Straight Photography & Pictorialism || Foundations of Photography

[@InSearchofEngland]

As a fellow small channel I know this can be irritating to hear, but I genuinely cannot believe you have so few subscribers/views. Your content is great. So chill yet informative.

[@robhardie6687]

I knew next to nothing about these different styles but your knowledge and clear love of the subject has made me want to look into it more, so excellent job! Thanks 😁

[@Pspet]

The thing is, people agreeing more with straight photography, will deem the pictorialist approach as invalid and their way as the correct way, whereas people agreeing with pictorialism will think that both approaches are perfectly fine, albeit straight photography being more restrictive than it needs to be. I think so at least, right?

[@OttosTheName]

Clint sent me here, loved the video, here to stay. I've been getting in to photography big time this spring and it's very interesting to learn about the origins of photography as an art form. Would love to see more about similar topics. (Can defo see some family resemblance btw)

[@yuzan3607]

Came for the photography lesson, stayed for the music. My god, what a beautiful piece.

[@bf0189]

The nerd in me always enjoyed the technical aspects of straight photography but I am sorta an artsy fartsy hipster too so I've always enjoyed the Bauhaus movement in general as it leans to technical aspects but adds a humanistic dimension to it! Lucia Moholy is one of my favorite classic photographer. It's such a shame she didn't get the credit she deserved for so long! Great video and introduction to the ideas!

[@lukeisafinename]

Ah, I love the Bauhaus movement! Lots of good modernistic architecture and interesting ideas about art in general. Not familiar with Lucia Moholy off the top of my head, but I'll make a point of checking out her work

[@henrikmartensson2044]

It wasn't until I saw the work of the pictorialist William Mortensen that I saw anything like my own style of photography. I am nowhere near his level of skill, but There are similarities in how we think. Personally, I think the war on pictorialism by the f/64 group ultimately did photography a disservice. It did establish photography as an art form, but at the cost of imagination, inventiveness, and storytelling photography. Today, we see much of that in film, and narrative art, but only rarely in photography.

[@Crusader1089]

It is indeed Tal-bot! I've been to his house where he developed his first camera (well I say house, mansion) and seen the window where he did his first photograph.

[@peternerenst]

Great! But sometimes I feel sorry for the picturalists as Gertrude Käsebeer. She died almost forgotten.

[@Ghostie.]

neat!

[@LastofAvari]

Thanks for telling about the origins of the artistic side of photography, Luke!

[@lukeisafinename]

I'll definitely be dipping into more stuff like this, there's lots to unpack!

[@chickenitsa]

Hi, the "French guy"'s name is pronounced "Neesa-for Nyepps".

[@hub8893]

Nothing about the work of Leonard Misonne ?

[@womansworkproductionco]

It's crazy to me the amount of gear today's photographers use to make a simple still life. In the old days, photographers like Sudek just shot next to a well-lit window. That's the type of photography I want to do. I don't know if that's straight photography or not...

[@naturelvr123]

I agree with you, never do I comment when someone may use their phone, point & shoot or shoots from the hip. That's ok, I like straight photography. The straight lines of a building not falling over, the sharpness etc. I took a photo of the Tetons from about where Ansel A. & the thing I noticed was the bend of the Snake River was was covered in trees where his image the bend was clearly in view. Our world changes & so do cameras. I still use my 4x5 & darkroom. Good video.

[@selenafuller3002]

HANKY PEACH!!!

[@jinlsui]

great review, very helpful

[@fkurmom]

at 04:01 This is the flatiron building, but I always thought Steichen made this. Is that a mistake or am I wrong