If You Love Street Photography - Don't Call the Curator

[@RamonBrito]

Wow many of my friends have been reaching out to me to let me know that you have mentioned my book streetigrafia. I am extremely humble by your thoughts and support. You and your channel have truly inspired to me to push myself. Thank you again Ted you are a lengend my sir. Cheers 🍻

[@theartofphotography]

Hey man - it’s fabulous!!! Sorry it took so dang long to get to.

[@RamonBrito]

@@theartofphotography is all good brother I am just happy that you got to see it. Thank you again Ted.

[@gregstevenson7401]

Images look great Ramon. Great work!

[@milesian1]

Lovely work, brother! Good luck on your move back to Europe.

[@johnvoris5190]

Congrats on the book! Beautiful work! I also really like your Instagram work and started following.

[@ludovicbonnefoi8687]

Oh wow. Oh wow wow wow I am so, so touched to see that the book reached you. This project would never have been possible without the existence of your channel, so it means a lot to me to know that you read it (and enjoyed it too ! 🤯). I was dealing with a lot of emotions at the time of the making of this book and I never would have been able to express them in the way that I did if it hadn't been for your channel. Photography means a lot to me, and The Art of Photography has taught me so much over the years. As for the lack of note: If I remember right, I had sent a package from France your way at the same time as I sent the book to be delivered. The package had a couple of pictures and a letter where I explained how much this channel meant to me and that I was sending a photobook I had made to be delivered to you (as it was a lot cheaper for the broke student that I was) and how this book came about. I'd mention how this was my first concrete photography project and that while it wasn't my best photography work, I was still incredibly proud of the book as a whole. Sadly, as far as I know from the tracking info I had at the time, it never got delivered. There was a funny picture there I called "When The Elevator Stalls" that I'm sure you would have enjoyed. Again, thank you so much for featuring A Burial in Congo in your video, and taking the time to talk about it.

[@theartofphotography]

Thanks for sharing Ludovic! Its a beautiful "essay"! Love it!

[@iamrjdennis]

Love these videos, and such great photography shared from wonderful people. Cheers, friend! 😊

[@AdaptAnalog]

Hi Ted! Thank you for featuring my book! I was pleasantly surprised during my break at work today to see your video! Thank you for all your kind words and always for the inspiration. You are a huge part of shaping this generations photographers & understanding how things work in our industry in addition to learning from those who paved the way. Just for that Ted, I’d like to say, Thank you! - Petey Ulatan 👋👋📸👋👋

[@theartofphotography]

Thanks for sending it!!!

[@gerryphilpott9766]

Great advice!! If you don't enjoy the journey, you will be miserable along the way - there are no short cuts. I had a GM at a TV station suggest I should move to NY to pursue my dream of getting into the television business. I asked him if I spent some time there and it didn't work out would I have my job if I came back. Flat no. He said if you don't 'balls it out' you'll never get through the tough parts and you'll fail. I did make it, and with a little good fortune and some great people rooting for me, I ended up spending 9 years there building my career before coming back to LA to start my own business. Passion, persistence, and maybe a little angel or two along the way.

[@stuartbaines2843]

👍😀 Ted ‘just Enjoy the process....’, Could not agree more.

[@wilsonmoreno2368]

Thank you for being honest and direct with the message. That's why I love your channel.

[@Grant_Seymour_]

Ted, I've been watching you for years, and your showcasing the work of others is always an added joy. Please keep up the good work. You're an inspiration.

[@luisvasquez4553]

Amazing to see Ramon on this !!! Thanks for giving the space Ted encouraging to say the least

[@Nanou197373]

Absolutely Ted. I remember a talk about Claude Monet in which was pointed out that he did not sell any of his paintings for anymore than 5 quid a piece until he was 47 years old. Not to mention that Van Gogh's always lived broke, his brother was the one helping him out, etc. It was never easy for anybody. It wasn't easy for Mozart either. It's a hit and miss/make or break thing that's unpredictable. What I've also noticed over the years is that it's not ONLY about the work, but the personality of the artist has a lot to do with it. It goes hand in hand in many artistic domains. It works like a brand. Then there's a question of what's actually called "successful" because it's usually seen as something that sells, but I know so many great artists around me who are amazingly successful because their work means a lot to me but they're not necessarily household names. They make some money from it from time to time as a side activity. Art is subjective in its nature. Eye of the beholder and all that! Anyway, thanks so much, I love your videos and bravo to all the amazing works featured in your video. Give yourselves a thumbs up. Bless x

[@chunglinglo9687]

so many beautiful works!

