Film Photographer Profile - Markus Andersen

"Belly of the Beast" Profile of Film Photographer Markus Andersen - Short film by Rob Norton
Markus Andersen doggedly pursues not merely cool images but great images. Sydney, Australia is his canvas - he calls it the belly of the beast. His art practice encompasses documentary, street and conceptual bodies of work using analogue 35mm, 120 film and the iPhone as his capture mediums.This video shows the thinking behind the artist's work, which has been exhibited in New York, Paris, Istanbul, Toronto, Sydney and the United Kingdom.
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[@ivarligthart9050]

That's me and my cousin at 8:35! Someone sent me the link to this video and told me to take a look at 8:35 haha. We were on vacation with my parents and sister back in 2014. We went back to the Netherlands and my cousin stayed for 3 years traveling and working in Australia.

[@damookie]

this is one of the most inspiring little documentary, i'm a photographer and been watching tens if not hundreds of photography docs in the past, and still do all the time, always looking for new stuff, this blew me away, markus andersen is a true master, such an honest photographer and seems like a super nice guy too. what a pleasure that was to watch and hear him. his images are nothing short of amazing. wow.

[@thirsklast438]

+ da sheriff His images are okay, but is he a master? Look up Dougie Wallace.

[@Garacha222]

@@thirsklast438 I looked up Dougie Wallace. He's gotta be an 'in-you-face' photog to get his captures, and with flash. Very engaging results that place the viewer in connection with the subject. Thanks for the suggestion. He must have gotten a few punches in the face, or cameras knocked out of his hands. (I'm sure he planned for those reactions and has prepared for them) edit: found a video of interest vimeo.com/194869208

[@bcelasun]

A solid, dedicated street&conceptual photographer with consistently moving photographs. The video fits the subject and flows nicely. Thanks to both artists.

[@RoxanaMariaTimoianu]

Finally someone who talks about light, the right moment, looking for the right time and place and not photoshop... Great photographer, I love how striking the images are, they’re very clean and minimalistic and, at the same time, he’s not sticking his camera into people’s faces...

[@rbruce63]

Some of the color pictures during the video are outstanding! The black and white pictures are indeed artistic!

[@rezarabiee66]

great video and audio indeed. thank you for not shoving irrelevant music in the video like everybody is doing. i can just close my eyes and only listen to this and enjoy.

[@DennisHelmar]

Quite amazing photography and so dedication to his craft. I don't think I've ever seen a photographer that is this meticulous and his images prove it.

[@elangeldelamusica]

This is one of the best pieces that I saw on youtube about photography. Congrats and many thanks.

[@fcallophoto]

Please, do more of these videos. This was amazing

[@fcallophoto]

Ha! It's funny to reach this video, liked it and then realize I already left a comment here.

[@markharris5771]

The way he works with the light is amazing. Good street photography doesn't have to be all about misery, it's about all aspects of life.

[@mariustoma5656]

Woow, some mean comments down below, however the way this little doc is done is a pure gold man. Gooooold.

[@PeggyKellyPhotography]

the intro alone gave me shivers ! beautifully made!

[@gabrieldiazco]

This one was a really good one. A lot different than all the other stuff you see on KZbin in a much better way. Thank you so much for this.

[@fabriziobatisti9439]

Thank you wonderfull video, #filmneverdie!! And congratulation for your wonderful pictures!

[@sekander1253]

Awesome film, story-telling shots, inspirational. Thnx

[@jamespinderphotoman]

WOW, WOW, WOW .... Defitnlety one of the best street photographers around! Amazing video too! Thanks for this guys.

[@rudihuisman6134]

I just love everything about this video

[@IainHC1]

I keep coming back to this! Love it and never tire from it :-)

[@ianfarrell]

I really enjoyed that - the subject matter and the production. Nice job

[@kylelehman]

This is great. Thank you guys for putting this out.

