Ted Forbes Is A Cool Guy

Ted Forbes Is A Cool Guy

Recently, I talked about my big 2025 goal, to study art more deeply, to actually learn instead of just scroll. The plan, of course, did what most good plans do: it wandered off into chaos and left me chasing after it with a cup of cold coffee and a hopeful heart.

Still, I’ve been trying to bring art back into my daily life, in ways that don’t involve falling into the black hole of Tumblr, Instagram, or Threads. My goal’s simple: find one good article to read or one meaningful YouTube video to watch every day. Easy in theory, harder in practice. The internet, my friend, is a jungle of clickbait and recycled nonsense. But sometimes, if you squint past the noise, you find something golden.

That’s how I found Ted Forbes. Until today, I didn’t know his name, but one video later, I was hooked. By the end of an hour, I’d subscribed to his YouTube channel, followed his Instagram, and (in a truly shocking twist of fate) signed up for his newsletter. I know. Who even does that anymore?

The video that got me was simple and wonderful: Ted unboxing and talking about printed photography books sent to him by other artists. No hype, no pretension, just a guy who clearly loves photography, paging through real, tangible art, and sharing what moves him about each one. There’s a calmness in it, a sense that he’s lifting others up instead of shouting over them.

In a world that’s constantly trying to make art louder, flashier, more “algorithm-friendly,” Ted is doing the opposite, he’s making space for it to breathe. And honestly? That’s worth following. So thank you, Ted Forbes, for reminding me that art doesn’t have to be scrolled past. It can be held, seen, and loved, page by page, frame by frame.