Matt Black: The Photographer Breaking Barriers Through Images.
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Video Breakdown
00:00 Intro.
01:03 The Steinbeck of Photography I.
05:20 The Geography Of Poverty.
07:06 Tunetank.
08:16 The Geography Of Poverty II.
09:26 The Touching & The Troubling.
10:54 Outro.
Matt Black: Opening New Worlds Through Photography.
By Tatiana Hopper
January 2024
Copyright disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.
Under this guidance, I’ve created content which is guided towards the education, celebration and promotion of said photographs and photographers who have contributed immensely to the art of photography.
An effort is made by the presenter, verbally and through the usage of links (in the video’s description) to encourage the audience to explore the work presented beyond the video and engage with said content through books, articles and relevant links to each photographer’s own social media.
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📌 What other contemporary photographers would you like to see?
Gordon Parks, John Simmons ASC, Gregory Hatton, Chaz Niel and Tyler Harris (not very well known but his work is 👌🏽)
If you haven't already, Bruce Davidson. Close to contemporary. Thank you for this vid, it was awesome.
How about a couple of family photographers...? Alain Laboile Lisa Sorgini and Isa Russ's work is amazing. I also love Kennedy Carter's cowboys work too.
@@michaelacedeno I know am familiar with a couple of names on your list so I’m excited to dig the rest, thanks 🙏🏻
@@ghostdragon9221 Bruce Davidson is a really good option I personally think he would make an excellent video or maybe picking up one of his books
Thank you again for another thoughtful video. I'm so discouraged by almost all of the videos on youtube now about photography. They don't bring anything intellectual to the conversation. Your channel is the only one I watch anymore. It's interesting to hear your perspective on America. I find it fascinating to hear how people from around the world view America. America is hard to put into one box. We are so different from state to state and even within each state there are so many differences. Anyway, thank you so much for what you do! Looking for inspiration in Boise, Idaho, U.S.A. :)
This is a very well done video. I appreciate Matt Black’s photography and his wanting to call attention to the most in need, and struggling citizens of America. I believe there is quite a bit more to the story that Mr. Black’s photos do not or cannot address or show. The why’s and who’s of why this situation continues, and why most of these areas or cities in these states that he chose to shoot in, just seem to never improve. Some of it is circumstantial, some of it is by design. None of it is good. As good and enlightening as his photos are they just scratch the surface of a problem that has plagued this country for much too long. Thank you for bringing this video to us and for all of your hard work! Stay safe! God bless! 🙏✌️
Really good point Joe! I think you have made some excellent points that I should have added to the video in all honesty. I guess the situation is most definitely a very complicated one, I appreciate your insight on this and thank you for watching my friend 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Since 2001, I live in California's central valley, in the town of Davis, which is where the University of California, Davis (where I work and got my PhD) is situated. The town is a middle and upper class town surrounded by farmland, gorgeous farmland. (Well, at least to me.) But, as a refugee who as a lived on surplus US government food and whose parents were both factory workers (they were not factory workers back home, though), I often wonder where farm workers and the poor are in this are, where they live. Yes, we do have homelessness here, but it is rarely visible out in the street like it is in cities; there are many students here who are broke and/or come from poor households, but they are rarely visible. The good thing is, the university has programs that assist students w2ho are in financial need, who sometimes cannot afford meals.
Really enjoyed this because it made me grateful for where and how I live now (kinda the American Dream, but my way, and it has been an interesting/challenging journey) but also because Matt Black's work that you shared and your fine commentary once again reminded me that those of us who are fortunate can do a lot to share the abundance that we enjoy.
And, BTW, stunning photography. Stunning B&W.
Thank you.
Your comment is super important because it highlights the experience of someone who has lived a close enough reality to perhaps some of the subjects in these photos. And as immigrant myself I do connect with what you said there, mine might not be the “American” but it certainly is close to your experience and makes me grateful for the opportunities I’ve had into today. Thanks Fernando! 🙏🏻
This was amazing! Really loved his work and shall pick up his book! Thanks for this video!
Great! Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy the book as much as I did!
