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Exploring Color Photography

From Film to Pixels
By Robert Hirsch
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Exploring Color Photography by Robert Hirsch is a comprehensive guide for photographers seeking to master both the aesthetic and technical aspects of colour image creation. Now in its sixth edition, the book balances conceptual insights with practical advice, emphasising thoughtful design and the creative process behind compelling digital and analogue colour photographs. It features an extensive collection of images and captions that illuminate photographic techniques and ideas, along with stimulating assignments designed to foster independent learning and creativity.

Additional features include the latest information on colour photography, expanded coverage of cellphone photography, and a unique chapter on problem-solving and writing to help photographers articulate the concepts underpinning their work. The companion website enhances the learning experience with updated resources and a chronological history of colour photography.
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This book is ideal for students and intermediate photographers who want to deepen their understanding of colour photography both theoretically and practically. It suits those who are eager to explore creative expression through colour images and engage with postmodern concepts and design principles. Educators in photography and arts culture will also find valuable teaching resources.

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Robert Hirsch’s Exploring Color Photography is the thinking photographer’s guide to colour image-making. Now in its sixth edition, this pioneering text clearly and concisely instructs students and intermediate photographers in the fundamental aesthetic and technical building blocks needed to create thought-provoking digital and analogue colour photographs. Taking both a conceptual and pragmatic approach, the book avoids getting bogged down in complex, ever-changing technological matters, allowing it to stay fresh and engaging.

Known as the Bible of Colour Photography, its stimulating assignments encourage students to be adventurous and to take responsibility for learning and working independently. The emphasis on design and postmodern theoretical concepts stresses the thought process behind the creation of intriguing images. Its extensive and inspiring collection of images and accompanying captions allows makers to provide insight into how photographic methodology was utilised to visualise and communicate their objectives.

  • The text continues to deliver inspiring leadership in the field of colour photography with the latest accurate information, ideas, commentary, history, a diverse collection of contemporary images, and expanded cellphone photography coverage.
  • A "Problem Solving and Writing" chapter offers methods and exercises that help one learn to be a visual problem solver and to discuss and write succinctly about the concepts at the foundation of one’s work.
  • Exploring Color Photography.com, the companion website, has been revamped and updated to feature more student and teacher resources, including a new web-based timeline: As It Happened: A Chronological History of Colour Photography.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780415730952

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 February 2015

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 6th edition

Illustration: 20 Tables, color; 355 Halftones, color; 355 Illustrations, color

Audience: Adult education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 1500g

Pages: 388

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About the Author

Robert Hirsch is a photographer, writer, curator, and the director of Light Research (lightresearch.net). His books include: Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age, Seizing the Light: A Social History of Photography, Photographic Possibilities: The Expressive Use of Equipment, Ideas, Materials, and Processes, and Transformational Imagemaking: Handmade Photography Since 1960. Hirsch is a former Associate Editor for Digital Camera (UK) and Photovision, and a contributor to Afterimage, exposure, Contact Sheet, The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography, History of Photography, The Photographic Collector, The Photo Review, and World Book Encyclopedia as well as former Director of CEPA Gallery. Hirsch’s work has been exhibited in over 200 solo and group shows.

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