Historical & Contextual Useful Photography Books Reference Books | |||
Author | Published | Title | Publisher |
Adams, Robert | 1996 | Why People Photograph | Aperture |
Adams, Robert | 1981 | Beauty in Photography | Aperture |
Ades, Dawn | 1986 | Photomontage | Thames and Hudson |
Andriesse, P | 1996 | Art Gallery Exhibiting | Uitgeverij de Balie |
Baatz, Willfried | 1999 | Photography – A Concise History | Laurence King |
Bachelard, Gaston | 1958/1994 | The Poetics of Space | Beacon Press |
Barthes, Roland | 1982/1993 | Camera Lucida | Vintage |
Barthes, Roland | 1957/1993 | Mythologies | Vintage |
Barthes, Roland | 1977 | Image, Music, Text | Fontana Press |
Bavister, S | 2001 | Photographing People: Portraits, Fashion, Glamour | RotoVision |
Belsey, Catherine | 2002 | Poststructuralism – a very short introduction | Oxford University Press |
Berger, J | 1992 | About Looking | Peter Smith Publishing |
Berger, John & Mohr, Mohr | 1969 | Fortunate Man: Story of a Country Doctor | Penguin |
Berger, John | 1972 | Ways of Seeing | Penguin/BBC |
Berger, John & Mohr, Jean | 1987 | Another Way of Telling | Granta/Pluto Press Ltd |
Berger, W. | 2001 | Advertising Today | Phaidon (London) |
Berger, John X & Richon, Olivier | 1989 | Other Than Itself | Cornerhouse |
Brittain, David (Ed.) | 1999 | Creative Camera – 30 Years of Writing | Manchester University Press |
Burgin, Victor | 1982 | Thinking Photography | MacMillan Press |
Campany, David | 2003 | Art and Photography (Themes and Movements) | Phaidon |
Chambers, E & Northedge, A. | 1997 | The Arts Good Study Guide | The Open University |
Clarke, Graham | 1997 | The Photograph: A Visual and Cultural History | Oxford |
Cobley, Paul & Jansz, Litza | 1999 | Introducing Semiotics | Icon |
Cole, Peter | 2002 | The Theory of Knowledge | Hodder & Stoughton |
Cotton, C | 2000 | Imperfect Beauty: The Making of Contemporary Fashion Photographs | VA Publications |
Cotton, Charlotte | 2004 | The Photograph as Contemporary Art | Thames & Hudson |
Creative & Commercial Communications Ltd | 1993 | The Best Ads Never Seen | West Sussex/Open Eye Publishing |
Derrick, R | 2004 | People in Vogue: A Century of Portrait Photography | Little, Brown andCompany |
Docherty, Thomas | 1993 | Postmodernism – a reader | Harvester Wheatsheaf |
Evans, Harold | 1978/1997 | Pictures On A Page (Photojournalism, Graphics and Picture Editing). | Pimlico |
Ewing, William A. | ???? | The Fugitive Gesture | ??? |
Ewing, William A. | ???? | The Body | ??? |
Flusser, Vilem | 2000/2005 | Towards a Philosophy of Photography | Reaktion Books Ltd |
Friday, Jonathan | 2002 | Aesthetics & Photography | Ashgate Publishing Ltd |
Frizot, Michel | 1994 | A New History of Photography | Konemann |
Gebhardt, Volker | 1998 | Painting – A Concise History | Laurence King |
Gernsheim, Helmut & Gernsheim, Alison | 1965/1971 | A Concise History of Photography | Thames & Hudson |
Greenberg, R, Ferguson, B W and Nairne, S (editors) | 1996 | Thinking about Exhibitions | Routledge |
Golden, R | 2001 | 20th Century Photography: A Complete Guide to the Greatest Artists of the Photographic Age | Carlton Books |
Gombrich, E. H. | 1950/1993 | The Story of Art | Phaidon |
Gronemeyer, Andrea | 1999 | Film – A Concise History | Laurence King |
Hawkes, T. | 1977 | Structuralism & Semiotics | Routledge (London) |
Hill, Paul & Cooper, Thomas | 1979/1992 | Dialogue with Photography | Cornerhouse |
Hollis, Martin | 1985/1997 | Invitation to Philosophy | Blackwell |
