The Street Photographer Who Saw Beyond The Frame…

[@TatianaHopper]

My latest story and photos are up on exposure if you want to check it out: tatianahopper.exposure.co/italian-blues Let me know if you're there, so I can check out your stuff too! Massive thank you to exposure for supporting the channel, if you've never heard of exposure and would like to know more check out more information here: exposure.co/tatiana

[@mid90s75]

I’ll check it out… will you be posting more there? Cheers!

[@user-iz2ph1lp9g]

I use Exposure and I like a lot. Subscribed not that long ago. Glad to see them here.

[@fineartfotos]

No, We thank you. Once again beautiful insights into a photographer’s work and life. Such a wonderful body of work, all concise and tellingly quiet. Instantly recognized, created by him.

[@enricomarconi8358]

I really like your channel. Finally someone talking about photography!! Thank you!

[@JoeJoe4P]

I really enjoyed this video. I love his style and use of framing and shapes. I also really enjoyed seeing his world through his lens during a time in history that I not only lived through. But remember quite well. I really appreciate your detailed documentary of his photography and of his life. The amount of preparation and research that you do to create these outstanding videos is very much appreciated. Thank you. I hope all is well my friend ✌️🙏❤️

[@TatianaHopper]

I’m glad you did Joe! Thank you so much for watching this one too. I actually really love his photos it’s almost like a nostalgic look back in time. Or like I said in the video, photographs that have been left to the elements for some time. I hope all is well too and you’re progressing through a steady recovery! 🤍

[@LucaPasini2]

I've always admired Ghirri as a photographer, and I think this video is a great homage to his work. Many of his works depict the part of Italy where I was born: some, featured in this video were even shot in a theme park, called "Italia in Miniatura", or "Miniature Italy", that still exists today and is located near Rimini, a few minutes away from where I live: I had never seen them before. I think the Po valley, and the north of the country in general, is quite far from the idea that most foreigners have of the Italian landscape. It's grey, foggy, flat, monotonous, heavily industrialized, it doesn't immediately show its striking beauty or its exotic quaintness and uniqueness. But just like the American suburbia I think there's a lot to be seen: the modern way of life, with its contradictions and injustices, shows itself more clearly, and Ghirri was great at finding interesting things to show us and make us think.

[@TatianaHopper]

Hi! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and watching the video, to be completely honest, I love Italy, as a country it is so diverse and unique and because I am a big fan of Antonioni’s movies have an idea of Italy as being almost having different faces - there’s the beautiful Amalfi and places as such but then the grey flatness Antonioni focused a lot on. I love this last part of Italy when I first discovered it in 2018. And while I recently visited the south and enjoyed it, I kept thinking that maybe I should return to the north next year and see more of it! Would love to see that place near Rimini. Best to you!

[@LucaPasini2]

@@TatianaHopper Best to you too! It would be a pleasure to show you around if one day you ever wanted to visit Rimini!

[@emivalev]

Finally a video on Ghirri!!!! It's one of my favourites of all time (not least because he photographed in the same area where I live and showed me how to see it differently). Thank you so much. May I suggest 2/3 more Italian photographers for possible future videos on your channel? 🤌🤌

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you Emiliano, I'm going to try and bring more videos on European photographers so might include more Italian photographers, leave me some suggestions so I can look them up! I've also done a video on la Strada - Italian street photography, if you haven't check it out :)

[@emivalev]

One of my other favourite italian photograpers is Gabriele Basilico (Milan), another one is Franco Fontana (Modena) or Mimmo Jodice (Naples). All three may be considered landscape photographers but quite different and originals in their way to interpret the environment they photograph (metaphisic and mainly b/w for Jodice, abstract and coloured for Fontana, while mainly b/w for the urban environment of Basilico). Ghirri and Basilico (with others) collaborated in Ghirri's project "viaggio in Italia" a book that became cardinal for the new landscape photography in Italy. More street and documentary photographer (if we want to define them in 3 words) may be Gianni Berengo Gardin (which you already cited in your "La Strada"), Lisetta Carmi, Letizia Battaglia or Paolo Pellegrin. Well, I got carried away I think but I don't want to annoy you and perhaps not all of them may encounter your taste (even if I hope so). Keep up the good work, yours is still one of the most interesting photography (and film) channels on KZbin.

[@localframes]

Very beautiful program as always, thank you very much! I also recommend his book Puglia very much to everyone who is interested in his work. Based on the information available in that book, actually he used to print his pictures around 40 cm for his shows. Also, he was experimenting with different chemical techniques to achieve his desaturated beautiful tonalities. I highly recommend Puglia to everyone. And many thanks again for the video. It’s always a pleasure to watch.

