Jeff Curto
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Attraverso il Silenzio : Through the Silence
A small selection of photographs made in Tuscany in June of 2024, exploring a panoramic approach. The silence in these small towns was palpable and I used it as a point of departure to tell a story about some quiet corners of Tuscany.
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Відео

Camera Position 213 : What's Your Hashtag?
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How do you consider yourself as a photographer in terms of the work you do? Is it important to tell your viewers how you define your work as being a particular kind or made with a particular camera, or does the work you make define you instead? If I make more images, like the one in this post, am I a #lunarphotographer or a #GreatLakesPhotographer? If I shoot it with #film or with #digital, how...
Winter Into Spring on Lake Superior
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Spring comes slowly to the shores of Lake Superior. On the Keweenaw Peninsula, the northernmost part of Michigan, the last vestiges of ice disappear into the big lake as winter begrudgingly gives way to spring.
Camera Position 212 : Sources & Resources
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This episode covers some practical details. I go over the places where you can listen to Camera Position and list a number of online resources for you to explore photography that go beyond the “usual suspects" of Instagram - Flickr - Facebook. - Sources - Where to Listen to Camera Position Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts iHeartRadio Spotify Stitcher Amazon Music iOS App UA-cam Android App - Reso...
Above the Autumn Clouds
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High up on Brockway mountain in the fall of 2019, the clouds were below me, drifting in and out of the trees below.
Camera Position 211 : What not to do
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"Whatever you do with your photography - don't ever do... that." Our desire to learn quickly, be noticed in social media and not make any mistakes has led to some photography pundits saying things like the above with increasing frequency. The whole idea that there are pictures that you should never make or techniques or ideas you should never try is confusing to me. What happened to the notion ...
History of Photography - Class 2 - History Survey Part 1
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Class session #2 is the first part of a two-part overview of the history of photography; a sort of “condensed” history in order to get a sense of the medium’s “who, what, when and where.” This week, we cover from 1800 B.C. to 1888 A.D.
History of Photography - Class 3 - History Survey Part 2
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In this second part of a two-part survey, we continue our fast trip through the history of photography, attempting to get a handle on who did what, when they did it and how it happened. We start in around 1880 and finish up in the 1990s.
History of Photography - Class 4 - Light and Likeness: Portrait Photography
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The 4th class meeting starts a more conceptual approach to the medium’s history. We look at 19th, 20th and some 21st century portraits and see if we can draw some conclusions about what makes a good portrait photograph. We also see if we can draw some parallels with the words and ideas of the Transcendentalist thinkers and writers Emerson and Thoreau and see if they can help us illuminate what ...
History of Photography - Class 5 - Photography as Transport + On The Road
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Photography as a form of transportation is the topic for class #5. We look at how the advent of wet-plate collodion technology spurred the advance of travel and landscape photography, with a special emphasis on photography of the American west. There is also a brief exploration of 20th century photographers who went “on the road” as well as a look at the way 21st Century technology like Google ...
History of Photography - Class 6 - Photography and Painting
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The interactive relationship that painting and photography have had for 174 years is the topic of this class session. We attempt to look at how painting influenced photography and vice-versa. We also look briefly at how what photographs “look like” influence our understanding of what they are.
History of Photography - Class 7 - Stereography and Standard Subjects
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A slightly shorter class session, as we cover three smaller topics: 1) the ideas surrounding stereoscopic photography, 2) the way 19th century photographers handled photographing standard subjects; once you take away subject, what other choices do photographers have to make? and 3) Rephotography: how does subject matter change over time and what does that mean for photographers?
History of Photography - Class 8 - Muybridge, Marey and the Movies
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History of Photography - Class 8 - Muybridge, Marey and the Movies
History of Photography - Class 9 - Stieglitz and the Photo Secession
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History of Photography - Class 9 - Stieglitz and the Photo Secession
History of Photography - Class 10 - Cameras Big and Small
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History of Photography - Class 10 - Cameras Big and Small
History of Photography - Class 11 - Women in Photography
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History of Photography - Class 11 - Women in Photography
History of Photography - Class 12 - The Manipulative Impulse
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History of Photography - Class 12 - The Manipulative Impulse
History of Photography - Class 13 - The Atomic Age and New Frontiers
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History of Photography - Class 13 - The Atomic Age and New Frontiers
History of Photography - Class 14 - Szarkowski: How To See
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History of Photography - Class 14 - Szarkowski: How To See
History of Photography - Class 15 - Photograph as Document, Concept as Photograph
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History of Photography - Class 15 - Photograph as Document, Concept as Photograph
History of Photography - Class 1 - Introduction and Overview
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History of Photography - Class 1 - Introduction and Overview
History of Photography Podcast 1 : Introduction
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History of Photography Podcast 1 : Introduction
History of Photography Podcast 3 : The Family of Man
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History of Photography Podcast 3 : The Family of Man
History of Photography Podcast 2 : Lisette Model
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History of Photography Podcast 2 : Lisette Model
History of Photography Podcast 4 : James Van Der Zee
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History of Photography Podcast 4 : James Van Der Zee
History of Photography Podcast 5 : Gordon Parks
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History of Photography Podcast 5 : Gordon Parks
History of Photography Podcast 6 : Looking at Photographs
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History of Photography Podcast 6 : Looking at Photographs
History of Photography Podcast 7 : Tina Modotti
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History of Photography Podcast 7 : Tina Modotti
History of Photography Podcast 8 : Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky
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History of Photography Podcast 8 : Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky
History of Photography Podcast 9 : Latent Image and Immediate Image
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History of Photography Podcast 9 : Latent Image and Immediate Image

