Street Photography in Color :: the AMAZING works of Fred Herzog

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  • Опубликовано: 4 фев 2025

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  • @Robservatory
    @Robservatory 9 лет назад +77

    I only recently discovered that I actually held Fred Herzog's old biomedical photography job for the past 4 years. I had no idea who he was despite being born and raised in Vancouver. This revelation not only instilled a lot of hope and purpose in my own photography, but also led me to you. I just wanted to thank you for all that you do for the photography community and the field as a whole. I have discovered some new favourites and learned a great deal from your videos. Hats off to you sir!

  • @robemich1
    @robemich1 Год назад +3

    I watched this when you first released this forever ago. You’ve taught me more about photography and photo art history than anyone else on RUclips. Going back through watching this again and my heart aches seeing some of these old
    Images. Your content has held up incredibly well in nearly 10yrs. Well done!

  • @CalMukumoto
    @CalMukumoto Год назад

    Even ten years later, this is a wonderful tribute to Daan. I did not know of Daan except through your channel, but I can see what a wonderful photographer he was. Thank you for opening up the world of photography to us.

  • @Danman4u2
    @Danman4u2 9 лет назад +5

    I don't stop to be surprised at how little I know of these remarkable artists; Herzog and Leiter have made my stomach feel like a butterfly cage. When I prowl the streets they are in my mind's eye, the butterflies scuttling in a colorful frenzy of delight. . Also, I realize how much art appreciation of the classics informs the frame that you choose. What a beautiful process of self-education photography is. Thank you Ted.

  • @murtri
    @murtri 4 года назад +1

    Happy to come across this. I grew up in Vancouver but, of course, had never heard of him until he was "discovered" in the early 2000s. I love Saul Leiter's work and am so pleased to see and hear you put him in the same category. Herzog passed away last year. We are lucky to have had him record the Vancouver of the mid-to-late 20th Century, It is certainly long gone now.

  • @frankquezada5490
    @frankquezada5490 4 года назад

    Fantastic photography by Fred Herzog and a wonderful presentation Ted.

  • @Nonduality
    @Nonduality 4 года назад

    What's great about these photos, and far more so in Hopper's paintings, is the extraordinary ordinariness. It's not easy to capture. For me, that's the magic behind these kinds of artworks: The deep ordinariness.

  • @BTCAsia
    @BTCAsia 6 лет назад +9

    I was starting to realize about the same about Vivian Maier - they’re good photographers, but what we find amazing about their work is the time-capsule characteristic of their work appeals to us because we are drawn to nostalgia.

  • @whyrural
    @whyrural 11 лет назад +3

    Ted,
    You are the intellectual master of the photographic arts on RUclips. I feel your work is for my artistic soul. In this video, you encourage us to see beyond the moment to another day of interpretation of our images. It’s like you are our religious father shepherding your flock of believers with a promise of a life beyond this one for our artistic vision. Keep the faith and promise for we cannot know in this current state what the meaning of our work will be on the other side of time.

  • @ch3rbert
    @ch3rbert 11 лет назад +1

    Thanks for another informative episode, Ted. Your videos are the ones I look forward to most every week.

  • @NazirWan89
    @NazirWan89 11 лет назад +1

    Simply amazing! Thank you for another great episode Ted! Your podcast is the best! And the image shown in the video at 07:31 by Herzog presumably was taken in Malaysia or Singapore given the name of the shop written in Malay language. I know it's trivial, but I find this really amazing, because to think an amazing photographer like Herzog has been here, where I am from and captured some part of the history that is so near to me. I've never knew Fred Herzog before this, and thanks to you, I will continue learning about him. Thanks Ted!

  • @beef7790
    @beef7790 11 лет назад

    Had the pleasure of seeing Fred Herzog's show at MOCCA in Toronto last year. His photo "Jackpot" is my favourite.

  • @MrKikoboy
    @MrKikoboy 11 лет назад

    as usual you continue to post the most intelligent videos on photography on RUclips...I had seen little of his work before but this has certainly piqued my interest...thanks for this...