[@IbrahimElMasry1]

I loved this movie style, i loved your style as a photographer.

[@vladanandrejevic4044]

Love your work, people miss out on the way you work, you shoot with everything, your style....love it...that s your way!

[@Kakarotnuuuut]

The shadows and light are fantastically employed in making the images

[@terrywbreedlove]

Absolutely love these photos

[@rashedahmed5565]

Nicely done. Both of them are creative (photographer & director).

[@MichaelSchmidt_UrbnPxl]

very nice .... quite inspirational ... and by that i mean his work and how he does things but also that clip here! well done! i like it!

[@ma71nh0]

Great photographer. Great profile

[@CarmineGroe]

Absolutely great video! So happy to discover it, thanks for creating!,

[@cedrany]

Superb video!

[@jorgedossantospandeirada7553]

Magnifique !!!

[@zosxavius]

subscribed. i could watch this over and over again

[@Totonch]

When you love the sun light and you feel totally inspired to go out and shoot endless film rolls, but you realize that you live in Berlin and is winter and is cloudy 24/7.

[@joeycovington4681]

I like shooting on cloudy days but I live in Florida. While light can be cool. Finding cool stuff or things going on is the real trick. Finding a streak of light and standing around waiting for someone to walk by is SO boring. I say find interesting things and the light wont matter so much.

[@EduardoMendozaPhoto]

This is so well done, everything!

[@adib.z]

Super inspiring! Thank you!

[@yimitutorial]

Fascinating!!!!

[@MakeScienceLM]

Woww so beautiful photos!!!

[@silvision]

super portait! super pictures! respect.

[@Nikki-bo8to]

i love his photos and how he talks about photography! especially the black and white ones. i always feel like when you take pictures in cities the best kind to use is black and white but in rural areas color would be better. but not always. anyway great video!

[@tommyhosteng7799]

He was amazing. I wonder how he attains such contrast in his photos. spot metering for the sun? just beautiful.

[@catey62]

***** wondering that myself too.

[@johnsouza001]

Depends on the film selection, development time and printing papers

[@SophiaLenore]

Awesome - we like it ☺

[@nhroadhog7701]

great video I loved it.

[@AndrewMay100]

good work classic Sydney with its bleached light and deep shadows

[@peterbarghx]

Good inspiring story.

[@bkspicture]

That was great!!

[@RedPillMode]

Thank you for this. TOP.

[@matteovrizzi]

his photos are really, really good.

[@colin343]

great watch this

[@lougoetzmann]

beautiful!

[@giacomopandiani6290]

This is awesome

[@XavierAncarno]

Thank you 📷

[@andrewfrost8866]

Inspiring.

[@daryahwilliams7619]

Thank You

[@XiuyuanLiu]

That cut at 1:44 is brilliant

[@120love9]

This is so cool!

[@jose.j.maldonado]

Does somebody knows, what kind of film does he usually uses?

[@DavidKataraGvozdenovic]

Such good editing. Two critiques though, in my opinion, take it or leave it: the light leaks effects when you're showing photos are somewhat distracting, and there's a bit too many extreme macro shots or dials, but this is just me being extremely nitpicky and it's fine. Cheers, great vid!

[@gwpics]

This guy was a really great eye.

[@cremastico]

:o i loved it!

[@72ducas]

MAGIC!!!

[@og882001]

what this kind of documentaries called?

[@ssm5774]

At 13:02 did anyone else see the grates around the tree base as a film holder for a developing container?

[@jimalpin]

not quite my style of photography, but the movie production is! great work

[@TheTangerineAddict]

Whats the song at 2:49 ?

[@ablewod]

Does anyone know the brand name for the camera strap he's using?

[@jastone242]

Gordy's camera straps.

[@ablewod]

Thanks!

[@easkate3fanchannel342]

what kind of film

[@Arm-SmithManufacturing]

What's the song at 2:50

[@easkate3fanchannel342]

@Alice Lane Street photographers are not all the same all street photographers make different images and they all have there point of view. Some use different film some use different lenses all those things make a image different you could even use expired film that also gives it a different look.

