Photographer Reacts to JUERGEN TELLER'S PHOTOGRAPHY
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2024
- I've been a professional photographer for a handful of years now. When I saw Juergen Teller's photo set for W Magazine's "Best Performance", I flipped. These photos make no professional sense, but is it still considered art? I react to Juergen Teller's bad celebrity photography for W Magazine
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0:00 - 0:53: Intro
0:54 - 1:56: Sophia Lillies
1:57 - 2:35: James Corden
2:36 - 3:32: Talia Ryder
3:33 - 3:51: Yahya Abdul-Mateen
3:52 - 4:27: Maria Bakalova (Borat 2 Girl)
4:28 - 4:49: Jacob Elordi
4:50 - 5:20: Lakeith Stanfield
5:21 - 6:09: Gal Gadot
6:10 - 6:50: George Clooney
6:51 - 8:19: Review
8:20 - 11:15: Is this Art?
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It's strange that you are a professional photographer and have never heard of Juergen Teller nor have you seen this trend or style of photography before, because it has been in one form or another for years. It's a reaction to the overly staged and overly retouched photography. This trend has been for years not only in photography but in fashion and other art forms.
even candid photos from instagram is better than his photos 🙄
facts i think this guy just doesn't have artistic understanding.
Juergen has a body of work that spans across 90s and 2000s and the fact that you just found out about him makes me a little unsure about the "Pro Photographer" tag you gave yourself.
Read about photography and modernism and you'd realise you're talking about one of the greatest modern artists of our generation
Jurgen goes ways under the Radar, pro here and I've never heard of him... I honestly don't care about alot of photogs and he isn't as famous as you think
I think every complaint you have about Juergen’s photos are exactly why W choose Juergen and why he shoots the way he does. He has a long long history of this as well a with W magazine. I can totally see why W would want this portfolio of typically super styled out celebrities shot beautifully with perfect lighting and retouching shot probably with an iPhone in kind of a junky way, its a look and getting to were Juergen is in the industry to be able to do this kind of work is the work, if that makes sense.
I love it. In the 80's he was known for making high fashion and celebrity down to earth, ordinary and every day while working with YSL, Marc Jacobs, Vuitton etc. Now he's obviously poking fun at immaculately curated, heavily processed Instagram-algorithm appeasing art direction to say that celebrities are ultimately just ordinary people. If it's jarring it's meant to be. If it stirs controversy it's obviously meant to. The point is in having a conversation we are not having about how heavily guarded celebrity image is today and the dissonance between it and ordinary peoples' unfiltered lives.
great analysis. this is what I was suspecting too
You nailed it Amis. Art is about provoking, whether people think it’s bad or good. Juergen wanted people to react to these images and create a dialogue. That’s why people are talking/reacting to the photos. He’s not about the polished, literal/pedestrian image. There’s more depth to his work. Basically, he was chosen to do the W Photoshoot because they knew he would concept an idea/aesthetic to disrupt the IG feed.
i personally liked the photographs. it reminded me of erwin wurm’s one minute sculptures. just very deadpan and an interesting juxtaposition from other celebrity photos that are so manicured.
I had a small feeling this is what he was going for throughout the series. In my personal opinion, it's a little TOO in-your-face. But it's an interesting series for sure.
Its still trash tho. It would have been better if they were sitting in a café, or doing what everyday normal people do instead of sitting on the ground or in between cars. I see no effort in this, but I guess we all have different perspective on art at the end of the day.
imagine saying " this guy named Juergen Teller" and admitting that you "just found out about him" then still wanting us to think of you as a "pro photographer" and not a total joke
Honestly think its an issue of people judging art photography by commercial standards
True. Anyone can make a beautiful image of a sunset given they have a decent camera. Not everyone can create an image that goes deeper than that superficial beauty. The guy commenting in this video seems more like the superficial type.
i mean that can make sense, but photos are supposed to look good arent they? just giving my opinion, any type of photo will look good or interesting, im guessing the point is really judging commercial standards, but bruh, whats the point of doing so? these imo look like absolute shit that an elder would end up taking accidentally, who would like to see it? not even pleasing, not interesting, just bad. this feels like modern art bullshit. but hey, thats just me.
