The Best Photographers in the World Do Not Call Themselves Photographers‼️
Summary
A rider debates whether the best living photographers even call themselves photographers anymore. He argues that countless people are shooting constantly on their iPhones without considering themselves artists, building archives that'll define what life looked like in the 2020s decades from now. Kareem agrees. He's got 57,296 photos himself. The conversation turns philosophical fast. We're capturing time, the rider says. We're all living like God. Kareem backs off that claim, worried about lightning strikes, and pivots to complimenting the guy's scarf. Turns out he's collecting yellow ones.
Full Transcript
So what's your take? The best living photographers today do not consider themselves photographers and are probably taking all their photos on iPhones. 100% disagree. There are people out there right now who are just shooting all the time, and they don't think of themselves as photographers, but they have an incredible archive of images that in 20, 40, 60 years we're going to look back on and say, "Wow, this is what life was like in the 20s in the US, in the world. This is what was going on."
Just like me. Just like you. I've got 57,7296 photos and I have 16,17 videos. That's a lot. Is that a good number? That's pretty good numbers. I put numbers up on the board.
Yes, sir. Do you think there are too many photos? No, I think it's great. I think it's awesome. I think it's cool. We're capturing time. We're like God. We're all like, like, living like God.
I'm not like God. Oh, well, you know, you're a little Godlike.
I don't want to get struck by lightning. Did God get struck by lightning? No, but if you say you're God, you might get struck by lightning.
I like your scarf. Thank you so much. I like—I just started collecting yellow scarves.
Interesting choice.