REMEMBERING DAVE HEATH (1931-2016)

[@johndimino5606]

Dave Heath came to speak at my undergrad Photo class in Phila and show some of his "work" prints (which looked like beautiful finished prints to our eyes). We were all captivated by the dark richness of his photos and his "authenticity" - that is to say, it was vital for us at the time to meet and talk with someone who was out there on the streets doing beautiful and meaningful work. I think of him and his work often. Thank you for sharing.

[@artivism4068]

what year was that?

[@markharris5771]

The email was beautiful and insightful. I know you have had many emails from people I can only dream of contact with, but Dave Heath's for its composition and content must always be special. I first heard of Dave Health in a break at college, when through my disabilities I stayed in the classroom whilst the rest of the class went for a coffee, cigarette or whatever. I was lucky because I had the time to look at the multitude of books in the room. R.I.P. To a man whose photographs always seem to talk, to me, of bigotry, social injustices and marginalisation through not fitting into the image of the white, straight male. Although, sadly, he has passed, his work must remain to state its place. I, being someone whose other job is all about fighting for equality, was instantly struck by the power of his work.

[@michaelobrien8219]

great of you to honour Dave Heath

[@davidrothschild8913]

There is a soul to his print making that is hard to describe. That bleaching technique is very compelling. RIP Dave HEATH. That self portrait is beautifully haunting.

[@theartofphotography]

Agreed David - the bleaching is really cool. You see that in Eugene Smiths' work, Harold Feinstein, Irving Penn - the really good ones all had a handle on it. You can do that digitally now pretty easily, but there's a magic to the paper prints.

[@CharlieHoward4379]

Really ashame that the world lost another great photographer. RIP Dave Heath

[@Reno_T]

Once again thanks for sharing Ted!

[@adriandephantomhive]

hey ted, you have being uploading a lot lately! thanks for the hard work Loving your latest videos.

[@lensnation2548]

I just read the New York Times article on Dave Heath. What a fascinating life! The sad thing is for me, I've lived my whole life in Philadelphia, and Ted until you did the video on Dave, I had never heard of him. I'm sure there are many other Dave Heath's in this world that we don't even know about and maybe never will.

[@jamesurzykowski4918]

In my world deaths happen in threes. Hopefully there will be a big gap until the next three. Dave was blessed with a special talent that the rest of us strive for. Ted, thanks for letting your followers know about these great photographers and their passing. Thank you for this windfall of informative videos!

[@skyreadersociety6183]

Thanks, his works are really great.

[@makalu69]

Thanks for sharing your great wisdom and knowledge with us... great vid.

[@rejeannantel1185]

A great loss. Adore his work. Found his niche and expressed it much differently from other social documentary photographers. Maybe it's because he wasn't obligation bound and the difficulties he had when growing up. When looking at his images, you feel like your violating someone's intimacy which shows how much he got close to his subjects. In a way, even if we didn't get to see him on the Artist's Series, we get quite close to seeing who he was. Good-bye Mr. Heath and thank you for your legacy. And thank you Ted for this homage.

[@mythokki]

Dave Heath was one of my profs at Ryerson Photo Arts in the 1970s. Weekly critique was always amazing and very special. Many years later in the early 2000s I had some work in a gallery during Contact Photo in Toronto. I walked in and it gave me quite a turn to see David scrutinizing each print, lol. Did you ever see the long slide show he did of found photographs set to music? It was haunting. He was also interested in journaling and I remember exchanging journals to read.

[@theartofphotography]

No - I bet that was amazing!

[@ChanikYeon]

Rest in peace....

[@RicardoRMedina]

Sad to hear about his demise.

[@marius.dascalu]

Dave''s response reminded me of an interview with William Klein took by Gerry Badger, after Gerry talked for a couple of minutes William's response was I didn't understand a word you said... quite sad..

[@StreetsOfVancouverChannel]

Succinct and sincere...

[@JogLab]

Maximum respect

[@DavitGiorgadze]

Thnx for video

[@johndimino5606]

He came to our class at PCA. It would have been 1968 or 1969.

[@rbruce63]

Ted, where can we see his Polaroids?

[@EmilyGallagher]

Is that a bruise on your forehead? great video.

[@TheDerisavi]

What is happening?! This is the time when someone feels short, Sadly! By the way Abbas Kiarostami passed away yesterday.

[@rbruce63]

His pictures are painful to watch, special those of orphaned children, violence, however, by doing these pictures he was dealing with his own demons, rejection, forced solitude. The NYT article is a must read as probably hearing the speech he gave in his recognition in the Philadelphia Museum of Art (which might be recorded). It seems that close to his demise, he received the recognition he deserved, he accepted it and perhaps became acquainted with family he didn't know he had. Let's just hope for that!

[@brianjrichman]

A generation is passing on...

[@adriandephantomhive]

hey ted, you have being uploading a lot lately! thanks for the hard work Loving your latest videos.