It funny cuz as a little girl I collected photographs but stopped when people didn't understand. Now I know there are people out there who are like me.
I love your collection of photos. I have wanted to start a collection of my own, but unfortunately where I live there aren't a whole lot of antique stores like there are on the Mainland. Makes me wonder what happens to all the old photographs....
I love your collection of photos. I have wanted to start a collection of my own, but unfortunately where I live there aren't a whole lot of antique stores like there are on the Mainland. Makes me wonder what happens to all the old photographs....
I love your collection of photos. I have wanted to start a collection of my own, but unfortunately where I live there aren't a whole lot of antique stores like there are on the Mainland. Makes me wonder what happens to all the old photographs....
Once I found an box of old pictures in my garage. A few of them caught my eye. One was of a beautiful woman, dancing her heart out, and the other was of 3 young men & a woman standing in a lot full of planes. The latter said " Uncle Jimmy, Uncle Charlie, Aunt Annie, and Grandpa". The first had the title "La Favorita"
The first was of Charles & Anne Lindbergh, James Doolittle, and my great-grandfather. The second was my grandma as she toured the world with a dance troop. I love my family.
ok major props on this one ! i am a photographer(for fun) and i love looking at old pictures...if u want to see some really neat pictures look for the book miss peregrine's home for peculiar children it has some seriously spooky and awesome old pictures from collectors like yourself, not to mention its a really good book ! im considering starting a collection of old pictures of my own, i love looking through them at flea markets and antique shops! thanks so much for the awesome video!
I do the same thing. I've found old pictures, books and once a stack of old postcards and travel booklets. I deployed once and found photos on my work computer from a person who did the same job. I visited most of the places she visited and got almost identical shots on accident. I thought it was interesting enough to take some home. A co-worker half a world away saw her pictures on my thumb drive and knew who she was. We'd lived almost parallel lives a year apart.
Amazing and very original video, entertaining to watch and very interesting points. It's great to know that there are still different people out there.. ive seen to much of the mainstream and im bored already. I collect movies, but that's no way as excited as yours :P
WHY DOES THIS NOT HAVE MORE VIEWS. i find this kind of thing SO interesting. i guess i just have a thing for peoples stories. have you ever written/though up stories surrounding the people in the photos?
@heytherelottie He has a book on the New York Times best seller list called Ms. Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children with stories of children from some of the photographs. :)
"Last Kind Word Blues" by Geechie Wiley. I have been trying to find the name of that song siince i first heard it in the documentary "Crumb". Thank you, thank you.
I got teary eyed. I'm not sure if it was your interest shining through or the long-forgotten stories of many people...or I don't even know. All I know is, that video was so well-done, and the analogy of old photos being like a record was genius. The way you conveyed your fascination with old photos reminds me of what I feel as a writer-the intrigue of a story-fictional or nonfictional. You explained your interest in a way people can understand and relate to-someday I hope to do the same.
The human experience is so fleeting, but so deeply enriching. It's all so insignificant on the stellar scale of things, but every "trivial" moment is everything there will ever be- everything we will ever hope to know.
Beautiful video, and I must confess, I couldn't stop myself from tearing up!
Wow... I actually feel the same way. I love going to flea markets, and picking up an old radio, or a phone that doesn't work.. just to think about the stories behind it. Who owned it? Where was it from? This stuff fascinates me, and it was a pleasure watching this video, because I can understand where you're coming from. An old soul, stringing together a life with ones that have already been lived.
I must have watched this video a few more times than is sensible, but now I'm reading your book and I have to say, the picture of the girl peeling potatoes is my very favourite, so far.
people collect things, people collect objects,people treasure ephemeria ...some are hand-me-downs,some are found,some are given as gifts. And all these things represent stories, the narrative of lives lived and loves experienced and loss felt. Always the stories,the stories that drag us into the emotionality that is at the core of the human experience.And don't we all love to hear a great story,to connect the object with the emotional, to be moved, to feel,to vibrate with the passions of life.
"Just smiling through, though its grim here" - amazing short film - i collect old photos to . Im a jeweller so i make lockets and other objects with the photos - I collect old photos for the same reason - a little snapshot of some ones life - a shadow - a whisper.
I love collecting photos of people I dont know. I found this really neat one at an antique store in June. I hope to keep up the hobby. The flea market thing sounds like a really good idea! I will definitely do that.
Great video, a bit creepy at parts but overall, fantastic. My nana has tons of scrapbooks/albums full of my ancestors, and I love to learn about their lives (I'm 15 by the way). I found out from one of the pictures that either my great-grandfather's or great-great-grandfather's brother was a POW in WWI. Yes, World War 1. I was absolutely blown away. That's one of the reasons I love visiting her, I always learn something new.
