The Library Class-Mark for Photography starts at 770 and ends at 779.999.
Covering everything from Photography Basics through to works of Individual Photographers, the collection aims to provide anything the aspiring photographer might need. With the recent Library move, staff took to opportunity to relocate the computer software books for digitally enhancing photographs, such as Adobe Photoshop, from the Computer Books section of the Library. These will now be found within the Digital Photography section, at Class Mark 775.8
The Library continues to develop (pun intended!) it's collection of books on the subject of Photography - Here are the latest additions to the Photography stock.
Quietly but implacably, powerful transnational corporations are gaining power over our visual world. A 'global, visual content industry' increasingly controls images supplied to advertisers, marketers and designers, yet so far the process has, paradoxically, evaded the public eye. This book is the first to expose the interior workings of the visual content industry, which produces approximately 70% of the images that define consumer cultures. The corporate acquisition of major photographic and film archives, as well as the digital rights to much of the worlds fine art, is having a profound effect on what we see. From stock photography to new technologies, this book powerfully engages with the historical and cultural issues relating to visual culture and new media. How has stock photography, the system of renting out ready-made images, transformed the role of marketing and advertising? What impact are digital technologies having on the practices of industry professionals? How have software programs such as Photoshop enabled professionals to play God with photographs and how does this influence our belief in the integrity of images? Combining original research on stock photography with a new theoretical take on the circulation of images in contemporary culture, The Image Factory provides a comprehensive and in-depth exploration of industrialized commercial photography, its uses and abuses.
"Beneath the Roses" contains the complete set of
images from Gregory Crewdson's new series of photographs, made between 2003 and
2007. As in his earlier "Twilight" series, each elaborately
choreographed image depicts an emotionally heightened moment in which something
very important (although we never quite know what) seems to have happened or is
about to happen. Like film stills from unmade movies, these photographs portray
mysterious unknowable stories which are reduced to a single, static, highly
charged image. This book also includes source materials, production
photographs, lighting charts, sketches and architectural plans, which give the
viewer a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of his elaborately staged
photographs.
Photography is now more popular than ever thanks to the
rapid development of digital cameras. Read
This If You Want to Take Great Photographs is for this new wave of DSLR dabblers and amateur snapshooters. It contains no graphs, no techie diagrams and no camera-club jargon. Instead, it inspires readers through iconic images and playful copy packed with hands-on tips. Split into five sections, the book covers composition, exposure, light, lenses, and the art of seeing. Masterpieces by acclaimed photographers including Henri Cartier- Bresson, Sebastião Salgado, Fay Godwin, Nadav Kander, Daido Moriyama and Martin Parr serve to illustrate points and encourage readers to try out new ideas. Todays aspiring photographers want immediacy and see photography as an affordable way of expressing themselves quickly and creatively. This handbook meets their needs, teaching them how to take photographs using professional techniques.
Seattle 100: Portrait of a City is the culmination of a
two-year personal project by renowned photographer, filmmaker, and social
artist Chase Jarvis. Both a creative project and an insightful ethnography,
Seattle 100 shares-via more than 300 stunning black-and-white portraits and biographies
of each subject-a curated collection of leading artists, musicians, writers,
scientists, restaurateurs, DJs, developers, activists, entrepreneurs, filmmakers,
and more, all of whom are defining and driving culture in Seattle. Some faces
you will know, other names you may have heard in passing, and others will have
been unknown to you until now. With this book, Jarvis has created a snapshot of
a city's culture through its people. And it's inclusive. Descriptive rather
than prescriptive. It's a 100, not an exclusive the 100, and it invites each of
us to survey our own surroundings, our lives, our friends-and those not yet our
friends-that make up the place we live, whether that's Seattle or anywhere
else. Individually, the images and words here introduce you to 100 engaging and
important people. Collectively, this portrait of a city tells a fascinating,
interwoven story about a unique and vibrant place. Beyond the photos and
commentary by Jarvis, there are pithy musings by a select handful of subjects
on the topics of art, food, community, region, culture, and film. In addition, many of the subjects share their
favorite things, places, and doings in and around the Seattle that they have
explored, discovered, and rediscovered time and again. Chase Jarvis is donating
100% of his artist proceeds from this book to the amazing arts and culture
organization www.4culture.org.
