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The Art of Photography

Essential reading

• Cotton, Charlotte, (2009). The Photograph as Contemporary rt (2nd revised ed), Thames and
  Hudson
• Freeman, Michael, (2007). The Photographer’s Eye: Composition and Design for Better
  Digital Photos, The Ilex Press
• Hunter, Fil et al, (2009). Light: Science and Magic. An Introduction to Photographic
  Lighting, Focal Press
• Wells, Liz, (2009). Photography: A Critical Introduction (2nd edition), , Routledge
• Caruana, Natashia and Fox, Anna (2012). Behind the Image: Research in Photography, AVA
  Publishing

Recommended further reading

• Badger, G. (2011) The Genius of Photography. London: Quadrille Publishing.
• Shore, S. (2007) The Nature of Photographs: a Primer (2nd edition). London: Phaidon Press
• Jay, Bill and Hurn, David, (1997) On Being a Photographer (Kindle edition), LensWork Publishing
• Prakel, D. 2007. Basics Photography: lighting. Laussane: AVA Publishing.
• Prakel, D. 2009. Basics Photography: exposure. Laussane: AVA Publishing.
• Prakel, D. 2007. Basics Photography: composition. Laussane: AVA Publishing.
• Sontag, Susan. (1979) On Photography, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books
• Szarkowski, J. (2007) The Photographer’s Eye. New York: The Museum of Modern Art.
• Wells, Liz. (2002) The Photography Reader, London: Routledge
• Warner, M.W., 2002. Photography: a cultural history. London: Lawrence King Publishing

Essential journals

• British Journal of Photography

www.bjp-online.com

• Hotshoe

www.hotshoeinternational.com/

• Photoworks

www.photoworksuk.org/publication/magazine/default.asp

Essential websites

• thefreemanview.com
• strobist.blogspot.com – My post about Strobist
• http://www.aperture.org/