Nadav Kandars Photos Aren't So Simple As They Seem

[@flightographist]

You never fail. I sense a type of Saudade in his portrait work. The Chinese collection was " Yangtze- The Long River", 2006-2007. He notes: "I wanted to respond to what I found and felt. Although unconcious, it seems no coincidence that I travelled up river, against the current". "I saw a reflection of all mankind".

[@eskay2250]

Saudade...a wonderful word that says it all

[@sharvo6]

Wow, public library has a couple of his books that I just put on hold this instant!

[@markgoodwin5306]

Man, I've been enjoying your videos. I'm fairly new to photography and this is about the only channel I've come across that I feel is great, honest and genuine. Playing guitar and taking photos, there's a lot of similarities. But more so, their online communities haha. Cool, this clown doesn't actually talk about music, he's showing off his corny pedals and Kemper amp. Cool, this guy doesn't actually talk about photography, he's talking about gear every video. This channel I feel like, It reminds me of music theory in a lot of ways. There's no rules, there's guidelines and suggestions to help you make better decisions. I'm no Jazz player, but it's the only music I enjoy practicing. I enjoy taking a Jazz standard and crafting a solo over the entire song, playing the changes. Using creative phrasing is a big part of it. Taking photos, you wanna make something cool, you wanna tell a cool story, you want to feel the picture just like music. Anyway, that's my bit, thanks for being awesome.

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Thank you Mark. That's awesome to hear. It's great to get this sort of feedback - makes it all worthwhile.

[@markgoodwin5306]

@ThePhotographicEye Absolutely. Joe Strummer of The Clash once said, we aren't particularly talented, we just try harder. That's kinda what I get from some of your videos. Take the time to put some thought and heart into what you're photographing

[@IVMTAB]

This channel is gold. Should change the channel’s logo from yellow to gold color.

[@_land_lines_]

I opened the comment section to post something like this, read yours, and you pretty much say it all. I recently got back into photography after a long break (years), and initially subscribed to a bunch of KZbin channels. It was fun for awhile learning about current gear and software and such, but at this point this channel is the only one I really need.

[@markgoodwin5306]

@_land_lines_ Haha it is fun for a bit. Then you realize you're not gaining anything of value.

[@philcrean]

Nadav is prbably the best commercial photographer working today(IMHO). I saw a video interview with him talking about the Chinese series, can't remember how/where I found it but it was fascinating, showed how humble and yet dedicated to his vision he is.

[@christopherward5065]

Such power in stillness Kander is very pure and that's compelling.

[@garonkiesel1646]

I love how Mr. Kandars' work goes from extremely technical and stylized to an almost snapshot documentary aesthetic. He is a true master of the craft!

[@eskay2250]

Thanks Alex for introducing Nadav's work. Watched this three times

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Awesome. Thanks for watching

[@jamesmorgan7346]

I hope you continue to expose us to photographers we’ve never heard about. Like photography itself, it opens the mind and the eye to new experiences and new ways of seeing.

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Thank you

[@angelamaloney4871]

I had never heard of Nadav Kander. But I’m impressed!!! The Meeting has been put into my shopping cart!

[@ChrisHunt4497]

I have not heard of Nadav before but am so glad you showed his work. Fascinating, thank you Alex.

[@gregdarroch1946]

You regularly inspire me to want to try new things in my photography. I love that your videos are more about philosophy than technique.

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@alstuart8801]

Nadav was the rising star when i was advertising agency an art director back in the day.

[@Rich_Warne]

Thank you for the intro to Nadav. I enjoy your videos when you talk about your favourite photographers, a good source of inspiration

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Thanks for watching

[@IanMcCausland]

His book The Meeting is worth every penny! It’s a gorgeously printed collection of his portraits. One of my fave photo books!

[@MAR251161]

Of the few good suggestions I've received from KZbin, this channel is one of the best.

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Wow, thanks!

[@yadiraismael9230]

Whats amazing is how many campaigns i have seen without knowing his name, his work is always purposeful and technically perfect

[@AbieWriter]

So many eye-catching images, all inspiring!

[@jjd139]

Thank you for introducing this photographer to us.

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Our pleasure!

