Table Of Content1. Device 2. Optics 3. Exposure 4. Composition 5. Light 6. From Capture to Post Production 7. Traditional Process in 21st Century 8. Image Manipulation 9. Content and Concept 10. Video 11. New Technology, New Possibility 12. Interdisciplinary Collaborations 13. Presentation and Installation 14. The Talk
SynopsisFinally, here is a photography textbook authored in the 21st century for 21st century audiences. Photography: A 21st Century Practice speaks to the contemporary student who has come of age in the era of digital photography and social media, where every day we collectively take more than a billion photographs. How do aspiring photographers set themselves apart from the smartphone-toting masses? How can an emerging photographic artist push the medium to new ground? The answers provided here are innovative, inclusive, and boundary shattering, thanks to the authors' framework of the "4Cs" Craft, Composition, Content and Concept . Each is explored in depth, and packaged into a toolbox the photographic student can immediately put into practice. With a firm base in digital imaging, the authors also shed new light on chemical-based photographic processes and address the ways in which new technology is rapidly expanding photographic possibilities. In addition, Photography: A 21st Century Practice features: - 12 case studies from professional practice, featuring established photographic artists and showcasing the techniques, concepts, modes of presentation, and other professional concerns that shape their work. - Over 40 student assignments that transform theory into hands-on experience. - 800 full-color images and 200 illustrations, including photographs by some of the world's best-known and most exciting emerging photographic artists, and illustrations that make even complex processes and ideas simple to understand. - More than 50 guided inquiries into the nature of photographic art to jump start critical thinking and group discussions., Finally, here is a photography textbook authored in the 21st century for 21st century audiences. Photography: A New Medium speaks to the contemporary student who has come of age in the era of digital photography and social media, where everyday we collectively take more than a billion photographs. How do aspiring photographers set themselves apart from the cell-toting masses? How can an emerging photographic artist push the medium to new ground? The answers provided by Photography: A New Medium are innovative, inclusive, and boundary-shattering. With a firm base in digital imaging, the text breathes new life into chemical-based photographic processes. It then lays the groundwork for the theories, techniques and practices of image capturing and processing. The text also addresses the many new, online avenues of presentation available to the emerging photographer to share their work with the world. The medium of photography and the profession of art in general are currently undergoing foundational shifts: we live in an age where the boundaries between the media are increasingly blurred. Interdisciplinary collaborations and new media platforms have led to the ever-accelerating emergence of new art forms. Today's photographer, harnessing a uniquely versatile medium, is equipped to be a natural leader for his new media pack. Photography: A New Medium addresses these developments by introducing the student to the possibilities, techniques, and collaborative strategies of video, animation, installation, performance and other media., Photography: A 21st Century Practicespeaks to the contemporary student who has come of age in the era of digital photography and social media, where every day we collectively take more than a billion photographs. How do aspiring photographers set themselves apart from the smartphone-toting masses? How can an emerging photographic artist push the medium to new ground? The answers provided here are innovative, inclusive, and boundary-shattering thanks to the authors' framework of the 4Cs: Craft, Composition, Content, and Concept. Each is explored in-depth and packaged into a toolbox the photographic student can immediately put into practice. With a firm base in digital imaging, the authors also shed new light on chemical-based photographic processes and address the ways in which new technology is rapidly expanding photographic possibilities.