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Photography Game
Book by Goldsmith, Arthur A.
160 pages, Hardcover
Published July 7, 1971
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September 3, 2022
Written in an informal, chatty style. The book is divided into four unequal parts. The first includes a crash course in photography for the beginner, but it is written from a professional perspective, with many insider tips. The second section is entitled "Nuts and Bolts," but it also might have been called "Everything you wanted to know about photography but didn't even know enough to ask." Some topics it covers: the purpose of custom photo labs, prices and rates, and model releases. Part three consists of short essays on four masters of photojournalism: Cartier-Bresson, Gene Smith, Dorothea Lange, and Eisenstaedt. Again, the fruitful aspect here is the insight into the way a pro works. Part four is only a few pages long, and has the weighty title "The Aesthetics of Photography." In it, Goldsmith applies the criteria of poet and literary critic William Empson to photography, including six pages on the right and wrong uses of ambiguity.
At first, this book felt like a helter-skelter collection. But in the end, one feels an understanding of what it means to be a photographer.
At first, this book felt like a helter-skelter collection. But in the end, one feels an understanding of what it means to be a photographer.
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