Photography

Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film, or electronically by means of an image sensor. Typically, a lens is used to focus the light reflected or emitted from objects into a real image on the light-sensitive surface inside a camera during a timed exposure. The result in an electronic image sensor is an electrical charge at each pixel, which is electronically processed and stored in a digital image file for subsequent display o ...more

The School of Night
The Look
Art Work: On the Creative Life
The Irish Goodbye
Pour une fraction de seconde - La vie mouvementée d'Eadweard Muybridge
Capture the Moment (National Parks Summers, #1)
Things Become Other Things: A Walking Memoir
The Official Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour Book
Exposure (Rita Todacheene, #2)
Archive
Billie Eilish
When We Go Missing
Tremor
The Bohemians
Reflections: On Cinematography
On Photography
Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera
Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos
The Digital Photography Book (Volume 1)
The Americans
Vivian Maier: Street Photographer
The Camera (Ansel Adams Photography, #1)
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Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs
Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting
Learning to See Creatively: Design, Color & Composition in Photography (Updated Edition)
The Art of Photography: An Approach to Personal Expression
The Digital Photography Book (Volume 2)
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Photography Books to Read
71 books — 43 voters
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Best Coffee Table Books
596 books — 294 voters

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Arsenal Pulp Press
188 books — 18 voters
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Best Asia Photography Books
30 books — 23 voters


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