Photography, Black & White

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John Beardsworth
Advanced Digital Black & White Photography (A Lark Photography Book)
by Lark Books (Paperback)

Digital photographers can now attain the enduring beauty of black-and-white photography in their own work! There’s more to monochrome than just discarding the color in Photoshop, but many books simply treat it as an afterthought. Not this one! John Beardsworth teaches every major method of making a color picture black and white, and explains what kind of images are best, and why. Both ambitious newcomers and advanced enthusiasts will learn how to achieve the richest tonal depth and balance, use black and white to interpret the subject for the viewer, reproduce historic and darkroom processes, add creative and special effects, and produce exhibition-quality prints.

Henry Horenstein
Black and White Photography, Third Revised Edition
by Little, Brown and Company (Paperback)

One of the most popular and useful instruction manuals of its kindwhich has set the standard for nearly thirty yearsis now completely revised and updated, encompassing the latest photographic techniques, materials, and processes. Black and White Photography has sold more than 500,000 copies in its first two editions. The second edition (1982), currently in its twenty-fourth printing, still enjoys net sales of 25,000 to 30,000 copies a year. A popular, hands-on size, Black and White Photography is a bargain photographic how-to book. Past and present users of Horensteins books include the Parsons School of Design, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and MIT, in addition to continuing education classes and photography buffs who have discovered them through favorable word of mouth.

Torsten Andreas Hoffmann
The Art of Black and White Photography: Techniques for Creating Superb Images in a Digital Workflow
by Rocky Nook (Hardcover)

Over the last few years, most books on photography emphasized explaining the new breed of cameras and how to master the digital imaging workflow. In The Art of Black and White Photography Torsten Andreas Hoffmann takes a different approach, as he focuses on image composition and image capture, with an emphasis on the creative aspects of black and white photography, rather than on the digital workflow. After introducing the ground rules of composition, the author illustrates their applications with various photographic genres such as architecture, street photography, portraiture, and surreal photography with his own stunning black and white images. In the second part of the book, Hofmann illustrates the elements of a photographic language , which distinguishes creative photography from random shooting. The final part of the book is dedicated to post-processing techniques, mostly in Photoshop (CS3), emphasizing the functions that are necessary for creating outstanding ...

Tony Worobiec
Black & White Photography in a Digital Age: Creative Camera, Darkroom and Printing Techniques for the Modern Photographer
by David & Charles (Paperback)

*Combines a traditional technique--black-and-white photography--with the latest technology *Shows readers how to create their own high-quality, fine art prints Black-and-white photography has always been a favorite topic among amateur photographers, but many digital photography books assume the reader is working with color images. With this concise guide, black-and-white enthusiasts can finally learn exactly how to enhance their creations with digital techniques. The book covers everything from scanning, manipulation and printing to advanced, digital darkroom techniques. Amidst inspiring and distinctive black-and-white photos, readers will find tricks and advice for making their images more creative than ever before!

Anita Rich, Robin Dallenbach
Portraits of NASCAR: An Intimate Look Inside the Private Lives of the Most Famous Drivers in NASCAR
by Triumph Books (Hardcover)

You see the drivers every week in their logo-covered, fire-retardant jumpsuits, doing backflips after winning a race. You see them on ESPN, their cars speeding past in a blur, lap after lap, and you read about them in newspapers, magazines, and on the Internet. You hear them interviewed and watch them on commercials for everything from pizza to cell phones. Now, for the first time, you can see the drivers as they actually live. Portraits of NASCAR brings you into their dens, kitchens, and living rooms, providing a relaxed and intimate at-home look at the private lives of your favorite NASCAR drivers. In stunning black-and-white photography and accompanying text, you¹ll see them relaxing with their wives and children, you¹ll learn about their hobbies and outside interests, and you¹ll learn what they enjoy outside the frenetic pace of their demanding racing careers. You¹ll get a firsthand look at the beauty and closeness of the motorsports family and how those ties bring ...

