Theory Books
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New and Published Books
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Perception and Imaging
Photography--A Way of Seeing, 4th Edition
When you look at an image, what do you see and feel? What do you want your audience to see and feel when they view your work? In today's digital age, it has become all too easy to randomly click away, without really focusing on what exactly it is that you are trying to capture in your shot. For...
Published March 7th 2013 by Focal Press
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Fifty Key Writers on Photography
Series: Routledge Key Guides
A clear and concise survey of some of the most significant writers on photography who have played a major part in defining and influencing our understanding of the medium. It provides a succinct overview of writing on photography from a diverse range of disciplines and perspectives and...
Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
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Cities and Photography
Series: Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City
Photographs display attitudes, agency and vision in the way cities are documented and imagined. Cities and Photography explores the relationship between people and the city, visualized in photographs. It provides a visually focused examination of the city and urbanism for a range of different...
Published November 29th 2012 by Routledge
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The Photographer's Vision
Understanding and Appreciating Great Photography
In The Photographer's Eye, Michael Freeman showed what a photographer needs to do in the instant before the shutter is released. In the sequel, The Photographer's Mind, he explained the way that professional photographers think a picture through before taking it. Both of these international...
Published September 28th 2011 by Focal Press
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Photography as Activism
Images for Social Change
You want to look through the lens of your camera and change the world. You want to capture powerful moments in one click that will impact the minds of other people. Photographic images are one of the most popular tools used to advocate for social and environmental awareness. This can be as close to...
Published September 18th 2011 by Focal Press
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Langford's Advanced Photography
The guide for aspiring photographers, 8th Edition
Langford's Advanced Photography is the only advanced photography guide a serious student or aspiring professional will ever need. In this eighth edition, Efthimia Bilissi continues in the footsteps of Michael Langford by combining an unrivalled level of technical detail with a straightforward...
Published January 26th 2011 by Focal Press
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Langford's Basic Photography
The Guide for Serious Photographers, 9th Edition
Langford's Basic Photography is a seminal photography text. First published in 1965, it has informed the work and career of many of the world's leading photographers. The new, 9th edition, continues the tradition of its predecessors, reflecting the same comprehensive mix of scholarly and practical...
Published July 22nd 2010 by Focal Press
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Photography in 100 Words
Exploring the Art of Photography with Fifty of its Greatest Masters
The question 'What is photography?' is not an easy one to answer. Many thousands of words have been written in an effort to do so, in academic journals and in books by cultural commentators such as Susan Sontag and Roland Barthes. If we acknowledge that it is impossible to provide a definitive...
Published October 13th 2009 by Focal Press
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Michael Freeman's Perfect Exposure
The Professional's Guide to Capturing Perfect Digital Photographs
Clear, direct and guaranteed, the perfect exposure method looks at the way professionals work, and lays out the decisions and sequences with absolute clarity, while incorporating the latest, powerful post-processing techniques. Chosing the exposure for a photograph is infinitely complex and one of...
Published March 30th 2009 by Focal Press
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Photographic Possibilities
The Expressive Use of Equipment, Ideas, Materials, and Processes, 3rd Edition
Photographic Possibilities, Third Edition is a marvelously updated resource of innovative and traditional photographic processes that imagemakers have come to trust and depend on to enhance their technical knowledge, create astonishing pictures, and raise their visual consciousness. This concise...
Published December 2nd 2008 by Focal Press