okay this is one stack of four that are
in my living room I think it is time
because I haven't done one in weeks
let's do a little mail today
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so first up
is this book from Ed Ruttledge called the
people of Chavita and I'll share a
little at his letter with you Ed writes
Dear Ted not sure I would call the
enclosed a zine but sending it anyway I
was invited by the Civita Institute to
spend a month as artist-in-residence at
the Institute's property in Civita
di Banoregio, Italy in the fall of
2015 when accepted for this project it
was open-ended so I met with the
Institute's president and asked what are
you interested in having photographed
the people of Civita he replied - I almost
choked I have done landscape photography
my signature characteristic being no
people in my work so this was a
challenge for me yet of the photo
product that was eventually to be the
result of my month at Civita I liked the
people series the best the book was
intended to be a coffee table book for a
fundraiser images with titles only I
have added some comment via post-it
notes - Ed this is outstanding
Ed this is an excellent project and an
excellent book I will link up to further
information in the description if you
are interested in seeing more thank you
Ed this is awesome next up is a zine
and a few prints from Lee Johnson who lives
in Switzerland and I want to share a little
of his note with you this is really cool
hello Ted longtime viewer of your
YouTube channel here I have included a
little project shot about four years ago
ironically it was shot over a period of
three weeks but it was my first attempt
at taking a body of work and trying to
edit it down to something more
substantial this is a nice little zine
called The Green The Blue The Grey - it is a
photographic journey through the Pacific
Northwest which is one of my favorite
places in the United States everything
is so gorgeous out that way and you can
see that evidence in this book it's a
really nice little collection just on a
time and a place taking over a period of
about three weeks
so Lee thank you very much this is
outstanding next up this is really
awesome and it was a really nice
surprise to get this is a book that was
photographed by Tom Barr and words by
Kate Davies I believe is how you say
her name - Tom you might recognize from
the comments section he is a viewer of
the show and an excellent photographer
this book is really cool and I want to
share with you a little of his letter he
lives in Scotland and he writes dear Ted
I am a recent subscriber to your excellent
Art of Photography channel I'm sending
you a copy of my recently completed
photo documentary project, Shetland Oo
Textiles, Wool, Work - it's an exploration
of the interactions between landscape
and the people in the textile industry
of remote Shetland Islands there are two
things that especially interest me as a
photographer people at work (or play) or
where that work (or play) takes place
Shetland is a fascinating place to think
about the relationship between human
labor and place and my starting point
with the project with a desire to show
how a particular landscape has been
shaped by the work of wool and to
illustrate the many different ways in
which wool shapes humans lives in
turn I wanted to show people at work and
in places where that work occurs and
in Shetland those spaces are varied
from the cozy interiors of sheds and
living rooms to the drama of windblown
hills and cliffs my guiding principle
was that the images should suggest a real
dignity and the beauty of the work
that's done with wool and the textiles
in Shetland and hopefully capture some
of those same qualities in working with
Shetlanders themselves - this is really
beautifully written Tom this is an
excellent book I am blown away and I
don't know if i'm pronouncing it right
because I know it is a local term but I
believe that Oo is a basically a
substitute for the word wool or slang so
i guess this is Shetland Oo so if I'm
looking like a fool right now I
apologize but this book is outstanding
and guys a couple videos ago I talked
about the importance of being inspired
by things outside of photography and I
think Tom has really brought that
together with the work that he's done
with this collaborative book and it's it
is documentation of an industry
particularly in the Shetland Islands of
wool but I think it brings a lot of that
inspiration and what you see in this
book are younger people who are bringing
the
craft element back to something that is
an older industry and this is really
well done I really can't praise this
enough Tom thank you this is awesome if
you guys want to buy a copy this book it
is available and I will link that up in
the show description so check it out
ok so I want to share this with you guys
and I have to preface this by saying
that when I went to the p.o box they
handed me this box and it said it was
from Michael Koss now when I was a kid
I had this pair of KOSS headphones that
I inherited from my dad - he'd passed them
along to me and they were falling apart
but they sounded so good and I would sit
there and listen to my dad's records at
the record player when I was little I
mean we're talking like 7 or 8 and I had
these huge KOSS headphones I called him
my cans and of course now that's the
slang for headphones and so jokingly in
my mind I'm sitting there thinking that
well KOSS are probably reaching out to the
show I get this home I open it up lo and
behold this is a letter from Michael
Koss and he says dear Ted we are big
fans thanks for everything you do from
your Q&A to the artist series from you
tutorials and processing to your camera
reviews always loads of fun very
much enjoyed the fact that you can wield
an axe as an additional sauce for the
goose I play guitar too and I thought it
was very cool that he knew that
enjoy the enclosed with our thanks my son
Charlie manages our content while
freelancing out of Brooklyn I am in
based in Milwaukee hope to meet one day
thanks a million Michael J Koss
chairman and CEO KOSS corporation
Milwaukee this is awesome Michael this
is really nice thank you for your lovely
note and thank you for the headphones I
need a pair and these are really awesome
by the way my cat judy likes them too I
want to thank everybody who I featured
today that has sent something in this is
really special and it's one of the
things that I enjoy the most if you
have sent something to me and I haven't
gotten to it yet I promise I will I have
like there's a stack of mail here
there's one over here I have this it's
piling up because I haven't done a mail
video in a while and so I promise to get
to that in the next week or so now
having said that I want to add something
to this the Art of Photography the
videos that I make here for those of you
who have watched a lot of my videos I'm
sure you understand this
but the Art of Photography I don't
feature a lot of my own work I've featured
it occasionally but it's not about me - the
Art of Photography is a celebration of
photography and it's about a
conversation that we have together and
it's a celebration of the relationship
that I have making these videos with you
guys and that's really important to me
and over the years there have been a lot
of things that really stand out to me
I've done the show for nine years now
next year will be your number ten and
there's a lot of things that stand out
but the two things that are really
special to me one are the mail stuff
that you guys send when I get mail from
you guys it used to be just like one
bookshelf and i'm about to have to buy a
bookshelf for everything and it's really
special to me because this is stuff that
people you know there are other
YouTubers that do mail episodes and a
lot of time to get food or candy or
whatever they rip it open and it's just
kind of this thing where they go through
it and I am so proud that the stuff that
people send me is work it's something
that they poured their heart and soul
into and I think that's evidenced with
the stuff that I've shared with you
today there's some really amazing stuff
and I'm so proud of you guys and I'm so
excited to have you share that with me
and then I can turn around and
share it with everybody else the other
thing is Photo Assignments which is also very
special to me too and it's a little more
immediate there's no printing or
shipping or bookmaking involved but
anyway the mail stuff particularly
zines and projects that people do are
very special to me and I hope that you
guys get that out of it too i'm going to
link up to people's stuff that they've
given me likes to in the show
description if you have something that
you would like to send in my mailing
address is in the description of every
video on this channel so you can look
for it there and I'd be happy to share
things on the show so anyway guys this
has been fun if you enjoyed this video
please remember to like it share it and
as always subscribe to the art of
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you in the next one until then later
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