  • @afrosymphony8207
    @afrosymphony8207 7 лет назад

    omg the aesthetic of the color tones in his pic are eyegasmic!!! what in the world! these kind of color tone is why i became a photographer but these days its almost impossible to make these sort of colour in images

  • @PlasmoX
    @PlasmoX 11 лет назад

    the lighting has always been very pleasing in all your videos, now there's this slight muteness in the color that i find very pleasing. Props! great videos as always!

  • @denizdowntown6385
    @denizdowntown6385 5 лет назад +20

    the "Studio" neon sign is still there... just photographed a few months ago :)

  • @SpiderHamPeterPorker
    @SpiderHamPeterPorker 9 лет назад

    I immediately thought of Nighthawk with the photo at 5:15 - beautiful composition and colors. Thanks for showing us this photographer.

  • @Tennishead21
    @Tennishead21 11 лет назад +1

    Another wonderful episode Ted. Keep these episodes on photographers coming!
    Thanks. :)

  • @tonydesarzec907
    @tonydesarzec907 4 года назад

    Some photographs only grow into their significance after many years. Fred Herzog's stuff is wonderful.

  • @clickmaniac1
    @clickmaniac1 7 лет назад +23

    He has a gallery show right now in Vancouver and after purchasing his book, in comes Fred, so I start looking for a pen as I'm ripping off the plastic covering off the book and got him to sign it... totally thrilled.

  • @SpiderHamPeterPorker
    @SpiderHamPeterPorker 9 лет назад

    Immogen Cunningham photo-bombing, again. I immediately thought of Nighthawk with the photo at 5:15 - beautiful composition and colors. Thanks for showing us this photographer.

  • @VictorSalus
    @VictorSalus 11 лет назад

    Thank you for sharing this. I saw an exhibit of Herzog's photography a couple of summers back. Beautiful images from an artist with a great eye for what was around him

  • @room111photography5
    @room111photography5 7 лет назад +7

    Ted, a polite correction if you don't mind. The photo at 8:00 was taken at 898 Granville Street, the location of Jermaine's, with Fred standing almost directly below the huge Orpheum sign, seen further down Granville at 9:25. And as user Levin pointed out in an earlier comment, the neon Studio sign was placed back on the same building (919 Granville) during summer of 2015, and it looks exactly like the original sign. Perhaps it is the original. The correction is that Jermaine's is not now Starbucks. It is called Camouflage, a military surplus store. Starbucks is on the other corner, still on Granville, but across Smithe Street. This location looks very much as it did when Fred photographed it.
    The photo at 9:25 was taken at Granville and W. Georgia. looking SW. That area is almost completely changed. It looks almost nothing like it did back when Fred photographed it.
    Be well, and thanks for your excellent content. You're the best, good sir.

  • @nlanca1
    @nlanca1 11 лет назад

    Once again many thanks Ted. I really enjoy these features on past masters.

  • @guyplay
    @guyplay 11 лет назад +1

    Ted, thank you for introducing me to Fred Herzog. I love his work. I'm going to do some additional research on him! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and passion!

  • @kathrinl.4726
    @kathrinl.4726 7 лет назад

    I love the work of Herzog. Thanks for sharing

  • @SpiderHamPeterPorker
    @SpiderHamPeterPorker 9 лет назад

    Immogen Cunningham photobombing, again. I immediately thought of Nighthawk with the photo at 5:15 - beautiful composition and colors. Thanks for showing us this photographer.

  • @mireiator2296
    @mireiator2296 5 лет назад

    I love your channel! i am a photographer and a photography teacher and your channel help me a lot to improve my lessons! thank you very much! a follower from spain.

  • @RossJukesPhotography
    @RossJukesPhotography 7 лет назад +1

    Truly incredible photography, so rich and vivid, amazing work!

  • @embassyoftoysoldier
    @embassyoftoysoldier 11 лет назад

    hello, i appreciate very much what you do. your approach is one of the smartest i've met on Internet, concerning photography. i still search, yet, for a more analytic discourse on the body of work of the extraordinary photographers that you introduce. thank you.

  • @jons8599
    @jons8599 8 лет назад

    I'm learning a ton from these videos. Super inspiring too. Thank you for making these!

