Sometimes things go wrong

Taking some photos in Paris and making some experimental darkroom prints powered by machine learning.
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[@zaclukins8115]

Those AI portraits printed looks like Francis Bacon paintings - so good!

[@pinmag]

I thought the same!

[@colingerard7863]

I was at tate britain recently and the paintings by, Bacon, and, Chris Ofili, were the highlight.

[@MikeGrayFilm]

That wide angle shot with the leaves is legendary. Sheeeeeesh

[@NegativeFeedback]

Now we just hope for snow…

[@phlwest]

George please keep working on those Contact Sheets. It's an insanely great idea and i can't wait for the results.

[@NegativeFeedback]

They should be ready this week!

[@velyvely6479]

I did a project recetly on German house's and got so annoyed at cars that were in the shot.... i decided to think forward and vue them as future vintage cars. Love the experimental pics, kinda remind me of a scene from men in black when you scrolled through them lol and recently i took some night shots at the barbican (inside and out) not sure if its a place you've visited but i find you can spend the whole day there with your cam and its interesting how differently each person can shoot it.

[@NegativeFeedback]

Love the Barbican!

[@jensmetzler2033]

Hey, fellow german photographer here, id love to see that project? Do you have a website or instagram or something where you present it? Viele Grüße :)

[@yomansup]

The process of failure is tough but overcoming it is key. I'm a graphic designer and photographer and I struggle with that almost everyday of my life. I've been working on a photo zine for almost 2 years and have hit so many walls during this process - in terms of branding, colours, photos to showcase and so much more. It really feels like a never ending process sometimes. But the funny thing is - I enjoy the process and the failure to some degree. It makes me realize how much work and energy goes into creating something that you care about so much. Great video, I really enjoyed this one!

[@johngskewes]

Exactly. Failure is the process.

[@WesleyVerhoevePhotography]

Really love that contact sheet of the warped AI shots

[@baconguy8147]

Absolutely brilliant. Holy shit, this is what gets me excited about photography. People pushing the norm and getting experimental with their stuff. Kinda getting tired of seeing all the portrait point n shoot stuff with film. This took photography and made it into fine art.

[@ptrbask640]

I have stopped worrying about the cars in the images unless I specifically don't want them. It will look interesting in the future, like when you look today at 30-40 year old photo

[@JackFlower]

Exactly this, they seem boring to us now but it's always good to document the present

[@NegativeFeedback]

Yeah I agree for the most part. Can’t wait until a Prius looks “classic”

[@Jksamonte]

S2W8 knit going absolutely bonkers my g

[@marioduvernay5840]

bruh them portraits look so fire

[@elisazouza]

the hairstyle >>>>

[@TheOutcastChannel]

Glad I'm not the only one, I haven't properly shot anything since I finished uni earlier this year, just a lot of half hearted starts to projects

[@jakewhite7141]

Such awesome stuff, can’t wait to see the final product! I did something similar to this once in college where I shot digital images and then made them into negatives by printing on Pictorico which is basically just plastic you feed through an inkjet printer-then I took those into a darkroom and contact printed onto aluminum sheets to make tintype-like things. Always fun to experiment!

[@HaterHater519]

come to think about it, those photos you took remind me a lot of francis bacon's paintings just how the ai distorted the form. It's a really neat concept btw george.

[@domonkoskiraly]

I've had to self-isolate for a week and will be quarantined for another 10 days. So let's feel unproductive together I guess

[@benemanuel8134]

just received some prints I made with my RZ67 and i'm really excited about them. seeing my work on a large piece of paper and hung on a wall makes me smile. all are going for sale :)

[@Windeath1969]

I've just started a new job so my creative juices have bottomed out. I'm waiting for something to jump out at me and reinvigorate my creativeness.

[@ltblemont1583]

really appriciated this video! some very important and valid points here. thanku!!