[@alisonball9949]

Thanks for opening my eyes to another great photographer and you didn’t mention pixels or mm at all!

[@ThePhotographicEye]

My pleasure!

[@curiousabout1]

Omg his work is incredible! I absolutely love what I'm seeing here and can't wait to explore more of his work. I audibly gasped at the photo of the laundry under the massive steel beams at 10:08. Thank you, Alex, for this video.

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Thank you for watching

Thank you very much for posting this kind of video. It’s my weekly “mini-expo” this I use to try to train my photography eye. Please continue!

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Thank you for watching

[@LarsWessman]

There's nothing like trying to copy Kander's techniques/results to get the creative juices going. Like you, some of the favourites of my own work have been produced during "how did he do it?" sessions.

[@lensman5762]

Amazing photography.

[@RideandRemember]

Thank you so much for sharing those beautiful images as well as your honest thoughts!

[@ThePhotographicEye]

My pleasure!

[@jasongold6751]

a super photographer! well done! Bravo.

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Thank you

[@austerepotato3159]

This channel is growing fast!! I’m not surprised

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Thank you

[@jmtubbs1639]

I saw the China pictures at The Sony exhibition a few years ago. The prints were massive!

[@andymcgarty3099]

Good Video. What varied and high quality work. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Our pleasure!

[@tedphillips2951]

Truly interesting body of work. Thank you for making us aware of him.

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Our pleasure!

[@tomgagner7366]

Thank you so much for introducing me to Nadav Kandar's photography. As I watched your story about Kandar I came to think about a Swedish photographer, Lars Tunbjörk. Thunbjörk's work isn't as pleasing and beautiful as Kandar's, perhaps more like Golding's but his images really hit me. When I see Tunbjörk's images of places and people at a supermarket or on vacation I realise the absurdities in our lives and the world around us.

[@tomgagner7366]

I forgot to mention that you can see that Tunbjörk clearly was inspired by William Eggleston and another Swedish photographer Christer Strömholm.

[@joelk8228]

Great show about a fabulous photographer! Bravo Alex!

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Thank you

[@nolanwest6831]

Thank you for the informative videos. I'm just a hobbyist but you keep me inspired to try experiment with new techniques that I learn from your channel. Thank you. As a chef "simple" is always harder to make an impact.

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Thanks for watching

[@marceldemir7514]

Best yet!

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Thank you

[@RobertHayselden]

I loved the work of Roger Ballen an American Photographer living and working in South Africa. His work is interesting and strange.

[@zlatkozarin5106]

Ektra, I really like your exploration of the ultimate limits of photography

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Thank you

[@andrewcroft2570]

Great video Alex, someone else that I have never heard about, and great insight into his work. I've just bought a Canon AV-1 SLR camera so things are about to get interesting, I'd love you to do a video on Alexey Titarenko.

[@Rob.1340]

Thank you.All the best. 👍📷😎

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Thank you too

[@seaeagles6025]

Hi Alex, Great to see another photographer's work especially this one from Nadav Kandars. His photos are still, i agree with you he has his own style and there is a message here. It's ok to have a photo with Blur motion and it doesn't have to be perfect, and i like that his photos tell a story. The Black and White photos from South Africa were nice and the photo of the swimmer on the diving board, great composition. Also i liked the photo of Sir Michael Caine. Thanks again for sharing your passion and videos for us viewers, they do make a difference to my photography. 😃

[@ThePhotographicEye]

My pleasure

[@seaeagles6025]

@@ThePhotographicEye Thanks Alex 🙂

[@Ricalex67]

I’d love to see your take on Daido Moriyama. His exhibition in October through February is taking over the whole of the photographers gallery in London. It’s just way different to the norm and Im looking forward to spending a couple of days up there to view it and get a photo walk or two around the city.

[@flightographist]

Did you see T hopper's piece on him?

[@Ricalex67]

@@flightographist I did yes, after watching the 1 hour plus video of him. It amazes me how he has done he same thing for over half a century.

