Author Topic: Your Fave Photography-related Video Online? (Read 8432 times)

Ed Wenn · « **on:** February 15, 2010, 11:29:26 AM »

Wasters, if you get a sec I'd love to hear from you about your favourite piece of online video related to film (or trad process) photography. A link to the clip is vital and a sentence or two explaining why you like it would be great too.

Only one recommendation per person to start with please - I'm trying to get your absolute first choice piece of video & do not want to be swamped with links. I'm sure there's some amazing stuff out there.

I'll kick things off with a charming, DIY piece which I've cited before in several places. It's from sometime Filmwaster and good friend, Cameron Stepehen, who lives in Australia. He's a family man like myself and so I see a lot of parallels between the glimpse we get into his life through this video & my own...except his kids are a little older than my own.

Anyway, I've watched this a number of times and it never fails to raise a grin: Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day part 1. Part 2 is great too, but as I said we should only post one recommendation I can't very well break that rule with the first post

Stu · « **Reply #1 on:** February 15, 2010, 12:10:08 PM »

Good plan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6l09YEeEpI would have to be my choice. It may seem a little cliched choosing a Cartier-Bresson film but he is significantly responsible for my enjoyable but expensive hobby!

I've actually got this on DVD - We all know his photos but this intersperses them with interview footage and an insight into the live and mind of Monsieur HCB.

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #2 on:** February 15, 2010, 02:20:32 PM »

Hi Stu, no problems at my end about you recommending a classic. It just went with something closer to home because I figured everyone else would bring out the links to 'the greats', so I'm glad you plumped for this. Cheers for responding.

Urban Hafner · « **Reply #3 on:** February 15, 2010, 03:16:36 PM »

I don't know much about film development but I plan to start developing my own black and white negatives in the near future. So this small tutorial on how to develop bw negatives in Caffenol-C is just the right thing for me: http://www.vimeo.com/1453056

Urban

choppert · « **Reply #4 on:** February 15, 2010, 07:22:54 PM »

Stephen Shore manages to combine the wonderful with the slightly bonkers/unnerving! Nice video though, elements of technical stuff for the dweebs among us (of which Mrs Chops is happy to call me one!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m5flmLiEDA

Windy · « **Reply #5 on:** February 15, 2010, 08:16:24 PM »

My personal favourite is this one about James Ravilious - the link shown to me (thanks again) by Andrea. Why? I like the documentation of rural England and it kind of brings back memories of a childhood in rural Staffordshire and the time spent working on a friend's dad's farm

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #6 on:** February 15, 2010, 09:36:10 PM »

Quote from: Windy on February 15, 2010, 08:16:24 PM

My personal favourite is this one about James Ravilious - found thanks (again) to Andrea. Why? I like the documentation of rural England and it kind of brings back memories of a childhood in rural Staffordshire and the time spent working on a friend's dad's farm

Hi Windy, I'm a huge James Ravilious fan; looking forward to seeing this one.

Wensleydale Blue · « **Reply #7 on:** February 17, 2010, 11:47:22 AM »

As somebody who has only started shooting street work in the last year or so, this video of Daido Moriyma was a major influence on me. Not particularly in terms of style but in how one can go about it and just simply how exhilarating it can be working like this (despite the occasional hassle).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VViYphLJWOk

Trouble is its since cost me a small fortune purchasing half a dozen of his books!

Graham

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #8 on:** February 17, 2010, 10:04:27 PM »

Good call, Graham. Daido Moriyama is one of those photographers that I could spend hours watching/looking at his work.

Skorj · « **Reply #9 on:** February 18, 2010, 01:13:03 AM »

Quote from: ed.wenn on February 17, 2010, 10:04:27 PM

Good call, Graham. Daido Moriyama is one of those photographers that I could spend hours watching/looking at his work.

A great photographer indeed. Some of his early original prints are the most stunning I have ever seen. The Hokkaido set in particular. His new book is a series of peel-apart Polaroids.

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Skorj · « **Reply #10 on:** February 18, 2010, 01:31:25 AM »

This guy just bought a Fujipet from me... Mijonju.

Ed Wenn · « **Reply #11 on:** February 18, 2010, 08:46:20 AM »

Quote from: Skorj on February 18, 2010, 01:31:25 AM

This guy just bought a Fujipet from me... Mijonju.

And a fine person he seems to be. The inspiration in fact behind the Filmwasters video podcast.