[@DazSmith]

thank you for showing my photography - appreciated. Your KZbin videos are a valuable resource.

[@theartofphotography]

My pleasure! Thanks for sharing Daz!!!

[@DeborahWhiteheadBee7]

Thank you for being so straight for it means a lot

[@StephanFleet]

Great video! Very inspiring to see such wonderful work being created by so many. While I hear you about monetary success as an artist and the difficulties (I am one of the lucky ones, I guess) - I do believe that actual creative success is so much about the doing, and the moment. So to me all those wonderful books you just showed are prime examples of success and what we need a lot more of in this world!

[@teodavid739]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience. Your videos are always inspiring and insightful. This one hit home because I did exactly that cold call art gallery and figured out real quick; they call you. I wasn't discouraged. I had a plan B, C, and D....So, I manage to find a space to do my show...I am motivated more than ever after seeing this video....Thank you. Teo from Buffalo, NY.

[@apitsios]

Ted thank you so much for presenting my 2020 calendar and for your kind critique!

[@samhardy2038]

Thanks Ted. You’re the best. Can’t wait for the next.

[@cliffetzelphoto]

Ted - your statement of "Mediocrity being celebrated..." hits the nail on the head for the vast majority of art in general these days. The beeping dump trucks backing up with bad to mediocre images on social media confirms your statement. It's gotten to the point for me in deleting social media platforms en masse and I'm down to Instagram and even there I don't see anything that causes me to pause and look at an image (I'm on the verge of being social media free once I decide to delete IG). Everything looks the same - photographers today are copying one another hoping to get a dopamine hit from a like IMO. Younger photographers don't understand what it was like pre-internet where you had to make copy slides, mount tear sheets, produce actual multiple printed portfolios sent out FedEx, paying $$$ to get into publications like the Black Book (I started shooting FT in 1987 firstly in newspaper and then documentary work). YOU truly had to hustle to get your work seen - the golden age of photography is a distant memory and I personally miss those days. Yet I've been a photographer for so long I know nothing else and trying to navigate what it means to produce meaningful images and being paid for it is more a struggle today than it was when I was shooting in the late 80's into the late 90's. I grieve for what has become of photography and the printed publications I use to shoot for.

[@DerekCully]

I heart this channel. It’s taught me so much.

[@WobbleMatic]

Great when you showcase work like this. Nice video.

[@benjones8977]

Gee I was going to send you a book, but considering you don’t open them up for years at a time and now most galleries aren’t interested - perhaps I’ll just keep the book! 🤪

[@romiemiller7876]

I was just going to mention Antique Road Show as dry humor, but you beat me to it. :-)

[@JaredTremper]

Absolutely right! I think we need to generally set aside the word “monetize” when it comes to art and photography. The first and essential word must be “love” (as Ted said).

[@fearlessmadamex5685]

Wow. These are some incredible artists. Thank you for sharing!!

[@gnuhapi]

Another enjoyable and relevant presentation, please keep it up.

[@fintux]

Amazing work on the composition and colors in the first book!

[@millerviz]

I wouldn't want to see photographers completely discouraged by the difficulty of reaching a good gallery and having some success as an artist. It is not impossible but it is very difficult and can only be accomplished by a sustained effort and some really great work. It is hard to get past the gatekeepers in the art world but it is entirely up to you to make it happen. Put on your big boy pants and get out there in any way you can and stay at it. You may have more success than you expect or you may not but nothing will ever happen unless you make it happen.

[@AndreiDimaReviews]

Some great work in those books, nice video!

[@simonkidd9370]

Lovely to see the pictures on here. Just thinking about the comments and fine art. I fully understand that galleries are booked up well ahead and are inundated with images from all directions. Im just wondering what criteria a gallery would use even to consider new work. If new work is unlikely to find an outlet there, and art fairs charge a formidable booth 'fee' together with some very good images circulating online - is Fine Art as a genre for any form of business dead? Therefore for any aspiring photography business its only worth considering commercial, weddings and portraits?

[@rotvonrat]

Btw, I never saw a page from, or made on squarespace on my internet line ever, how can it be that good?

[@ziggy149]

So you're telling me there's a chance .... YES!

[@raykleiner3151]

In your opinion, what is the essential difference between street photography and documentary photography?

