The Surreal Photography of Vince Glielmi | Analog Artisans

Vincent Glielmi, son of David and Mary, received his BFA in photography from the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Vince's work: www.vincentglielmi.com/
Audio sourced with permission from "Ready for Mistakes" Podcast by Jeff Smudde: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
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[@basbruckmayr]

this was so good! wish it was longer.. could've watched this for hours

[@BryanBirks]

Maybe a directors cut in the future 🤔

[@solarsoundsystem]

Really enjoying where the direction you're taking these videos in Bryan. Great inspiration for those us still trying to figure out our direction with photography. THANK YOU.

[@BryanBirks]

Thanks! I would make a ton of these if I had the time. They’re probably my favorite type of video to make because I always learn something about my own photography as I make them.

[@whybnrml27]

Bryan this is just another amazing example of your amazing cinematography and frictionless story telling. I truly feel lucky every time I see a new Bryan Birks video pop up in my feed. Thanks man....truly.......

[@BryanBirks]

Thanks for the kind words. Happy to hear that 🖤

[@matthewpoburyny5147]

Vince is an incredible image maker; thank you for highlighting his work, Bryan (and great music choices).

[@BryanBirks]

Thanks for watching, dude 🍻

[@Mr_Quimper]

Always a pleasure to be exposed to new artists. Thank you.

[@BryanBirks]

Happy to hear. Thanks for watching 🍻

[@JeffSmudde]

Happy i was able to contribute my conversation with Vincent to this video! Vincent's a great guy and artist, very excited to see where his work will go.

[@BryanBirks]

Thanks for letting me use it! I didn’t want to have to interview him during the short time together. Would rather talk about other things so it helped out a lot.

[@JeffSmudde]

@@BryanBirks absolutely! Seeing y'all roam around my hometown stomping grounds was wonderful and of course a little fomo while i'm out here in New England! Excited to see what y'all shot out there as you share it.

[@sauravbasu8805]

Which camera, lens and film does he mostly use ?

[@BryanBirks]

@@sauravbasu8805he shoots digital. GFX 100S.

[@ArtStaringBlankly]

I almost never subscribe to a channel the first time I watch their content. Yours was quite stunning and relaxing. Thank you!

[@BryanBirks]

Glad you enjoyed it. I hope I don’t let you down with future uploads.

[@NunoAlmeidaPhotography]

I love this series! This one was awesome, really enjoyed the music choice as well!

[@BryanBirks]

Thank you, Nuno!

[@johnduke6438]

This is beautifully done, thank you Bryan. Vince Glielmi and Matthew Genitempo are gifts!

[@BryanBirks]

Thank you! Vince is great. We talked about Genitempo a little too much driving around 😆

[@Passingmomentsvideo]

This is a great series Bryan. Love your work and love the work you do for others.

[@BryanBirks]

Happy to hear that. Hopefully many more to come!

[@_stefkas_]

Thanks for presenting Vince and his excellent black and white images ! His words and comments are pure gold. I must say the gloom in the images is getting me down, like in a lot of contemporary photography... "Eerie", "haunting" and "dystopic" scenes all around. It takes a giant like Robert Adams to give a twist of beauty, poetry and hope to such desolate situations.

[@BryanBirks]

I personally think the gloom does a good job of representing how a lot of people feel about the current state of America. While I love Adams’ work, I think he paints a picture that might be too beautiful. I look at Vince’s work as reality but the hope that I get from it is much more than a Robert Adams photo. Again, my opinion. When I look at Adams’ photos, I see a veil that is hiding something. That’s just as beautiful in its own right. Thanks for your comment and for watching! I enjoy discussions like this.

[@_stefkas_]

@@BryanBirks I see that, crisis seem to be closing in on people all over. I still wouldn't want to commit to riding that "wave" by simply reflecting these issues. Any picture is imho something of an amplifier both inwards and towards the viewers... Thanks again, you gave me a lot of thoughts about these things.

[@maxwellwellmax878]

Bryan you always knock it out of the park!!!!. the music, the visuals!! Thank you for your hard work, it brings alot of joy!.

[@BryanBirks]

Thanks so much for the appreciation!

[@katebr1737]

Really enjoyed this, wonderful choice of music to complement the video too.

