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The man who shot the 60's

trishw78 · 2010-01-14 10:11:41

Anyone see this on BBC4 last night it's on again tonight at 11pm. It's a look at the life of Brian Duffy, in the 60's right up till he burned all his negatives in the 70's. It was a very interesting look at how he worked, how he views his work. His Benson & Hedges compain was very interesting, to see how he dealth with…

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Anyone see this on BBC4 last night it's on again tonight at 11pm.

It's a look at the life of Brian Duffy, in the 60's right up till he burned all his negatives in the 70's.

It was a very interesting look at how he worked, how he views his work. His Benson & Hedges compain was very interesting, to see how he dealth with scale before photoshop.

They did a small comparison between Duffy, Donovan & Bailey.

I like his comments any half-wit with a camera could do what they did, and that only recently photography has been called art.

Well worth a watch,

Next Wednesday 9pm BBC4 Shooting the War

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#2 14-01-2010 11:32am

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I saw it, thought it was very good all round.

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#3 14-01-2010 11:57am

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watched it last night, was a lot more interesting than i expected it to be. Duffy came across as a pretty likeable, if unpredictable guy.

It didnt do much to change my opinion of mr bailey though...

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#4 14-01-2010 12:02pm

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I missed the programme but.............why did he burn all his negatives ?

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#5 14-01-2010 12:04pm

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Morrisseeee wrote: »

I missed the programme but.............why did he burn all his negatives ?

Basically it all boiled down to a fit of temper! And being a stubborn so and so that was that.

He got fed up with the daily grind, he described being a photographer as "the same as being a plumber, or an electrician" so when things got on top of him he gave it all up.

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#6 14-01-2010 12:57pm

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Don't know much about Bailey, but I agree Duffy was quite likeable, I don't think I could have lasted long as his assistant.

I thought what Joanna Lumley said was very insightful. she said he made the models say Thursday, because the mouth made a nice shape. Has anyone tried this technique

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#7 14-01-2010 2:18pm

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I tought the program was brilliant. Duffy is a realist in the true sense of the word.

This is my favourite quote of his from the program. While speaking of photography as an art.....
"It's the only form that any numscull, nitwit or halfwit can do with as much competence as we do." Duffy

I love it.

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#8 15-01-2010 12:26am

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This is great thanks a lot for sharing, keep us updated if you hear of any more.

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#9 15-01-2010 3:15am

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If you can bounce your ip to the UK you can watch it here

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055210330&page=4

^^ READ THIS 1st !

http://hurwi.net/blog/?p=28

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#10 15-01-2010 10:41am

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Only caught the bit on the B&H stuff and it was brill, shame I missed the rest.

Have set alarm on phone for next weeks tho

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#11 15-01-2010 9:16pm

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yeah twas good, actually it was on twice - he stayed away from photography for something like 30 years!

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#12 16-01-2010 3:04am

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thought it was really interesting and enjoyable, and loved the fact that he wasnt at all bullsh1ty or 'artsy' like so many people can be... he seemed like a normal bloke who loved shooting people and wasnt to up himself... although, he may have been different during the 60's whilst in the midst of it all.

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#13 16-01-2010 4:00pm

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Chorcai wrote: »

If you can bounce your ip to the UK you can watch it here

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055210330&page=4

^^ READ THIS 1st !

http://hurwi.net/blog/?p=28

missed most of the show, how exaclty do I switch my IP to the UK??

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