[@xjoexedge]

this was amazing

[@Morel92]

I wish I could walk freely like this in baltimore...

[@EatMyBaconNOW]

meg r why cant you?

[@ExclFashionkings]

wich cam does he use?

[@Hybridvanguard]

leica mp

[@velascog]

I believe that there's a lot of hipericonism on his work. Cartier-Bresson, Meyerowitz, etc had a lot of retoric and meaning constructed by a lot of theory underneath. Sadly, film photography is becoming art just because of his expressión (the film) and not of his content (the meaning on the picture).

[@Synthalog]

Well said Luis.

[@UploadN0ob]

Agreed! You put my thoughts into words. Film photography has become a crutch for those lacking creativity. The medium is degraded by it being the defining factor of ones work rather than the work itself.

[@sputumtube]

As Marcus explained while using a camera-phone, the method of capture is second to the idea behind the image. So what if he prefers to use film rather than digital? The content was wonderful, and if Cartier-Bresson were alive to look at his work, I'm sure he'd applaud it. To be inspired by someone doesn't mean you're copying them. Perhaps you could show us your 'better' photographs of the same (street) genre in order to educate us? By the way, you spelled 'rhetoric' incorrectly and there's no such word as 'hipericonism'.

[@UploadN0ob]

paul greenwood I think Markus Andersen's work is underwhelming regardless of the format. Markus tries to romanticise his work by shooting on film, as if it innately gives him an extra layer of meaning - however, you cant deny; bad photography is bad photography

[@sputumtube]

John Smith Thanks for your response John. For me, the film/digital debate is not the issue. This simply comes down to a matter of preference. I really liked Marcus's photographs. Clearly you do not. Neither one of us is right though. Any method of film capture can be mimicked with digital manipulation to the point where most observers would never know the difference in the final image. Marcus prefers to use film because he likes it. I like to use film too but I rarely do because it's less efficient. I'm not sure if Marcus was using film to create an 'extra layer of meaning' (whatever that means), but rather that he enjoys it more. To be honest, I fail to understand why people are giving him such a hard time about it....

[@IainHC1]

And again :-)

[@MegaEssj408]

What kind of app was he using on his phone to take thos pictures? if he was using any at all?

[@BublikovAnton]

What city is this?

[@catey62]

BublikovAnton Sydney,Australia

[@Sudeepdas313]

My heart skipped a beat at 6:40 9/11

[@GingerSnapsPhoto]

nope not a fan, but the video was well produced

[@HoneyBeauBeau]

How has this guy not been accused of stalking yet?

[@jimksa67]

Interesting! but the vid is a bit arty tartyied up thnx

[@MrMisio25]

i just shoot Pstrykam sobie :)

[@Snapjockey]

Fine - how does he make any money out of these pics?

[@joshuaherron2190]

+Snapjockey Art isn't about money. It's about capturing the humanness in the lives that we live every day.

[@bhop0073]

+Snapjockey I clicked his website link to see that he has a book for sale, so there's some profit, the description in this video says he exhibits his photos, which might lead to print sales, his site also shows some magazine published shots, which he was probably paid for.. etc.

[@jwesolowski]

15 min 50 sec well spent...

[@kalidoscopiu]

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[@evelasq1]

I have been shooting film for over ten years.

[@agro0]

He really seems like an edgy teenager. I'm getting really bored of street photography artists, most of them do the same and try to sell it as something unique.

[@1911geek]

A tool

[@lolrofl5]

i dont like any of this guys stuff lol

[@samwood119]

What apps he using on his iphone?

[@thirsklast438]

+ Sam Wood Don't get hung up on what apps he is using, apps don't make a photograph, a photographer makes the photograph.

[@tristandesombre3388]

What is that app he is using on his phone ?