@@TatianaHopper also I think the Malcom X quote was very fitting.
@@mid90s75 tbh I found it quite randomly and thought it fitted the video and the message in the images, thanks :)
Tatiana te amo, i really love how you narrate every video, always on point
I love the work that you do. It's all so interesting and educating, you make me think, thank you
Thank you for tuning in with the channel Craig!
Well done Tatiana, I only became aware of Black's work a few years back but immediately connected with it since I myself live in a small southern town in Florida and have seen in essence the many things of what you have described and Black has manage to capture through is images.
I’m glad you’re connected with it, I connected with it in a different way as an immigrant myself I really have the utmost respect for people who leave everything behind and subject themselves sometimes to live in very dubious or bad situations so that they can have better opportunities in life. And seeing these images is really a really check of some of the things I’ve not lived but seen happening. So I appreciate them immensely! Thanks for watching Rich 🙏🏻
Another excellent mini documentary about a photographer and his work. Matt Black captured not only the heart of his subjects.How Americans look upon the 'foreigners' who migrate to 'the promise land'. The separation between the middle class and those who work all their lives with little to show for it. Very moving documents.
This is the best source of inspiration I have come across in a long time. Insightful and open minded commentary full of historical references and incredibly well crafted. Your views have opened new avenues of exploration in photography and added an element of risk taking and adventure that has been missing for a while in some of my work.
Hi! Thanks so much for your comment and I appreciate your feedback about the videos and this particular video. I look forward to continue producing videos with similar value 🙏🏻
humbling, excellent piece highlighting the importance of having an emotional connection with your subject
Excellent point David! Thanks for watching!
ur vids are always so thoughtful and relaxing, i recommend ur channel to anyone i meet interested in photography :) love the detail shots you included too
Thank you so much! I so appreciate it, I’ll keep making videos! :)
The first 30 seconds of this video give me goosebumps!! Very good!!! It
Thank you so much ✨
Love this video and all the others like it, but also love the ones that you do showcasing celebrities whether in music or films/theater that we never knew had a passion for photography!!!! Just really good stuff!!!!! Thanks!!!!
Thank you so much, appreciate your support!
Thank you so much for sharing this video Tatiana! Im a geographer, but also a photographer... and always have apppreciated Matt Blacks work and projects. It was an amazing video. You described most of his work in a coherent and clear (almost poetic) way.
Again, thank you so much!!! and greetings from Chile!
Thank you so much for watching and for your feedback Tomas, greetings to Chile!
Beautifully researched and crafted, madam! I do love your show.
I love all your videos it’s like flipping through a book of photos!
Thank you Christopher! Really appreciate it!
Beautiful, thank you. Cheers from Poland
Thank you for watching, greetings to Poland!
This one was true to the times we live in. Enjoyed it much, now we can see how covid has impacted our lives this is the truth, even though some businesses are gone forever & our workforce has been altered. We still push on
I didn't realize there are large Mixtec communities here in San Diego and Tijuana, it seems most people are from Culiacan and the northwestern parts of Mexico. Indigenous communities are an integral part of Mexican culture and today make up about %15 of the population. Francisco Jimenez wrote a nice series of books for young adults based on his life growing up in Santa Maria, California and working as a field worker but going on to become a university professor.
I watch and enjoy all of your work Tatiana. But this one is really good. I had never heard of Matt Black, but I am def going to check him out.
At first I thought you were profiling a photographer from the 30’s or 50’s…until I saw the dates on the images.
A powerful photographer who deserves documenting. You def have done him justice.
Thank you.
John
Glad you enjoyed his work, for this video I picked up his book American geography which I highly recommend if you’re interested in seeing more, thanks for watching!
Thanks for the interesting and informative video Tatiana. I enjoy hearing about contemporary photographers to learn about the current subjects they choose to explore.
Appreciate the feedback Darrell! 🙏🏻
Loved the flamenco intro 💃
Black, like Soth are going to be remembered the years to come as two of the absolute greats of American photography 👌
Yes I thought perhaps could fit with the Latin nature / feel of most of the images here. Thank you for your comment and for watching!