@ransriggs You could easily protect yourself from the radiation...and plenty of people have documentaries and other videos here on YouTube. I would just really like to see you do one. Your voice is perfect for documentaries, as are your filming skills.
@ransriggs I just finished reading your novel and it was amazing and engaging. I haven't read a book thats really captivated me since the last Harry Potter came out,so this was a breath of fresh air. Will there be a sequel?
@ransriggs Well, techincally no. Not anymore. The radiation is gone... Its only around the plant itself. But you should go there. You have an amaizing talent. Your voice and the choice of music... just melts together with the video! You are excellent!
this video speaks to me as a photographer, i was inspired to become a photographer by growing up looking at old family photos , a family i never knew left behind in another country..and a grandfather dressed in his army attire from the korean war era. It made me cry..because like those photographs thats all most people hold on too and know when the person moves on.
when you put it in that way i understand you. i never thought of it that way its almost the same as looking in to a painting. i got a question though when you see the photos what do you feel when about the people in the picture ?
I'm going to start printing my favorite pictures. The internet is great for sharing them, but to hold them, to have physical (albeit fallible) record of having existed in a single moment is one of the most beautiful things in the world.
I can't help but to keep coming back to this video from time to time. It's just hauntingly beautiful, like the snapshots are just the tangible ghosts of the past... I love it.
I've NEVER seen old pictures at any flea markets, and I go to a flea market pretty much every weekend. Very fascinating hobby. I've always has a thing for old pictures. The writings on the back of them kinda sadden me. These people have just been forgotten :(.
I showed this video to my mum and she thinks the one photo at 0:14 looks exactly like her granddad and great uncle at her great uncles brothers house in St. Catherine's.
You are probably one of the coolest people on the planet for not only being able to connect with mere photos that have been abandon forever, but also being able to put stories together with them.
I like snapshots. Its hard to describe when taking random pictures of different people, its like a slice of life. People, different people, doing different things, but being people and they're all the same in every way.
OMG I have been doing this for years, I have tons.. lots of even old negatives of pics.. I have no idea when or why I started keeping, finding, wow, I suppoes collecting (though I claim to collect nothing) just something about them that feels safe, almost like a family to me.. I can look for hours into the people's eyes and expression and just wonder so many things, and yeah I have gotten many an odd look and told "that's weird" when I find say a larger "framed" as in 1800 type cardboard
Ironically despite wars and 101 other "problems" that blighted peoples lives in the 19th&20thC people lived more fulfilling and intensive lives.Industry was vast and the opportunities endless.The 21stC offers the average person no challenges anymore,sure there are the insignificant day to day worries but there is nothing to work for or against.The threats that once existed have diminished,the wars are fought,the fat cats got the cream.Industry has died along with the opportunities,so what now?
@silver760 Ive always had that same viewpoint and wondered about it. What are we supposed to do now? its in humans nature to work towards something and build further to accomplish that goal. theres no more goal.
@EDTV64It's all been done,there will be no more dawns of new era's,there will be no more inventions that change the world.All our "Advances" now consist of (China) making things ever cheaper and ever smaller,"Great",NOT.This term,used by the UK gov,sums the UK dump up now, "Post industrial Britain",being an engineer this makes me sick.Nearly every industrial area in the UK has been wiped clean,we're now a nation of data input clerks,taxi drivers and call centre agents.Destined to do nothing.
people, random, ordinary people. These people are the world, they are now the floor we are walking on. Watching them in a picture, framed, and still with us, makes me think. It makes my heart start to shiver and shake. Because the fact of the matter is. We will all be gone, lost and forgotten. We will all disappear. Suddenly one life seems so small, worries count as nothing. But I believe, we are sons and daughters of the living God. We are not just ordinary people, we are the chosen ones.
i have hundreds of pictures we found in my attic and grandmas house. she dosnt know who some of them are but they are on tin or paper. i love to come up with stories for them. she has millions of postcards and pictures of the hurricane she survived. they mean alot to me but my parents think their worthless. thank =D best video ever
I'm proud to say I too share your love for collecting old photographs, and I'm really glad I'm not the only one. My friends make me feel like poop for sifting through piles of old photos and spending money on these pictures of people I don't know, but I truly enjoy them! I found some really nice ones- along with an old tintype, circa the 1870s- in NYC in the east village.
In a strange way, I understand your hobby. My hobby, of sorts, is to visit graveyards. So much can be ascertained from an epitaph, or from the dates upon the headstone, or even from how fancy or large the headstone is. The intrigue, however, lies in the mystery; in the things the headstone, or in your case picture, doesn't tell you. How each person lived, what they were like; each headstone, and each picture, is another story and another beautiful reminder of someone from somewhere, who lived.