[@BryanBirks]

Glad you enjoyed it 🍻

[@stevetrapped2823]

Perfect choice of music to open with

[@donjagoe]

Beautiful work and presentation. It made me want to weep for our country and the near future.

[@marcuswhitmore5591]

Beautifully shot and edited, Bryan. The use of B&W for the filming works brilliantly with the photos. Your showcasing of other artists is full of generosity. Please can you let me know what music is playing for the second half as I’d love to get a copy if it’s available. ❤

[@rembeadgc]

Just as much as the photography... I appreciate the cinematic shots of the photographer at work. This is exactly the mode that I inhabit when out exploring with my camera.

[@jasonblake5576]

Great work Bryan! Now I'll watch it again.

[@BryanBirks]

A true hero.

[@rogerfay6627]

Interesting photographer and I like the way you present him, his work and this thinking. Beautifully filmed and edited.

[@BryanBirks]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@xjamesramos]

Miss these! NICELY DONE Bryan.

[@BryanBirks]

Thanks, dude!

[@Eliguitar1]

David Lynch vibes abound. Very nice.

[@BryanBirks]

“I discovered that if one looks a little closer at this beautiful world, there are always red ants underneath.”

[@Eliguitar1]

@@BryanBirks 4k disc of Blue Velvet is out on criterion. Big scary beetles in the grass...hehe.

[@_GhostGarden_]

Your filmmaking skills and voice are really getting pretty strong dude.

[@BryanBirks]

I’m trying. Glad it shows!

[@mitymous1]

wow. Amazing photos, and compelling video!

[@BryanBirks]

Glad you enjoyed it 🖤

[@richardsimms251]

Wonderful images

[@BryanBirks]

Thanks for watching!

[@Nikonhermit]

It is both amazing and disturbing how nothing can be said today without using the word "like" many, many times. I'm old enough to remember when it was a mainstay of MAD magazine.

[@BryanBirks]

Got your hands bound, and your head down, and your eyes closed, you look so precious now.

[@richardsimms251]

Wonderful philosophy from the photographer. Great images

[@BryanBirks]

Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers 🍻

[@tedphillips2951]

Wow! Amazing video. Thanks

[@BryanBirks]

My pleasure!

[@Juno_Doran]

Really good video and the soundtrack wasn’t annoying, well done 😊

[@BryanBirks]

Ha glad you enjoyed it!

[@AlbertKarhuFilms]

wow. instant sub, thank you so much for inspiration! 🙏💪

[@AlbertKarhuFilms]

one question; where so you source this music/sound effect?

[@BryanBirks]

Artlist. But it’s a hassle. I’m running out of good music to find. Lol

[@AlbertKarhuFilms]

@@BryanBirks haha thanks anyway 🤣🙏

[@milesprice]

Beautiful work, Bryan. I can totally imagine Henry Spencer walking through the frame at 7:42.

[@BryanBirks]

Thank you! Not sure I know of Henry Spencer if you care to elaborate for me?

[@milesprice]

@@BryanBirks yep! That's the main character in Eraserhead. This scene in particular: rantbit.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/eraserhead_7.jpg

[@The_Truck_Photo_Agency]

I dig it. Great camera work (both of you). 🔥

[@petemc5070]

The editing and sound (that train airhorn near the beginning!), also very impressive.

[@BryanBirks]

Thank you kindly 🖤

[@purwi69]

Thank you, these feel essential ...

[@BryanBirks]

Thank you!

[@jinchoung]

wow what great videography. i always find it amusing in these kinds of vlogs where the video footage is either blowing past the photos or really giving it a run for its money.

[@BryanBirks]

I personally think Vince blows me out of the water but thanks for the comment.

[@sixeightphotos]

This series is awesome.

[@BryanBirks]

I think so too!

[@BryanBirks]

Thanks for watching 🖤

[@seesuper]

Excellent video!

[@BryanBirks]

Thanks for watching 🍻

[@jerrykovis5417]

Thanks for posting this. Didn't know about Vincent Glielmi and his work, which is pretty amazing. His take on shooting locally really resonates with me. Especially given all the emphasis there is on street photography in bigger cities. Not totally hating on all the redundant content people share in whatever city, where someone can accidentally capture a "cool" image, but, there's something to be said about actually having to see what's around us, regardless of how mundane or taken for granted it might be, and produce something beautiful, something truly stunning, something, that usually falls into the landscape of our own benign existence.

