Anyone have any books on photography that they own and really enjoy or that you would recommend?
I know I need some up to date books.
I own two books on teaching photography and they are both from the 70's!
One book is The Art of Photography and that was put out by Time Magazine in 1971.
The other book I have is John Hedgescoe's Complete Photography Course . Both are fantastic and teach great technique and I would recommend them to anyone if you somehow came across them. (I bought both at a local library's book sale!)
The Hedgescoe book is really cool, and I think it is a fantastic learning tool. It tells you how to shot all different subject matter and I've learned a lot from it.
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Photography - A Cultural Reader - very interesting and up to date...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Photography-Cultural-Mary-Warner-Marien/dp/1856696669/ref=pd_cp_b_3
How To Read A Photograph
http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Read-Photograph-Understanding-Photographers/dp/0500287848/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1278027841&sr=1-1
For Theory - Roland Barthes / John Berger / Susan Sontag...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0817463003?tag=moorephoto-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0817463003&adid=0T9N3PZ0Q8MPBZTTZNF9&
Lighting For Still Life
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1883403871?ie=UTF8&tag=moorephoto-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=1883403871
Also check out Scott Kelby's blog. He does book reviews often.
http://www.scottkelby.com/
'Pictures on a Page - Photojournalism, Graphics and Picture Editing' by Harold Evans http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=pictures+on+a+page&x=21&y=17
Unfortunately, you will be lucky to pick up one of these blighters for under £40 as they are quite sought after, try your local library to see one.
another couple I like to dip into are:
'The Genius of Photography' by Gerry Badger (from the BBC TV series) http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=genius+photography+badger&x=0&y=0
'The Photographer's Eye' by John Szarkowski http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=photograpers+eye+szarkowski&x=0&y=0
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