MichaelChang Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 <p>A series of 6 BBC documentaries from 1983 on master photographers: <br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=BBC+Master+Photographers">https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=BBC+Master+Photographers</a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karim Ghantous Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Thank you for bringing these to our attention. There is so much tripe on YouTube that I forget that there is some gold there. I just watched the Kertesz episode. What a photographer! I love his natural style. I have to shake my head at the editor who said, "You are too human. Your pictures tell too many stories. We have editors to do that." What an awful attitude! That photo of the ballet dancers on the street with the kids looking on is just fantastic. I'll watch the others soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelChang Posted October 4, 2014 Author Share Posted October 4, 2014 <p>Karim, there are many channels offering quality content on YouTube that in many ways it can act as ones only resource, regardless of discipline, and not be missing out.</p> <p>If you have a couple of minutes to check this out - an educational resource which features interviews, profiles, lectures and films about photojournalism, fine art and documentary photography.<br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/DEVELOPPhoto/videos">https://www.youtube.com/user/DEVELOPPhoto/videos</a></p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 <p>YouTube, like <em>everything</em> else, follows Sturgeon's law (generalized):<br> "90% of everything is crap"</p> <p>The trick is how to find the 10%.</p> <p>Where else, but YouTube, could you find Viktor Tsoi imitators? (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=search_videos&search_query=viktor+tsoi&search_sort=relevance&search_category=0&page=">link</a>).</p> <p>Or the correct way to load film into a East German Belplasca stereo camera? (<a href=" )</p> <p> :)</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 <p>oops</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leo_papandreou1 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 <p>Everyone's seen <a href="http://www.veoh.com/watch/v6979965Z5ZpMaRd?h1=Genius+of+Photography+-+1">The Genius of Photography</a>, right? </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelChang Posted October 4, 2014 Author Share Posted October 4, 2014 <blockquote> <p><em>""90% of everything is crap""</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Strangely, I suspect YouTube might be the exception even if I don't have statistics to prove it. It seems there is just as much quality content, rather our perception is skewed by viewer-preference for the world's largest cat database. <br> <br> Leo, I've bookmarked that to watch later. Thanks. </p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leo_papandreou1 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 <p>You're going to have to work for all the episodes though, there's only two at the link. It used to be easier to find. I suggest googling "the genius of photography episode 3" etc.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karim Ghantous Posted October 5, 2014 Share Posted October 5, 2014 <p>It's not so much the content of YouTube that is the issue. It's the platform itself. I find it to be irritating and stay away from it. I long ago stopped posting videos there and might delete my account. Vimeo is far nicer - it's the Flickr of video sites - but not as much, um, 'free' music as on YouTube.</p> <p>90% of the photos on Flickr are crap, too. Actually, more like 99%. People need to be more ruthless when they edit! But it's a nice platform, even though some don't like the changes since Marissa Mayer took over at Yahoo. I don't have any complaints except a bug which seems to have disappeared.</p> <p>Anyway, I'm very much enjoying the series, no matter what platform it's on. I recommend it to everyone.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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