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @tipi5586
    @tipi5586 10 днів тому

    Some of these really bring a life to the statues that they'd never have otherwise. The second one particularly, it's like a scene from a historical drama.

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto 8 днів тому

      Thank you! They were fun to make - the lives of these long-gone men have always fascinated me.

  • @tipi5586
    @tipi5586 15 днів тому

    Got to press F yo doubt on the concept that 15th century Japanese arista knew of the camera obscura. Even China at the time. Northern European pre-Rennaissance art is underappreciated in Northern Europe today compared to Southern European counterparts. On what are you basing the idea of Chinese artists understanding the techniques of their contemporaries in northern europe 8,0000 miles away?

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto 14 днів тому

      I may not have been clear. The point I wanted to make was that lens-based optics weren't all that important to eastern cultures and that western cultures had started to use lens-based methods of visualizing perspective. The camera obscura was known to eastern cultures, it just wasn't seen as an aid to painted/drawn imagery the same way as it was in the west.

  • @tipi5586
    @tipi5586 15 днів тому

    Hey, just wanted to thank for your this series, looking forward to watching more of them. So informative!

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto 14 днів тому

      Thanks so much! I appreciate you watching them!

  • @user-sn8li4nl9m
    @user-sn8li4nl9m 19 днів тому

    A wonderful tribute to your family.

  • @carlwarrenphoto
    @carlwarrenphoto 26 днів тому

    Respect have a safe Summer 2024

  • @KatalinMedvedev
    @KatalinMedvedev 27 днів тому

    Lovely Jeff. Very nice work.

  • @marycarlson3857
    @marycarlson3857 Місяць тому

    Thank you for posting this! I'm really enjoying it.

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto Місяць тому

      Thanks so much for listening!

  • @anx46
    @anx46 2 місяці тому

    thanks!

  • @philipulanowsky4661
    @philipulanowsky4661 4 місяці тому

    Well done. I am a strong believer in the power of the single still image. The counter to this power has intensified by an order of magnitude or more with the cell phone. People snap selfies and snapshots to post on Instagram rather than paying attention to the exhibit. I see it every time I go to a museum that allows photography. However, I am encouraged by a variety of evidence that a growing number in younger generations are starting to reject this flood of meaningless data. They want their lives to mean something. I am optimistic that this change will be part of a tectonic shift in paradigm now underway across the globe.

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto 4 місяці тому

      Here's hoping, right? I travel in Italy frequently and have seen this giant shift - more and more people are seeing the sites they visit with a phone in between it and them. But every once in a while, you'll see someone really looking - looking and talking with a companion about what it is they are seeing and what they think about it. We're not dead yet.