Gosh I love watching this! It makes me so happy and nostalgic. Like part of me is sitting in the chair watching the video, and the other part of me is across the world watching people get pictures taken of them.
I agree with you, this is one of the best videos ever made. I see it in another way than you though. The people in these pictures might have been special, they might even have been heroes. Who knows.... That's what's part of the charm. We can try to imagine who they were and what they did. They are the ghosts of a time gone by and they inspire us through this beautiful medium of photography.
This is the most powerful and amazing youtube video I've ever seen. The composition is excellent, the shots, so perfect and the pictures are just amazing! I would love to do what you do.
Similar interests we share...I've collected anonymous home movies from flea markets, etc. and am now trying to restore them, They're most of my channel's videos; fun, but not quite the emotional impact that you achieve with stills.
sad that people sell photos like that, i guess when we die thats all there is left and eventually the people who were taking care of them die and then people just get rid of them, whats the point of photos anyway really, if they dont last forever, will the internet last forever, or will all the photos online just vanish too, hmmmm???
Touching, and gives the past a voice that we can hear in our hearts.
I've always liked collecting snapshots, too. I have some of very stereotypical scenes, like families on vacation at those motels back in the 1950s and early 1960s. I look at them and remember when my family did such things.
A very interesting hobby, indeed. There's something touching about this that I can't quite explain. The way that you describe the connection you can have with people you never new, situations you never experienced...it's wonderful. Beautiful video.
This is one one of the best videos I've ever seen on youtube. Its not funny, nor shocking nor ground breaking even. Yet it is so hauntingly beautiful...
My favorite picture is of the girl sitting on the curb & It says "I'm Nobody's Baby". It gave me a sense of rebellion. So, im going to make this my best summer yet. Due to past issues in my life, i've never really had a summer worth remembering. But it's going to be different this year, because I can be independent, & I don't need to rely on anyone to make it memorable. Thanks(:
I think that your videos are really great though you seem to think that people find your channel interesting only because of John Green. No! These are brilliant+this should be a great hobby, unfortunately we don't have flea markets that sell photos like this in Turkey:(
That's amazing! I live near Vancouver, Canada, and have been to many flea markets and have never seen old photos being sold! I'm definitely searching more and maybe start my own collection:)
Today I bought a book of pictures of Berlin, published 1988. Inside were three actual photos from a previous owner, with notes on the other side. On a picture of Checkpoint Charlie: "Robyn, Checkpoint Charlie--no longer! This was a famous crossing point East Berlin [then something I can't decipher] About the wall, people trying to escape"
I wish they were more fascinating video-makers like you on YouTube. Your videos are incredible.
nerdsrsocoollike 3 days ago
this was brilliant. I hit like button wishing there was one for love.
Carebeer 3 days ago
things do talk, especially old things. they have their own stories.
bluebanshee3 6 days ago
It funny cuz as a little girl I collected photographs but stopped when people didn't understand. Now I know there are people out there who are like me.
ladysbaby 1 week ago
It's funny, I watched this video a while back, later I subscribed to the vlogbrothers and here I'm back again because of John's recent video.
Funny how the world works.
CrrackTheSkye 1 week ago
@CrrackTheSkye The same thing happened to me. Strange
MoonlitEpiphany 3 days ago
I have finally found someone who does the same hobbie as me 0_0 I thought i was the last one...
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I love your collection of photos. I have wanted to start a collection of my own, but unfortunately where I live there aren't a whole lot of antique stores like there are on the Mainland. Makes me wonder what happens to all the old photographs....
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I love your collection of photos. I have wanted to start a collection of my own, but unfortunately where I live there aren't a whole lot of antique stores like there are on the Mainland. Makes me wonder what happens to all the old photographs....
arasurabe 1 week ago
I love your collection of photos. I have wanted to start a collection of my own, but unfortunately where I live there aren't a whole lot of antique stores like there are on the Mainland. Makes me wonder what happens to all the old photographs....
arasurabe 1 week ago
This video made me start going to antique stores to look through the boxes of old photos.
ichemical 1 week ago
@chibeechibee He wrote it :)
IsabelleHorler 1 week ago
Once I found an box of old pictures in my garage. A few of them caught my eye. One was of a beautiful woman, dancing her heart out, and the other was of 3 young men & a woman standing in a lot full of planes. The latter said " Uncle Jimmy, Uncle Charlie, Aunt Annie, and Grandpa". The first had the title "La Favorita"
The first was of Charles & Anne Lindbergh, James Doolittle, and my great-grandfather. The second was my grandma as she toured the world with a dance troop. I love my family.
cocaotheobromida 1 week ago
This vid almost makes me want to collect old photo's as well...
