The Changing Outlook on Photographic Road Trips & Robin De Puy

THIS VIDEO: In this video I’m going to look at a project by Dutch photographer and national portrait prize winner Robin de Puy. I’ll link this exploration with a look at how the attitudes towards road trip photography and documentary photography as a whole have evolved. Critics look back on photographers from the 1930s like Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange and consider their claim of being neutral, objective observers as being naïve. The argument is that photographers as authors bring all their biases to their practice. Since that time, we’ve seen dramatic transformations within photography as society has attempted to modify how photographers record other people. I’ll argue that largely these attempts haven’t altered the final outcome very much…and my opinion is that the photographer’s intent is possibly the most reliable measure of respect or empathy. Robert Frank in the 1950's set the framework for all the road trips that followed. He didn’t want his work to be neutral – it was more of a rage against the machine. 1-on-1 MENTORING: https://graemewilliams.co.za/mentor-p... Buymeacoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/graemewi... ABOUT ME: The conversations focus on topics related to different aspects of photography including: art, documentary and photojournalism. The discussions explore the personal experiences of photographers and artists and how their work reflects both their internal and external landscape. During the past 30 years I have photographed in over 50 countries for magazines including National Geographic, Time, New York Times and Newsweek. I have held solo exhibitions in New York, London and Paris and my work is showcased in private and institutional art collections around the world. COPYRIGHT: The copyright for all images belongs to the photographer/s being discussed. WEBSITE: https://www.graemewilliams.co.za FACEBOOK:   / graemewilliamsphotographer   INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/williamsgraeme MUSIC: YouTube audio - Cruiser - Magic in the Other VIDEO CLIPS:Robert Frank on photographing The Americans. Robert Frank on photographing The Americans. Time Lapse Wall Wrap Robin De Puy Exhibition, Bonnefanten, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Trailer Robin de Puy - Ik ben het allemaal zelf ｜ Close Up