If you've ever found yourself looking at a photograph in a museum or gallery and thinking, "I can do that,"this is the book for you. 101 QUICK AND EASY IDEAS TAKEN FROM THE MASTER PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY shows you how to recognize and use the techniques of some of the great photographers of the last century. Each chapter of the book focuses on one photographer, and includes a brief biography that highlights what life experiences influenced his or her work, as well as descriptions of one or several iconic images they photographed that include the key photographic elements that apply to that work - light, shadow, narrative, and symbolism. Along with the descriptions are recreations of the images that use similar subject matter and settings, as well as the steps to help you compose and manipulate your own version of the image. As you work through the book you'll find that the same concepts and themes were used by many of the photographers, but the meanings change as their work is shaped as the events, technology, and environment changed throughout the twentieth century. Arranged alphabetically, 101 QUICK AND EASY IDEAS TAKEN FROM THE MASTER PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, features photographers you'll easily recognize and some that are new to you, such as Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lang, Robert Mapplethorpe, Berenice Abbott, Heri Cartier-Bresson, and many more. By learning about and trying the common photography concepts and techniques used by famous photographers you'll enhance your photographic skill set and hopefully find inspiration and ideas for your own work.
[...]... shock Many of the master photographers shot in black and white In the early part of the century, color film wasn’t available By the middle of the century, the photographers chose to shoot in black and white because that was the medium in which fine art photographers worked A few mid twentieth century photographers William Eggleston and Stephen Shore—broke the anti-color bias of many in the field and saw... the upper and lower falls While Adams didn’t follow the photography rule known as the Rule of Thirds (placing prominent subjects/objects a third of the way over from the either edge or the top/bottom of the frame), he did make an effort to place subjects/objects off center in the frame In his image of Yosemite Falls, he placed the waterfall just to the right of the center of the frame He also had the. .. Photographers of the Twentieth Century helps you to recognize some of the techniques used by the great photographers of the twentieth century Each chapter in the book includes a bio of the master photographer (including what life events influenced his or her work) and a description of one or several photographs the photographer shot In the photograph descriptions, I have described the elements of photography... variety of sepia tones There is also a discussion about layers with respect to creating a double exposure Other sidebars will refer to the methods of the artist’s work, the photography rules the artist followed and/ or broke, and the methods used to set up and photograph still lifes Introduction to the Masters The list of twentieth- century photographers who created techniques and passed them along to professional... reaching the top of the frame so that the sky was cut off when looking at the image from left to right Figure 2.3, a replica of Adams’ shot in the same area, shows the falls from Yosemite Lodge From that vantage point, the growth of the valley vegetation is so thick that it’s difficult to see the lower falls Even so, the view of the falls from that vantage point is quite impressive The image was taken. .. Another thing I discovered was that the great photographers (and artists) of the twentieth century were interconnected—they knew each other and learned from one another The book begins with Berenice Abbott, who looked at the world through its architecture from a number of different orientations It moves on to Ansel Adams and Robert Adams, who both defined novel ways to shoot landscapes the former in the. .. an effect of flattening the tops of the buildings, making it difficult to distinguish which building is taller than the other I’ve done the same thing in Figure 1.4 Upon glancing at the image, you might miss the fact that the buildings on the right side of the image are much taller than those on the left Also of note are the converging lines of the image They make the buildings look as if they are going... look as if you are right in the picture She obviously took the picture from the center of the road When you go to emulate the shot, you will be emulating only the subject and roughly, at that The other elements of the photograph—light, color, shades of gray—are up to you to refine The symbolism of the photos will also change In Lange’s The Road West, the road signified the trip west many people took... transform the commonplace into compelling subject matter Color comes alive from both photographers in their work, which took lonely Western outposts, vacuous suburban sprawl, and casual indoor scenes and made them fit to be seen on the walls of the great art museums of the world Then there were the photographers who unraveled messages in text and signage, creating art in words and letters Walker Evans and. .. this book, and I can only say that it was very rewarding to learn new ways of taking pictures by basing my photography loosely on the master photographers of the twentieth century In many of the images, important elements other than the subject may not be noticeably evident if they are not pointed out For example, in Dorothea Lange’s The Road West, the starkness along with the light hitting the road . h0" alt="" 101 QUICK AND EASY IDEAS TAKEN FROM THE MASTER PHOTOGRAPHERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Matthew Bamberg Course Technology PTR A part of Cengage. site at cengage.com. 101 Quick and Easy Ideas Taken from the Master Photographers of the Twentieth Century Matthew Bamberg Publisher and General Manager,