Great man

Could you explain how he is great and what he has actually accomplished. The discipline of photography will never have a master, because there is nothing to master, transcend, graduate, … . Painting, on the other hand, does. I’m claiming to be the first and only master of the discipline of painting, who transcended the object, graduated the subject, … . Cheers!!!

A big ego who is so into himself over the years
it gets just worse and worse ,in any event his bank account matches his ego from fools that
collect this simplistic work.
As a publisher of other greater photogs he was much better but that was the last time this ham was doing anything other than his own spiel.
If you tell people you are great some will believe you.
He really was influenced by some of the
guys and gals he published but would not
acknowledge that,even on his deathbed.

A brilliant photographer, brilliant. No one anymore is doing or seeing what he does. He is a link to a style and philosophy of photography that is real and valuable. Ralph becomes more valuable as the years pass. Watch his physical reaction when he mentions Weston as an influence. Perhaps the greatest of all, he knows the debt we all have. Peace.

He’s so true when he says ‘I don’t know any great masters of digital photography’. Although digital photography is a relevant and logical devlopment of photography it isn’t near as artistic or valuebale then the old analogue photography. Photography with telephone? Please.

andreas gursky digitally manipulates his photos;
many of the artists working w/ photography are working digitally. Do people here go to galleries??

I agree with the sentiment of this comment despite being influenced by this guy when I started 20 years ago. Unfortunatly it seems to be human nature to raise a few people up way beyond their true acheivement and ignore everyone else, many of whom would produce good work (better?) given the chance. It’s some kind of mass ego/fear effect…

There are many masters of digital photography…
Thomas Ruff among others…
When an artist is not able to accept new advances in the medium it usually means that the artist is not keeping in touch with the avant garde of his time.

“….When an artist is not able to accept new advances in the medium it usually means that the artist is not keeping in touch with the avant garde of his time….”

Did you catch what he said at 6:30 about being true to yourself as an artist?

So he doesn’t do digital. It’s what you SAY not HOW you say it. Mediums come and go.

Ralph, you have it wrong. Content is what counts not film or digital.
Gerrythetailor