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The Art of Photography: A Personal Approach to Artistic Expression

Bruce Barnbaum

4.52 · Rating details · 44 ratings · 2 reviews

This is an updated and newly revised edition of the classic book The Art of Photography: An Approach to Personal Expression. Originally published in 1994 and first revised in 2010, The Art of Photography has sold well over 100,000 copies and has firmly established itself as the most readable, understandable, and complete textbook on photography. Featuring nearly 200 beauti This is an updated and newly revised edition of the classic book The Art of Photography: An Approach to Personal Expression. Originally published in 1994 and first revised in 2010, The Art of Photography has sold well over 100,000 copies and has firmly established itself as the most readable, understandable, and complete textbook on photography. Featuring nearly 200 beautiful photographs in both black-and-white and color, as well as numerous charts, graphs, and tables, this book presents the world of photography to beginner, intermediate, and advanced photographers who seek to make a personal statement through the medium of photography.Without talking down to anyone or talking over anyone's head, renowned photographer, teacher, and author Bruce Barnbaum presents how-to techniques for both traditional and digital approaches. In this newest edition of the book, Barnbaum has included many new images and has completely revised the text, with particular focus on two crucial chapters covering digital photography: he revised a chapter covering the digital zone system, and includes a brand-new chapter on image adjustments using digital tools. There is also a new chapter discussing the concepts of “art versus technique” and “traditional versus digital” approaches to photography. Throughout the book, Barnbaum goes well beyond the technical, as he delves deeply into the philosophical, expressive, and creative aspects of photography so often avoided in other books.Barnbaum is recognized as one of the world's finest landscape and architectural photographers, and for decades has been considered one of the best instructors in the field of photography. This latest incarnation of his textbook—which has evolved, grown, and been refined over the past 45 years—will prove to be an ongoing, invaluable photographic reference for years to come. It is truly the resource of choice for the thinking photographer.Topics include:
• Elements of Composition
• Visualization
• Light and Color
• Filters
• Black-and-White
• The Digital Zone System
• The Zone System for Film
• Printing and Presentation
• Exploding Photographic Myths
• Artistic Integrity
• Realism, Abstraction, and Art
• Creativity and Intuition
• A Personal Philosophy
• And much, much more… ...more

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Kindle Edition, 408 pages

Published March 29th 2017 by Rocky Nook

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Sep 23, 2019 Richard rated it it was amazing

While there were a number of chapters that pertained to technical issues with block and white development and some regarding digital processing, that either were not pertinent to me or not of interest (I am a happy used of Photoshop and Lightroom but knew almost all the information presented), the rest of the book was very helpful. The author refutes formulaic approaches to composition, and works to get the reader to find a personal interest and approach to photography.

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Mar 04, 2020 Mario Peimbert rated it really liked it

Good art book. A must B&W film photo!

Good book! Teach a lot in general but it focus a lot on black and white film photography. I use digital camera and is really eye opener if you are relatively new.

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