching 🫡

[@FOCUSonASIA13]

Great vid brother! Those photos are a great time capsule capture of a time long forgotten.

[@developingtank]

Thank you! Yes, really makes you think about capturing the everyday now for reflection on it later.

[@lawrencedgriffin]

Great video. Love the presentation. Well done.

[@developingtank]

Thank you 🙏

[@TXGRunner]

My two take-aways from this video: 1) this guy was clever, innovative, and kind of wild in how he experimented 2) cars in the 1960s/early 70's were far more colorful, I was just bemoaning the fact the lot at work - over 300 cars - 95% were various shades of gray, silver, and black. As if to compound the common & boring aspect, they were all 4 door sedans and small SUVs - not an interesting car among then. By contrast, his photos show a rainbow of colors - blues, greens, yellows, reds - and many are interesting. Thanks for the video.

[@developingtank]

Thank you. Yes, I think the fashion and vehicles do a lot of the heavy lifting in making older street photos look more appealing.

[@CoreyCaptures]

Amazing video on an ICON! Very informative! Thanks, man!

[@developingtank]

Thank you for the kind words and checking it out!

[@xjamesramos]

Didn't know about The Velvet Years. Knew he was involved with the factory and Andy Warhol but makes sense with the Velvet Underground. Look forward to looking more into that! Great video as always.

[@developingtank]

Thank you! I had no idea about it either. I might have to do something about Warhol and all of his connections.

[@developingtank]

Oh yeah, the importance of Warhol and the artists in his orbit kind of goes understated in my experience. People who easily dismiss pop art seem to miss how much of an impact that whole time period had on all art even outside of painting; filmmaking, photography, and music, etc.

[@developingtank]

The community element cannot be overstated. The coffee shop culture has played a part in art and revolutions. It sucks that the common spaces people share now have become more about slapping on headphones and getting to work than about riffing with other artists or likeminded individuals. Surely, there is some haven for collective thought out there now in the middle of creating things that will go down in history and I'm envious of everyone involved in it.

[@catherinejoanpiazza420]

This was great!

[@developingtank]

Thank you!

[@barbarianslab]

Thank you for the video! That was amazing!

[@developingtank]

Happy to hear you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching! 🫡

[@bruce-le-smith]

Great video thank you

[@developingtank]

Thanks for watching 🫡

[@uNhlanhlakaSithole]

better call saul cinematography

[@developingtank]

🤷

[@chriscard6544]

make America great again. All this is nostalgia and dead. If you travel in the US, you will see mainly ghosts and poors, but I cant find any contemporary photographers showing the ghost of US. Yes Empire is down and no-one faces it.

[@developingtank]

The last time I road-tripped America was during the pandemic, so it was depressing af. Hate to see the state of things.

[@sarkadii62]

You might want to check out the photos of Matt Black. Especially the American Geography series, but all his other work touches on the topic you mention.

[@developingtank]

@sarkadii62 I’ve had a lot of recommendations for that book lately and I’m currently waiting for it to arrive in the mail.

[@sarkadii62]

@@developingtank nice! can't wait for the video on it, love what you're doing here. :)

[@AI-Hallucination]

How by making the same photos over and over again.. Photography is dead the same as god is dead. It's a nihilistic pursuit

[@developingtank]

Ok. 👌

[@AI-Hallucination]

@@developingtank media platforms took away photography and its just content now.. Sam Altman has quoted photography talking about generative AI and arts response to photography in the early 20th centery I could go back to La Gray in France in the 19th centery but let's keep it in the 20th with Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Steichen they pushed it many people did. There is an interview with Robert frank at his home in Nova Scotia late 70s it's on the Nova Scotia college of Arts website I think that interview sums up photography then think about it now. With shore you have to put walker Evans's American photos on the table with the Americans by frank frank and look for the arm around the shoulder in every book. Burger shop Evans young couple frank can't remember shores 🤣🫡

[@developingtank]

It was just content before if that’s your perspective. How many countless people took tons of photos for the sake of taking photos that no one will remember? Only a few hundred (if that) photographers have made a name for themselves to be noticed at all and that generally really only within a fraction of a fraction of overall photographers who care to know the work of those who have come before. If fame and notoriety are the only things that make it worthwhile then all art has been meaningless all along. The creative process and the joy found in it are what give it weight and continued significance. Like anything in life a nihilistic view comes from the eyes of the person that viewpoint belongs to.