This exhibition was a collaboration between the artist and
the architects at the Galleria d’Arte, Palazzo Pitti. The gallery is a suite of
highly ornate rooms on the top floor of the Palazzo, originally decorated for
the receptions and parties of the King of Italy. The installation required the
almost impossible task of situating the artist’s works within the highly
decorated interior, which could not be touched and provided no surfaces for mounting
wall-based work. The artist’s works are mounted on panels, sitting on large
pieces of veneered furniture placed around the edges of the rooms. The height
of the furniture relates to the height of the plinths and columnar divisions of
the wall decoration, and the pieces are very large so as to appear fixed and
integral to the space of the room. The vivid colours and glossy surfaces of the
works are held in the room by the rich dark tones of their plinths.
The rise of digital photography and imaging has transformed
the landscape of visual communication and culture. Events, activities, moments,
objects, and people are ‘captured′ and distributed as images on an
unprecedented scale. Many of these are shared publicly; some remain private,
others become intellectual property, and some have the potential to shape
global events. In this timely introduction, the ubiquity of photography is
explored in relation to interdisciplinary debates about changes in the
production, distribution, and consumption of images in digital culture.
Ubiquitous Photography provides a critical examination of the technologies,
practices, and cultural significance of digital photography, placing the
phenomenon in historical, social, and political–economic context. It examines
shifts in image–making, storage, commodification, and interpretation as highly
significant processes of digitally mediated communication in an increasingly
image–rich culture. It covers debates in social and cultural theory, the
history and politics of image–making and manipulation, the current explosion in
amateur photography, tagging and sharing via social networking, and citizen
journalism. The book engages with key contemporary theoretical issues about
memory and mobility, authorship and authenticity, immediacy and preservation,
and the increased visibility of ordinary social life. Drawing upon a range of
sources and original empirical research, Ubiquitous Photography provides a
comprehensive introduction to critical academic debate and concrete
developments in the field of digital photography. It is essential reading for
students and scholars interested in media and society, visual culture, and
digital technology.
John Berger's writings on photography are some of the most
original of the twentieth century. This
selection contains many ground-breaking
essays and previously uncollected pieces written for exhibitions and catalogues
in which Berger probes the work of photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson
and W. Eugene Smith - and the lives of those photographed - with fierce
engagement, intensity and tenderness. The selection is made and introduced by
Geoff Dyer, author of the award-winning The Ongoing Moment. How do we see the
world around us? This is one of a number of pivotal works by creative thinkers
whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision for ever.
John Berger was born in London in 1926. His acclaimed works of both fiction and
non-fiction include the seminal Ways of Seeing and the novel G., which won the
Booker Prize in 1972. In 1962 he left Britain permanently, and he now lives in
a small village in the French Alps. Geoff Dyer is the author of four novels and
several non-fiction books. Winner of the Lannan Literary Award, the
International Centre of Photography's 2006 Infinity Award and the American
Academy of Arts and Letters' E. M. Forster Award, Dyer is also a regular
contributor to many publications in the UK and the US. He lives in London.
Waving Flags is the third book in collaboration with the
Royal College of Art (RAC) Photography Department, following on from Seeing for
Others (2012) and Hardcover: Image Perspectives (2011). The book showcases 20
emerging international artists whose individual photographic practices engage
with the potential and pitfalls of translation as an artistic device. Though
differing radically in their style and approach, these young photographers each
produce work that questions the role of translation in creative practice: can
it be a constructive tool for the artist, or are there certain ideas that
remain untranslatable? Richly illustrated with a diverse range of photographic
work specifically conceived for this publication, Waving Flags situates fresh
talent from one of the UK's most innovative photography courses alongside
critical essays by leading academics. Edited by renowned photographer Rut Blees
Luxemburg and featuring text by distinguished artist and RCA professor Olivier
Richon, Waving Flags offers a fascinating insight into one of contemporary
art's most elusive concepts.
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