Jerry Uelsmann, Peter C. Bunnell, Paul Karabanis
Other Realities
by Bulfinch (Hardcover)

Rediscover the work of an acknowledged American master whose influence has been immeasurable but is only now beginning to be fully understood and appreciated. Jerry Uelsmann is a modern master of photography, one of a select group of artists who can be said to have altered the very language of their medium. By synthesizing his photographs from multiple negatives starting in the 1960s, Uelsmann broke rank with the prevailing aesthetic of the period and pioneered a new approach that would influence countless artists and photographers and anticipate the digital-image revolution by a generation. OTHER REALITIES showcases a personal selection of Uelsmanns most compelling images from the early 1960s to the present. An accessible and insightful foreword by photography critic and historian Peter C. Bunnell, and a preface by Paul Karabinis, director of the University Gallery of South Florida, open the book.

Amadou Diallo
Mastering Digital Black and White: A Photographer's Guide to High Quality Black-and-White Imaging and Printing (Digital Process and Print)
by Course Technology PTR (Paperback)

The very nature of black and white photography places a premium on creative interpretation of the image. Advances in digital technology have expanded both the precision of imaging techniques and the interpretive possibilities for black and white imagery. Never before has such a wide array of tools been available to photographers who have a passion for black and white. Mastering Digital Black and White is written for these photographers. It serves not only as a comprehensive guide for creating black and white images and prints, but also examines the role of artistic craft in the imaging process. Learn how to employ your digital tools as extensions of your photographic vision. Read in-depth interviews with, and view images from, five accomplished photographers as they discuss their process and inspirations. Prepare to indulge your passion for gallery-quality black-and-white images in the digital darkroom. Additional supporting content for this book and a discussion forum for ...

Steve Anchell, Bill Troop
The Film Developing Cookbook (Darkroom Cookbook)
by Focal Press (Plastic Comb)

An up-to-date manual for modern film development techniques. Companion volume to the bestselling The Darkroom Cookbook, this book concentrates on films, their characteristics and the developers and other chemicals each requires for maximum control of the resulting image. It specifically addresses the difficult subject of T-grain film development and includes rarely found information on film development and the nature of film developers. The authors also tackle many of the widely accepted myths of film development. They reject the trend toward scientific evaluation of films and developers in favor of the photographer s development of a personal aesthetic, without relying exclusively on densitometry or H&D curves. 192 pp., fully illus., 7 x 10 , Spiralbound.

Christopher Rauschenberg
Paris Changing: Revisiting Eugene Atget's Paris
by Princeton Architectural Press (Hardcover)

Between 1888 and 1927 Eugène Atget meticulously photographed Paris and its environments, capturing in thousands of photographs the city’s parks, streets, and buildings as well as its diverse inhabitants. Christopher Rauschenberg spent a year in the late 90s revisiting and re-photographing many of Atget’s locations. Paris Changing features seventy-four pairs of images beautifully reproduced in duotone. Each site is indicated on a map of the city, inviting readers to follow in the steps of Atget and Rauschenberg themselves. The book concludes with essays by Clark Worswick and Alison Nordstrom, an epilogue by Rosamond Bernier as well as a portfolio of other images of contemporary Paris by Rauschenberg.

Jeff Palmer
Touch
by Bruno Gmunder Verlag Gmbh (Hardcover)

Long expected and much desired - Jeff Palmer's new masterpiece - thrilling! This work is "touching" in the true meaning of the word - Jeff Palmer's artistic male photography presents American dreamboats in sensual and intimate togetherness. Muscle-bound men in highly emotional scenes are masterfully enveloped in light and shadows. They open up to the camera's lens with both self-assurance and abandon. Palmer's newest works took quite some time to complete and you can see it in the results. Those looking for a snapshot aesthetic may be disappointed. But those who appreciate meticulously composed photographs of male nudes are sure to be delighted.

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