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Born in Hungary, Kertész left Budapest in 1925 for Paris, and in 1937 he went to work in New York City. Throughout more than sixty years of photographing he worked to produce pictures devoid of extravagence, excess and artificiality

"A World History of Photography encompasses the entire range of the medium, from the camera lucida to the latest computer technology, and from Europe and the Americas to the Far East. It investigates all aspects of photography - aesthetic, documentary, commercial, and technical - while placing it in historical context. Included among the more than 800 photographs by men and women are both little-known and celebrated masterpieces, arranged in stimulating...

Every professional photographer finds him or herself in a bit of a creative rut at some point in their career. In this unique book, award-winning photographer and digital artist Mark Campbell (Wheeling, WV) shares with readers images that represent a three-year journey of creative self-discovery aimed at creating portraits that break the mold. Campbell shows how he came up with four creative concept categories-Saints and Sinners, Body Art, Underwater...

"The Dachowskis teach you how to harness the light in any scenario--from direct sun, to window light, to fluorescent light, to household lamp light, and even mixed-lighting scenarios--to create correct exposures and believable image color. You'll learn to restrict and enhance the light, add dramatic highlights and shadows to create dimension, and set the mood in the portrait. With these tips, you'll learn to handle location portrait challenges with...

In an age over-saturated with photographic imagery, Design Principles for Photography demonstrates how design awareness can add a new level of depth to your images. By adapting and experimenting with the tried and tested techniques used by graphic designers every day, you can add dynamism and impact to your imagery, whatever the style or genre - something that today's editors, curators and publishers are all crying out for. The second edition includes...

"In Faking Death, Penny Cousineau-Levine presents Canadian art photography since 1952 as a coherent body of work and articulates a provocative framework for its interpretation. Contrasting Canadian photography with American and European traditions, she shows that Canadian photographers are often preoccupied with a place that is 'elsewhere,' a doubling and a duality that also occur in Canadian literature, film, and political life. Exploring the ambivalent...

Rosanne Olson is a master at capturing exquisite portraits that speak to viewers intimately. She is highly skilled at connecting with her clients, devising a portrait concept that suits the personality of the person in front of the lens, and optimally using posing, composition, and lighting and exposure techniques to achieve an evocative, polished, and memorable portrait. In this book, Olson shares her interpersonal and technical working habits. She...

This book is a call to action, providing the tools photographers need to help preserve threatened species and environments around the world or in their own backyards. Author/photographer Boyd Norton has spent over four decades successfully doing just that, and is credited with saving millions of wilderness acres through his images and personal activism. In this book, Norton shares his approaches to designing powerful images that communicate the threats...