Not ONLY Vivian Maier is so Good of taking Candid Street Photos but she's also Amazing taking Street Portrait.

@ribsy

3 ай бұрын

indeed!

What an excellent plan for a new series. Good luck, man.

@ribsy

8 ай бұрын

Maybe I’ll pick this back up at some point

Beautiful photographs, the one with the mountains in the background is Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur France, where Vivian's mothers side of the family came from. Vivian sold some land there, which financed her travels.

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

thanks for the context!

Love the video format! Refreshing to hear a different perspective on Vivian Maier’s approach.

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching

Wonderful book & the new series is a great idea. Your first one was a real winner! Really enjoyable.

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

Fortuitous. I literally picked up this book yesterday from my local branch of the Seattle Public Library.

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

haha thinkin alike!

@lightloving683

Жыл бұрын

@@ribsy To your point, the Public Library is such a (underused) resource for both print and film. The Seattle Public Library uses the Kanopy app for streaming films, including documentaries on the subject and photographers.

Kenneth Wanda interacts a lot with his subjects. I’ve learned a lot from his videos. Great video Ruby’s!

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

thanks for recommending!

I’m super excited for this series! I think you did a phenomenal job with breaking down Vivian’s work and providing an alternate perspective to her personality. With Instagram, and online magazine and publications libraries get overlooked way too often and they’re a great resource for things like this so thank you for advocating for them and also giving a voice to the “voiceless”. Vivian’s documentary focused on her being secluded, a recluse and extremely introverted but you were able to give context to her personality through her photos which really did her justice. I can’t wait to see you break down the other photographers in this same sense. Lastly #YNWA hahaha happy NewYear bro!

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

thank you! i am very excited for the series as well

I really like the work you did with this video. Production value and you were able to speak so passionately about the photos. Good work brother.

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

thanks my man! we trying

I love studying photobooks to gain the perspectives of other photographers. Hope to see more of this type of video! Also, way to make use of the library system!

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

agreed. photobooks are a great resource

Great photographer and book - so "simple" and deep. I agree it's' all in the eyes - but also in her great sense of background composition and lines. Vivian was awesome in my opinion. Thanks for your nice presentation and review. Well done.

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

yea she is great. she really seems like a fun photography friend to have. would have loved to walk the streets with her

really enjoying this format. Great discussion on such an enigmatic photographer.

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

much appreciated homie!

Great series, idea. I love sitting in the library looking at photo books. It’s how I discovered Gordon Parks, my current favorite.

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

yea! i need to hit the BIG Brooklyn library soon. the one near my apt is a smaller one

Oh man awesome series idea and a great episode to start with. Thank you.

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

Such an underrated channel, such cool content.

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching

I love this video and looking forward to more in this series. It has inspired me to go out with my Ricohflex and shoot street portraits! Keep up the good work.

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

really cool, im glad

This is brilliant! I want to try this type of street photography! My office is also across from the NYPL and I have not been in so long! I know where I’m headed next week! Thanks for sharing this! 📚 📸

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

def! take full advantage but leave some books for me 😂

Thanks for sharing Ribsy!

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

thanks my guy!

Really enjoyed this. You have created your own character niche with your channel. Well done! Just what we should all do with our photography.

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

i appreciate this

Liked this video and you're thorts

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching

Cool video and cool new series! Engaging with folks out on the streets can mean the difference between taking a photograph or actually creating a portrait. When you get a person to feel at ease with you that person feels no inhibitions to feel vulnerable for you in front of the camera. That’s when you get the real person and a real portrait.

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

totally agree! engaging people directly brings its own value to the table

I love that you're doing this. Vivian Maier is a fantastic jumping-off point for the series. I'm looking forward to future installments.

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

I love having my library card. Can't wait to see what you have in store for this series.

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

yea! alot more coming

She was a very competent photographer, and its nice to see that she also interacted with some of the subjects she photographed. It would be nice to be able to time travel and be a fly on the wall.

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

she definitely was

This is a great idea for a series. I just looked up this book on Amazon and they're listing the hardcover for $129. Public libraries are an often overlooked resource for all of us. Also, I'm really impressed by these portraits -- I have one of her larger book and I've not seen most of these photos.