Sanquinity 1 week ago in playlist 15 Best YouTube Videos of 2011
I'm nobody's baby, either :)
NeonAngels100 1 week ago
@chibeechibee I hope you know he wrote the book and are just informing the general public
jellybelly98rox 2 weeks ago
Subscribed as soon as I watched Accidental Sea :)
dderkas 2 weeks ago
ok major props on this one ! i am a photographer(for fun) and i love looking at old pictures...if u want to see some really neat pictures look for the book miss peregrine's home for peculiar children it has some seriously spooky and awesome old pictures from collectors like yourself, not to mention its a really good book ! im considering starting a collection of old pictures of my own, i love looking through them at flea markets and antique shops! thanks so much for the awesome video!
chibeechibee 2 weeks ago
@chibeechibee ...This is the guy who wrote Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children...
necrolet 1 week ago
Thank you so much for this video. I collect old pictures too but have not had as many great finds as you have.
Redearedslider 2 weeks ago
Oh my God. This is my favorite video of all time. All. Time.
VictorianDarling 2 weeks ago in playlist Favourite videos
I do the same thing. I've found old pictures, books and once a stack of old postcards and travel booklets. I deployed once and found photos on my work computer from a person who did the same job. I visited most of the places she visited and got almost identical shots on accident. I thought it was interesting enough to take some home. A co-worker half a world away saw her pictures on my thumb drive and knew who she was. We'd lived almost parallel lives a year apart.
veranichole1981 3 weeks ago
Amazing and very original video, entertaining to watch and very interesting points. It's great to know that there are still different people out there.. ive seen to much of the mainstream and im bored already. I collect movies, but that's no way as excited as yours :P
Twistvenue 3 weeks ago
I do the same thing....are we all destined to be seen at a flea mkt in a old cigar box?
quickerthanyou 4 weeks ago
WHY DOES THIS NOT HAVE MORE VIEWS. i find this kind of thing SO interesting. i guess i just have a thing for peoples stories. have you ever written/though up stories surrounding the people in the photos?
heytherelottie 1 month ago
@heytherelottie He has a book on the New York Times best seller list called Ms. Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children with stories of children from some of the photographs. :)
coralrose798 3 weeks ago
I can so see the beginning of this make a good start to a book...
Dracomancer273 1 month ago
"Last Kind Word Blues" by Geechie Wiley. I have been trying to find the name of that song siince i first heard it in the documentary "Crumb". Thank you, thank you.
SpritelyOtay 1 month ago in playlist 15 Best YouTube Videos of 2011
beautiful ! so happy to see there are people out there making amazing use of you tube !
shootsbraw 1 month ago in playlist 15 Best YouTube Videos of 2011 3
one hour photo
j0ker100 1 month ago in playlist 15 Best YouTube Videos of 2011
how could you dislike this?
LiamScootersAlot 1 month ago in playlist 15 Best YouTube Videos of 2011
vsauce
ImpressiveTutorials 1 month ago in playlist 15 Best YouTube Videos of 2011
Love it!! Added a link from my site, brilliant work, and such an interesting subject.
beolens 1 month ago in playlist 15 Best YouTube Videos of 2011
Do you have an online database of all your pictures?
googolplexbyte 1 month ago in playlist 15 Best YouTube Videos of 2011 7
Way Cool!!
ThePeacefulArtist 1 month ago
Did anyone else watching this nearly cry/ cry while watching this? This video made me happy, sad, and intrigued.
bellacullen98a 1 month ago
"I'm no body's baby"
squishy300 2 months ago 7
Excellent.
TheSzemelak 2 months ago
You have the record that i have been searching for, for years... HOW !
BigWorldSmallRob 2 months ago
I got teary eyed. I'm not sure if it was your interest shining through or the long-forgotten stories of many people...or I don't even know. All I know is, that video was so well-done, and the analogy of old photos being like a record was genius. The way you conveyed your fascination with old photos reminds me of what I feel as a writer-the intrigue of a story-fictional or nonfictional. You explained your interest in a way people can understand and relate to-someday I hope to do the same.
SuperChalek 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos 19
amazing video. Reminds me of the author W.G. Sebald!
ilaughedbecauseofyou 2 months ago
The human experience is so fleeting, but so deeply enriching. It's all so insignificant on the stellar scale of things, but every "trivial" moment is everything there will ever be- everything we will ever hope to know.
Beautiful video, and I must confess, I couldn't stop myself from tearing up!
LilMisTaken 2 months ago 2
This is an example of the sort of videos that should be on youtube.Ones that make us think about things we never thought we would.
