La meilleure façon d’apprendre est de faire.
The Photographer’s Playbook présente des travaux de photographie, ainsi que des idées, des histoires et des anecdotes de nombreux photographes et professionnels de la photographie parmi les plus talentueux au monde.
Que vous recherchiez des exercices pour améliorer votre art, seul ou en groupe, ou que vous souhaitiez en savoir plus sur le médium, cette collection ludique vous inspirera de nouvelles façons de vous engager dans le processus photographique. À l’intérieur, vous trouverez des conseils pour améliorer la prise de vue et le montage, des moyens créatifs de démarrer de nouveaux projets, jeux et activités et un aperçu des pratiques des auteurs de nos photographies les plus emblématiques – John Baldessari, Tina Barney, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Jim Goldberg, Miranda July, Susan Meiselas, Stephen Shore, Alec Soth, Tim Walker et bien d’autres. Le livre comprend également un alphabet Polaroid de Mike Slack, qui divise chaque chapitre, et un guide pratique par sujet.
Édités par les photographes de renom Jason Fulford et Gregory Halpern, les missions et les idées de projets de ce livre sont indispensables pour les enseignants et les étudiants, et très amusantes pour tous ceux qui sont fascinés par la prise de photos.
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. He is a 2014 Guggenheim fellow, and 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. In 2014 he was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. He currently teaches at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