@@FBIIlIlIlIIlIl Learn about art
true... still I really miss old Juergen, analogue film one, his photos were not only natural and honest but also his aesthetic was sublime. I mean, those portraits of bjork and her son, Celine campaigns, Kate Moss in bed with pink hair, I mean, you know what I'm talking about. In fact he was so massively imitated that, this is my theory, that he didnt want to be thar JT anymore, and we he grabbed finally a digital camera, he said fuck this shit and started uglyfying his work, giving cero coolness to his imagery, like kicking the table, an act of rebellion of sorts, idk, and still is, using this very ugly sooc photos that intend to look as poor as possible. Mainly on screens, i have a couple Ws with this sort of thing and in print they look a little more ok fine. I loved his work, was my actual favorite, but i can't love this, no matter how important is the message or anything. Maybe the same is happenning to Henrik Purienne, so many imitators, some quite good photographers, so he drope his perfec tecnique, mamiya 7 glorius high quality work, for whatever nice lo fi he is doing now. Imitators, maybe even trends themselves, tend to ruin everything, vulgarize it. Maybe Juergen prefers to do this than to keep his high quality style and be lost among his imitators.
Photography is so much more than you seem to think it is. The entire concept of this is anit-fashion and millions are talking about it. Concept over content. Mission accomplished. Pay less attention to hypebeast.
"Photography is so much more than you seem to think it is."
Gold!
“Shot on iPhone” was the inspiration for his “artistic” direction
big yes
Once I saw that Corden image, I understood exactly what Teller is doing!
He's De-idolising these idolised people. Teller KNOWS he can make an atypical beautiful industry-esq image in a studio or Venice Beach, Sand Dunes etc like everyone else because that's what they expect - His career expands for about 30 years; he has nothing to prove, so let's give the people something unexpected and let's get them talking about both the images and the magazine.
He's doing what every artist should do; playing with people expectations and making them THINK beyond what a photograph should be and what it can be.
Not sure about the rest of you; but I enjoy this type of intentional switch up in people minds.
Thats exactly what i thought when i saw these photographs! It seems like the vast majority of people totally misses the point
WOW! Thank you for this video. I'm not at all surprised that you don't know Jürgen Teller. It's almost funny that you stumble across Teller on a medium like INSTA, because it says a lot about yourself and your work.
But back to Jürgen Teller: Teller has been in the photo business since the end of the 80s. He accompanied Nirvana on their tour in 1991 (his portraits of Kurt Cobain later became famous), and since then he has been responsible for countless projects: > 20 books, many record covers (the things that existed before itunes), advertising campaigns (e.g. The New Yorker, Anna Molinari, Blumarine, Miu Miu, Comme des Garcons, Helmut Lang, Hugo Boss, Katharine Hamnett, Jigsaw, Yves Saint Laurent, Calvin Klein, "Eternity" Commercials, Alberto Biani and Alessandro Dell' Aqua, Zucca, Marc Jacobs, Marc, Stussy, Shisedo, Louis Vuitton, Amex, Matsuda, Toyota, Calvin Klein Perfume, Rolex, Microsoft, Italian Telecom, Ungaro, Marc Jacobs Perfume, Adidas).
Jürgen Teller is a fashion, advertising and art photographer - a feat that only very few photographers can achieve in a lifetime. He looks back on a career spanning more than 30 years and is far from finished.
But the most important thing is: He is not a "creator" or ensures his survival via Instagram. He is not, like you for example, an online photographer. He shoots exclusively analogue and doesn't give a damn about Instagram or the online photography world.
You ask what strange direction photography is going in these days? It's going exactly in your (strange) direction. And in the direction of all the other "online" photographers and creators who are not seen at all in the real world of photography (magazines, books, print, exhibitions). Rightly so, in my opinion.
So before you ask yourself why Jürgen Teller takes such “bad pictures”, take a look at the art form of photography and those who came before you creators. Ask yourself why you and 99% of the online struggling community are so arbitrary and interchangeable. No offense, Pro ;-).
thank you, you saved a lot of my time with this comment.