[@alandargie9358]

Another wonderful video, thank you so much, Tatiana! I hadn't heard of Mr Guiri (sp?) but enjoyed his photography. I see he spent some time in Corsica (Bastia, Île Rousse)! I am an immigrant in Corsica and it's nice to see his work from j'aère and elsewhere. Tatiana, thanks again for opening our eyes to photography, to photographers and in general to the wonderful world of photography! ❤

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you so much for watching, wishing you all the best!

[@richardrizzo_photography]

Great video Tatiana, I've been a fan of Ghirri's for many years now and always enjoy seeing and hearing about his inspirational work. Thank you. 😎❤

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you so much for watching Rich, glad you are, I love his work and philosophy too!

[@sebastiankunick5580]

And you another great video by one of my favourite KZbinrs ❤

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you so much my dear friend! 🤍

[@the6millionpman424]

This was fantastic, Ghirri has been the single biggest influence on my photography, Not that I would ever claim to be anywhere the level he reached but I try to photograph the magic hiding behind the mundane and beauty in banality, which I think was a major success of his work. Thank you for making this, although Ghirri is not as unknown as he was it is still not often (other than the few mack books that have come out) you see his work being shown outside italia. 😊

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed it and wishing you much success with your work :)

[@nino_cappuccino]

Outstanding! Thank you, Tatiana!!!

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you Nino!

[@mrcmrc65]

Excellent video about a great Italian photographer, thank you for keeping his memory and his wonderful work alive. (Genoa, Italy) 🇮🇹

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you so much for watching! I really appreciate it! 🙏🏻

[@pmcbMadeInIreland]

A very thoughtful visual treatise on Luigi Ghirri, thank you 🙏

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you so much for watching 🤝🏻

[@VictorReynolds]

My first time hearing about Ghirri. Thank you for sharing this body of work! I love the detachment in Ghirri’s images.

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you for giving it a watch Victor! I appreciate that level of detachment too!

[@EscuB]

This is really captivating. I like how excellent the video is edited and the abundance of interesting information nicely narrated by you.

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you so much Bogdan! Appreciate the feedback :)

[@SadieKay1]

Kinda surreal element to his photography, ahead of its time ❤

[@TatianaHopper]

I see the same Sadie! Thanks for watching! :)

[@richardmorrison04]

Many thanksTatiana, for this captivating film. made a great start to my day.

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you Richard 🙏🏻

[@J.AshleyNixon]

Thank you, Tatania for this introduction to Luigi Ghirri’s work. From the numerous quotations you included I think that his work will be a valuable addition to the university course I teach: “Writing about Images”

[@TatianaHopper]

Probably so! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@sebastiangatto1290]

Thanks for another great video and introduction to the work of Luigi Ghirri! I've never heard of him, and his work got me thinking of what I recently heard Ralph Gibson say- " you can end up with a picture of nothing, but that effect is the something" which to me aligns with Ghirri's quote "thinking through images"- allowing an image to breathe before it reveals itself to you. PS- the Italian islands (Sicily, Sardinia, Pantelleria) are also well worth the effort to visit and photograph; I hope you get to visit one day...

[@TatianaHopper]

Hi Sebastian, I think you’re the second person this week quoting Ralph Gibson. Suits the message / philosophy in this video! Yes I want to visit them in the future particularly Sicily!

[@antoniog2854]

my favorite channel! ❤

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you Antonio! 🤍

[@BRIANSTORM-ks9jz]

your videos are fantastic, thanks for making them.

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you for watching!

[@TonyLamannaArtStudio]

from 04/26/2024 to 03/02/2025 there will be a beautiful exhibition by Luigi Ghirri in Reggio Emilia

[@TatianaHopper]

Oh amazing!

[@TonyLamannaArtStudio]

@@TatianaHopper yesssss if you came back in Italy go to Reggio ;-)

[@iancook8943]

Keep up the good work. You''re an inspiration.

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you Ian 🙏🏻

[@paulvanbueren3152]

Thank you for this introduction to Ghirri! I am an Instant fan!!

[@TatianaHopper]

Great to know! Thank you for watching, I linked some resources in the description that might help if you want to dive deeper.

[@paulvanbueren3152]

@@TatianaHopper Thank you Tatiana!

[@TatianaHopper]

🤝🏻

[@duringthemeanwhilst]

nice video T 🙂 Images from a time / period that I absolutely love.

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you for giving it a watch Nick!

[@chrismadden5563]

Very inspirational thank you

[@thelensmount]

Great content! Thanks. Very inspiring.

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you so much! 🙏🏻

[@vanessakeogh]

One of my all time faves. Thank you

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you so much! 🤍

[@jayburton6788]

Ouh thanks for the discovery! We seem similar, I'll buy the essay book for sure ! How do I see the world? I guess part of it depends on the narrative you're telling yourself for a particular shoot. Take your last video, you had the narrative of nostalgia to frame the way you saw Italy. Beyond that, the narrative comes and mixes with what intuitively attracts your eye. I'm all about observing the beauty in the ordinary. Nice thinking exercice! Thanks 😊

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you Jay! Appreciate the feedback and your thoughts I like to embrace beauty in the ordinary too! Cheers!

