Any of Don McCullin''s books.
Danziger''s Britain by Nick Danziger.
Better to see it presented than in a book.
I kinda know what your saying but there stuff thats amazing when hung at correct size, Sebastian Salgado, even Martin ParrNot better, different. And photography can be done with the intention of putting it in book form rather than on a wall.
I kinda know what your saying but there stuff thats amazing when hung at correct size, Sebastian Salgado, even Martin Parr
^ those three, because I'd say watch the videos and read the book The Genius of Photography as they compliment each other rather than one being a copy of the other.The genius of Photography (or watch the videos), Photography as Contemporary Art by Charlotte cotton
https://www.youtube.com/user/GeniusOfPhotography^ those three, because I'd say watch the videos and read the book The Genius of Photography as they compliment each other rather than one being a copy of the other.
You'll come away from those three with a list of photographers that interest you and that you will want to research further.
Light, Science & magic is in my basket wish Amazon
Many people have suggested it as a good read, thank you
Robert Mapplethorpe
the way I photographed people
Although some of Mapplethorpe's people pictures are a bit... eye opening (to say the least!) Some of his other pics are absolutely gorgeous.
Not got many photography books, but the ones I keep going back to are the 35mm Photographer's Handbook (other than the D&P and film choice sections, it applies to digital as well.) and an old text book, Basic Photography by Langford. Again, from film days but most of the photography tips apply as much to digital as they do to film.
I have a few others that I've picked up over the years, mainly from charity shops. Have to say that I much prefer seeing prints in exhibitions since they tend to be shown as the photographer intended rather than as an editor has the budget for.
I'm glad you asked for a personal top three rather than a set that would appeal to everyone! It's very difficult to limit my list to three, but here goes.
1. The Story of Art by Ernst Gombrich. Not a photography book in the normally accepted sense, but one that opens your eyes to seeing.
2. Perception and Imaging by Richard Zakia. The descriptions you get from Google express the contents better than I can.
Good photographers of any genre will find they're work and approach is improved by knowledge of the background and theory of their subject. Whether that comes from deliberate research, education or self-improvement or from a more tacit absorption of knowledge from general exposure to the work of others in their field of interest.A lot of those suggestions seem aimed at the theory of photography and the intellectual side of things but in my opinion it's not necessary to know the theory to be a good photographer. It depends on your subject matter, I suppose, but I doubt if many landscape or wildlife photographers will have read many of these suggestions - if any.
They should, and read more widely too. Genre photography can become very insular and inward looking, you can see this in landscape photography with the ultrawide-angle-with-rock meme. If you're shooting landscapes you'd benefit from an awareness of Friedrich, Constable and Turner as much as Adams, Waite or Cornish.I doubt if many landscape or wildlife photographers will have read many of these suggestions - if any
Good photographers of any genre will find they're work and approach is improved by knowledge of the background and theory of their subject. Whether that comes from deliberate research, education or self-improvement or from a more tacit absorption of knowledge from general exposure to the work of others in their field of interest.
They should, and read more widely too. Genre photography can become very insular and inward looking, you can see this in landscape photography with the ultrawide-angle-with-rock meme. If you're shooting landscapes you'd benefit from an awareness of Friedrich, Constable and Turner as much as Adams, Waite or Cornish.