Photographer's Book List

Insisting on reading photography books is an important way to self-study and improve photography ability.

No matter what form of creation, creation is a process of knowledge input and output. So is photography. It's important to press the shutter more, but learn how to shoot before shooting.

12 This photo book covers three levels: basic, advanced and aesthetic promotion. You can choose different levels of photography books to read according to your actual photography ability.

1, photography basis

The use of cameras, cameras and accessories, shooting composition, later retouching, and understanding and application of light are the basis of photography.

Usually, there are always many people who say that photography encounters bottlenecks and feels difficult to improve. They think it is because of the lack of aesthetic and artistic level. In fact, the reason may be that the foundation is not solid enough.

The textbook of the New York Institute of Photography may not be read and practiced by more than half of people, let alone read and think repeatedly. This book, which is known as the "Photography Bible", really gains new results every time you read it.

Teacher Li Tao's "The Master's Road in the Late Digital Photography": The later process is divided into six steps: global adjustment, curve adjustment, local adjustment, sharpening, noise reduction and output. The website in the book also provides practice pictures.

Photographic composition, published in 1983, is regarded as the enlightenment bible of photographic composition. The author's intention is not to teach specific methods, but to improve the photographer's keen observation and aesthetic ability.

Photography is the art of using light, and it is very important to understand the characteristics of light. With rich cases and step-by-step guidance, the book "American Photography Light Course" provides readers with a comprehensive theory about the characteristics and principles of light.

Introduction: New York Institute of Photography textbook

Composition: Photographic composition

Using light: a photography course using light

Later period: The Master's Road to the Late Period of Digital Photography

2. Advanced photography

The advanced stage pays more attention to the cultivation of theory and consciousness, which is the basis for understanding the theme clues and internal structure of a photo.

Only by learning to "see" photos can we "take" good photos. Four books introduce famous photographers, and explain and interpret classic works from different levels, which can bring us a lot of inspiration in photography.

Shore's book The Essence of Photos discusses how to understand and watch all kinds of photos from five different levels. As an enlightening book on photography, this book doesn't talk too much about technology, but prefers photography theory.

The photographer's eyes explore what photos are displayed and why. The book brings together the works of well-known photographers and unknown photographers, and outlines the creative visual language of photography.

How to read photos contains 100 biographies of many important photographers, including Bresson, Adams, Brandt and Evans. Biographical history and technology put their works in a broader context.

Design is one of the most important factors in creating successful photos. The vision of a book photographer can guide everyone to improve their ability to observe and take excellent digital photos and explore traditional composition and design methods.

Stephen Shore: The Essence of Photographs

Sakowski: The photographer's eyes.

Ian Jeffrey: How to read photos?

Michael Freeman: A Photographer's Perspective

3. Artistic photography

When photography rises to the artistic level, we need to have a deeper understanding of the world of images.

Pure art photography takes photography as the medium, deeply discusses the relationship between what people see and the image presentation, and then launches a series of discussions on society, morality and aesthetics.

No matter what form of art, it will never be a leap. Contact with artistic photography requires an understanding of aesthetic concepts, photography theory and even photography history.

"What is Art" begins with Plato before the times, passes through philosophical masters such as Hume, Hegel and Dewey, and presents a wonderful exposition on what is art from their unique perspectives.

Photography Today summarizes the development of photography as an art since 1960, and discusses how photography has become a highly respected and widely used creative carrier and medium through the hands of artists.

Art and visual perception explain the basic principles of visual phenomena, such as the tendency and simplest trend of vision, the development stage of visual schema subdivision, and the dynamic characteristics of perception.

The history of photography is an indispensable part in the field of pure artistic photography, among which the History of World Photography is the most classic, which traces the evolution of photography as a young art completely according to the times and themes.

Wirtenberger: What is art?

Mark Deden: Photography Today

Arnheim: Art and Vision

Rosenbloom: History of World Photography