@@realcapo23 🙏🏼😉
Good recap. I didn't like his work based on the style and execution. But after learning more about him as an artist, I come to appreciate his intentions behind each shoot. Ultimately, he's authentic to himself in order to endure this long career and respect. He's the OG.
It would seem to me that all of them not being extraordinary is what makes them good. I like the style. It’s good because it’s famous people in ordinary photos.
That doesn't really make sense because then If I were able to shoot a famous person in an amateur style, I would be considered extraordinary? Just because I photographed a famous person normally. This means what makes the photo good is the person - not its artistic style or aesthetic.
@@itsdanielyu ordinary photos by professional photogs and famous peeps = extraordinary and good. Verses the same ole great photos from professional photogs and famous peeps. Opinion. And to me it makes perfect sense.
It’s obviously intentional. He’s been a world famous fashion and portrait photographer for decades. Essentially, you fell for it. He has never retouched his work, though. He’s always kind of brought realism to a world where we’re conditioned to fabricated, calculated representations of humanity. The fact that you stop on almost every photo to explain what you’d do to essentially strip it of its reality helps his work here speak volumes in its intent. The fact that you’ve spent more time trying to express how this isn’t art than Juergen did to probably collectively take all of these photos aids in telling what he meant by them.
Juergen Tellers ‘Go See’ and ‘Do you know what I mean’ where groundbreaking books and influenced so much of what we see now. He did a shoot a year or so ago with some hip hop artist for NY magazine or something and it looked so bad, all shot on iPhone which started this movement against him. BUT I certainly wouldn’t count him out. He changed the way photographers work now and is always worth watching and thinking about what he does.
the idea was to make an image that doesn't idolize celebrities. The images are bad on purpose. Not saying it's groundbreaking work but it's interesting in concept
Except they're not bad.
@@TheShockwave44 like all art, that’s subjective.
I don't think that the ugly photography is the problem, it is the lack creativity or interesting compositions of these pictures. Sure pictures can be ugly and interesting but these are just boring because they look like the photographer did not put any thought into it.
Well this is me taking weird pictures on my weird friends. Seems natural lol🤣
Nice to hear your thoughts about this. I actually went to his photo exhibition in Tokyo last year. Some of these photos were great and talked to me, but most of them didn't. But he made his way through and became a well known photographer. At some point in my small career I understood that what's important is to accept/understand how the artist perceives and shows things. People like or don't like but at the end he is just a photographer capturing how he sees things around him, like we should all do. And everyone is talking about him. He won.
Oh man I have been waiting for reaction videos on this
The irony what makes this interesting. We’ve seen enough celebrities in meticulously well set up photography. So, it’s fresh seeing a photographer make the opposite approach.
make crap photos....?
so instagram photos with an iphone selfie isn’t fresh enough?
He must be doing something right. Seems universally respected and makes a living off of photography.
I think the idea is just being unconventional and uncomfortable.
"We only have 15 minutes to shoot and we can only pay in exposure"
It does look intentional though.
I love this😂this makes me feel good about myself 😂😭😭😭
Art today has lost its true form as a visual medium. Now art are just more into meaning than a visual medium. People back in the day including the fine art photographers, meaning are the second thing, the main thing is how to make the image look good or make sense even without peoples or him/her explaining what it means. Now, even the worst photo, as long as it has meaning, it always considered as art. Such an irony
You did pronounce his name the right way! 😂
This is hugely exciting as someone that shoots street. I'll keep making my street photography videos If you keep dropping tips like this!
nice video as usual man!
This is great reactions such nice shots
Are you reeeeeeaaally serious to make a video in this discussion without making even the effort of looking up who Juergen Teller is and what his whole career concept is?
You should also question your conception of what art is. Photographic skill or the knowledge of lighting, technique, composition, picking a great location, or everything else to make a "good photograph" isn´t what makes photographic conceptual art. It makes you a good craftsman who is able to make pictures which are suiting the taste of your peers and customers, not an artist in that sense. It won´t get you in contemporary museums. Don´t get me wrong I do value these skills and I work as a photographer for a couple of years too and it is great if you work as a photographer and are able to make a business out of it.