  • @natriumchlorid
    @natriumchlorid 5 місяців тому

    I watched the whole series now in a span of three weeks. I want to say thank you very much for sharing it with us! I learned a lot. Despite having an art history-related degree, I never thought about how photography influenced painters. A very interesting topic, especially nowadays, when you have to wonder how AI might influence photography. Also, as you mentioned at the end of this lecture, it's mindblowing to imagine a world without photos. My biggest take-away for my personal photography however, is: the answer to questions like "what is photography" and "what is the purpose of a photo" has changed so often in history, there is not a single correct answer, only a subjective one. There is no right or wrong, just a "what did you want to do, or why did you want to do it".

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto 5 місяців тому

      Thank you! Once I learned about the history of photography, I was amazed at how much it was ignored in my own BFA/MFA art history courses in the late 1970s. It really was a joy to teach the history of the medium. Thanks for listening.

  • @juliennepiper7394
    @juliennepiper7394 7 місяців тому

    Just stumbled upon your channel, thanks for sharing so much information!

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto 7 місяців тому

      Thanks for listening!

  • @DoctorMikeReddy
    @DoctorMikeReddy 8 місяців тому

    I’ve watched the whole series now. Thank you for your eloquence and creativity in covering the history of photography

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto 8 місяців тому

      Thanks so much for listening and for your kind words!

  • @DoctorMikeReddy
    @DoctorMikeReddy 8 місяців тому

    The Norfolk Broads, just south of Scotland? Maybe look at a map?

    • @DoctorMikeReddy
      @DoctorMikeReddy 8 місяців тому

      BUT just wanted to say thank you for this series!

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto 8 місяців тому

      😂 - A long time back I had one listener email "it's in northern England - and to be clear - NOT Scotland."

    • @aegier
      @aegier 2 місяці тому

      The Norfolk Broads cover the northeastern part of the Norfolk County in a part of England known as 'East Anglia'. You,ll find this on a map some 80 miles north of London. Interesting lecture, thanks👌

    • @tipi5586
      @tipi5586 9 днів тому

      Ah, the eternal debate of what constitutes Northern England. Will it ever stop confusing people?

    • @tipi5586
      @tipi5586 9 днів тому

      All the more ironic that it's Norfolk, the odd ball seat of the sunken Doggerland Isthmus.

  • @ayalaamir1561
    @ayalaamir1561 8 місяців тому

    Thank you very much for these excellent lectures. Systematic and insightful. I learned so much.

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto 8 місяців тому

      Thank you so much for listening! I'm glad you have enjoyed them!

  • @panboukboukouvalas5540
    @panboukboukouvalas5540 10 місяців тому

    Professors, in your lessons on the history of world photography, in lessons 6,8,10,13 there is no translation in any language, if you can see the subject with Yoytube. Thank you very much. You have done a world order, thank you.

  • @panboukboukouvalas5540
    @panboukboukouvalas5540 10 місяців тому

    Professors, in your lessons on the history of world photography, in lessons 6,8,10,13 there is no translation in any language, if you can see the subject with Yoytube. Thank you very much. You have done a world order, thank you.

  • @rolloharte6825
    @rolloharte6825 10 місяців тому

    Tragic that these short films are presented with such low resolution.

  • @carlwarrenphoto
    @carlwarrenphoto 11 місяців тому

    For my Fathers love

  • @panboukboukouvalas5540
    @panboukboukouvalas5540 11 місяців тому

    Excellent maths thank you professor, but the translation to all other languages ​​has been cut off.

  • @robertyoung1777
    @robertyoung1777 Рік тому

    Great talk. I would include Hiroshi Sugimoto and Chuck Close (Polaroids) in the large format classification. Any chance these talks could be posted in higher resolution? It’s impossible to see the images at 240 resolution.

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto Рік тому

      Thanks for watching. The resolution here on UA-cam is a byproduct of how UA-cam uploads posts from WordPress blogs. Combine that with the tech I was using back in 2013 and it’s not the “4K” resolution that we’ve all become used to. The original class session was posted here: photohistory.jeffcurto.com/archives/1569 and you can see a better resolution video there.

  • @robertyoung1777
    @robertyoung1777 Рік тому

    Thanks - great conversation with your students. Francesca Woodman is interesting.

  • @robertyoung1777
    @robertyoung1777 Рік тому

    Thank you for posting your talk. Szarkowski’s personal photography looks very controlled in comparison with the work of the photographers that he championed. I get the feeling that Szarkowski was drawn to photographers that were a little “out if control”.

