Wabi-sabi: When BAD PHOTOS are BETTER

That's why film hasn't died, it gives automatic imperfections

I comfirm this. The bad photos of my cat are absolutely priceless. She looks like an alien.

"But i take the beauty of chaos, over ugly perfection" -Pat, The Bunny.

Profound. I'm 80, taking pictures for 56 years and many of my most fondly remembered were imperfect. Bicycles leaning like lovers against a tree. A runner on a gloomy day seen from behind suspended in the air, a young beach brat pulling a wagon with binder twine, taken with my Dad's 1939-ish Zeiss Ikon camera.

Funny how my Japanese colleagues talk about this thing called wabi-sabi last night during drinking. Can confirm that YouTube's been listening to our conversation then recommends it.

As an art graduate, I really apreciate this, the world needs to know more about how complex the art can become when academic rules and subjetive vision are layered infinitly.

2:25 I love how that girl blends with the wall - especially her socks

When i started Photgraphy i was around 6, i didn`t know any rules for compesition since i was 16-17. The rules and importance of the "perfect" shot got pushed in my brain since i started film school. But i just fell somewhat limited by it, By exposing everything right and the perfect composition i think there is just something missing. My favourite shots are the ones i shoot on the run with my 35mm while i`m with my friends. And i think they will for ever be my personal "best".

It's so nice to hear someone talk about Nan Goldin. It's also very refreshing just to hear a YouTuber talk about the artists in the photography industry and not just about gear!

"Do you often break rules and conventions?" Not consciously, but sometimes stuff just feels better if it's "broken".

As a painter I can add that we play with broken & lost edges, soft in contrast with hard, in our pictures not only because contrast creates interest but also because they relate more to how we actually see the world. We can only focus on one item/area at a time & the rest is blurry. A camera (or painter) can present the image in perfect clarity that incapsulates every item & as a whole. This typically feels cold & stagnant, though most viewers wont understand why or put their finger on the ‘what’ that feels off. Instead, they will just always connect more with the other photos/paintings that do not use perfect linear representation to present every detail. The voice or the calligraphy of the artist is found in those choices. Where to blur, where to focus, where to lead the eye, & what aesthetic choices they make to communicate their message. Thats where u separate urself from others. Like a Blues player, there r only so many chords & only so many notes to choose from. We all get the same proverbial palette, what we choose to do with it…..THAT is our chance to stand apart.

I grew up loving low quality shit lol thought I was weird

"Photography is not reality"

They kinda feel cursed, I love it

It is not necessary to choose just one photographer, because there is no one who only takes “good” pictures.

I regret not watching this when the algorithm recommend it to me th first time. I'm so grateful that it did not gave up on putting this in my recommendation after ignoring it for so many times.

Unstaged photos lend incredible authenticity to the moment.

Realistic photography Shows how imperfect we truly are

I personally call it my grunge-esque aesthetic.

this is why i love shooting on disposable cameras. its something i do when im with friends, and i encourage them all to take turns with the cameras so that there are photos from many peoples perspectives. we sometimes take joke photos that are staged to be funny of course, but most of the photos are from parties where there's drugs and alcohol present, or where people are mid-blink, or contorting their faces while singing songs on rockband. im in love with the ugly, the obscure, the spontaneity, and the red-eye from the flash and the graininess of the film. it takes me back to those moments because theyre actual moments, not because theyre what those moments would look like perfected and set up.