Couldn't have put it better myself 👏👏👏
Dear Tatiana you are for me one of the best youtube Channel on photography if not the best
Thank you so much Roberto!
I have never met Tatiana nor been in contact. So I have no horse in this race.
I went to an art university! This lady teaches, exceptionally well, in less than quarter of an hour what my tutors my lecturers took three hours to lecture about.
She is succinct, eloquent and accurate. She goes far deeper than UK colleges and is an epic alternative to lectures. Or learn Czech and go to FAMU.
That is a very kind comment I really appreciate the feedback, thanks so much for both watching and leaving your thoughts, I look forward to create more videos like this 🙏🏻
Great video as always. I had heard of this work but not in this detail. Thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Let's goooo! I've been looking forward to this one.
Perfect timing!! ;)
Your comments are great, thank you.
Thank you for watching!
I am looking forward to his workshop I am attending this April. I am from the same area he grew up in CA.
Thank you for doing such a nice job. You are really inspiring me to get out and make new photos. Keep up the good work.
Glad I do through the videos, thank you so much David!
Great. Thank for this
Thank you for watching!
Great photographer. Excellent video.
Thank you Geoff!
Very well presented and, as usual, well thought and well put. A lot of photography channels pay way too little attention to language. They ramble and stumble across the topics for 20 minutes without saying half as much as you do in five minutes. Thank you!
Well sometimes God knows I ramble too 😅 but when it’s a documentary styled piece that I’m able to write and narrate I’m better at sticking to the point, thanks for watching!
Hi, Dear Tatiana.
You are doing a heck of a job, my friend.
Antoine.
Wonderful! Thanks for this awesome video.
Thank you for watching 🙏🏻
An outstanding photographer. Although he makes a lot of people think of the depression era ‘dustbowl’ photography of Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange, he makes me think of Sebastiao Salgado.
Came across his work last year good to see you cover him.
Thank you for watching 🙏🏻
Really enjoyed this monochromatic presentation … so many thought provoking images along with your insightful narrative. Ta very much. 📷🙂 PS: As it happens I recently ordered my first proper photo book and it was delivered to my front door today … Michael Kenna’s Photographs & Stories. I very much enjoy creating and viewing B&W images … perhaps one day you might give us your take on Michael Kenna.
Oh lovely! I will check out his work as I don’t think I’m familiar, so thanks for the suggestion and thank you for watching!
This video is great!
I'm from the Centeal Valley and have visited many of the small towns mentioned, and if not, then have heard of them because they're within an hr or two of where I live!
Great! Thanks for watching 🙏🏻
That was so well done! Thank you!
Thank you for watching Paul!
The vid is great, as usual, Tatiana, and thanks for it. As a general introduction for the artist it works beautifully. But, you may need to focus a little more on the details rather than a overlooked global aspect of the artist's work.
A picture is worth a thousand words, and i know this is as difficult to ask, as a task, to perform, but your overall work mrs Tatiana would greatly improve if you could find times and spaces to question what a perticuliar frame is all to give. Refining the details, reframing the light, questioning the framing, and delivering how your personnal VIEW on one single photo had enthralled your aesthetic or social personal viewscape.
I hope u do not suffer from my opinion, for I'm enthusiast by your work. It's just that I feel u may get more artisticly involved if u define what's ur own point of view on Matt Black's (or any other's) pictures, one by one, rather than globalizingly summarize it in a YTube-friendly academical and connoisseuresque approach.
PS : excuse my french, i am not a native english speaker.
Post Post Scriptum : despises my tiny and maybe unrelevant criticism, i do love your work, but just hope u would somehow somewhat someday dare to face a more personnally engaged physical, emotional, personal approach to your video essays. Be blessed. Keep it real. You rock.
