John Hedgecoe's Complete Photography Course Updated

by John Hedgecoe

Good condition

Genres: Photography, Art and Photography

400 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

John Hedgecoe (24 March 1932 – 3 June 2010) was an award-winning British photographer and author of over 30 books on photography. He established the photography department in 1965 at the Royal College of Art, where he was Professor from 1975 to 1994 and Professor Emeritus until his death. He was also Pro-Rector of the college from 1981 to 1993. His photographs appear in permanent collections at the New York Museum of Modern Art and London's National Portrait Gallery.

"Professor John Hedgecoe was a photographer who took the portrait of the Queen which is used on British postage stamps; as such he is credited with the planet's most reproduced image, which has so far sold more than 200 billion copies." (The Telegraph)

Reviews

[John Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Hedgecoe manuals have been the gold standard for many years. I recently bought this edition at a used book store for a couple of bucks. It is the 1979 version and it is just as good today as it was then. Yes, the discussion of equipment in the first chapter is out of date, but that information is always changing and readily available elsewhere. The course he lays out is just as applicable to the current digital SLR photographer. It really is what the title says it is -- a complete course in the art and science of photography.

[Vicster · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've been dragging my copy of this book around with me for nearly 20 years now. It's a great reference when I want to get back to basics and a source of inspiration when my creative well runs dry.

If you can find a copy of this some where, snap it up, pronto!