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

wow! thats expensive -- didn't even realize it

Super interesting idea and series. I seem to remember from the documentary on her that she didn't necessarily interact with people and the fact that she was so tall, got really close to people and used a TLR, it gave that particular look.

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

so many of the images in this book showcase eye contact with smiles, so i think there was lots of interaction at least for the images in this book

I have found the camera you use helps example is if I go out with my Yashica Mat 124g people will stop abs ask you about the camera or what is it this gives you the opportunity for a good quality portrait. If I go out say with a modern digital camera people react totally different and sometimes aggressively the older cameras seems to be able to break the ice

@bruce-le-smith

Жыл бұрын

oh yeah that's a good tip, thanks!

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

yea def! those are conversation starters

Cool series! Also, libraries are a great service. I have a Kobo eReader and can download digital books from my library account directly to it over any wifi connection. So you might also be able to read some good fiction or non-fiction in addition to borrowing nice photo books! I'm sure it works on a tablet or phone too, if you don't mind reading that way. I like the Kobo because the eInk interface doesn't shine light in my eyes, it's lightweight and has good weather sealing, and it can handle open-source ePub file formats.

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

thanks for the recomendation!

This is what the art of photography channel was like before he sold out. I miss those days.

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

interesting!

@flam3srock

Жыл бұрын

@@ribsy not implying anything. Thanks for keeping it real

I've just read Vivian Maier Developed by Ann Marks which is primarily a biography rather than book of photos. A few people she (Ann Marks) interviewed for the book said Vivian Maier could be very intrusive when photgraphing people on the street, and didn't respect their privacy, dignity or personal space. It's paradoxical that her photos show empathy and compassion for the underprivileged but none at all in the way they were taken. There are a few tape recordings she made interviewing people about their political and other opinions. One I remember hearing is her asking people what they thought about Richard Nixon and she came across as very pushy to the extent that would antagonise most people. It's reasonable to assume she adopted the same behaviour to her photographic subjects in the instances where she actually spoke to them.

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

interesting. i hadn't heard this before. definitely the opposite of the shy quirky persona pushed in the earlier books

May suggest a few books? Worlds in a Small Room-Irving Penn The Americans-Robert Frank

@ribsy

11 ай бұрын

👍🏽

As long as a photo can be recognized as a portrait instead of a candid street photo, then fine. Some people stage the events, and that is in fact theatre and not street photography. You are a director and they - they are actors. If a person spots what you are doing, and you appear to have bruised the shot, but get a great reaction to your presence, so be it. It is still not staged. I try not to become the subject of a scene. True street photography is closer to that of documentary, though your job is getting that background, and story to come across, possibly with a bit of mystery, or at the least some element of interest to it. I would certainly include portraits in street photography books, as long as it is obvious as to what occurred. Talking to people along the way is wonderful indeed. Vivian appears to have many candid shots. Those are harder to do with the cameras she had in hand. We have it easy, ya know. The problem nowadays seems to be that of slowing people down to look, and the shorten attention span. Will people take a minute to go over my photos to look for the meaning and catch every element within the photo? The Instagram world apparently is not helping the art of photography one bit. - Loren Schwiderski

@ribsy

9 ай бұрын

its all fair game (as long as you are sincere)

Vivian Maier, never existed, is the creation of Joan Fontcuberta, a great Spanish photographer, teacher and philosopher. It was an experiment for an investigation and its documentary. The photos were taken by him. He said that one day looking through the boxes full of old photos of him, he came up with that idea. She was a photography social experiment by Joan Fontcuberta.

@ribsy

Жыл бұрын

hmmmm ok

@Dark35966

11 ай бұрын

I'm sorry, but with all the proof that has come out that she DID exist, I'd say your theory is BS !

@damarisbb4526

11 ай бұрын

@@Dark35966 Is not… go, look for Joan Fontcuberta…. You are in the experiment. Why is nothing in court… no case, no lawyers… search…. Nothing in court… everything was fake…. Fontcuberta has many friends on magazines, News papers, on media…. Is not only him, is a group of peoples that help with the experiment.