If you want to talk about art, you should know what you are actually talking about. Your clearly don´t.
But he is a "PRO" photographer he must know what he is talking about.
I think as a photographer it’s good to know what you like and don’t like. But when it comes to talking shit about someone’s work in such a public space I think that’s a real messed up thing to do.
Any artist has is entitled to their opinion. Artists know their work will be critiqued, so implying that anyone should keep their opinion to themselves is counterintuitive to the creative culture. Unfortunate that you don’t like it when other people voice their opinion, little fella guy
@@mirandaisergio I think it’s great to talk about each other’s work. I really do and I appreciate it when people give me feedback. But there’s a big difference between making a video about one photographer and just saying he’s work is trash compared to giving him constructive feedback. Plus I doubt @chrischu would say this to his face haha
@@ioshrodgers Chris wouldn’t put it that bluntly to his face because he’s a sweetheart and a nice guy. Regardless feedback is feedback take it or leave it comme ci comme ca
@@mirandaisergio there’s a difference between option and talking shit know the difference
@@BrothaEnock clearly you dont know the difference since talking shit is synonymous with someones opinion?? LOL
It's all about the composition, how the elements in the frame interact with each other, also the colors of the outfit with the location, inspired by William Eggleston
you don't get his vision bro hahahahaha
I'm not even gonna lie, I don't HAHA
the fact that his photos suck yet makes money is just not fetch
That’s a messy art. But since his famous photographer he gets away with it
The Gal Gadot shot looks like it was supposed to be a print ad for Jeep. 😄
When I saw the photos for the first time I thought "WTF" so I had to research it to understand. I went to the artsy page and then I understood the concept that he would like to bring in the photos. I believe that the celebrities received a briefing on how the photos would be, so I think they already knew what they were getting into hahah. I don't like this style of photography, but I respect it.
I’ve been knowing of Juergen Teller’s work for many years and always felt it was bad but to each their own because obviously many people love it or else he wouldn’t book gigs and these editorials but over all this new age photography with the amateur look is trash but it’s popular and these young creatives are winning but I’m old school and I still love the old skilled talents. And you’re right. These days it’s all about who you shoot; not how you shoot.
When Instagram/ RUclips bloggers are an issue in the world of photography.
Lmaaooo the throwback to that weed commercial
do you know what cam he is using nowadays?
I am kind of digging it. It is unique and it is creating controversy. Guess at certain point art beyond composition, lighting and post production style. All the photos nowadays are all the same, boring and forgettable.
All of these photos are boring and forgettable when you take away his name.
I even don’t know who he is, 😂
Extremely interesting work
This reminds me of vogue Italia.... many of the concepts were and remain avant grade and purposefully stir up controversy. It’s conceptual above technical, but it’s all intentional.
my dude, you have a life to get if youre judging someone's art, who honestly has a more real perspective, of reality than the "cleanliness" you subscribe to. the world isnt always pastel and black and white. more often its brown and gray mismatched and beaten. im sure you feel it. just admit it.
Those photos are most definitely intentionally hideous. The complaints of people are THE exact reason why W Mag chose him. It sparked me as the celebrities that are feature in this "Best Performance" being in "Regular People" habitat because they are, at the end of the day, just people.
Like mama used to say Mr Chu Chu, "Treat others how you'd want to be treated," and, "Don't let anyone or anything stop you from doing what you love." Great energy you give out!🤔
Gives me faith in my photography 😍
Hahah so funny! Very true about what you said. I feel like every artist has the right to their own opinion and everyone should respect it! U ain’t hurtin no one!! 🐸😍😍😍
yes
LOOL. This is good hahaha
HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS
but he will, Derrick...he will
haha I can image Jesse yelling that
i guess it just shows you art is subjective, there is no right or wrong way to do things
I would compare these to ugly cloths on a run way. It was just for this issue of the magazine. It’s not style that’s here to stay.
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anyone who says this is high fashion needs help and should be labled a crime lord. bruh all these photos were trash and DO NOT SCREAM "fashion"
Rules of photography much? There are no rules for art man. The photography community consider pro to photos that look good with presets on them.