Jager, Gottfried | 2002 | The Art of Abstract Photography | Arnoldsche |
Jacobson, Colin,edited by | 200? | Underexposed – Pictures can lie and liars use pictures (ISBN:1-903399-21-1) | Vision On Publishing |
Jeffrey, Ian | 1981 | Photography: A Concise History | Thames & Hudson (World of Art) |
Jones, G, Cardinal, D & Hayward, J | 2003 | Existentialism and Humanism; Jean-Paul Sartre | John Murray |
Jones, T | 2001 | Smile ID: Fashion and Style | Taschen, |
Jussim, Estelle | 1989 | The Eternal Moment – Essays on the Photographic Image | Aperture Foundation Inc |
Jussim, Estelle, with Lindquist-Cock, Elizabeth | ???? | Landscape as Photograph | ? |
Jussim, Estelle | ???? | Stopping Time – The Photographs of Harold Edgerton | ? |
Kopelow, G | 1997 | The Focal Handbook of Commercial Photography | Butterworth-Heinemann |
La Grange, Ashley | 2005 | Basic Critical Theory for Photographers | Focal Press |
Langford, Michael | 19?? | The Story of Photography | Focal Press |
Life Magazine | 2003 | Life Magazine — 100 Photographs that Changed the World | Time Warner International |
Lister, Martin | 1995 | The Photographic Image in Digital Culture | Routledge |
Lord, B G | 1997 | Manual of Museum Management | The Stationery Office |
Marien, Mary Warner | 2002 | Photography – A Cultural History | Laurence King |
Martin, R | 2001 | The Fashion Book | Phaidon Press Limited,) |
Miles, M | 1997 | Art, Space and the City | Routledge |
Morris, Wright | ???? | Time Pieces: Photography, Writing & Memory | Aperture Foundation Inc |
Newhall, Beaumont | 1982 | The History of Photography | MOMA, N.Y. |
Newhall, Nancy | ???? | From Adams to Stieglitz: Pioneers of Modern Photography | Aperture Foundation Inc |
O’Doherty, B | 1986 | Inside the White Cube | Lapis Press |
Parr, Martin, Badger, Gerry | 2004 | The Photobook: A History: v. 1 | Phaidon |
Pedro Lorente, J | 1998 | Cathedrals of Urban Modernity | Ashgate |
Pfeifer, K. | 1992 | Compact Disk Packaging & Graphics | Rockport Publishing Inc. (London) |
Powers, A. | 2001 | Great Book Jacket & Cover Design | Octopus (London) |
Protzman, Ferdinand | 2003 | Landscape – Photographs of Time & Space | National Geographic |
Pultz, John | 1995 | The Body in Photography | Orion |
Read, Herbert, edited by | 1988 | Dictionary of Art & Artists | Thames & Hudson (World of Art). |
Reuters | 2004 | The Art of Seeing: The Best of ‘Reuters’ Photography | Reuters |
Roberts, John | 1998 | The Art of Interruption | Manchester University Press |
Robinson, Dave & Groves, Judy | 2004 | Introducing Philosophy | Icon |
Rose, Gillian | 2001 | Visual Methodologies | Sage |
Rosenblum, Naomi | 1984 | A World History of Photography | Abbeville |
Rosenblum, Naomi | 1994 | A History of Women Photographers | Abbeville |
Scharf, Aaron | 1968/1986 | Art and Photography | Penguin |
Selwood, S | 1994 | Benefits of Public Art in Britain | Policy Studies Institute |
Sheridan, Alan | 1980/1994 | Michel Foucault – The Will To Truth | Routledge |
Sontag, Susan | 1979/2002 | On Photography | Penguin Classics. |
Spence, Jo & Holland, Patricia | 1991 | Family Snaps | Virago Pres |
Steichen, Edward, created by | 1955/2000 | The Family of Man | MOMA, N.Y |
Stevens, Anthony | 1994 | Jung – a very short introduction | Oxford University Press |
Storr, Anthony | 1989 | Freud – a very short introduction | Oxford University Press |
Tagg, John | 1988 | The Burden of Representation | MacMillan |
Taylor, John | 1998 | Body Horror (Photojournalism, catastrophe and war) | Manchester University Press |