EmzTheTimeNinja 2 months ago 7
This has made me want to start looking thru the pictures I have, I keep pushing them aside because sometimes the more "urgent" gets in the way.
angelspice70 2 months ago
this is so priceless...
angelajang1 3 months ago in playlist More videos from ransriggs
Wow... I actually feel the same way. I love going to flea markets, and picking up an old radio, or a phone that doesn't work.. just to think about the stories behind it. Who owned it? Where was it from? This stuff fascinates me, and it was a pleasure watching this video, because I can understand where you're coming from. An old soul, stringing together a life with ones that have already been lived.
hrsekrazy 3 months ago
this video came out on my birth day. such i good video too!
rawrrar3 3 months ago
I hope that you write another novel. Mrs.P was very intriguing and "engaging" as android put it. :)
KenshinSensei 3 months ago
I must have watched this video a few more times than is sensible, but now I'm reading your book and I have to say, the picture of the girl peeling potatoes is my very favourite, so far.
thegreengeckoxD 3 months ago in playlist thegreengeckoxD's favourites
I think it's amazing that you collect old, vintage photos.
I think I want to start collecting them now. :) You've inspired me!
itbekelly 4 months ago 4
Join Antique Faces.com
TheAliceOwl 4 months ago
REAL E TRUE
4AMISER 4 months ago
There's something sad about pictures that were apparently personal being discarded and ending up for sale in a flea market.
...like abandoned memories of lives past.
SpeedGimp 4 months ago 25
Due to this video I now collect these. But I cant find any bins of them for the life of me!
ImagineMarvelous 4 months ago
"i collect pictures of people i don't know"
xD
strangelylucky 4 months ago in playlist More videos from ransriggs
Beautiful..
stalkmeimfam0us 4 months ago
i love these videos! Thank you for keeping up the great work!
HelenEuston 4 months ago in playlist Weitere Videos von ransriggs
people collect things, people collect objects,people treasure ephemeria ...some are hand-me-downs,some are found,some are given as gifts. And all these things represent stories, the narrative of lives lived and loves experienced and loss felt. Always the stories,the stories that drag us into the emotionality that is at the core of the human experience.And don't we all love to hear a great story,to connect the object with the emotional, to be moved, to feel,to vibrate with the passions of life.
swansonkim 5 months ago 9
"Just smiling through, though its grim here" - amazing short film - i collect old photos to . Im a jeweller so i make lockets and other objects with the photos - I collect old photos for the same reason - a little snapshot of some ones life - a shadow - a whisper.
shaunamayben 5 months ago
So good<3
angelfire162058 5 months ago
I thought that was really depressing, actually! Going to have to watch something cheerful now.
JimmypinJimpin 5 months ago
Where do you live that you can find such neat pictures at flee markets?!
thejesster1993 5 months ago
I want to be your friend
diveforsharc 6 months ago
there is one that says,"just smiling through...." can anyone help me out with the rest? please.
wishofpeace 6 months ago
@2:19 man kinda looks like Mike Rowe
heidijd 6 months ago
@heidijd i think he looks a lot like Casey Affleck
ArranMason 5 months ago
I wish I could read the handwriting... amazing video though!
rachel237linda 6 months ago
I love collecting photos of people I dont know. I found this really neat one at an antique store in June. I hope to keep up the hobby. The flea market thing sounds like a really good idea! I will definitely do that.
agprincess013 6 months ago
so poetic
dftbawolf 6 months ago
I could see myself with the same hobby. I'm an Artist. I like to capture the emotions and personalies in everyday peoples expressions.
ViolentJay100 6 months ago
This video= very well made, and very intresting
pilotmoyafan 6 months ago
A very beautiful one!
fravekator 6 months ago
Beautifully done.
Love your choice in music, as well.
I also have a passion for found photos.. and posted a video of them at:
"Found Photo Ephemera"
cheers:)
Zossarian12 6 months ago
I find myself wanting to cry now...
LyokoNative 6 months ago
Great video, a bit creepy at parts but overall, fantastic. My nana has tons of scrapbooks/albums full of my ancestors, and I love to learn about their lives (I'm 15 by the way). I found out from one of the pictures that either my great-grandfather's or great-great-grandfather's brother was a POW in WWI. Yes, World War 1. I was absolutely blown away. That's one of the reasons I love visiting her, I always learn something new.
DukSezQuak 6 months ago
Sir, your novel was incredible. I am tempted to start my own collection of peculiar photographs.
emmyaward7 6 months ago
Thumbs up if you think a video by him on Chernobyl would be epic.
emericanmade 6 months ago 50
@emericanmade the trouble with chernobyl is it makes you die.
ransriggs 6 months ago 144
@ransriggs You could easily protect yourself from the radiation...and plenty of people have documentaries and other videos here on YouTube. I would just really like to see you do one. Your voice is perfect for documentaries, as are your filming skills.
emericanmade 6 months ago
@ransriggs I just finished reading your novel and it was amazing and engaging. I haven't read a book thats really captivated me since the last Harry Potter came out,so this was a breath of fresh air. Will there be a sequel?
