The best way to learn is by doing. "The Photographer's Playbook"
features photography assignments, as well as ideas, stories and
anecdotes from many of the world's most talented photographers and
photography professionals. Whether you're looking for exercises to
improve your craft--alone or in a group--or you're interested in
learning more about the medium, this playful collection will
inspire fresh ways of engaging with photographic process. Inside
you will find advice for better shooting and editing, creative ways
to start new projects, games and activities and insight into the
practices of those responsible for our most iconic
photographs--John Baldessari, Tina Barney, Philip-Lorca diCorcia,
Jim Goldberg, Miranda July, Susan Meiselas, Stephen Shore, Alec
Soth, Tim Walker and many more. The book also features a Polaroid
alphabet by Mike Slack, which divides each chapter, and a handy
subject guide. Edited by acclaimed photographers Jason Fulford and
Gregory Halpern, the assignments and project ideas in this book are
indispensable for teachers and students, and great fun for everyone
fascinated by taking pictures.
Jason Fulford is a photographer and cofounder of the non-profit
publisher J&L Books. He has lectured at more than a dozen art
schools and universities and is a contributing editor to "Blind
Spot" magazine. Fulford's photographs have been featured in
"Harper's," the "New York Times Magazine," "Time," "Blind Spot,"
"Aperture," and on book jackets for Don DeLillo, John Updike,
Bertrand Russell, Jorge Luis Borges, Terry Eagleton, Ernest
Hemingway and Richard Ford. His published books include "Sunbird"
(2000), "Crushed" (2003), "Raising Frogs for $$$" (2006), "The
Mushroom Collector" (2010) and "Hotel Oracle" (2013).
Gregory Halpern received a BA in history and literature from
Harvard University and an MFA from California College of the Arts.
His third book of photographs, entitled "A," is a photographic
ramble through the streets of the American Rust Belt. His other
books include "Omaha Sketchbook" and "Harvard Works Because We Do."
He currently teaches at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
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