Recommended: Andreas Feininger, Advanced Photography: Methods and Conclusions

[Bill Burk]

I recently picked up over a dozen old photography books and have been enjoying every one of them.

But one stands out above the rest as a book I recommend without reservation to every APUG member interested in advancing the art of their photography.

In this advanced book, Andreas Feininger wastes few pages on technical matters but in the bulk of the book talks about what makes photographs interesting. He challenges you to ask why you take pictures. He explains how originality can show even though technically all our photographs are the same.

If I could type out the chapters... it would be worthwhile reading but you know we can't do that. For now, there are cheap copies on Amazon.com you can get it for the price of a couple rolls of film.

A roll of film after all, is like a blank sheet of paper. It's what you put on it that matters most.

 

[eddie]

A roll of film after all, is like a blank sheet of paper. It's what you put on it that matters most.

I like that, Bill. Whenever I buy film, I think of it as investing in possibilities. I don't worry about the cost quite as much...

 

[Bill Burk]

Thanks eddie,

I can't take credit though... it's Feininger's idea.

 

[Anton Lukoszevieze]

Feininger

that's a great book indeed

 

[MDR]

Feininger was a great educator and photographer and is vastly underrated. He was very much an artist like his father and therefore knew that technique is only part of the equation. Can't recommend his books enough.

 

[benjiboy]

Sad to say Bill, I've owned that book and The Complete Photographer probably since before you were born

 

[Renato Tonelli]

Feininger was a great educator and photographer and is vastly underrated. He was very much an artist like his father and therefore knew that technique is only part of the equation. Can't recommend his books enough.

Absolutely. As his photography books were more widely available than most others, they were the first to instruct me in my unending quest to better photography.