TheSlickAndroid 3 months ago 2
@ransriggs you could go to the nearby city of Pripyat
fairlygoodman 3 months ago
@ransriggs Well, techincally no. Not anymore. The radiation is gone... Its only around the plant itself. But you should go there. You have an amaizing talent. Your voice and the choice of music... just melts together with the video! You are excellent!
Kent3r 1 month ago
@ransriggs Iodine + Anti-Radioactive medicine + Hazmat suits = ?
Inuyashanaruto10857 1 week ago
Great videos man. Keep it up.
smakusdod 6 months ago
this video speaks to me as a photographer, i was inspired to become a photographer by growing up looking at old family photos , a family i never knew left behind in another country..and a grandfather dressed in his army attire from the korean war era. It made me cry..because like those photographs thats all most people hold on too and know when the person moves on.
9clouds5stars 6 months ago
when you put it in that way i understand you. i never thought of it that way its almost the same as looking in to a painting. i got a question though when you see the photos what do you feel when about the people in the picture ?
love00princess 6 months ago
i kind of love this collection. I love the idea of it. I kind of want to start a collection of my own...
bestsoylatteueverhad 6 months ago
I'm going to start printing my favorite pictures. The internet is great for sharing them, but to hold them, to have physical (albeit fallible) record of having existed in a single moment is one of the most beautiful things in the world.
FlobotsFan101 6 months ago
I thought this started with supercollider.
thefruitleather 6 months ago
I can't help but to keep coming back to this video from time to time. It's just hauntingly beautiful, like the snapshots are just the tangible ghosts of the past... I love it.
TheStaticGypsy 7 months ago
this is absolutely beautiful.
luv2laughxoxo 7 months ago
I've NEVER seen old pictures at any flea markets, and I go to a flea market pretty much every weekend. Very fascinating hobby. I've always has a thing for old pictures. The writings on the back of them kinda sadden me. These people have just been forgotten :(.
Nine00 7 months ago
now this is art
phoenixgale 7 months ago
Absolutely awesome man!
I've been collecting 35mm slides for a while now. Home slide shows with other pictures = :D
Anyway, thanks for sharing!
enrashid 7 months ago
how did 21 people not like this vid? its touching, well put together, really interesting, inspiring.... I'm so glad i found it. thank you
YoGemmy 7 months ago
Beautiful. Just plain beautiful. Thank you for putting this video together :)
rockergabriela453 7 months ago
I showed this video to my mum and she thinks the one photo at 0:14 looks exactly like her granddad and great uncle at her great uncles brothers house in St. Catherine's.
adoseofdelphine 7 months ago
thank you, you just gave me a hobby :D
SabinaMaria94 7 months ago
Do you mind if I love this video fro a second?
You are probably one of the coolest people on the planet for not only being able to connect with mere photos that have been abandon forever, but also being able to put stories together with them.
DirectorInLabor 8 months ago
I really enjoyed watching your video. I hope you do more.
barbaralaug 8 months ago
There must be a market for these old photos if they're selling them in swap meets and for 50 cents a piece that's not bad. Another great vid thanks
scotty 8 months ago
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This video is so cool!
GeorgieLoverPie 8 months ago
I like snapshots. Its hard to describe when taking random pictures of different people, its like a slice of life. People, different people, doing different things, but being people and they're all the same in every way.
CrA1n4 8 months ago
OMG I have been doing this for years, I have tons.. lots of even old negatives of pics.. I have no idea when or why I started keeping, finding, wow, I suppoes collecting (though I claim to collect nothing) just something about them that feels safe, almost like a family to me.. I can look for hours into the people's eyes and expression and just wonder so many things, and yeah I have gotten many an odd look and told "that's weird" when I find say a larger "framed" as in 1800 type cardboard
vixiixiv 8 months ago
this video was pretty intresting
graffer420 8 months ago
Ironically despite wars and 101 other "problems" that blighted peoples lives in the 19th&20thC people lived more fulfilling and intensive lives.Industry was vast and the opportunities endless.The 21stC offers the average person no challenges anymore,sure there are the insignificant day to day worries but there is nothing to work for or against.The threats that once existed have diminished,the wars are fought,the fat cats got the cream.Industry has died along with the opportunities,so what now?
silver760 8 months ago
@silver760 Ive always had that same viewpoint and wondered about it. What are we supposed to do now? its in humans nature to work towards something and build further to accomplish that goal. theres no more goal.
