Fred Herzog dead at 88

[logan2z]

First Robert Frank and now news of Fred Herzog. A very bad day for photography...

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/noted-vancouver-photographer-fred-herzog-dies-at-age-88

 

[Ko.Fe.]

I will miss him. He is great Canadian.

 

[MattKing]

He truly was ahead of his time.
RIP

 

[macfred]

His “Man With Bandage” from 1968 is one of my favorite color photographs ever !

 

[halfaman]

Greatly underrated in a time when color photography was not appreciated and even despise by some.

 

[jtk]

Thanks

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

We lost a great street photographer. I loved his colour work.

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/noted-vancouver-photographer-fred-herzog-dies-at-age-88

 

[warden]

Two greats gone in one week. Damn.

 

[timmct]

Thanks for that...really great work!

 

[MattKing]

We have a couple of threads on Fred Herzog now: https://www.photrio.com/forum/threads/fred-herzog-dead-at-88.169873/
It isn't surprising that Andrew started his in the "Journalism and Documentary" sub-forum, because it was that portion of Fred Herzog's work that the Equinox Gallery decided to publicize, leading to Mr. Herzog coming to prominent attention.
But Mr. Herzog was apparently interested in many other types of photography.
He had a history of hosting public slide shows, and often featured records of extensive travelling and many other photographic interests.
I expect that much of the reason he did not become well known earlier was his choice of media - 35mm Kodachrome. If one shot slides, and one didn't work for National Geographic ....

 

[Colin Corneau]

He certainly had the last laugh, as his work gave true life to a bygone era...it really felt like 'being there'. It took technology to catch up to him to be able to print the images off as he liked.

I never did read why he chose Kodachrome and colour, over the simpler and cheaper black and white film...anyone know this?

 

[macfred]

...
I never did read why he chose Kodachrome and colour, over the simpler and cheaper black and white film...anyone know this?

“First of all when you do black and white all have is the basic resource, a negative. That needs a lot of dancing around the darkroom and time and patience and energy ….
But I didn’t have time for that. That’s one reason I did colour slides. I’d get 36 slides back, beautiful, finish.”

From In his own words - an interview with Fred Herzog https://www.americansuburbx.com/2013/05/interview-fred-herzog-in-his-own-words-excerpts.html

 

[CMoore]

These videos are 6-7 years old now.
But considering Fred's recent death..............

 

[timmct]

Sometimes colour can be a defining part of composition/revelation. The manipulation of colour (within the metier of the inkjet printer) can have a magnifying effect to the original, artistic, impulse. Cool that this guy was crawling around with a camera...others with canvas and paint.

Sometimes colour can get it done...but you gotta have composition/timing and this dude HAD it.

 

[Colin Corneau]

“First of all when you do black and white all have is the basic resource, a negative. That needs a lot of dancing around the darkroom and time and patience and energy ….
But I didn’t have time for that. That’s one reason I did colour slides. I’d get 36 slides back, beautiful, finish.”

From In his own words - an interview with Fred Herzog https://www.americansuburbx.com/2013/05/interview-fred-herzog-in-his-own-words-excerpts.html

Thank you! It's quite amazing to think that expediency or convenience played as large a part as it did in what turned out to be a profound decision.

His work inspired me from the moment I saw it in 2007, at a chance visit to the Vancouver Art Gallery.

 

[jtk]

His decision was an artist's decision, not mere convenience.

It might have been more convenient to stick with b&w the way so many have done.

 

[Ko.Fe.]

Thank you! It's quite amazing to think that expediency or convenience played as large a part as it did in what turned out to be a profound decision.

His work inspired me from the moment I saw it in 2007, at a chance visit to the Vancouver Art Gallery.

He also used this film at work. Where they needed it in color.