- Publisher
- Laurence King
- Published
- 2014
- Shelf
- photography: Craft
- ISBN
- 9781780673356
Craft
Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs
Henry Carroll
One great photograph per spread, and the single decision that made it, explained in a paragraph.
Why read it
Carroll strips instruction back to the smallest useful unit. A picture by Cartier-Bresson or Arbus or Leibovitz, then one thing to notice and try. It teaches by looking rather than by explaining, which is how photography is actually learnt.
Why own it
Small, cheap and genuinely the best first photography book in print. It is the one to give somebody who has just bought a camera and does not want a manual.
Who it is for
Beginners, and anyone teaching one.
Reading order
Book 1 of 6 in the photography reading order, where it starts. See all 6
Read nextThe Photographer's EyeMichael FreemanFreeman widens those single decisions into a full account of composition, starting with where the edge of the frame falls.Opens a search on AbeBooks, a network of independent and antiquarian sellers, which is where a good part of this shelf has to be found, because it is out of print.
Read next
Chosen because they argue with this one, not because a machine noticed they share a category.
- The Photographer's EyeMichael Freeman
- The AmericansRobert Frank
- The Photograph as Contemporary ArtCharlotte Cotton
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