Martin Munkácsi was groundbreaking - awesome that you appreciate & honor this singular genius and his amazing and varied body of work! Eternal indeed. I had the privilege to see his work exhibited in Munich. Went there 3 times during my short stay over

I really enjoyed this episode. I also liked the book approach. While you are not able to zoom in and out, being able to see the paired images at the end of the episode was one of the most impressive displays of Munkácsi's work. I look forward to new episodes each week. Well done!

For me this photograph was the spark that ignited my enthusiasm,I suddenly realized that by capturing the moment photography was able to achieve eternity.It was the only photograph to have influenced me,this picture has such intensity,such joy de vive,such a sense of wonder that countinues to fascinate me to this day.I suddenly understood that photography can fix eternity in a moment.-Henri Cartier Bresson

I guess the biggest asset of these great photographers is their eyes! We have passed through a lot of these scenes in our life over and over again - but we never thought that they could be captured in such amazing way!

I am still catching up. Your artists series is a college degree in its own right, Ted.

The value of this channel... it´s unique.

What an amazing photographers! His work is outstanding thank you for bringing him to light!

As my wise art professor taught me long ago always keep looking around. Take photos, look at photos, read about photography. I came across Munkacsi a while back, thanks to a new friend at the University of Kansas. Always good to learn more about the world around us. Thank you for this video!

Thanks, Ted, for elevating a photographer that is relatively unknown. Nice job!

It is very curious how many great Hungarian photographers were out there in the first half of the twentieth century: Andre Kertész, Moholy Nagy László, Brassai, Munkácsi, Frank Horváth, Robert Capa etc. It seems that the medium was somehow well suited for them. Almost all of them became famous abroad unfortunately...

I'd never heard of him. Thank you for making this video. These are some spectacular photos in general, and quite extraordinary for their time.

What a discovery! Amazing, thank you!

great episode! thanks for the wonderful introduction to Munkácsi.

Love Martin Munkacsi. Thanks for telling me more about him, very interesting.

Didn't know about him.... Such a brilliant artist..Thank you for presentation!

Opened my eyes to a whole new world of photography, thank you.

this being the first I've seen of Munkacsi's images, I can feel an immensely prominent visual signature that I've never felt before, and yet it pushes me to create more unique and creative work in my own photography. that is some staggering work. wow.

Thanks for all your lessons about these past masters !! Great !!!

I have just found these videos from 2014 where you introduce us to different photographers. I do not have a formal photography education and I really enjoyed your presentation on these. It is one thing to look at photos from the past great photographers - it is most helpful to have someone explain and walk us through the photographs so we understand what makes them so great. The fact that you added some biographical information on the photographers made it even more interesting. Thank you for these kind of videos.

I love this series! Really inspiring and also I wouldn't find all of them by myself I'm sure. This episode was really close to my heart, seeing a fellow hungarian man in your video! Best regards Ted ! :D

Great images far ahead of their time, and a great video and narrative.

Another fascinating step in the series. Well done! Thank you!

An absolutely enthralling review - thank you!

I liked the whole voice over that you did and then actually going over the physical book instead of doing it online like you would normally do

Just love this guys delivery. I am getting into taking pics more now...only on my phone cause its what i can afford for now but i really like how he analyses everything.

Thank you so much for bringing this amazing photographer to our attention. I really love his work and his thinking. As you say, incredible that he was doing this with a large format, what a brilliant talent and man. My favourite I think, was the motorcycle through a puddle. I must get that book. Thanks again Ted, I really love your channel, you always get me thinking.

Amazing! Thank you for talking in so much detail about the work of Munkacsi. I have seen a lot of Munkacsi at the Royal Academy 'Eyewitness' exhibition in 2011. Wonderful introduction to yet another photobook, which might appear in my collection

Thank you for introducing me to him -- what great work!

Ted, Great video and very inspirational. Love your show. Keep up the great work.

Amazing story and pictures, thanks for the video, been really enjoying these for the last couple of days.

your channel makes youtube better! thank you Ted for your contribution!

Amazing video, rare by youtube standards! Thank you for this excellent work.

Great photographer, wonderful show!

Great photographer, beautiful work!

Great as usual Ted. I love the pic of kids in Liberia. Amazing indeed.

We are just a tiny part of time. The juxtaposition sequence was very interesting. Thank you.

Brilliant photography. Thanks Ted.

Dear Ted, thank you so much for this special on Martin Munkácsi. He is really great!! I had never heard of him before, I am sorry to say. But thanks to you I have been able to wander in his book and see the photos through your eyes. I am grateful for your sharing this with me. I am so lucky to have lived another photography day with you :-). Please stay well ... I cannot and do not want a day without your lessons :-)

Very interesting episode. Thank you very much! - still can't believe that he used a large format camera. Amazon and bookdepository should cut you a check. I bought so many books based on your videos....

always great videos from a long time ago

Bought Martins book based off this episode & love it. Thanks

I think that could be your best and most interesting video yet. Thanks so much. Until I watched it I had no idea that Munkácsi had been quite so influential. I also had no idea how intrusive the Pintrest website was. It's a great video and I love the new format.

beautiful, thank you!

Thank you for bringing him to my mind. Im looking into his books

Way ahead of his time for sure. probably my favourite out of the ones you've featured so far. Also love that unpublished book!

