The Great Themes: Time Life Library of Photography

Life Library of Photography

by Time-Life Books, Ogden Tanner, Diana Hirsh

In the century and a half since a bleary view of a French barnyard became the first image captured by photography, millions of photographers have taken billions of photographs of everything from babies to lunar soil. But the efforts of the artist-photographers have largely been channeled into six areas of special the great themes of portraits, still life, the nude, nature, war and the human condition. In picturing them, more perhaps than in treating any other subjects, the talents of the photographer and the capabilities of the camera are challenged.

Genres: Photography, Nonfiction

246 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1970

Reviews

[Foxtower · Rating 5 out of 5]

Published in 1971, this series is a comprehensive overview of many aspects of photography. Only the titles specific to equipment; The Camera; Light and Film; and The Print are a bit outdated, but not completely for the same principles still apply such as shutter speed, depth of field, etc. By far, a great series for any would be serious photographer even today.

[John W. · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series may be hard to find but if you have a strong interest in photography - I recommend the entire Time-Life Photograpy Series, You will be amazed, learn history of photography, stories of great photographers, and so much more - you local library may have this or look it up on Amazon - The series has 10 books and this is one of the 4 best of that series.

[Foxtower · Rating 5 out of 5]

Published in 1971, this series is a comprehensive overview of many aspects of photography. Only the titles specific to equipment; The Camera; Light and Film; and The Print are a bit outdated, but not completely for the same principles still apply such as shutter speed, depth of field, etc. By far, a great series for any would be serious photographer even today.