EDTV64 8 months ago
@EDTV64It's all been done,there will be no more dawns of new era's,there will be no more inventions that change the world.All our "Advances" now consist of (China) making things ever cheaper and ever smaller,"Great",NOT.This term,used by the UK gov,sums the UK dump up now, "Post industrial Britain",being an engineer this makes me sick.Nearly every industrial area in the UK has been wiped clean,we're now a nation of data input clerks,taxi drivers and call centre agents.Destined to do nothing.
silver760 8 months ago
John Green sent me here.
jaysekhon8014 8 months ago
people, random, ordinary people. These people are the world, they are now the floor we are walking on. Watching them in a picture, framed, and still with us, makes me think. It makes my heart start to shiver and shake. Because the fact of the matter is. We will all be gone, lost and forgotten. We will all disappear. Suddenly one life seems so small, worries count as nothing. But I believe, we are sons and daughters of the living God. We are not just ordinary people, we are the chosen ones.
Gonamez 8 months ago 3
all of your videos are so beautiful! particularly the ones without john green! hahah
zoeee33 8 months ago
I love this video! I collect old photos, too.
Wednesdayy 8 months ago
{OUTSTANDING PEOPLE SKILLS} GREAT CHANNEL...
TAKE CARE GOD BLESS
THINGVISION 8 months ago
i'm here because of john green. i must say, he wasn't lying when he said this was one of the best youtube videos ever made. i'm subbing.
StoopifiedByYoo 8 months ago 3
You got a new subscriber.
2109MI 8 months ago
hi! I recognize that man with the mustache at 03.00 so much! I need to go throw my grandmas photos agian and see if I can find him.
JennyWsly 9 months ago
Once in awhile you come across a video that really makes you think. This is one of them.
cesar333 9 months ago
i have hundreds of pictures we found in my attic and grandmas house. she dosnt know who some of them are but they are on tin or paper. i love to come up with stories for them. she has millions of postcards and pictures of the hurricane she survived. they mean alot to me but my parents think their worthless. thank =D best video ever
xoxoxoxo0000xoxo00 9 months ago
I'm proud to say I too share your love for collecting old photographs, and I'm really glad I'm not the only one. My friends make me feel like poop for sifting through piles of old photos and spending money on these pictures of people I don't know, but I truly enjoy them! I found some really nice ones- along with an old tintype, circa the 1870s- in NYC in the east village.
This video has made me really happy. :)
<3
DannyJoPJ81589 9 months ago
In a strange way, I understand your hobby. My hobby, of sorts, is to visit graveyards. So much can be ascertained from an epitaph, or from the dates upon the headstone, or even from how fancy or large the headstone is. The intrigue, however, lies in the mystery; in the things the headstone, or in your case picture, doesn't tell you. How each person lived, what they were like; each headstone, and each picture, is another story and another beautiful reminder of someone from somewhere, who lived.
thebookworm05 9 months ago 6
I live in LA as well, what flea markets do you go to?
ej01331 9 months ago
Gosh I love watching this! It makes me so happy and nostalgic. Like part of me is sitting in the chair watching the video, and the other part of me is across the world watching people get pictures taken of them.
IAmNerdHearMeRoar 9 months ago
I agree with you, this is one of the best videos ever made. I see it in another way than you though. The people in these pictures might have been special, they might even have been heroes. Who knows.... That's what's part of the charm. We can try to imagine who they were and what they did. They are the ghosts of a time gone by and they inspire us through this beautiful medium of photography.
MarcusTheGrand 9 months ago
This is the most powerful and amazing youtube video I've ever seen. The composition is excellent, the shots, so perfect and the pictures are just amazing! I would love to do what you do.
evenstar196 9 months ago
The love you have put into this speaks volumes about you as a film maker. Very admirable. Love this.
portraitpixels 9 months ago
This is good stuff. Someone caring enough to look and wonder and give a story back to the lost and forgotten.
Bobbipens 9 months ago
Similar interests we share...I've collected anonymous home movies from flea markets, etc. and am now trying to restore them, They're most of my channel's videos; fun, but not quite the emotional impact that you achieve with stills.
DundrHed 9 months ago
Terrific. I love this.
normanbuckley 9 months ago
This hobby is easy! I know a good place to start is a relatively unknown website called facebook!
Sin578 9 months ago
sad that people sell photos like that, i guess when we die thats all there is left and eventually the people who were taking care of them die and then people just get rid of them, whats the point of photos anyway really, if they dont last forever, will the internet last forever, or will all the photos online just vanish too, hmmmm???
wheelmanstan 9 months ago
This is deep
flamingaxe791 9 months ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
you have a stupid hobby
Jopari444 9 months ago
@Jopari444 you make me sad. DFTBA asshole.
elvincraft 9 months ago
@elvincraft you must be a depressed person
Jopari444 9 months ago
@Jopari444 im actually quite content with my life.
elvincraft 9 months ago
Touching, and gives the past a voice that we can hear in our hearts.
