Light & Lens: Photography in the Digital Age is a groundbreaking introductory book
that clearly and concisely provides the instruction and building blocks necessary
to create thought-provoking digitally based photographs. It is an adventurous idea
book that features numerous classroom-tested assignments and exercises from leading
photographic educators to encourage you to critically explore and make images from
the photographers' eye, an aesthetic point of view.
Acquire a basic foundation for digital photography. Light and Lens covers the
fundamental concepts of image-making; how to use today's digital technology to
create compelling images; and how to output and preserve images in the digital
world. Explore the history, theory and methods of digital image-making. Light and
Lens translates the enduring aesthetics of art photography into the digital realm.
You'll view, capture and think about images from a new perspective. Increase your
ability to analyze, discuss and write about your own work and the images of others.
Learn with exercises and assignments by leading digital educators. Innovative
techniques will train your eye to make the strongest visual statement. Solve visual
problems and overcome image challenges. Whether you use a digital SLR or a point-and-
shoot camera, you'll get new strategies to master composition, design and light.
View the full range of the digital terrain with stunning images and commentary by
over 190 international artists.
Robert Hirsch is a renowned photographer, educator, historian and writer. His book
credits include Photographic Possibilities: The Expressive Use of Ideas, Materials
and Processes; Exploring Color Photography: From the Darkroom to the Digital Studio;
and Seizing the Light: A History of Photography. He has had many one-person shows
and curated numerous exhibitions. Hirsch has also conducted many workshops and
interviewed eminent photographers of our time. The former executive director of CEPA
Gallery, he is now the director of Light Research in Buffalo, New York, and on the
Visual Studies faculty of University of Buffalo/The State University of New York.
*Applies technology in the service of ideas
*Emphasizes conceptual problem solving in photography today
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