[@selinaaaxxi]

this is soooo cool!! reminds me of paintings by francis bacon

[@elisazouza]

i recently gotten back into film photography because im the model in front of the camera, but i just need a film camera to shoot around everytime

[@photographicphilosophy8869]

Artistically I have been using photography and poetry to assist in this major transition my life's taking again allowing the creativity to consume me over the angst and other raw emotions. Toiling to get back upright in essence and allowing what these testing times shine light on the future

[@TomTheBFG]

Last week till deadline on photo project from uni , a few unproductive weeks and this week being super busy

[@jochnowicz]

4:40 those images all look like they are obscure paintings by Francis Bacon to be honest haha

[@NegativeFeedback]

Definitely got some bacon energy

[@fonno_]

I recently did a photoshoot for the music project of two close friends. Jumped a fence to get into some half-demolished factory complex. First time using a flash with my SLR, but it turned out really well!

[@allenpayne9182]

5:33 - Best advice. Thanks! Great video.

[@johncorrea2832]

These need to be a NFT

[@jayerjavec]

That was well said, beneath the iceberg are all the spectacular failures and dirty little secrets of that so glorified perfection in this very, very saturated space.

[@NegativeFeedback]

Thanks!

[@Paul-jb6rk]

Really cool concept. Keep up the great work. I suspect your concept of success is quite a bit tighter than the average punter.

[@paolofalappa7346]

I'm in my exchange year at Uni in Toronto, trying to work on some "project" over Toronto Islands. So difficult, feeling overwhelmed and when I may have a day off it's hard to just get out.

[@Jean-Poule_II]

Strangely, I find success harder to overcome than failure. When I take bad photos, I know that if I keep going and push through it, there are gonna be some results I quite enjoy at the end and that the journey will have been worth it. But when I do actually start to make good work, I become afraid of making bad one which ends up runining the creative process. It always takes me a while to get back to making photos. I just came back from a trip to Europe 🇪🇺 where I shot 27 rolls in 3 weeks and have produced some of my best work to date. Yet ever since I got back, I've only taken 6 photos in a month just to finish the roll that was still in my camera from my last days in Paris. 🤷‍♂️

[@NegativeFeedback]

Definitely something i've expereinced in the past, it's for sure hard to push past your greatest achievements and keep it feeling like you're moving upwards

[@_rogergallegos]

the photos look sick man!!

[@llFlashBackll]

this is the best work you've done

[@gadler8482]

Video looks great

[@Strawbsmedia]

i started taking more portraits on film, something i had put off for three years. i had kept portraits on my digital cameras for so long because i was so worried about imperfections, but after seeing so many people in my city shoot what were thought of as 'perfect images' i let go of the idea of every picture having to be perfect and embraced the fact that I want to get pictures that were mine and not just something that anyone else could take. Sorry if this sounds super cliché but i dont know how else to word it haha

[@trevorbrooks813]

As an old ex-commercial darkroom guy I thought your first outputs were really interesting. Keep at it, any creative pursuit has its ups and downs, makes the occasional euphoric moment all the more special. Oh you think Paris is cluttered.... try Rome ;-))

[@DRGBTL23]

If you think that no one has ever taken a digital file (taken with a digital camera) transferred it to a physical negative and did darkroom prints out of it, you are very wrong. I remember they taught that at the Polytechnic of Milan School of Design 15 years ago, and that was not being considered a groundbreaking idea at the time. lol Edit: Check Bill Schwab here on youtube. He has so many videos with step-by-step tutorials and techniques about digital negatives.

[@austinkral]

some of the frames are incredibly reminiscent of Francis Bacon (@4:22 esp) - really dig it

[@stuartbaines2843]

Taken two 35mm shots in two weeks one colour one black and white. Experiment looks good keep pushing the idea👍

[@8BitHate]

The ruts an interesting place to be in.

[@coffeepyros]

My project is to think of a theme and then just keep on shooting like always and letting photos pile up endlessly without ever doing anything with them. But I guess just surviving 2020/2021 and soon 2022 is more than enough. Once we all have more mental resources available we might look back at the material and finally do something with it.

[@sam_pesto8943]

I have a major problem with motivation, but I started an internship which Has been keeping me busy, but outside of that I’m still not getting my passion projects done. I’ll figure it out at some point 😃

[@JHurrenPhotography]

Tonight I film tested 5 cameras, and sent 66 landscape shots for their first test printings. It's pretty cool, but my fire alarm is squeaking annoyingly, and this backlog of 10 shot home rolls I use for film testing cameras is really getting on my nerves too. Shit it's 4am. Nice to discover your channel! :-)

[@shanemcguirk8520]

I heard they did something similar for the movie Dune. Shot on digital then exposed it on to film.