[@bluemarblemark]

well said Mr. Forbes, well said excellent books BTW - a genre under fire in some areas

[@photomitch]

Damn, that much mail and none of it opened. I was afraid that you didn't look at my book. Well, its in your mail some where and hope you had a look at it. Enjoying your videos.

[@davidpabloflorez]

You, Vuhlandes, North Borders and other photography channels inspire me to keep pushing through with this craft. Hopefully to meet you one day in Fort Worth!

[@willstith1]

I feel like this is the same in most creative businesses. Movie studios don't take unsolicited scripts. They could actually get sued if they take your script and then make a movie that is similar in some ways. You always needed an agent or manager to get in the door.

[@Hamzakhan-dt3gv]

I love this channel

[@BOT-sq4hn]

Can you please tell y Which one you suggest for Street photography and portrait..sony 6000 or Fujifilm xt100??

[@yeoh3346]

Fujifilm 6000

[@RonK]

Problem is that you speak to people who a) did chose the often solitary hobby of wandering around taking photographs and b) have time to watch KZbin-vids. Advising them (i.e. us) "to be connected in order to become a successful artist" is similar to "recommend a fish to rather learn to fly". Please understand that there are many, many introverts walking around with cameras, exactly for that very reason.

[@coastalartistlivingonislan8395]

Perhaps that’s the difference between and artist and a person who owns a photography business. ? Biz is all biz. I get it, what you said as I am one of those wandering introverts. My neighbor who use to paint wall murals in beach condos has mad sales skills. She is an empath, but not so much the introvert. She loves to talk talk talk.

[@CasandraContora]

Before you call yourself a contemporary artist, 1st you need to be able to create traditional art, otherwise you’re just someone throwing something and call it art. You need to educate yourself and grow your talent and techniques and this works for any type of art. Too many people nowadays call themselves artists…it’s like i wake up tomorrow and start calling myself a medic.

[@jimshaw5450]

Interesting, A small word with a big meaning. Jim

[@DennisSwansonP1022]

Thanks for another great video Ted!

[@davidmcc6666]

Ramon, where can we follow you, mate?

[@rezarad7252]

Awesome, like always.

[@lrb05131963]

Whats the best sites for self publishing photo books and how can I get my book an ISBN #

[@Hamzakhan-dt3gv]

Nice video

[@AjaySingh-228]

Nice Sir

[@stigmatedbrain]

Please, more, more more more more more more more more more more more more of this good shit!

[@tplyons5459]

All true but I myself despite having 2 shows hung have been hit hard by this COVID things. Here in Australia and New Zealand things are so backed up its impossible to get anything done. I say this because I would hate to see someone with potential take it personally and give up. Life's a bitch right now

[@douglashunter5703]

I know you don’t like the fine arts scene but the fact that you can say the contemporary art world celebrates mediocrity with a straight face is a little troubling. No doubt in some instances it does, but the worlds of professional / popular photography celebrates mediocrity to a faaaaaar greater extent than the art world ever will, or is even capable of. The art world isn’t big enough to compete. Also consider that in your own discourse you are constantly describing work as “amazing” or “incredible;” I think your goal is clearly to encourage but it often comes across as pollyanna. At least consider the possibility that the whole-hearted embrace of modern formalism is, in 2022, at best a-historical and at worst reactionary, but in either case it is a world view very capable of celebrating bland and not so interesting work.

[@tanmay5141]

Now i have lica camera 😂😂 because of first view 😍

[@hedydd2]

Please don't lica da camra. You might get the sheets. 🤮

[@darkfungang]

HI!

[@AlexanderSylchuk]

Hi Ted, Love your videos, I've been watching you for years and I must say that your videos are quite therapeutic and useful at the same time. What can you photograph if you are not into sad photos, but there is a war going on outside? I know that it's a dumb question, but still, street photography won't work as you'll get caught as a spy, lanscapes either - there is no easy way to go outside your city. For the last few days I've been asking all the bloggers I know that are reasonable enough or with relevant on some regards audiences to spread the message about war in Ukraine. We would be greateful if touch on this topic in any way to your audience, even though I know that most if not all photographers are really peaceful and mostly nice people. Maybe my hope is that some influential politic is into photography and he (or she) also watches you and your mentioning of it would be the last drop in the bucket. I don't know, maybe someone knows how to help with this. Thanks.

[@andreaxyz3959]

Hermanno, I love your channel but you have been redsigning your website for months (if not years)... if the sponsor remains the same it's ok, but you redesigning your website every week is going to sell me jack s... trust me