I've always liked collecting snapshots, too. I have some of very stereotypical scenes, like families on vacation at those motels back in the 1950s and early 1960s. I look at them and remember when my family did such things.
BoyScout1960 9 months ago
This film gave me shivers. I mean, in a good way. You are truly talented.
pouelchnu 9 months ago
this is amazing in 1080p.
Maireadeator 9 months ago
Brilliant. I have collected both online and physical snapshots for 25 years. Lovely little piece. Thank you!
Christina
csanant1 9 months ago
Inspirational.
Kerminashii 9 months ago
Where do you buy them?
VivaLaBender 9 months ago
LOVE your voice
SayonaraProduction 9 months ago
I don't know why, but this video made me tear up. In a good way of course. <3
LaBuzzTron 9 months ago
I cannot explain how much I love this!
threefourninetyfour 9 months ago
You've completely inspired me to start collecting. This is a wondrous hobby, and I simply can't wait to start! Thank you SO much.
nessietheastronaut 9 months ago
YOU ARE ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE!
Chasetherat2000 9 months ago
<3
KayaSowle 9 months ago
As a photographer i never even thought of this... haha
Mind if i pick up the hobbie also?
sforzaish 9 months ago
A very interesting hobby, indeed. There's something touching about this that I can't quite explain. The way that you describe the connection you can have with people you never new, situations you never experienced...it's wonderful. Beautiful video.
lindsayburkard 10 months ago
Got my hands on an ARC on his book with pictures like these (Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children). Hope it's good, it looks like it is so far
AwfullyAverage 10 months ago
This is one one of the best videos I've ever seen on youtube. Its not funny, nor shocking nor ground breaking even. Yet it is so hauntingly beautiful...
yohanjay2 10 months ago 61
@yohanjay2 Definitely...
TheInnocentSynth 5 months ago
My favorite picture is of the girl sitting on the curb & It says "I'm Nobody's Baby". It gave me a sense of rebellion. So, im going to make this my best summer yet. Due to past issues in my life, i've never really had a summer worth remembering. But it's going to be different this year, because I can be independent, & I don't need to rely on anyone to make it memorable. Thanks(:
chexiick 10 months ago 3
This is one of the best videos on youtube!
you gave these people a face, so that they wouldn't be forgotten.
very inspiring.
tubbellebunk 10 months ago
I think that your videos are really great though you seem to think that people find your channel interesting only because of John Green. No! These are brilliant+this should be a great hobby, unfortunately we don't have flea markets that sell photos like this in Turkey:(
Ecce2295 10 months ago 2
That's amazing! I live near Vancouver, Canada, and have been to many flea markets and have never seen old photos being sold! I'm definitely searching more and maybe start my own collection:)
aznprincess767 10 months ago
Very interesting. I didn't know you could just buy random pictures.
cherrygirl016 10 months ago
This video is simply brilliant.
theotherworldlyone 10 months ago
what is the song?
TheShardOfGlass1 10 months ago
i remember when i was cleaning out my grandma's house last summer there were tons of old photos we just through away
RisaAMV 10 months ago
Quite possbly the best video on youtube
run4life2 11 months ago
i think i might just go hunt down whoever disliked this video
TheSteezyBallerz 11 months ago
the 1930s music is just the perfect finish touch.
this is a beautiful hobby.
layniebirdlu 11 months ago
I showed this to my mom. Now we're going to the flea market to look for some.
everyonesamusician 11 months ago
Wow! This was haunting!!! Were you like the inspiration for "One Hour Photo?"
ultamatefrogmaster 11 months ago
Today I bought a book of pictures of Berlin, published 1988. Inside were three actual photos from a previous owner, with notes on the other side. On a picture of Checkpoint Charlie: "Robyn, Checkpoint Charlie--no longer! This was a famous crossing point East Berlin [then something I can't decipher] About the wall, people trying to escape"
RioAnn3 11 months ago
Awesome film, one of my favorites.
MorpheusTheGrey 11 months ago
I thought your little hobby was awesome, if you had told me in person... I would've had you drive me to get some pictures.
NummyCookie 11 months ago
Dear John Green, thank you so much for pointing me here.
wolfiegirl81 11 months ago 34
A very powerful and moving film. Thank you. You've inspired me.
TheDarkGardener 11 months ago
Wow! Beautiful!
GallifreyanCat 11 months ago