Atrocities committed by the Nazis during the Holocaust were photographed more intensely that any before. In the time since the images were taken they have been subjected to a perplexing variety of treatments: variously ignored, suppressed, distorted and above all exploited for p…
The Experimental Darkroom is a book focused on traditional black & white photographic materials--darkroom chemistry and silver gelatin paper--now used in many non-traditional ways. The book starts with a comprehensive digital negatives chapter. Topics are divided into five secti…
This text presents an examination of the aesthetics of animation. It provides an overview of the relationship between animation studes and media studies, then focuses on issues concerning flat and dimensional, and limited and full animation. It then looks at specific topics such…
There is little dispute that photography is a material practice, and that the photograph itself is ineluctably material. And yet "matter", "material", and "materiality" have proven to be remarkably elusive terms of inquiry, frequently producing studies that are disparate in scop…
Ghost Image is made up of sixty-three short essays--meditations, memories, fantasies, and stories bordering on prose poems--and not a single image. Hervé Guibert's brief, literary rumination on photography was written in response to Roland Barthes's Camera Lucida, but its deeply…
"Photographs play a hugely influential, but largely unexamined role in the practice of landscape architecture and design. Through a diverse set of essays and case studies, this seminal text unpacks the complex relationship between landscape architecture and photography. It explo…
Lighting is one of the most important aspects of any photograph. The best images create dimension and drama, which goes beyond formulas and lighting recipes. In Lighting for Photographers: An Introductory Guide to Professional Photography, commercial photographers and instructor…
Photography: a critical introduction
Now in its sixth edition, this seminal textbook examines key debates in photographic theory and places them in their social and political contexts. Written especially for students in further and higher education and for introductory college courses, it provides a coherent introd…
World Film Locations: Toronto
by Ue, Tom
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Toronto is a changing city that has been a source of reflection and inspiration to writers and artists whose work focuses on the conditions and prospects of human life.
Toronto is a changing city that has been a source of reflection and inspiration to writers and artists whose work focuses on the conditions and prospects of human life.
"A guide to photographing birds using digital equipment, the book includes information on equipment and technique, both in the field and in the digital darkroom. Vyn also addresses aesthetic and ethical aspects of bird photography"--