I feel so bad for the people laying on the dirty ass ground 😭😭😭
straight up nastiness
I read the comments and like I get why he does it like as a photographer I was pissed because I know a lot of people that are so underrated that have better vision that are trying to make it in the industry as well. Yes mans did do some cool stuff in the past but it’s like time for some new talent to take pics for magazines but that’s jus me.
The name makes all the difference in the world, a crap from a famous guy goes on a magazine, a bonkers made by someone like me has no value
These are a very poor showcase of the range of different photos juergen has put out. Some of the stuff that he has published in photography books is very expressive and unique. I dont suggest having your entire opinion based on one series of recent photoshoots that all follow the same theme.
He is an amazing artist, in the sense that he is doing something against the grain. And now everyone is talking about it. I wouldn’t even say it’s controversial he is just doing something that he thinks goes against the norm. The fact that there is so much controversy is just proving he’s doing what he wants. Is it objectively good? I am not sure I get it but maybe the world needs a little less filters and photoshop
Totally agree
He didnt use a sony A7III and sigma glass, must be trash...
looks like modern art all over again
an absolute visionary
Jurgen Teller is a prime example of the Emperor's New Clothes. It's only art because the "art community" says it art. Same goes for Cindy Sherman.
Compare their work to talented artists, like Herb Ritts, Patrick Demarchlier, or Annie Leibovitz, who capture(d) mood, lighting, composition, and styling beautifully.
Teller takes nothing but snapshots. Only Kool-aid drinkers would hang one of his prints on their wall; not because the image is beautiful to look at, but because there's a name behind it. Basically, the Beanie Baby collectors of the art world.
I'll be honest, after seeing his cover photos blow up, I looked him up, and really enjoyed a lot of his work. But the covers? Not only does the lack of any difference in scenery for each model hurt it, but his photos of Tessa Thompson simply felt distracting and uninspired, and considering the context of the photography, seeing a bunch of celebrities who are not in candid or emotionally honest moments put into these frank compositions really didn't seem to gel with what I personally liked about his other work. At that point, only the more experimental compositions really worked for me.
I initially began this as a critique of the photos but I actually gave it a bit of thought. Maybe he thought the amateur aesthetic would be interesting to use with these celebrities. These folks are always used to long drawn out and or high cost photo sessions. There is always something so clinical about them and the retouching after. Perhaps he just thought it would be cool to place them in these awkward unflattering positions, with terrible compositions to humanize them. I'm assuming a lot but maybe that was it. That said, I think the idea is interesting but the photos still stink.
yeah... when RUclips photogs try to comment on REAL PHOTOGRAPHERS. Verry limited view on life and photography overall dude.
It is almost like he did the photos with a disposable camera or a point and short camera.
Sometimes people clap just because others are clapping 🤦🏽♂️😂
This "style" of his photo gives me the feeling that he wants to be very different from other photographers and think that he is very cool for photographing in this amateur style, as if he were doing something very incredible. 🙄🥱 Something like he is "breaking the rules" of photography!
And unfortunately the vast majority of people think this because it is a style of photo that deviates from the aesthetic standards that most photographers do!
It reminds me so much or the absolutely TERRIBLE photos of celebrities on film with flash in dark places. Those photos are always praised as artistic but it’s just a grainy photo with flash from a film camera 🤦🏻♂️
He worked for William Eggleston, that´s why his work is so different and makes such a fuss, both like the "ugly stuff". You should know more about this line of photography but in the end, is all about your taste...I love his work!
but the "best preformance"-label is in regard to the actors in the photos and not the photos themselfs right? thats what i get from the instagram captions, or am i way of? im not firmiliar with WMAG so maybe im wrong but these shots are wack
There is a janpanes thing about the art of imperfection, I don't remember.
so first of all art=subjective so there is no category like good or bad, just: i like that and it speaks to me, or not. in the case of visual art i always try to seperate the „message“ of the art from the „ do i find this esthetically pleasing“ side. If i just want to a cool looking photo and i dont like the look or the motive it dont work for me, but if there is a message from the photographer, a concept that is integrated in the picture, the picture is only the medium to transport the message, and if the message has nothing to do with something i like visually, i should think about that. Is this just a weird looking photo or has this a meaning behind it.
there is. Provocation. How many are triggered by these pictures especally in the context of W mag. there is another: The imperfection of George Clooneys shirt or the weird locations are something different than all the other „perfect“ looking glamorous shoots we know - the photos humanize the „stars“ and show them in a relatable way, shot like our aunty would do it, on a random street, in front of a random tree or car. i personally see this as a concept i find quite refreshing in a world of visual art ( especally in the print-sector) that looks the same everytime ....even if i dont like the pictures esthetically.