[@richardsimms251]

Great video. Thank you RS. Canada

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you so much!

[@jimwlouavl]

One of your best videos yet and you e had some bangers. I wasn’t familiar with this photographer but will cure that. Some of the flatness you mentioned and the color palette make me think of William Eggleston.

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you so much, I see what you mean it actually reminds me more of Stephen shore cross with Joel sternberg :)

[@DebenVanDamme-of5dt]

This one is a banger. For me. Just love it. ❤

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@mid90s75]

Love your documentaries!

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@toldwithexposure]

So do we :)

[@mid90s75]

Watching from 🇬🇧

[@TatianaHopper]

🇬🇧🤍

[@lukjs5239]

Excellent portrait of one of our best photographer. Thank you Tatiana I think that the world has become ... what photography is becoming with AI: you must be very smart to distinguish between reality and illusion.

[@TatianaHopper]

Great analogy there, I wonder what Ghirri would've thought of AI if he was working now and had access to it, I imagine him doing a project or book blending both reality and AI. Thank you so much for watching!

[@sophieannekeogh]

Thanks for sharing! Well done!

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you Sophie 🤍

[@TheNitebinder]

To think, I was about to turn eleven years old that year 0:13. Luigi Ghirri was certainly an interesting photographer. Ghirri knew what he to capture on negative or slide film. If anything, Luigi Ghirri used Dadaism to express his view of the world. 8:35, I think wasn't interested with including actual people in his work, because they complicated the theme or view of his photography. Just a thought.

[@lopesbrunotti6613]

Nice! Watching from 🇦🇴

[@TatianaHopper]

Oh Angola! I know that flag, cheers!

[@ulfjonsson2122]

As always, very interesting video

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you so much!

[@danielguiomar4224]

Nice work 🔥🔥

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you! ✨

[@chilecayenne]

Very nice!

[@TimWiticas]

Watching from South Louisiana, thanks for sharing .

[@TatianaHopper]

South Louisiana, I’ve only heard of Baton Rouge and New Orleans, don’t know how south these are, cheers for watching!

[@TimWiticas]

@@TatianaHopper New Orleans sits almost in the Gulf of Mexico . Baton Rouge is about 90 miles I would guess. We are about 100 miles West of Baton Rouge. Cheers!

[@TatianaHopper]

Cheers! 🤝🏻

[@julesnoelsmith]

thanks for exposing me to his gorgeous work! had never heard of him before.

[@TatianaHopper]

Thanks for watching 🙏🏻

[@julesnoelsmith]

@@TatianaHopper your channel is fantastic! i’ve learned about so many photogs i never knew.

[@TatianaHopper]

I appreciate it, thanks for taking your time to watch the videos!

[@garymc8956]

Compelling, thoughtful; thanks.

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you so much for watching 🙏🏻

[@hoagyguitarmichael]

Thanks for inspiring me to check out Ghirri. His work echoes my own in many ways and once again shows me there is nothing new in the world only unique takes on it.

[@TatianaHopper]

Yuph it’s all about perspective 🤝🏻

[@tomreeeees]

This is great 👏

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you so much!

[@Hydrabmol]

I love Ghirri! He should be more known. Thanks to this great video, he'll be a little more. If you understand italian, don't miss the documentary "Infinito: L'universo di Luigi Ghirri".

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you for giving it a watch, I saw it popping up on my KZbin and while i understand some Italian I don’t really dominate enough to watch without subtitles :)

[@rajeshjantilal]

nice video.pls do a video on exposure co and more about this platform.thank you.

[@maurosampaio6238]

Eu gosto de ouvir e assistir seus vídeos. Abraços do Brasil.

[@TatianaHopper]

Muito obrigada Mauro! 🤍

[@Orangina-i9b]

He is an amazing Italian photographer.

[@TatianaHopper]

Agree completely!

[@jeffreyzie]

Great video title

[@TatianaHopper]

Cheers!

[@Bob-Horse]

For me the world has become, is becoming more chaotic, violent even. Great video and thank you for sharing a photographer I did not know. 🙏🏻

[@TatianaHopper]

Thank you for watching and sharing your perspectives!

[@simorghus]

Take the time to look deeply into his series (a wonderful book) "Colazione sull'Erba" :))

[@TatianaHopper]

I'll check it out if I can :)

[@user-iz2ph1lp9g]

🎉🇮🇹 🇮🇹

[@TatianaHopper]

🤝🏻

[@jimjimskimmer1935]

2024, do people still think we landed on the moon? Lol 😅

[@perrylane]

I really liked that mans photos, but I am wary of learning too much about others photographers journeys. Wary because I don't want my photography to become an academic dialogue between educated academics . There are so many different ways to press the shutter that is the point I guess.