LT · « **Reply #12 on:** February 18, 2010, 08:55:59 AM »

dont forget our companion filmwaster Susan Burnstine ..

http://www.finearttv.tv/en/fine-art/uncovered/susan-burnstine-the-dream-passenger

Klaark · « **Reply #13 on:** February 18, 2010, 01:54:57 PM »

Quote from: Skorj on February 18, 2010, 01:13:03 AM

A great photographer indeed. Some of his early original prints are the most stunning I have ever seen. The Hokkaido set in particular. His new book is a series of peel-apart Polaroids.

What's the book called? I saw a copy of 'Hokkaido' at the Photographer's Gallery in London but it was over 250 quid so I couldn't afford it. I did pick up a signed copy of his '何かへの旅', though.

Francois · « **Reply #14 on:** February 18, 2010, 04:10:51 PM »

Quote from: ed.wenn on February 18, 2010, 08:46:20 AM

Quote from: Skorj on February 18, 2010, 01:31:25 AM
This guy just bought a Fujipet from me... Mijonju.

And a fine person he seems to be. The inspiration in fact behind the Filmwasters video podcast.

It was my first time watching his stuff... very funny

Susan B. · « **Reply #15 on:** February 19, 2010, 09:28:04 AM »

Quote from: leon taylor on February 18, 2010, 08:55:59 AM

dont forget our companion filmwaster Susan Burnstine ..

http://www.finearttv.tv/en/fine-art/uncovered/susan-burnstine-the-dream-passenger

oh, leon...
*blushing*

LT · « **Reply #16 on:** February 19, 2010, 11:18:39 AM »

also - http://michaelkenna.net/interviews/hokkaido_j.html , the guide to umbrella toting photographer's assistants.

K. Praslowicz · « **Reply #17 on:** February 20, 2010, 03:57:46 AM »

I'm partial to the video of Mark Cohen flashing people in the street. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOr5MHlJQUA

So many people made such a stink about the asshole tactics of Bruce Gilden flashing people. Watching Cohen do the same thing, and often at much closer ranges, while not coming off as threatening or aggressive I find rather amazing.

Karl · « **Reply #18 on:** February 23, 2010, 11:18:51 PM »

Not an area I've gone into too much BUT i've just got an iphone and subscribed to the Magnum In Motion podcasts. Great stuff. You can see them at the Magnum website

http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com/

I also liked the Titarenko link that someone posted a while back.

http://www.alexeytitarenko.com/about_doc.html

and www.lensculture.com has some good videos and galleries

Lino · « **Reply #19 on:** October 15, 2010, 03:36:00 AM »

I might be a little late but, i really liked the one about James Ravilious. I did not knew about him.

I also dig these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql0l3y9-Lv4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Om7TYxIy68w

Josef Koudelka. It just shows his contact sheets with a little comentary. But i think its great!

moominsean · « **Reply #20 on:** October 15, 2010, 03:47:17 AM »

interesting little video of stephen shore explaining one of his shots

http://www.nrw-forum.de/der_rote_bulli_stephen_shore_und_die_neue_duesseldorfer_fotografie

gothamtomato · « **Reply #21 on:** October 15, 2010, 03:47:53 AM »

I love this one. It's so zen:

http://www.michaelkenna.net/interviews/hokkaido_j.html

Phil Bebbington · « **Reply #22 on:** October 15, 2010, 05:31:15 PM »

I have always found the work of Alexey Titarenko inspiring. This documentary describes his thoughts as well as his process. http://www.alexeytitarenko.com/about_doc.html

Mojave · « **Reply #23 on:** October 15, 2010, 06:22:55 PM »

Have no videos to add. Just wanted to say I loved the Susan B. video. Very inspiring.

Late Developer · « **Reply #24 on:** October 15, 2010, 08:08:01 PM »

Just by way of a bit of a poke at Digital and Nikon (I have a Nikon system but even I can see the funny side of this)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnwf2RShNV0

There are a couple of classic lines in there, especially the last couple.....

sapata · « **Reply #25 on:** October 16, 2010, 01:14:09 AM »

This is one of my favourites http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iqFdY5vD8c&feature=related

"...was made from 991 pictures, originally captured from 38 pinhole matchbox cameras in just one action (four hours of duration). It shows, in 3.5 minutes, the transmutation/movement of Ver-O-Peso Market in 360 degrees. It starts in the frenetic movement in the first hours of the morning, and keeps capturing pictures until the end of day in the market."