  • @SilverLightD
    @SilverLightD 11 лет назад +1

    Hi Ted thank you for placing this informative content on the internet. I found it quite valuable. Thanks

  • @levindixon
    @levindixon 7 лет назад

    Fantastic video, thank you! You'll be happy to hear that the giant Studio neon has since returned to Granville St

  • @Kleinbiology
    @Kleinbiology 11 лет назад

    Just amazing images. He certainly had a feel for composition and color. Kodachrome was amazing, I dearly miss it. Great episode, thanks Ted.

  • @strtbaxt
    @strtbaxt 10 лет назад +4

    Great piece and intelligent analysis of Fred!

  • @Hazeemmy
    @Hazeemmy 10 лет назад +1

    Ted, I'm a Malaysian and I can tell you that the picture at 07:32 is definitely taken in Malaysia or Singapore (before Singapore separated from Malaysia in 1965). 'Kedai Gambar" written on the pillar literary translated to photo shop. :)

  • @sayaIbnuFajar
    @sayaIbnuFajar 3 года назад

    8 plus years later I am still rewatching this video. Bought and read Saul Leiter's Early Color 3 years back. This morning just got my Fred Herzog's Modern Color arrived at my desk. Had a quick look. Personally, I took pictures mostly out on the street yet was still timid to call myself a Street Photographer. I am more agree and comfortable when you said the social documentary photographer. Even I am sure millions of miles away from calling myself a documentary photographer, at least I think that is what I try (and enjoy) doing now. Anyway love your videos, your channel, be it when you talk about new cameras, your Leica M experience and even I am down with your smartphone's camera review, trust you more on that particular rather than MKBHD (sorry @Marques Brownlee )

  • @BenjoC8632
    @BenjoC8632 4 года назад

    What’s also great about those Herzog photos is that it really captures the feel of the dreary grey rainy pacific nw

  • @FabFab14
    @FabFab14 11 лет назад +1

    Herzog representing Vancouver!!!
    Love Herzog's work, such an inspiration for me, and it's such a shame that him and Leiter didn't get picked up in a serious way until later.

  • @jimksa67
    @jimksa67 8 лет назад

    Nice job Ted! I dig Fred's work and Vancouver as some of my roots are there since the 1940's on the Eastside , Sea Island and then in the late 50's- 60's through out town. Who could forget those days! Just got a Nex 3 lotsa fun- need a 6 though for the viewfinder- happy shooting all! Dont step backwards framing now! :)

  • @joegeoghan
    @joegeoghan 11 лет назад

    Wow, simply amazing. Hopper is my favorite artist of all time and I'm always seeking out inspiration in the same vein. Thank you for this fantastic video as always Ted.

    • @claudiabailey5302
      @claudiabailey5302 4 года назад

      Yep I have to agree with you on Hopper there is just something about his work. Got to see an exhibition of his in London my friends thought I was just crazy

  • @EM-km8em
    @EM-km8em 2 года назад +2

    Can you tell me some of the specific camera models and specific lens brand specs he used ? Also whats the closest film to Koda chrome these days ?

  • @chiprock2692
    @chiprock2692 6 лет назад

    Huge fan...glad to see this...

  • @cassiorenan8291
    @cassiorenan8291 11 лет назад

    This is such a great Video Ted, really inspiring. Thanks a lot!

  • @alsokennisan
    @alsokennisan 2 года назад

    Hi Ted, I really enjoy your vidoes and your work. I've gained so much knowledge and insights into the art of photography.
    By the way, Kedai Gambar in one of the photos means photo studio in the malay language. It was not a gambling den.

  • @Shanesshiit
    @Shanesshiit 7 лет назад

    I'm from Vancouver, these are always neat to see

  • @SudipBhattacharyya
    @SudipBhattacharyya 11 лет назад

    Love it. Inspired. Learned. Thanks a lot :-)

  • @nikonrulz
    @nikonrulz 8 лет назад

    Excellent!!...very interesting.

  • @erichstocker4173
    @erichstocker4173 6 лет назад

    I will have to confess to me these just look like snapshots. Bresson picked key interesting moments (and I see this in one or two of the Herzog photos you showed) but generally, Herzog photos looked like he stood on the corner and just snapped a color picture. I'm not sure that even in this day where color is the thing that I really find these photos interesting to view. They just appear boring. I look at the photo and then move on. Nothing keeps me within the photo. There are many other color photographers of the period that I find more interesting. But that is only my reaction to the photos. I know that others have a different one. Thanks for showcasing these artists. Always nice to see work that one doesn't know.