[@NegativeFeedback]

That's interesting, will read up about it

[@levipatrickdiaz]

Those AI negative prints look super cool

[@segretia]

The color looks rad! Go with it.

[@cocochelback56]

ive finally got the time to get into my 4x5 polaroid instax project at night to speak about the feeling of peace in the darkness (a bit cheesy :)

[@coltonreed4488]

Minolta Gang.

[@esotericvisualgrdn]

Love the self-expression!

[@jrago8198]

ur such a champion its become warming. eternal success my guyyyyy, u real one ya x

[@damoncharles981]

Love those Bacon-esque GAN portraits. On shooting cluttered streets : If I may offer my thoughts on this - embrace the clutter. It's never going to change; the cars and bikes and rubbish will always be there, and they're a part of what our world looks like now - so I think we just need to find ways of making work that reflects that in an interesting way. Lastly, as someone who has been in a LOT of those "Argh everything I do is rubbish" slumps: Stick with it, your mojo will return! 👍

[@Pierre-nz4xe]

Sebastian Salgado has had the same hybrid digital analog system for a long while. Maybe worth checking it?

[@chrisjcoan]

Great video dude! I've experimented with digital and analogue as well recently. Fotospeed make A4 digital contact film which you can print on with any standard inkjet. I'm fortunate enough to have my own darkroom (utility room) at home. My idea was to make an 8 X 10 contact print using a digital photo I had shot in Scotland last year. I definitely think crossing over the digital and analogue world has huge potential!

[@highvis_supply]

You should see if there's a theme you can submit your AI imagery at ars electronica

[@tomaszbejnarowicz]

you shoult put gear in description, that would be fantastic!

[@LewisCooley]

Is that AI software called Agan? Beautiful work mate, really makes me want to expiriment with ai.

[@Fortnite87463]

Great video

[@LandonEdwards]

Would love to hear about Lonely Cloud

[@brokenadvance3518]

ehh got a few things checked off the infinite list lol but i

[@TommyGrisselFilms]

George on tiktok is great

[@milotic4548]

4:34 reminds me a lot of Francis Bacon. Really like it!

[@RoGameReview]

those ai portraits reminds me of Francis Bacon disturbing yet beautiful art

[@2driot]

i have no energy to do anything, just trying to work out and get better at taking pictures. mental health has been horrible, but im trying to get some insurance going so that i can go get help. one day ill get there. Just sucks feeling like i dont have it in me to do anything u know?

[@user-ti9zc1xv2b]

The car thing in Paris is absolutely bad. I recommend you to use a tighter lens, usually you can get better comps this way. Also there are many little spots that feel so timeless, like parcs and such

[@maximumvoid5326]

nice crocs bro

[@wageslave5019]

Looks like something Todd Walker might make and I dig it

[@DmitryKoupriyanov]

Didn't get anything done. Thought getting my lens repaired for the M6 would get me out and shooting. Been over a month since. Still nothing.

[@RobbyJHope]

I did nothing besides drink protein shakes and shake my head at film prices.

[@bigflirt47]

i love your brain, George

[@i60s]

love those AI images dude, so good

[@adambobroy7682]

i made my 2021 reel in that last few weeks, i think the winter months are just harder to get work where im located so i try and just create stuff i want to make rather then what clients want

[@NegativeFeedback]

Definitely the best way to do it

[@robbiemurrie7562]

I was unsuccessful in a funding application for a long form project I'm planning. Had a great shoot planned for a college brief, was a total flop, I've since recovered it with another shoot but yeah, dealt with a lot of self doubt this past couple of weeks.

[@NegativeFeedback]

You got this!

[@dankspangle]

Street clutter - can't be doing with it either. Spose we've just got to grab the pics and wait the fifty something years it will take before the clutter becomes as interesting as the rest of the scene.

[@damienkphoto]

I currently work at a nightclub in a hotel, got moved down to the restaurant, but working so much (although I love the people I work with) becomes draining and it's been difficult to make time for photography. In NYC, where everything is so fast paced, it becomes increasingly harder to concentrate on the one thing I love more than life itself. I get depressed. Lately, however, I've been trying to be more introspective on my idea of reality and my life as I see it. I guess this journey of understanding is a lifelong one and I have to wait and see how it pans out. Hopefully I can get back into my groove of shooting more consistently and become the starving artist I always wanted to be 🤣🤣🤣

[@NegativeFeedback]

You got this!

