Todd Hido on Landscapes, Interiors, and the Nude: The Photography Workshop Series
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (762 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1597112976 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In The Photography Workshop Series, Aperture Foundation works with the world's top photographers to distill their creative approaches, teachings and insights on photography, offering the workshop experience in a book. In this book, Todd Hido explores the genres of landscape, interior and nude photography, with emphasis on creating images from a personal perspective and with a sense of intimacy. Each book features the creative process and core thinking of a photographer told in their own words and through pictures of their choosing, and is introduced by a well-known student of the featured photographer. Through words and photographs, he also offers insight into his own practice and discusses a wide range of creative issues, including mining one's own memory and experience as inspiration; using light, texture and detail for greater impact; exploring the narrative potential ac
"The best educational photography book I have ever purchased" according to Eric Kim. This book by Todd Hido is the most educational and insightful book on photography I have ever purchased. Todd Hido is full of insights, wisdom, and a down-to-earth sense that is uplifting.There is very little fluff in the book-- you can learn tons of practical lessons that you can directly apply to your own photography.Here are some of the lessons I've learne. mikedoeseverything said So far, one of the better photography books I have read on landscapes, interiors and nudes. A very pretty book, the design and layout (that is). Kind of psyched it's a series and there are others now to look forward to. Felt like I was having a dinner conversation with Mr. Hido (reading this book). Many will probably fault the text because of this. I think it's neat, that with every shot, it's not an expository essay. Kind of insightful in that sort. A thoughtful, insightful book Victor Bloomfield I had heard of Todd Hido, but was unfamiliar with his work before getting this book. Probably like most photographers, I tend to take mainly relatively bright, colorful, well-exposed and well-composed photos. Hido's photos (the book has one well-reproduced photo per page of text) are quite different: moody, often low-contrast, mysterious, and emotional. Like
As a reading experience, the books feel more like monographs with expansive captions than generic how-to guides. –Eye Magazine
Todd Hido (born in Kent, Ohio, 1968) is a San Francisco Bay Area-based artist. . His photographs are in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Solomon R. He is an adjunct professor at California College of the Arts. Gregory Halpern received a BA in history and literature from Harvard University and an MFA from California College of the Arts. He has published