I’d love if the photographers names popped up on screen as you talk about each one. Trying to figure out how all of these names are spelled to go and look them up and learn more is very tough when you only say it one time and sometimes forget to say it at all.
Here's a few more famous photographers you might add to your graph: Annie Leibovitz, Joel Meyerowitz, William Klein, Andrei Kertesz, Martin Parr, Elliott Erwitt, Andreas Gursky, Steve McCurry, Mario Testino, Harry Gruyaert, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Robert Doisneau, Sally Mann, Boris Mikhailov, Edward Burtynsky, Eugene Atget, Marc Riboud, Saul Leiter, Abbas, Philippe Halsman, Don McCullin, Jerry Uelsmann, Platon, David Yarrow, Alex Webb, James Nachtwey, Yousuf Karsh, Alfred Eisenstadt, Frans Lanting, Bruce Davidson, Eliot Porter, Bruce Gilden, Louis Faurer, Raghu Rai, Gueorgui Pinkhassov, Peter Lik
An excellent and interesting video. I was introduced to a couple of photographers I'd never heard of, and had to laugh when I realized I probably have just a little bit of ol' Miroslav in my own work!
Fun video, but I think you grossly underestimate how much money some of the people on your graph made/make over the course of their careers through assignments/licensing/books/print sales. By any measure of net worth or annual income, both Annie Leibovitz and Mary Ellen Mark fall not only in the middle of your graph, but well up toward the top of the "rich" category. Their catalogs and libraries alone are worth more than all but the top contemporary commercial photographers make in a decade. Someone like Joel Peter Witkin has been selling editiioned prints in the mid 4 figures to 5 figures price range for decades - I really don't think he would fall anywhere near the mid line of your graph either. If you want the mid-line to be some kind of middle-class crossover where people could "pay most of their bills", these 3 at least (and I'm sure some of the others who I am less sure of) ought to fall way up to the top of that rich axis. Annie's "money problems" were rich people money problems where bankruptcy solves the problems of their corporation overextending or overexpansion but doesn't really wipe out their personal net worth or take away the personal real estate they own. Having to sell your $30 million dollar home to pay off debt and relocate to a $12 million dollar apartment is not like struggling to pay your healthcare premium next month.
Love this graph!
Hey thanks. I felt inspired 😭
I’d love if the photographers names popped up on screen as you talk about each one. Trying to figure out how all of these names are spelled to go and look them up and learn more is very tough when you only say it one time and sometimes forget to say it at all.
All names added to the description!
Fun and informative! Thanks for the excellent content Zach.
Here's a few more famous photographers you might add to your graph:
Annie Leibovitz, Joel Meyerowitz, William Klein, Andrei Kertesz, Martin Parr, Elliott Erwitt, Andreas Gursky, Steve McCurry, Mario Testino, Harry Gruyaert, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Robert Doisneau, Sally Mann, Boris Mikhailov, Edward Burtynsky, Eugene Atget, Marc Riboud, Saul Leiter, Abbas, Philippe Halsman, Don McCullin, Jerry Uelsmann, Platon, David Yarrow, Alex Webb, James Nachtwey, Yousuf Karsh, Alfred Eisenstadt, Frans Lanting, Bruce Davidson, Eliot Porter, Bruce Gilden, Louis Faurer, Raghu Rai, Gueorgui Pinkhassov, Peter Lik
Did he forget W. Eugene Smith?
Great work. You could certainly do a sequel, as there area some notable omissions (e.g., William Klein, Todd Hido, Eugene Atget, Martin Parr...)
An excellent and interesting video. I was introduced to a couple of photographers I'd never heard of, and had to laugh when I realized I probably have just a little bit of ol' Miroslav in my own work!
Great video...I'm a sucker for a graph!
Thanks! It was fun to make!
Im half sad sack / half weirdo, born poor but I'm on the low end of the rich spectrum since im middle class
Cheers to upwards mobility ✌️📷
Fun video, but I think you grossly underestimate how much money some of the people on your graph made/make over the course of their careers through assignments/licensing/books/print sales. By any measure of net worth or annual income, both Annie Leibovitz and Mary Ellen Mark fall not only in the middle of your graph, but well up toward the top of the "rich" category. Their catalogs and libraries alone are worth more than all but the top contemporary commercial photographers make in a decade. Someone like Joel Peter Witkin has been selling editiioned prints in the mid 4 figures to 5 figures price range for decades - I really don't think he would fall anywhere near the mid line of your graph either. If you want the mid-line to be some kind of middle-class crossover where people could "pay most of their bills", these 3 at least (and I'm sure some of the others who I am less sure of) ought to fall way up to the top of that rich axis. Annie's "money problems" were rich people money problems where bankruptcy solves the problems of their corporation overextending or overexpansion but doesn't really wipe out their personal net worth or take away the personal real estate they own. Having to sell your $30 million dollar home to pay off debt and relocate to a $12 million dollar apartment is not like struggling to pay your healthcare premium next month.
where is W. Eugene Smith
Where would you put yourself?
I think Zach said in the video that he started as a poor sad sack but aims to transition to rich weirdo.
Cool video, especially if you watch it as just an excuse to showcase four dozen photographers and not as anything too serious.