Thody, Philip & Course, Ann | 1999 | Introducing Barthes | Icon |
Timmers, M. | 1998 | The Power Of The Poster | V&A Publications (London) |
Turley, R. M | 2000 | Writing Essays. | Routledge |
Vergo, P (editor) | 1989 | The New Museology | Reaktion Books,) |
Verlag, Florian K | 1967 | Painting, Photography & Film: Maholy Nagy | Lund Humphries |
Weaver, M | 1989 | The Art of Photography (1839-1989) | Yale University Press |
Wells, Liz,edited by | 2002(2nd Ed) | Photography: A Critical Introduction | Routledge |
Wells, Liz,edited by | 2003 | The Photography Reader | Routledge |
Westerbeck, Colin & Meyerowitz, Joel | ? | Bystander – a History of Street Photography | Little, Brown & Co. |
Williamson, J. | 1978/1994 | Decoding Advertisements, Ideology and Meaning in Advertising | Marion Boyars (London) |
Wilson, Rhonda | 1993 | Seeing the Light – Contemporary Survival Strategies for the Individual Image Maker | Nottingham Trent University |
Winship, J | Inside Women’s Magazines | Rivers Dram Press | |
Woods, Tim | 1999 | Beginning Postmodernism | Manchester University Press |
Zakia, R | 2001 | Perception and Imaging | Focal Press |
The AOP | 1997, etc | The Fuji/Association of Photographers Assistants’ Awards | Elfande Ltd (the AOP) |
The AOP | 2005, etc | The Association of Photographers Awards | Elfande Ltd (the AOP) |
The AOP | 2003 | Beyond The Lens (invaluable guide to the business aspects of Photography)3rd|Edition | AOP |
Magazines | Art and Design | ||
Art Forum | |||
Art in America | |||
Art Monthly | |||
Art Review | |||
Artist’s Newsletter | |||
Contemporary Art | |||
Frieze | |||
Modern Painters | |||
Technical Text Books | |||
Author | Published | Title | Publisher |
Adams, A | 1995 | The Camera | Little, Brown and Co. |
Adams, A | 1995 | The Negative | Little, Brown and Co. |
Adams, A | 1995 | The Print | Little, Brown and Co. |
Blaker, A A | 1986 | Applied Depth of Field | Focal Press |
Blaker, A A | 1989 | Handbook of Scientific Photography Second Edition | Focal Press |
BPIF | Theory of the Printing Process | BPIF publication (Print Graphics andCommunications NTO, Bedford Row, London WC1) | |
Calder, Julian & Garrett,John | 1979 | The 35mm Photographer’s Handbook, | Pan |
Charter, M | 1992 | Greener Marketing | Greenleaf Publishing |
Coote, J H and Jack, H | 1996 | Ilford Monochrome Darkroom Practice: A Manual of Black and White Processing and Printing | Focal Press |
Crisp, M | 1993 | The Practical Director | Focal Press |
Demaio, J | 1997 | The New Darkroom Handbook | Focal Press |
DiZazzo, R | 1993 | Directing Corporate Video | Focal Press |
Eastland, J | 1995 | Essential Darkroom Techniques | Cassell |
Eastman Kodak Co. | 1978 | Professional Photographic Illustration Techniques | Eastman Kodak |
Eastman Kodak Co. | 1995 | Kodak Black and White Darkroom Dataguide | Eastman Kodak |
Eastman Kodak Co. | 1989 | Kodak Colour Darkroom Dataguide | Eastman Kodak |
Eastman Kodak Co. | 1972 | Clinical Photography | Eastman Kodak |
Eastman Kodak Co. | 1988 | Photography through the Microscope | Eastman Kodak |
Ephraums, E | 1996 | Gradient Light: The Art and Craft Of Using Variable Contrast Paper | Amphoto Publishing |
Fincher, Terry | 1980 | Creative Techniques in Photojournalism | Batsford |
Freeman, Michael | 1992 | The Photographer’s Studio Manual | Harper Collins |
Frost, L | 2001 | Night and Low-Light Photography: The Complete Guide | David & Charles |
Graves, C | 1993 | The Elements of Black and White Printing | Focal Press |
Hedgecoe, John | 1988 | The Photographer’s Handbook | Ebury Press |
