Become a Better Photographer DVD Suggestion: Contacts 1 2 3
December 18, 2006
I am watching 3 great DVDs: Contacts, Vol. 1, 2 and 3 in which the world’s greatest photographers talk about their contact sheets, about their favorite images, life philosophies, approaches to photography in short, personal and intimate films.
Watching the DVD is fascinating and is truly an educational experience offering a glimpse into the creative process and the often unique reasons why and how these photographers created their photographs.
It was interesting and reassuring to hear some of my own thoughts, worries repeated by these great photographers.
I guess some aspects of the creative process are universal and this is the reason I found it such a personal experience therefore recommending these DVDs to other photographers.
Contacts, Vol. 1: The Great Tradition of Photojournalism
William Klein, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Raymond Depardon, Mario Giacomelli, Josef Koudelka, Robert Doisneau, Edouard Boubat, Elliot Erwitt, Marc Riboud, Leonard Freed, Helmut Newton, and Don McCullin.
Contacts, Vol. 2: The Renewal of Contemporary Photography
Nan Goldin, Sophie Calle, Duane Michals, Sarah Moon, Nobuyoski Araki, Andreas Gursky, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Thomas Ruff, Lewis Baltz, Jean-Marc Bustamante, and Jeff Wall.
Contacts, Vol. 3: Conceptual Photography
John Baldessari, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Christian Boltanski, Alain Fleischer, John Hilliard, Roni Horn, Martin Parr, Georges Rousse, Thomas Struth, and Wolfgang Tillmans.