[@BryanBirks]

I agree. Street photography isn’t necessarily my cup of tea but I respect people for doing it. It actually fills me with more anxiety doing that compared to knocking on a stranger’s door. Not sure why. I wanted to showcase Vince because he’s a rad person but like you said, it is something different. Everyone does have something new to say but not everyone has something new to show.

[@jerrykovis5417]

@@BryanBirks If you're ever gonna be passing through SE Michigan at any point, hit me up, if you're comfortable with that. I have an RZ67 that I haven't ran enough rolls thru, (plus a bunch of other film cameras), and it'd be awesome to shoot whatever with you. I don't drive, so you'd have to be TAXI, but i can cover gas, coffee, beers, or whatever. SE Michigan is part of the Rust Belt on some level, but, there's more going on here than the purposeful failure of capitalism. Plenty of dried up smoke stacks, broken dreams, failed marriages, alcoholic kids, cousin lust, forgotten bar tabs, parking lot fights, frozen factories, and going to church on Sunday morning. lemme know

[@brianwilson8287]

The shot around 10:06 is just perfect.

[@BryanBirks]

One of my faves. Thank you.

[@thehessiansack6860]

Great video

[@BryanBirks]

Glad you enjoyed it 🍻

[@writerman242]

Really extraordinary things Fantastic video of a truly visionary artist. Eternity reminds me of a famous character in Australian history. A guy in the 1930s spent every day for years walking around Sydney writing Eternity in white chalk on the Sidewalks. He was basically asking people to think about eternity I'm not into his religion but the idea still resonates Anyway Good work both of you.

[@BryanBirks]

Appreciate it 🍻

[@yogurette8831]

what's the name of the person who's done jasper? Also interested in the film Vince Glielmi mentioned. Another astonishing work of yours Bryan. I really dig the medium format look in combination with Glielmis work. Very very good storytelling. Honestly if this was like 1 hour I would totally pay for this! I mean I would even pay for this film if I had the money right now. Thank you Bryan!

[@BryanBirks]

Thanks for the kind words! Jasper is by Matthew Genitempo. The movie mentioned is War of the Worlds, directed by Spielberg.

[@diforbes]

Over the top intro music but thankfully brief.

[@BryanBirks]

Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion.

[@PeterPrism]

the A.I. catapults all this into prehistory

[@TheChihirosen]

I'm in love with the music around 8 minutes in. Can anyone tell me what it is? - that aside, I'm so inspired by this work. In this digital age, a lot of photography is very similar like people are following the same formula, using the same filters. It's not easy to stand out on the stage of social media. These images speak to me from a place that's away from all that. They're bright and dark, exciting and very clever.

[@BryanBirks]

I’ll have to look up the song name and let you know. It’s from Artlist so it’s not a well known artist. I’m always looking for people that make different work. It’s true that you see the same things on KZbin because there’s definitely a formula like you said. Why switch it up when you see what works for others? Glad you enjoyed it. And thanks for watching!

[@BryanBirks]

Song is called "Once Upon a Time" by Maya Belsitzman

[@JohnnyMcMillan]

Very good video!!! Couldn't tell, what's he shooting with?

[@BryanBirks]

I thought it was a 50R but turned out he was big dicking me with a GFX 100S. So yeah. Dude is packin.

[@JohnnyMcMillan]

@@BryanBirks Ahhh cheers!!! Yeah when he was talking about film I got confused when I was thinking it was some sort of GFX, the dynamic range on the 100S is *chefs kiss*

[@stephenmccarthy1391]

Where can I buy a book of his work?

[@BryanBirks]

No book yet. Hopefully in the future!

[@danielklajmic3919]

What's the camera Vince was using on this video?Tks

[@BryanBirks]

Gee Eff Ex One Hundred

[@acebone2]

When will the commercials end, so that we can get on to the subject matter?

[@BryanBirks]

Huh?

[@user-kk2uf4ko3q]

👍

[@BryanBirks]

Always appreciate the thumbs up.

[@michaelschuhmann682]

Like I almost finished watching like, but I couldn’t like make it through like because it was totally like hearing the word like every like minute. Unlike.

[@BryanBirks]

Could have chopped it up and deleted them but it messed with the tempo and sounded robotic. I don’t mind them. When I interview you be sure to be on point. Oh wait…