  • @nischaljimee2192
    @nischaljimee2192 4 года назад

    Very inspiring

  • @tahutempe2557
    @tahutempe2557 6 лет назад

    At 7:37 it is either Malaysian or Indonesian, not a restaurant but a photo studio. Tukang gambar literally translates to "picture maker", hence the wedding photos advertising their photography services

  • @Chickboom34
    @Chickboom34 9 лет назад

    Good stuff! Certainly learned something. Thank you.

  • @RedStarRogue
    @RedStarRogue 10 лет назад

    Yep I lived in Vancouver during my school days and many local media stations (like Knowledge Network) always pay tribute to him.

  • @MrPhotographerDude
    @MrPhotographerDude 8 лет назад

    Great stuff!

  • @ssy9724
    @ssy9724 3 года назад

    7:47 its a photography studio/photo printing shop base on the malay and chinese text on the pillar

  • @jimjaam1983
    @jimjaam1983 8 лет назад +1

    i have this picture on my desktop and never knew who took it thanks

  • @donipotts
    @donipotts 5 лет назад +8

    RIP Fred Herzog

  • @SabrinaConstance
    @SabrinaConstance 2 года назад

    I absolutely love these old artist profiles. I don't really care about tech and gear (though I get that this type of content is quite profitable). Without the art of photography, what is the science (gear/tech)?

  • @JanVotava75
    @JanVotava75 3 года назад

    Hi Ted, I wonder if you planned to expand the artist series in any way? It's just great and I think it's also quite unique on RUclips.

  • @THAILANDCANUCK
    @THAILANDCANUCK 2 года назад

    The Studio sign is still there on Granville Street, it is a lounge and night club now.

  • @waynemelnickstaff165
    @waynemelnickstaff165 8 лет назад +12

    I believe the profile image of "the guy" sitting at the table is actually a self-portrait.

    • @PropaneWP
      @PropaneWP 4 года назад

      It's a truly great photo. The light and shadows are amazing and I love that he has the posture like he's riding the motorcycle in the background. The subtleties of the whole composition in general is just a joy to watch.

  • @NasserAlhameli
    @NasserAlhameli 2 года назад

    Thank u so much! What format was most of his work?

  • @MrTetrads
    @MrTetrads 11 лет назад +1

    Did he use a twin-lens reflex camera? I ask because some of the photos you showed looked like they were taken from about waist level. Thanks, I've been enjoying your series!

  • @Keyoung44
    @Keyoung44 11 лет назад

    Very nice stuff. Based on photography now, some of it is barely recognizable as photography. I love it.

  • @WORDONTHESTREETphoto
    @WORDONTHESTREETphoto 7 лет назад

    great stuff

  • @markharris5771
    @markharris5771 8 лет назад

    I'm not an urban photographer in any way, I don't do either street photography or cityscapes. But that doesn't mean I don't appreciate the work of those that do. I really like how Fred used both the light and weather almost separately although they are always intertwined.

  • @SimonDouville1
    @SimonDouville1 11 лет назад +1

    Thank for speaking about a canadian photographer.

    • @theartofphotography
      @theartofphotography  11 лет назад

      There are more ;-)

    • @SimonDouville1
      @SimonDouville1 11 лет назад +1

      I know! It amazes me how they're unknown here and not even taught in art history class. had one on specifically canadian art and they showed me picture of inuit sculpture. Although I love Inuit sculpture it's kind of redundant at the end. As if everything canadian seems uninteresting to other canadians. Anyway, Just wanted to say thanks for sharing (Sorry for the long message)

  • @paul8914
    @paul8914 6 лет назад

    Would love to see a piece on Fred Lyon. There's practically nothing about him on RUclips. Surprising

  • @kevinrbarker
    @kevinrbarker 3 года назад +1

    I don't claim to match hertzog's exposure and framing but i can get the look....with a 60 year old vintage nikkor 125mm lens...

  • @ToyoteroMundial
    @ToyoteroMundial 2 года назад

    Any updates in 2022?

  • @tclarke971
    @tclarke971 7 лет назад

    Wow!