The James Corden photo is fucking brilliant though
Just goes to show how subjective photography is and the perils of labelling things.
this is hilarious
Honestly some of the photos would've been tight if the were cropped and had some direct flash. Thats what I'm into at least🤷🏾♂️...
I think W magazine should hire me instead
true
heyo chris
Its about breaking the rules and against sterotypes that you keep repeating. Maybe you want to look at the work from that point of view and you may find a connection.
lol its like banana on art musuem.
its because you don't understand the story of juergen teller. a photographer catch what his eye see -- focus on that pov.
What you said about a famous face making a bad photo good is no different than 99% of those ‘top fashion’ photographers over the last 30 years! Look through what they actually shoot and take away the extremely well known model’s face and you get crap. There are loads of now ‘top’ photographers who were made famous by shooting ONE well known person yet when you look through their portfolios they shoot no different (and often a lot worse!) than the rest of us... its just the faces that make the images stand out
This guy clearly doesn't get it.
Ahahahah this is hilarioussssss...
I always cringe when people poke fun at different art forms. I recently watched a video of Maurizio Cattelan duck taping a banana to a wall to poke fun at the standards of modern art. It’s just not unique in any way and has been rinsed and repeated by endless people. It just feels like a lack of substance to me.
Facts tho. People clap for the wrong thing sometimes
Donald Glover made a video piece literally called "Clapping for the Wrong Reasons"
@@whoschrischu gonna go watch that right now
The shots look like my camera roll
How do I get paid to submit my shots 🥲
contact your local law enforcement
Teller does this for years, even when he was not famous lol
All the photos are great...exposes how brainwashed people are by the excessive retouching and bokeh in modern instagram portraiture. ...Know the rules. Then break them.
nah it’s just pretentiousness
What a terrible analysis of his work.
*introduce himself as a professional photographer
*never heard of Juergen Teller
Lmao then you’re not, and you’ve never been. You’re just cosplaying.
Not that different from niched fashion photography.
If at all.
Vetements inspired this trolling aesthetic several years ago, criticism is what propels this into an art form, quite meta when you think about it.
Do you really hate the photography, or the art direction? I am presuming WMag got exactly what they were asking for style wise. The art directors and photo editors of big publications collaborate with the photographer on how they are going to approach the material. Especially for a multipage feature like this.
TIME did an iphone based issue on women of the yeara few years ago, but the photographer had much more neatly composed frames. The technicality made it feel more everyday than a big lit shoot, but they were much more carefully constructed than an average frame on IG. Gave a sense that any women could achieve something great.
Theses have a different approach, most are very recognizable stars, and they are in designer or couture fashion, but really takes them down a notch by photographing them in a mostly haphazard way.
The inspiration might have come out of the covid lockdowns which have forced most editorial portrait shoots outdoors, with limited crew. This obviously takes it a step further with the aesthetic choice, but it also makes sense for it to happen in an article featuring performances from 2020.
shoot on iphone, more like shot on android.
Like literally ANYONE can shoot this, ANYONE!! My 8 year old could have shot this...better even cuz his angles would have been so insane cuz he's short hahaha
Honestly, to call that 'amateur aesthetic', is really pretty insulting to a lot of amateur photographers, when you think about it. It's saying that amateurs take crappy photos.
My god, these are ridiculous
My dog can take better photos. I don't care what they say that this Juergen is a genius. He takes shit photos. There I said it!
What are the rules for creating art?
Not saying you can't have an opinion but I'd everyone thought like you our art would be boring. This isn't my style but I wouldn't put it down. If you watched your own video you would see a theme to the pictures.