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto Рік тому

      That’s a pretty insightful comment. I hadn’t looked at it that way, but I think you’re right - he liked the things that were a little on the “outside.” Thanks for watching!

  • @robertyoung1777
    @robertyoung1777 Рік тому

    I’m a firm believer that the best way for photographers to learn about image composition is to look at the work of great painters. Painters such as Caravaggio and Rembrandt understood color, form, and space. They invented their images out of whole cloth controlling every aspect of them via a very direct medium. Photographers can learn a lot about the components of a great image from the great masters.

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto Рік тому

      Agreed. It's certainly a big part of why I always included this content in my history of photography class.

  • @robertyoung1777
    @robertyoung1777 Рік тому

    The Lartigue work is fantastic. The contemporary digital stalker stuff - not so much.

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto Рік тому

      Thanks, Robert. Don't shoot the (historian) messenger...😂

  • @ajlich7987
    @ajlich7987 Рік тому

    thank you professor, this helped me with my homework!

  • @sharksport01
    @sharksport01 Рік тому

    What a perfect time to stay there. Was the shed still there?

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto Рік тому

      I have to say I don’t recall… it was several years ago. It was a great weekend, though.

  • @harrisonrex6145
    @harrisonrex6145 Рік тому

    Your lectures are great, I am surprised you do not have more "likes" on here. I just discovered you recently. I am entering an MFA program in photography and media. I was an art history major as undergrad. These videos are great refresher classes getting me ready for grad school and I am learning a lot I did not know. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THESE, I wish they had a wider audience.

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto Рік тому

      Thank you, sir! Back in the day when I was still teaching my photo history class, the podcasts were getting 8-10K a week in downloads. I'm just happy to have them up here on UA-cam for folks like you to use. Spread the word with your MFA folks!

  • @rich9914
    @rich9914 Рік тому

    Thank you for making these all public. Enjoying it a great deal

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto Рік тому

      Thanks for watching and commenting! Glad you're enjoying them!

  • @francadebea6439
    @francadebea6439 Рік тому

    viva gli antichi romani i migliori

  • @benroyal1957
    @benroyal1957 2 роки тому

    I've started adding captions to add context, prompted in part on this video.

  • @MaximGolovlev
    @MaximGolovlev 2 роки тому

    Thank you for the excursion into the history of my own country. It is a shame that a country like the Russian Empire was destroyed. It could have gradually evolved into a constitutional monarchy without civil wars and cultural destruction.

  • @leet7489
    @leet7489 2 роки тому

    you have a great voice for this

  • @chrisfitzchrisfitz5182
    @chrisfitzchrisfitz5182 2 роки тому

    I used to have, what I think was a brownie Hawkeye (circa 1970??), And still have an un-processed sphool! I live in San Jose California, and would be very interested in knowing if you or anyone in the brownie universe, has any idea of where I can get this spool developed.I’d like to think that my brownie Hawkeye is Summer still around, but I will honestly say I do not know!

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto 2 роки тому

      Of course it would depend on what type of film it is, but I'm sure there are places that could process it for you. It's similar to 120 film in size. Try the Google.

  • @AlGreenLightThroughGlass
    @AlGreenLightThroughGlass 2 роки тому

    Hi Jeff, I've just time travelled back to 2006 and started listening to all of them on my daily walk. Because it's not gear centric it's still completely relevant. Thanks for a great resource.

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto 2 роки тому

      Thank you, sir! I really appreciate it.

  • @nickfanzo
    @nickfanzo 2 роки тому

    Kodachrome and dye transfer are unmatched to this day, it’s sad. I’ll stick to black and white in my darkroom 🤔

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto 2 роки тому

      It's true, isn't it? "Progress" sometimes isn't.

  • @bigchaz6426
    @bigchaz6426 2 роки тому

    Thanks Jeff. I agree. I find that you can't be creative without making mistakes. Creativity is one mistake after another resulting in the finished product, ie, your mistakes all rolled into one final image.

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto 2 роки тому

      I like that: "creativity is one mistake after another..." 😂 - the end result is the goal, right?

  • @bigchaz6426
    @bigchaz6426 2 роки тому

    Very interesting Jeff! Fantastic video! I love a pioneer story, especially on photography, it inspires my to pick my camera up again. Thanks!