Hedgecoe, J | 1997 | John Hedgecoe’s Workbook of Darkroom Techniques | Mitchell Beazley |
Hedgecoe, J | 2003 | The New Manual of Photography | Dorling Kindersley |
Hicks, Roger & Shultz, Frances | 1996 | Pro Lighting – Portraits | Rotovision |
Hinston, P | 2001 | Starting Your Business | Dorling Kindersley |
Hirsch, Robert | 2004 | Exploring Colour Photography | Laurence King |
Hope, T | 2002 | Photo-journalism (Black and White) | Rotovision |
Horder, Alan, edited by | 1971 | The Ilford Manual of Photography | Focal Press |
Hunt, R W G | 1996 | The Reproduction of Colour | Fisher Books |
Hunter, Fil & Fuqua, Paul | 1997 | Light; Science & Magic | Butterworth-Heinemann (Elsevier) |
Hurlburt, Allen | 1978 | The Grid | Van Norstrand Reinhold Company Inc |
Hyzer, W G | 1962 | Engineering and Scientific High Speed Photography | Macmillan |
I’Anson, Richard | 2004 | Travel Photography (excellent guide, of use to all, not just travellers). | Lonely Planet |
Jacobson, Ray & Attridge | 1988 | The Manual of Photography | Focal Press |
James, T H | 1977 | The Theory of the Photographic Process | MacMillan |
Jarvis, P | 1993 | Production Handbook | Focal Press |
Jhally, S | 1991 | The Codes of Advertising | Routledge |
Johnson, C | 1999 | The Practical Zone System | Focal Press |
Kapit, A | 2001 | The Anatomy Colouring Book | Addison Wesley |
Keene, M | 1995 | Practical Photojournalism: A Professional Guide | Focal Press |
Keller, Max | 1999 | Light Fantastic | ? |
Kobre, Kenneth | 1996(3rd Ed) | Photojournalism – The Professionals approach | Focal Press (of Butterworth-Heinemann/ISBN:0-240-80240-30 |
Laytin, Peter | 1996 | Creative Camera Controls | Focal Press |
Langford, Michael | 1976/2002 | Starting Photography (3rd ed) | Focal Press |
Langford, Michael | 1965/2001 | Basic Photography (7th ed) | Focal Press |
Langford, Michael | 1998 | Advanced Photography (6th Ed) | Focal Press |
Langford, Michael | 1969 | Professional Photography | Focal Press |
Langford, Michael | 1988 | The Darkroom Handbook | Ebury Press |
London, Barbara & Upton, John | 2002 | Photography (6th edition) | Harper Collins |
Mezey, P | 1988 | Multi-Image Design and Production | Focal Press |
Millerson, G | 1992 | Video Production Handbook | Focal Press |
O’Quinn, D | 2001 | Print Publishing | Que Paperback |
Pipes, Alan | 1992/1997 | Production for Graphic Designers (2nd Edition) | Laurence King |
Proulx, Matt | 2000 | The Photographer’s Assistant handbook | Focal Press |
Rabiger, M | 1997 | Directing the Documentary | Butterworth-Heinemann |
Ray, S | 1997 | High Speed Photography and Photonics | Focal Press |
Ray, S | 1999 | Scientific Photography and Applied Imaging | Focal Press |
Rogak, L | 1999 | Smart Guides to Starting a Small Business | John Wiley & Sons Limited |
Rogak, L | 2001 | Starting Your Business | Dorling Kindersley |
Saine, P and Tyler, M | 1996 | Ophthalmic Photography | Focal Press |
Simpson, R | 1996 | Effective Audio Visual, Third Edition | Focal Press |
Stroebel, Leslie | 1988/1995 | Large Format Photography (2nd Ed.) | Kodak |
Stroebel, L | 1993 | View Camera Technique | Focal Press |
Stroebel, L | 1990 | Basic Photographic Materials and Processes | Focal Press |
Stroebel, L | 1995 | Stroebel’s View Camera Basics | Focal Press |
Swann, Alan | 1989 | How to Design Grids and Use Them Effectively | Phaidon/Oxford |
Tarrant, J | 1998 | Professional Press, Editorial and PR Photography | Focal Press |