[@crlclssic]

Hey dude you ever going to bring back those embroidered tees? Was my fave but mine is Abit wrecked now 😢lol And more zines 😎🙌 I have them all 😁

[@inigotaylor9401]

perhaps projecting what you want a place to look like is the problem, cars are there, that didn't stop photographers in the past. Its seems to me the ever increasing nature of photographers to seek out (the more often than not) nostalgic, aesthetically pleasing given to you on a plate locations and subsequent results is stunting . Stephen Shore has on many occasions said he had little interest in cars as objects of design, the Lincolns, Cadillacs etc in his work were obviously the run of the mill vehicles that populated the America urban landscape, roll on to 2021. the seemingly endless stream of for one example pictures online of classic American cars against a desolate urban backdrop with the soft pastel perfect light show how more often than not people taking photographs are more interested in fulfilling an aesthetic than actually dealing what is REALLY in front of them in the world that they live in. Robert Frank didn't walk down the street and say, "those cars aren't nice, they do not fulfil what I want my pictures to look like", he photographed American life as it was in the 1950's not a photographic template of what we think serious photographs should look like.

[@ANRALOGI]

if you feel that the spot and streets are too cluttered, bro. you haven't been to South East Asia country chaos. You'll see how hard it is to create a good compositions.

[@rubencruz399]

Same in Shanghai. The French neighborhoods are stunning but they’re filled with the insta-fame hungry posing every 20 meters

[@EKdlwoasred]

Call me ahead of my time it I would embrace all the “clutter” and use it to your advantage. It’s part of the world we live in. Maybe I’m just too creative and artistic idk

[@theweirdpixel221]

I like your tattoo!

[@jdouguspsa]

hahaha tiktok star!!!!! POV tiktoks next??

[@collinsjones1805]

Literally the only thing I have been doing well is film recently, otherwise it felt as if I died 6 months ago

[@ClaudeeKhiarraDirecto]

great video gergo

[@jfo659]

I'm slumping George, I'm slumping hard

[@calebbrenden9257]

Had a bit of a slump during quarantine with taking and editing photos. Getting out of it now and man I am struggling so hard with my edits😭 gonna get there with some practice but man it can be discouraging

[@runcmd1419]

For the ai portraits, why not digital c prints?

[@NegativeFeedback]

I’ll probably try for a comparison, but I think there’s an interest in the parallel of modern and analog

[@fede35mm]

No unproductive but also filled with less than expected results. I usually let it go through me through a few days and bottles of wine, then reassess how I can make it better or the most of it

[@dnntrzt]

4:40 this part reminds me a brockhampton video song

[@dnntrzt]

lol i come from instagram and i just confirmed that you are the creator of that concept 🤡👏🏻

[@GeoffreyGonzales]

hi george

[@NegativeFeedback]

Hi

[@IcoGamer98]

man knowing i’m not the only one going through it makes me feel a lil better. currently trying to get a new visa to stay in the US and it’s been taking so much of my time that i haven’t been making much work, currently trying to set up a GAN to animate my work, if you have any tips please lmk🙏 currently struggling with making the code run, do i need a better gpu? my 2015 macbook doesn’t seem to be able to keep up

[@NegativeFeedback]

Yeah, it can require quite a lot of computer power, maybe try running it through the cloud, there’s a few options for outsourcing the processing

[@IcoGamer98]

@@NegativeFeedback thank you man love your vids 🤙

[@davinjacobs]

feel deflated TBH

[@spiritualservice3370]

кайфовый эксперемент, чувак.

[@RonaldCamasura]

sold all my cameras last week :/

[@NegativeFeedback]

F

[@MrGORILLAWRENCH]

Did you go to Paris Photo?

[@NegativeFeedback]

Nope, was a couple weeks before

[@ovrxpsd]

Hello 👋🏽 Never been this early lol

[@NegativeFeedback]

Hi

[@tomromanjuk8154]

Today I learnt how to pronounce your last name…

[@LennyG2006]

Why aren't these images NFTs yet?

[@CuDerRaGer]

So early my ex girlfriend is still disappointed

[@MrSerg1618]

You should sell them as NFT!