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto 2 роки тому

      Thanks! I appreciate it!

  • @paquitoperez2116
    @paquitoperez2116 2 роки тому

    Hello Sir, I've given a little break to podcasts listening in general.. I'm back and it seems you stopped Camera Position in May 2021. Am I mistaken?

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto 2 роки тому

      I'm afraid I've fallen victim to "podfade" and haven't produced an episode in a long time, due to some health issues in my household. But... I have a plan to get back on track. Stay tuned!

  • @pichiliza
    @pichiliza 2 роки тому

    EXCELLENT! By any chance, do you know how many books were printed in the first edition?

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto 2 роки тому

      Thank you! I'm sorry to say that I have no idea... wish I did!

  • @TheStockwell
    @TheStockwell 2 роки тому

    Ansel Adams' first camera was the No.1 Brownie. 3:21 His parents gave him one because he was hyperactive. They figure something like a camera would keep him busy. Well, we all know how *that* turned out! That No.1 Brownie of his is now in the collection of the George Eastman Museum. I own a No.1 Brownie. What's surprising how small it is - much smaller than a box of packaged butter. Which makes sense - children have small hands. Another little kid who started off with a Brownie camera (a Brownie Special Six-16): Stanley Kubrick.

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto 2 роки тому

      Great additional detail! The little camera that could!

    • @TheStockwell
      @TheStockwell 2 роки тому

      @@JeffCurtoWell, thank you. I've become a Kodak geek in the last few years. George Eastman was a fascinating person. He discovered photography when it was all about pouring emulsion on glass plates and having to get the picture shot and developed within fifteen minutes - before the emulsion dried. By the time of his death, film came on rolls, anyone could set up a darkroom or send film off to be processed, and hand-held motion picture cameras were available. Eastman was responsible for all of that happening. Also, he liked camping and cooking over a campfire. Have a safe and interesting holiday season - best wishes from rural Vermont. 🐧

  • @vpdisco
    @vpdisco 2 роки тому

    Thank you for posting. I am looking for information on the manufacturing of Brownie Hawkeyes. Do you know of any resources that might be of value. I'm finding a bit on their marketing and art deco motifs. But if I can get info on how they were assembled would be awesome.

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto 2 роки тому

      I have a few links available here but otherwise, I’m afraid I can’t help. photohistory.jeffcurto.com/archives/1741

  • @terencew3840
    @terencew3840 2 роки тому

    Awesome video. great graphics. i wonder why there arent more views

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto 2 роки тому

      Thanks! I appreciate you being here! The content has been available as a podcast for a few years, but I only recently put it on UA-cam, which could account for the low view numbers. But you're one more! :-)

  • @susandowns1091
    @susandowns1091 2 роки тому

    This was an excellent class

  • @derricksansome236
    @derricksansome236 2 роки тому

    Wise words Sir, I concur completely and can confirm that photography without labels is a joyful exercise, thank you for so eloquently releasing the ties that so easily can constraint us when we think we need a #. Really pleased to have stumbled across your channel.

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto 2 роки тому

      Thanks, Derrick! Freeing ourselves from all of that "stuff" lets us make the work we want to make - and make it *look* the way we want it to look - without having to declare ourselves as being in a particular "camp."

  • @Somzz24
    @Somzz24 3 роки тому

    your lectures are getting interesting video by video !! thank you!!

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto 3 роки тому

      Thank you for listening!

  • @ThomasParis
    @ThomasParis 3 роки тому

    Loved that last one. I love how it's almost an abstract, just playing with lines and such. And yet, it's not trying to be unreal and looking at it just a little bit more carefully reveals it for what it is. Thanks for sharing all this beauty.

    • @JeffCurto
      @JeffCurto 3 роки тому

      Hey, thanks, Thomas! Yeah... sequentially, I put that one last in this little piece because of that abstract quality - once you've seen the other ice images, it's easier to "read" that picture as ice and "drip." Thanks for watching and commenting; I really appreciate it.

  • @elizabethlarke4738
    @elizabethlarke4738 3 роки тому

    Absolutely inspirational- thank you!

  • @Somzz24
    @Somzz24 3 роки тому

    intresting

  • @pjdirections5474
    @pjdirections5474 3 роки тому

    Great job, i really liked 😀😀