Artist Series :: William Wegman

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Ted Forbes

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4.5 • 942 Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2016

⏱️ 11 minutes

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The Artist Series Episode 2 William Wegman is an American photographer, painter and video artist probably most known for his work with Weimaraners. DVD: William Wegman: Video Work 1970-1999 http://amzn.to/1VXwKZN http://www.williamwegman.com/ http://www.pacemacgill.com/selected_works/artist_page.php?artist=William%20Wegman Special Thanks to William Wegman, Christine Burgin and Jeff Zilm The Artist Series is made possible by the people who support the show. Thank YOU! Film by Ted Forbes Shot by Ted Forbes and Blake Wilson Music: Dmitri Shostakovich Shot in 4k using Sony A7r II http://amzn.to/1NHxOsr Sony A7s II http://amzn.to/1qHWkEv Sony RX100 mk IV http://amzn.to/1NHxNVs Audio Rode RodeLink FM Wireless Filmmaker System http://amzn.to/1SqoJpN Rode RodeLink FM Wireless Filmmaker System http://amzn.to/1SqoJpN Twitter: http://twitter.com/tedforbes Instagram: http://instagram.com/tedforbes Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aop.podcast Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/tedforbes Website: http://theartofphotography.tv And get on our mailing list to stay up to date on photography news and the latest episodes: http://theartofphotography.tv/about/mailing-list/ Ted Forbes The Art of Photography 3100 Main St #135 Dallas, Texas 75226 Thanks for watching - if you like this video, remember to share it with your friends! My name is Ted Forbes and I make videos about photography. I’ve been making photographs most of my life and I have a tremendously deep passion for photography that I want to share with you on YouTube. The Art of Photography is my channel and I produce photography videos to provide a 360 degree look into the world of making images. We all want to get better so lets do this together! I make videos covering famous photographers, photography techniques, composition, the history of photography and much more. I also have a strong community of photographers who watch the show and we frequently do social media challenges for photographers to submit their own work. I feature the best and most interesting on the show when we do these so come check it out and get involved!

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0:00.0	It's very uncomfortable when you have to ask somebody, is this any good?
0:04.0	What do you think of this?
0:05.9	Should I have more on top or a little less on top?
0:10.0	I mean, that's a scary place to be as an artist.
0:13.3	And I think it's when you're a student,
0:15.3	you're there a lot and your teacher is supposed to go.
0:18.0	A little bit more at the bottom,
0:20.1	you know, that kind of thing, that thing happens. But, you know, kind of thing that thing happens but you know it's it's your world and you should make the decisions and when you know it's right it's very it's very wonderful to feel that kind of clarity about what you're doing and it's not always there.
0:36.0	I mean you have to have periods where you're not sure. You're going to be.
0:43.0	You're going to.
0:44.0	You know?
0:45.0	You know?
0:47.0	You know?
0:48.0	You know You know Well, I started out as a painter and following what was current in the art magazines in the 60s, kind of became a conceptual artist and
1:07.0	abandoned painting and the first work that I made that seemed to get attention were the videos because you could, they were
1:17.7	hard to resist and you could show them anywhere and I liked that they were to not particularly an art audience although that was included.
1:25.5	Then I also did photographs always from a two and a quarter camera always 8 by 10 not wall size. I wanted them to be
1:37.5	strong in publication in magazines, not on the wall. So I was looking for extending my work that way through that
1:46.8	media as well. I had influences and they weren't photographers. They were comedians, Bob and Ray, huge fans.
1:59.1	That kind of helped with my video, I think,
2:01.4	or at least once I did it I thought of them a writer
2:04.7	Borges because of his idea of circular time and getting in and out of something
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