Agreed! One of photography’s unsung heroes or ‘influencer’! RIP Martin Munkacsi!

Amazing! thanks for share

Another great video Ted. I really liked the photograph five minutes of the umbrellas. thanks for opening my eyes to another fantastic photography. keep it going thank you

Great post as always Ted. Before watching the video I googled Munkácsi just so I could get a feel for what he does before watching the episode and at first I have to admit I was a little meh about it. Great period work, but pretty standard for the time... but then I started to see an underlining congruity with his work and the more I saw, the more I liked. THEN I saw the horse diptych that you show as part of his last unpublished book ..and that one floored me. Ill buy the book for that image alone. The image of wild horses, followed by the captive is magical and thought provoking. Thanks so much for doing this episode!

Here after your latest video. I was never familiar with Munkacsi and I am glad I am now. Beautiful work. Oh btw, that hair though. :)

Superb...thank you.

Great episode Ted,I have nothing against Pinterest but embedding the photos within the episode works much better, I had only heard about Munkacsi in relation to the Cartier-Bresson quote, so you have extended my knowledge about this great photographer. Thanks.

Great stuff. Thanks for educating me.

oh my my, loved it, really inspired

Pairings, very interesting. I'm inspired.

Love your videos and ideas ,everything.

I am almost started to be convinced, you are the best at​ presenting photography on you tube

Really enjoyable and informative!!

Thanks from México !!!

Amazing work.

Well done! Enjoyed this narrative.

Complacency gets the best of even the most legendary of photographers

WOW! Thanks Ted! Lately I've been thinking a lot about buying a serious camera (very high pixel count), so I can use the strategy of taking large/high res photos...to capture ALL that a scene has to offer, then artistically cropping it later. Like you said, he knew exactly where to be to capture a scene, and how to tell it's story. Thanks again Ted!

Absolutely intriguing.

Well done Ted. I like your new format with the narrative over the photos. Our new, innovative photographers need to know that we have a history.

Great work Ted. Had no idea about him, but his work was clearly amazing.

That last book which he didn't have a chance to publish.... It is simply stunning, duality at its best.

Great pics

Thanks for this great tribute to my favorite photographer. Some of Munkacsi's photographs are absolutely the best ever. I love Richard Avedon but frankly, Munkacsi's work generally stands far above that of Avedon.

ah yeah this is great! So mutch better then all the gear talk! Thnx, very inpsioring!

Martin Munkácsi wa new to me until I saw this and as a guy that got into photography through sports while being half-hungarian I feel so inspired now. Thank you!

Great presentation Ted!

Wow I really appreciate this video thank you

I watch your videos over and over.

Great episode, Ted, and I do like the "real" book (""old style"") very much, so no need to apologize for that!!

Outstanding Ted Forbes' overview of Martin Munkácsi

it's now 2019, i'm late in finding you work mr forbes, (is it ted?} but pr'aps you'll somehow receive my message. which is that you open the door to pure magic - bravo you. your videos about art, about life are superalative. many thanks.

thank you for the lesson, ted!

Thank you !

Really enjoyed how you had a personal touch to this video. About artists and their successes and downfalls. On a separate note, I'd like to make a suggestion if possible Ted? Whilst I love and very much enjoy your channel, it would be awesome to mix in the old with some newer photographers. - Like you mentioned in this post, there's always a new batch of photographers doing amazing stuff; and whilst we should learn from the old, it would be awesome to also be aware of what the newer talents are/were up to. And more importantly, hear what you think of them? :) Anyway great stuff and I also loved the part of how Martin was working closely with the Hitler regime too.

Great pigs thanks for the info

Multumesc pentru video.

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@@theartofphotography Thank you for this excellent introduction to Munkácsi's work. I just ordered the book.

Great content , thanks for bringing spotlight on this artist. The way you introduce these photography heroes is so captivating and makes us to want to know more. This one makes me stop and think about depth of my own photography, self discover and be able to verbalize why I took this shot. What other similar vision photographers would you recommend to research?

Thanks!

I love the edition of the book! ("edição" in Portuguese)

Thank you

Underrated

have you ever done a show on Horst? i recently went to an exhibition at the V&A in London with his work and loved it! would love to know a bit more about him

Ted, another beautiful and important episode. I'd like to translate it to Portuguese . If possible, how should I send you the subtitles?

I love you ted Forbes

Hi ted how about a blog about voigtlander bought 2 35mm the lenses the skopa and lantra are amazing. Regards

Thanks Ted

Beauty

Thank you! Great stuff! but there is lot of noise in the background, i guess you could have removed it in editing.

Never heard of him! Thanks so much. Love your series.

Thanks for the upload Ted..never heard of the dude before you opened my eyes to him. Knew the boys running photo, lovely and joyful. I find his overall work a bit too cold, too impersonal, lacking heart and humanity. more style (certainly a beautiful, eye popping style thou) than substance. His pictures are visually satisfying, compositionally exciting but overall lacks emotional power. Like a beautiful sports car but with no engine. Thanks again for sharing

For the record, anyone watching this in 2018, hello, hi, how are ya? $100,000 in 1933 is the equivalent to $1,881,862.60 nowadays. This man was paid a lot of money.

BTW, with inflation, Munkacsi's salary of $100,000 ar Harpers would compute to $1,800,000 in current dollars!

Mickey Rooney, not Andy Rooney?