Hey thank you so much for your constructive comment, I appreciate where you’re coming from, this video is meant to work as an overall approach to his work, hence why the general approach. I have done videos where I speak of particular images and it’s still on the table one of those but about Matt’s work could be very interesting. Thank you for watching and leaving your thoughts 👍🏻
@@TatianaHopper Thanks a lot to you. I hope you didn't mind speaking my mind. A very difficult task, it is, by our dark ages, to try a little suggestion on improvement, for nowadays everyone is on the edge, and by text only u do not get as close to the other one as u would in a face-to-face more friendly conversation. Thanks again for all the wonderful artists u made us discover. Hugs from France :)
Yes don’t worry at all! I’m usually very open to constructive feedback unless if the person is being rude or insulting which usually I don’t give my time of day, you were not and I appreciate your comment!
It's not fair, that flamenco music lights up my calvinist and very mexican heart!... ole, guapa!!
Ahahaha thanks for watching! 🤍
merci , thank you so much
Thanks!
I just read this book "American Geography" last night. What a coincidence, and what amazing (and depressing) photos.
What a coincidence indeed! Great timing either you’re reading my mind or I’m reading yours 😅
Very interesting to be exposed to Black’s work. Thank you.
Thanks
This was very touching!
Indeed!
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I think his theme could equally be applied to the U.K. in 2024
It’s an odd one … where do photographers take inspiration ?
From some it is wildlife, wilderness, landscape etc and that all speaks
For me, this would be my way of showing things I read and see daily, want to shout about and see for what they really are. The photography is only the medium though at that level
I suspect I’d look for local contrast between ares of poor/rich within a few miles (there are plenty) but who knows till you go look eh ?
Made me think so thanks
For all younger people as photographers, your skills are probably perfected to a fair amount but just think of this …
What are you saying through those skills ?
Imagine being closer to 70 than 17 and think what you’d want to say then use your skills to do so
Beats the hell out of doing weddings
What fabulous images. Sort of a cross between Robert Frank and Dorothea Lang. Great video as usual.
Yes that’s what made me make that comment about the possible connection between these images and those classic documentary photos, thanks for watching!
The wealthiest country in the world allows its people to exist like we see in these images. All the while interfering in other nations. Draw your own conclusions. Thanks for a thought provoking video.
Thank you for watching!
Courage is the path from poverty to wealth.
Wow. Great photography.
Thank you for watching!
I consider Matt Black a modern Eugene Smith. Get his book American Geography and check out his documentary short film. Incredibly important for the every day American to see and understand his work.
Interesting take Lucas I personally think I would need to see more to consider him an par with Smith. But I’m open to it certainly will dig more, cheers for sharing your thoughts 🙏🏻
@@TatianaHopper I should have been more precise. Nobody is on par with Smith. In my humble opinion, Smith is the master. I think Black’s aesthetic… to be able to find the “fine art” aspect of every photo he takes, no matter how real and heart breaking it is, is like Smith. That and his long form story telling. I can’t wait to see Black’s work in another 10-20 years. Great video. Thank you as always Tatiana!!
@@lucaslammott1811 ah that makes sense! I get where you’re coming from! Yes I would also like to see what projects he develops in the years to come. Thank you for watching 🙏🏻
As an American, Matt Black’s work is troubling. It’s sad that in this nation, economic and social inequality are still a reality.
I’m not American but it mostly is troubling. We’re all human at the end of the day so gotta be empathetic with each other. That’s how I see it.
I loved this episode because you really realize that you go through life looking without observing, and our world has been hijacked by our selfishness, and we prefer not to observe, believing that by doing so, everything else doesn't exist.
What a great take, you said it better than me, I think that’s the underlying message of Matt Black’s work too, amongst other things, to look around us and realise the experience of others! Thank you so much for watching!
@@TatianaHopper Thanks for your comment, I do really love your channel and your knowledge and how you approach every photographer’s work, it goes beyond the technicalities. Very well done, congratulations
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The camera is a key to other worlds.
Of course, you most definitely need it :)
Great insight to an excellent photographer. Have you considered looking at the work of Bryan Schutmaat (if you haven't already)?
I haven’t actually but I can look into it, thank you for watching Nik!
great work, straight to the bone
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This is great. If you haven't, also check out Danny Wilcox Frazier who documents similar desolate and deeply under-supported american communities
Will do! Thanks for pointing me his way, I’ll most definitely check his images, thanks!
Wonderful Magnum photographer
Indeed! If you check out his page on magnum you find out even more images!
