If anyone studied the history of photography they would never say they disliked pictorialism. Bravo for your wonderful video.

this is wonderful… put words to a feeling i couldn’t express, and taught me a bunch of places to learn more and appreciate more.

Brilliant! Thank you for this marvelous study that inspires me want to learn and appreciate this artform even more.

Another wonderful and informative film John, thanks very much.

Watching this 5 years after it was posted, and I love the style of this photographic genre. Your friend must have been a very good friend indeed to lend his book, I can tell you it's big bucks online.💲💲💲 I even can't get a copy through my local library or inter library loan, must be pretty special.

Thanks. That was a pleasure to watch. And to boot... refreshing compared to the hyper clinical look that most photographers strive for in digital.

Eye opening and inspiring. I think I need to study this further. I had never heard of Pictorialism and only found this because I accidentally clicked on the wrong thumbnail. Thank you.😎

End quote is beautiful! I couldn’t agree more

Thank you for a great vid,so inpiriring for me.

Thanks to Don Camera for his insights and passions..and making this work come alive for us today...

Oh John, this is wonderful! You constantly open my eyes to new things. Or old in this case. :)

@JohnThornton

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Daniel! I hadn't seen this before visiting my friend's house. I love it!

Fantastic video! Very informative and educational.

exceptionally beautiful stuff !

This is a must see for anyone getting into photography as an art.

I really enjoyed that. I worked my way through Whelan's 'Alfred Stieglitz, A Biography". This lecture is quite reflective of this. Haven't had the courage to dive into Edward Steichen's tome yet.

'Pictorialism is far from dead' It's alive and thriving in the advertising and fashion industries. If only Photoshop had been available to O J Rejlander and Henry Peach Robinson. This is a really valuable video.

@lyva

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes limitations breed creativity :)

@geoffreypiltz271

10 ай бұрын

Rejlander's composite photos are amazing productions. The Photoshopping of its time.

Great Job. Thank you.

wow. fantastic video. Thanks!

the absence of clarity and the kind of messiness that comes with this sort of photography is wholly indispensable to me. And I adore it.

Thank you very much!

Thank you for this video. I am studying a Bachelor in Photography at SNHU and this week our topic is "Pictorialism". Your video is interesting and has many outstanding samples. Appreciate it! (Pictorialism will never die with photographers that want to be artistic, my opinion!)

Good stuff, love the music.

Helpful review. Well done.

That digital image with the coal maker, so good

he is the funniest guy i have seen in a while … fantastics photographic work

This is fantastic! I really hope pictorialism is not dead.

Excellent stuff……thank you…..dec. 2022 ..

Beautiful

These photographs are precious 🤍

Good one thanks

your videos have far to little views. This level of editing and research paired with stunning artwork merit hundreds of thousands of views. Your are creating QUALITY content!!!! Thank you!!!

@JohnThornton

6 жыл бұрын

God bless you Martin, you are far too kind! I love making my movies about art and artists, it is so nice of you to give me some encouragement!

@suzannabienkowski2033

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing!! Thank you kindly. I remember studying that one b/w photo, where a pepper is portrayed something akin to the human body. Or was it vice versa? Been too long really. Watching this body of work, again and again, I find I can learn something new every single time. I even shared it with others. Great job! Keep up the good work.

It's funny that many of these images can be re-created with even the simplest digital photo-software. I once used Arcsoft Photostudio 5 and created some very 'dreamy' images by just slightly 'de-focusing' and adding 'grain'.

Thanks for the intersting video. I am wondering does anyone know who created the image at 6:56 in.

Landscape remains the single most popular subject among the wider public.

Great reflection on Pictorialism and above all thank you for all the examples. Probably the first time we are allowed to see so many. But please, write the credits at the bottom of each image and not just a "partial list" at the end that does not mean anything as there is no way for the viewer to associate photograph and photographer. It would show respect to the photographers (and the law) and help educate your audience. Two little things that should be clarified: 1-Léonard Misonne cannot be "considered one of the inspirers of what would become Pictorialism. He started photography in the 1890s and only dedicated himself to the medium from 1896 on. Julia Margaret Cameron's work had long been known. P.H. Emerson had published "Photography, a Pictorial Art" in 1866. Pictorialist circles had already been created in Austria and Englan in 1891. In fact Misonne learnt part of his technique with French Pictorialist Constant Puyot around 1910 and carbon printing with the renowned Fresson (also in Paris). 2-John Heartfield's political collages have far more to do with the Russian avant-garde of the 1910s-1920s than any Pictorial influence. Some key arguments are that his work uses collages and not combined printing in the darkroom; it is essentially political (something that almost no Pictorialist was); it is totally anchored in contemporary/modern life (especially politics) which, as presented in this video, was far from most Pictorialists' preoccupations. I would argue that Heartfield's work has simply nothing to do with pictorialism as a current in photography.

Love the end quote ' Pictorialism is far from death'.

@suzannabienkowski2033

4 жыл бұрын

Agree! Most excellent quote, and one that I copied and will cherish, as well as pass on to others.

@Moodboard39

Жыл бұрын

Never dead

Is it accurate to say that most fine art photographers do today is pictorialism? Of course the photos they produce now don't look similar to the pictorialistic photos from back then because we now use different tools and techniques (or use the same techniques but in a different way) but in term of the definition, we also do emphasis on the beauty of the subject, tonality (colors), composition, lighting... rather than just simple documented photographs, or straight-out-of-the-camera photos

And Luc Sante.

Abstract, symbolism

Pictorialism is not what the artist envisions but rather what the artist sees.

Exposition PICTORIALISME du 27 octobre au 1er décembre du mercredi au samedi de 14h30 à 20h Galerie 291 Paris 32 rue de la Gaité 75014 métro Gaité

@JohnThornton

5 жыл бұрын

Bonne chance et Merci!

I don't know why but I feel like I just want to have a beer with these guys.

@Moodboard39

Жыл бұрын

No more bud light lol

Photo at 10:11?

@sigvardbjorkman

2 жыл бұрын

Any link to a pinterest board of these photos or something like that? Great video by the way!

This is what will kill digital photography, the desire to make everything so pin , pin sharp - 13:12

Отвратительный голос у рассказчика 😢