  • @philippos4330
    @philippos4330 5 лет назад

    Who was the other painter he kept mentioning besides Edward Hopper? I can't catch the name..

  • @kevinfetu
    @kevinfetu 2 года назад

    The gentleman at 5:55 is Fred Herzog himself 😉

  • @baselb80
    @baselb80 11 лет назад +1

    is there a way to replicate those colors in photoshop?

    • @markhenryabello2193
      @markhenryabello2193 5 лет назад

      I'm not a Photoshop expert (I'm sure there will be better tips from great Photoshop users) but, yeah, you can replicate these colors on Photoshop. One I use is images>adjustments> hue/saturation and then tweek the saturation slider.

  • @RafaelFyen
    @RafaelFyen 11 лет назад

    The portrait of "the guy working in the sunlight", isn't that Fred Herzog? I thought I read in the footnotes of my photo book that it was a self-portrait.

    • @stephenaustin9276
      @stephenaustin9276 9 лет назад

      +Rafael Fyen Yep, its a self portrait. Strange that the guy missed that.

  • @RobiePunsalan
    @RobiePunsalan 7 месяцев назад

    When you realize the gentleman writing the letter is a self portrait of Fred Herzog.

  • @mlaudp
    @mlaudp 11 лет назад

    It is just amazing, I was just blown away, thanks //zilmer-dam

  • @luisboaventura22
    @luisboaventura22 3 года назад

    👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @WizzRacing
    @WizzRacing 11 лет назад

    I would assume most of these were shot on medium format being they were slides.
    I myself have always wondered why color was not considered artistic. I was taught in the late 70's that to shoot color great you had to learn to shoot black and white better, which when done makes color photos spectacular. It's just something you learn by doing it yourself from start to finish print.

    • @d.hufford2355
      @d.hufford2355 11 лет назад

      Why would you assume that? Most of his photos were 35mm taken on 36 exposure rolls of Kodachrome. As you must know, back in the 70s we often used slide film in 35mm. Reading the photo magazines of the time, one could have been forgiven if he had not realized there was anything other than black and white and color slide film.

  • @landcruiser77
    @landcruiser77 9 лет назад

    what camera did he used?

    • @natashaherzog4113
      @natashaherzog4113 9 месяцев назад

      He used Kodak ,Nikon ,Canan Olympus, and Leica

  • @ralphacosta3891
    @ralphacosta3891 11 лет назад

    did he shot mostly on 35mm?

  • @Mrzippy3
    @Mrzippy3 11 лет назад

    The portrait of the guy writing a letter is a self portrait of a young Fred Herzog.

  • @adifferentkennybaker
    @adifferentkennybaker Год назад

    The put the Studio sign back up.

  • @stanleykho2
    @stanleykho2 11 лет назад +3

    actually it is not a gambling hall. it is a photography studio. the man sitting in front is a letter writer and a calligrapher.

    • @fotologo2568
      @fotologo2568 8 лет назад

      Yes. And those facts make the photo even more interesting!

    • @bosozoku5558
      @bosozoku5558 6 лет назад

      Could be singapore, malaysia or indo. Interesting if he made his way out to sea. Chinese mixed with malay - tukang gambar - take photos signature of these regions.

  • @Justaperson717
    @Justaperson717 2 года назад

    "Studio" sign is still there.

  • @wylie_photo
    @wylie_photo 8 лет назад +7

    Great images. It's such a shame that Kodachrome is gone now as the look is fantastic.

    • @DyloK96
      @DyloK96 8 лет назад +1

      Mark W it's being reproduced this year.

    • @486DX40
      @486DX40 7 лет назад

      Dylan Keenan You're thinking of Ektachrome. Kodachrome is dead and can't be revived as the chemicals to make and develop it are no longer produced for environmental reasons.

    • @DarkAngelEU
      @DarkAngelEU 7 лет назад

      It's never coming back as stated above, Ektachrome will return somewhere next year. I'm quite satisfied with Gold, it has really nice tones and sharpness if you know how to balance colours in post.

    • @triggrhaapi
      @triggrhaapi 7 лет назад

      I'm desperately trying to figure out how to imitate the look in modern post processing software.

    • @DarkAngelEU
      @DarkAngelEU 7 лет назад

      You probably won't be able to even get near it because digital sensors process light differently and editing software isn't so good in emulating film either. Kodachrome was one of a kind.