Thornton, Barry | 2000 | Edge of Darkness – The art, craft and power of the high-definition monochrome photograph. | Argentum Press |
Towse, M | 2001 | The Complete Guide to Digital Photography | Sanctuary Publishing |
Vetter, J P | 1992 | Biomedical Photography | Focal Press |
Vogl, W | 2004 | Gray’s Student Anatomy | Churchill Livingstone |
Ward, Dick | 198? | Photography for Advertising | MacDonald Illustrated |
White, W (editor) | 1987 | Photomacrography: An Introduction | Focal Press,) |
Williams, Nancy | 1995 | The Potential of Paper in Graphic Design | Phaidon Press Ltd |
Worobiec, Tony & Spence, Ray | 2003 | Photo Art (In Camera, Darkroom, Digital & Mixed Media) | Collins & Brown |
Digital Photography & Photoshop Text books | |||
Author | Published | Title | Publisher |
Ang, Tom | 1999 | Digital Photography | Octopus |
Bird, T et al. | 2001 | New Masters of Photoshop | Underground Friends of ED |
Blatner, D & Taub, E | The QuarkXpress Book | ||
Caplan, Steve | 2002 | How to Cheat in Photoshop | Focal Press |
Cope, Peter | 2002 | Digital Photographer’s A-Z | Thames & Hudson |
Daly, Tim | 2002 | Digital Printing Handbook | Argentum |
Davies, Adrian & Fennessy, Phil | 1996(2nd Ed) | Electronic Imaging for Photographers | Focal Press |
Davies, A | 1997 | The Digital Imaging A-Z | Focal Press |
Druckry, T & Stone, A. R. (eds) | 1997 | Electronic Culture: Technology and Visual Representation | Aperture |
Evening, Martin | 2004 | Adobe Photoshop CS for Photographers. | Focal Press |
Freeman, Michael | 2001 | Complete Guide to Digital Photography | Thames & Hudson |
Friends of Ed | 2001 | New Masters of Photoshop | New Riders |
Goto, John | 2003 | Ukadia | Djanogly Art Gallery |
Haynes, B &Crumpler, W | 1999 | Photoshop 5.5 Artistry | New Riders |
Heller, T & Drennan, D | The Digital Designer: The Graphics Arts Guide to new Media | Watson Gruptil Publications | |
Kelby, S | 2003 | The PhotoShop Book for Digital Photographers | New Riders, |
Lister, Martin | 1995 | The Photographic Image in Digital Culture | Routledge |
Michael, Candra | 2001 | IDEA 2001 (International Digital Exhibition and Awards) | The AOP |
Monroy , | 1999 | Photorealistic Techniques with Photoshop & Illustrator | New Riders |
Nolan, M J and LeWinter, R | 1998 | Fine Art Lessons in PhotoShop: Digital Drawing | New Riders |
Popper, F. | 1997 | Art of the Electronic Age | Thames & Hudson |
Smith, C; Ward, A; Loader, V; Oliver, M; Bhangal, S | 2001 | Foundation Photoshop 3 | Friend of ED |
Towse M | 2001 | The Complete Guide to Digital Photography | Sanctuary Publishing |
Monographs – Photographers | |||
Photographer / Author | Published | Title | Publisher |
Adams, Robert | 1990? | To Make It Home | Aperture |
Brodovitch, Alexey / Purcell, K. W. | 2004? | Brodovitch, Alexey | Phaidon Press |
Cartier-Bresson, Henri | 1998 | Tete a Tete | Thames & Hudson |
Dunbar, Andrew & Dean Lahn | 1998 | Body Piercing | St. Martin’s Griffin |
Greenfield, Lois | 19?? | Breaking Bounds, etc | ? |
Hutchinson, John (Ed) | 2000 | Anthony Gormley | Phaidon Press |
Munoz, Isabel | ???? | Books on Flamenco, Tango & Arabian Dances plus Shaolin Monks | ? |
Muybridge, Eadward | ???? | Books on Human and Animal Locomotion | ? |
Nash, Chris | ???? | A Glance At The Toes | ? |
Nash, Chris | 2000 | Assemblage | Royal Opera House |
Nash, Chris | 2001 | Retrospective Exhibition Catalogue | Fiat Lux |
Richards, Eugene | 1989 | Death (Emergency Room photo essay) | Granta |
Collated by my Photography Tutor Merlin Hendy, 2005.
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