Algunos te vemos de otro país (Perú) y no hablamos inglés, sería lindo que haya subtítulos :)
Hi! I think RUclips still has the option of automatically creating subtitles in different languages (check the video options). Greetings to Peru!
@@TatianaHopper Lo acabo de hacer. Qué genial. Si antes, no entendiendo nada de lo que decías disfrutaba de tus videos, ahora me serán de muchísima más ayuda!
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I agree with you that these photos can and should convey a message, but I can't see how they can reach the people who need to see them, or whether they would have any effect if they did.
Good point, to be honest I didn’t include it in the video but, speculating here I think perhaps if these photos are included in books or presentations designed to perhaps get more help or eyes into the situation, similar to what the photos of Dorothea Lange did in their time.. helping creating programs or even local charities to help people in need, it could be a good way of helping by portraying this ongoing reality, but I don’t know if this has been done or not. So this is my guess. Thanks for watching!
We are under the illusion that the uber rich have a heart and will do anything to help the poor. Photos are revealing to only those who open the book. Reality is that too many vote corrupt people in power, I give you New York as an example, and the problem gets worse. There is no solution. Try to fix not only the U.S, but Canada, Central and South America, Africa, Middle East, Europe, Russia, North Korea, Philippines and China.
Matt is an awesome photographer. Not so much with his politics.
Just wow
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Really Miss your Drake outro music 😅 but totally get the copyright thing.
Oh I still have it might put it up on another vid soon :)
I guess that Matt Black's art form, as being close to his famous predecessors, is intentional. It shows us that nothing changed for the poorest people. Beautiful and tragic. Did anyone accused him to make beauty (and money?) from adversity, as it happened to Salgado?
Tatianna - Did you live or do you live in Ireland? because you have an Irish twang to your accent
you should be a college teacher
Maybe some day ;)
I disagree with american reality. It still stays a social construction from reality. The video is beautiful. But as a european, I cant stop thinking that this american nostalgia feeds the america great again ideology. You are not an exception with this nostalgia, many american channels in photography are in this trend.
Thanks for watching and sharing your opinion!
Tune Tank offers "free copyright removal"? I hope that's not what I think it is. There is no Matt Black or others that you talk about with "free copyright removal". It's all creative people-including you-have. It's a legal right and it's being eroded illegally.
I don’t understand your comment, tunetank offers free copyright removal of music that people use from their platform it has nothing to do with Matt Black or the photos, it’s pretty clear in the video but I’m sure it was misunderstood or something similar.
@@TatianaHopper your sponsor is in the "free copyright removal" business. Copyright is all we-photographers, musicians, artists-have. It's great for free music for your video but when everyone starts to expects and demand copyright free art-photos, music, art-we are cooked. "Free copyright removal" is such a red flag that I had to comment. I respect your photographer education work a lot. You are doing excellent work and telling it to a good sized audience in a compelling way...including your fine introduction to Matt Black.
Ok. I see. Tunetank checks for copyright violations. I did not hear it that way. I heard it in as a way to get around copyright.
@@douglasmaclellan5283 I think those are very different things, tunetank like so many other platforms (artlist, motion array, epidemic) offers free copyright removal over what they own because they acquired the rights of a given song from an artist that willingly sold it to them or have artists under contract to them in order to produce music to be available on their platform which therefore can be used by creators like me or you or anyone else on their projects. No one claims in this video or in any other segment to be offering free copyright removal of anything else that they don’t own - photos and other materials, it is very very clear. I think if people start demanding that it’s really their problem in the sense that it really is not the same as what these platforms do… copyright of images / video / public domain / fair use is not really what we’re taking about in this sponsored segment but rather the copyright the company owns (their music). I hope this clarifies, thanks so much for watching! Peace ✌🏻
Ps - the sponsor is not in the free copyright removal business, I advice to check the links to understand the nature of their business and how it works. It might be helpful.
The FSA lives again through Matt Black’s eyes, ethics, and lens. Thank you TH.
Thank you Stuart!
Tatiana te amo, i really love how you narrate every video, always on point