  • @DecentGatsby
    @DecentGatsby 9 лет назад +1

    Nice glasses (no sarcasm intended)

  • @yourfashionarchive427
    @yourfashionarchive427 Год назад

    is it possible to shoot on kodachrome still?

  • @Dreyno
    @Dreyno 6 лет назад

    I agree with what is said here. I enjoy looking at old photos in colour because it gives a feel for how things actually were rather than the monochrome version we often imagine. But when I take street photos myself, I tend towards black and white. Maybe to make the photo less placeable in time. Or maybe because it’s “cool”. It’s hard to say but I can’t enjoy my own street photography in colour. Too much clutter with colour. Black and white is more about framing, tonality and texture and colour is a distraction.

  • @jamesanglin4417
    @jamesanglin4417 6 лет назад

    Hi - I think it's an Indonesian restaurant, for what that's worth, they frequently try to bring in Chinese customers as well.

  • @WhiteEyeDevil
    @WhiteEyeDevil 10 лет назад +4

    Fred Herzog was in Malaysia? NO WAY!

  • @ijursic
    @ijursic 6 лет назад +1

    Hopper and Rockwell were Herzogesque.

  • @JoshuaBoldt
    @JoshuaBoldt 8 лет назад +1

    What do you call Americana in Canada?

    • @M_Teeboo
      @M_Teeboo 8 лет назад +2

      Joshua Boldt Canadana?

    • @Just_Ve
      @Just_Ve 7 лет назад

      Joshua Boldt Americana is Americana just like we call around the whole continent of America :)

    • @JoshuaBoldt
      @JoshuaBoldt 7 лет назад +1

      Ha thanks yes. I get what you are saying, but technically the term "Americana" is specifically referring to nostalgia and collectibles from the US or the study of the US. So Herzog's photos of Canada being called Americana seems strange, but I get that also. I genuinely wonder if there is a Canadian term for that nostalgic feeling like when they look at pictures of the 1950s or old toys or something.

    • @Just_Ve
      @Just_Ve 7 лет назад

      Oh, I got it now, thanks for explain, is always good to learn something new, i'm from South America and I live In Canada now but I still learning those stuff from North America culture, it make sense to me now, but to be honest, I have no Idea how they call it here in Canada tho :)

  • @jamesanglin4417
    @jamesanglin4417 6 лет назад

    Sorry, I mean at 7' 32".

  • @durchschnittlich
    @durchschnittlich 3 года назад

    Our "x photography isn't real photography" is probably smartphone photography. 70 years into the future, they'll wonder why we didn't take smartphones as seriously. Imagine people going out of their way to buy iPhone 12s (like people do with film cameras)

  • @thechewiechannel2692
    @thechewiechannel2692 4 года назад

    kedai gambar = photo shop

  • @manoftheroad55
    @manoftheroad55 10 месяцев назад

    Era gone by ..No children,,,note children and lack of children now...

  • @joycegalutera5086
    @joycegalutera5086 9 лет назад

    maybe next time we could see your own work?

  • @larybremner5855
    @larybremner5855 9 лет назад

    No, not Hopper-derived, not Rockwell-influenced. Specific location, composition and the era the determining factor. All the rest is retrospective art critiquing. If you know the Balmoral Hotel on Hastings, or the Astor Hotel on Granville, you will be able to read far more into the dynamics of each, without any US-centric overlay. The problem with a term like 'Americana' is that it colonizes.

    • @theartofphotography
      @theartofphotography  9 лет назад +1

      Lary Bremner you're obviously from Vancouver. Sorry I upset you with this.

    • @hunke100
      @hunke100 9 лет назад +6

      Lary Bremner Come on then smarty pants enlighten us considering you claim to know so much.

    • @Alex_Andes
      @Alex_Andes 9 лет назад +7

      +Lary Bremner what is your RUclips channel where you teach and talk about all your knowledge about photography in Vancouver ? oh! wait you don't have one?? .....

    • @coltonbills4123
      @coltonbills4123 8 лет назад +2

      someone is a lil bit slaty :/

  • @r.g.carter3908
    @r.g.carter3908 5 месяцев назад

    colorist? no. worked in colour. sure.