The Photographer's Playbook: 307 Assignments and Ideas (Paperback)
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The Photographer's Playbook: 307 Assignments and Ideas (Paperback)

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Published: 23/06/2014
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The best way to learn is by doing. The Photographer's Playbook features photography assignments, as well as ideas, stories, and anecdotes from many of the world's most talented photographers and photography professionals. Whether you're looking for exercises to improve your craft-alone or in a group-or you're interested in learning more about the medium, this playful collection will inspire fresh ways of engaging with photographic process. Inside you will find advice for better shooting and editing, creative ways to start new projects, games and activities, and insight into the practices of those responsible for our most iconic photographs-John Baldessari, Tina Barney, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Jim Goldberg, Miranda July, Susan Meiselas, Stephen Shore, Alec Soth, Tim Walker, and many more. The book also features a Polaroid alphabet by Mike Slack, which divides each chapter, and a handy subject guide. Edited by acclaimed photographers Jason Fulford and Gregory Halpern, the assignments and project ideas in this book are indispensable for teachers and students, and great fun for everyone fascinated by taking pictures.

Publisher: Aperture
ISBN: 9781597112475
Number of pages: 440
Weight: 790 g
Dimensions: 228 x 152 x 29 mm


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Examines how the photograph can be animated through composition, engagement and passion; Fulford and Halpern's The Photographer's Playbook contains 307 assignments designed to inspire, enlighten and educate students, teachers and photographers. -British Journal of Photography
Just what the doctor ordered for amateur photographers looking to educate themselves by immersing their imaginative gifts into the works of some of today's successful photographers. -Resource Magazine
The idea is that photography is nothing if it stays in a little box, that there is a big wide world out there and photography needs to engage with it. -British Journal of Photography
An invaluable resource of perceptive information on all things photography...Inside is a treasure trove of advice... -Juxtapoz, August 2014 issue
The Photographer's Playbook is a slap in the face for the obvious, the hackneyed, the over-familiar. -British Journal of Photography

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