[@simonpayne7994]

About a year ago I started watching youtube photography videos. Within a week I had about 40 abos. After a certain amount of time, I either knew everything about a specific tool, at least for my purposes, or got sick of repetitive gear reviews on lenses that are all equally good anyway. Apart from that, I have become tired of fully exaggerated titles which have little to do with the actual content. To cut a long story short, I have stopped almost all my abos. At the moment I have four left and am considering scrapping three of them. This leaves my with one single abo. ALEX. He is the only creator who always has something new to show us.

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Wow. That’s awesome

[@johnclay7644]

informative video.

[@jamesoliver6625]

I spent 33 years in the graphic arts world, a significant part of that doing composite work, both analog and digital, and these images don't look like single photographs to me. They all seem reasonably easy to execute as composites, the individual pieces being almost run of the mill to acquire. But if they are single execution photographs, then they are impressive. I would opt for the easier route as composites.

[@ChrisW.Fuji_Canon]

great, thank you so much 👋🙏

[@ThePhotographicEye]

You are very welcome

[@gashead2]

I am sometimes amazed how some photos are revered by pros and critics when I look at them and think hmmm. That’s obviously because I do not grasp the art of some of those images and if I took one similar I would probably delete it (if I took one that was critically acclaimed I would be very lucky!). I suppose this is why I watch videos like yours because they teach a heathen like me to look beyond the obvious, my school report would be must try harder, everyday is a school day!

[@markgoostree6334]

I find myself feeling much the same. Sometimes I just don't get it. for sure, NONE of my photography is worthy of a look, much less a second.

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Thank you for watching

[@brucedeboer5671]

His genius isn't technical at all. His is a creative genius who isn't afraid to try something different. He's pioneered more trends in photography than any other current photographer I know. It's not hard to see what he's doing technically but to create something that stands out in today's market is incredibly hard.

[@edwardduarte7393]

He is very interesting. Sometimes these shooters take a year or two to do these massive projects. I'm like who has time to do these projects. I was with Michael Grecco and it is a lot work to produce a book and we were doing a lot commercial products like annual reports.

[@kennethnielsen3864]

Thanks for sharing.

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Our pleasure!

[@MrAndypeet]

Is there an A to Z list of recommended photographers to read? Thanks

[@martintolley9234]

I've not come across Kandar before. My significant loss. For me, a key response about most of these photos is that they are a frustrating glimpse of a continuing and untold story. - what is that chap doing at the water's edge, where from, where's he going to? And the celeb portraits have the same effect, they seem largely to be captured at odd, random moments, catching the folk unaware, clearly thinking about something, and I want to know what led to that moment, what are they thinking about... Sometimes it took a few seconds to recognise who the person was, they were caught without their "posing" face on.

[@chesslover8829]

I've gone online to find more information about Nadva Kander, and I have come away empty handed. He projects an air of mystery about himself, very similar to the enigmatic quality that some of his photographs portray. My question is a simple one: nowadays, does Nadva shoot film or does he use a digital camera?

[@cindysmith6842]

Do you buy all your photography books highlighted in your videos? If so what a library you must have!!!

[@ThePhotographicEye]

Pretty much - the videos where I talk about a specific book, yes, I have it

[@scotskinner4350]

I would much rather watch a video about a photographer I've never heard of, than a gear review.

[@lphilpot01]

This isn't a comment on Kander (nor anyone else specifically, for that matter) but the more I see of photography, the more I've come to realize I must be strange. 🙂 I vastly prefer photographs with NO people in them. In fact, being a wannabe landscape photographer I prefer landscapes with no man-made objects in them. Maybe that's a result of living in the US, where very little man-made "stuff" is old and / or visually doesn't fit into the environment. Maybe it's a result of living in an area (southern US) where from an appearance POV man's impact is overwhelmingly negative (purely visually, at least). But somehow it seems to weaken ... or at least somehow dilute ... the impact of a photo to have a figure it in. Dunno...

[@L.Spencer]

Funny how some pictures or photographer's style you hear noise/sound, where others are quiet. Many I don't hear anything.

[@trevormorris1271]

Where can I buy books of photos like these? I live in Canada. Thank you.

[@CallMeBb17]

I see nadav see the person that they already have different halo behind them so he take it seriously as art.

[@ladymary22]

Whistful silence

[@ladymary22]

There is solitude about the pictures.