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The Life of a Photograph

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Author: Sam Abell
Publisher: Focal Point
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 3 reviews
Sales Rank: 57839

Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.5
Dimensions (in): 11.7 x 10.2 x 1.1

ISBN: 1426203292
Dewey Decimal Number: 770
EAN: 9781426203299
ASIN: 1426203292

Publication Date: October 21, 2008
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Drawing on 40 years of fieldwork, The Life of a Photograph takes readers on assignment and inside the heart of a master photographer to witness the process of making a truly great picture. This exquisite book is organized by the known and unexpected themes of Abell’s work, ranging from his sensitive Portraits, beautiful Land, Sea, Sky and thought-provoking Wild Life to the surprising Just Looking (quirky scenes encountered on assignment),On the Road (photographs taken from automobiles), and The Built World (human impacts on pristine land). Anecdotes, explanations, and intriguing glimpses behind the scenes reveal the evolution—picture by picture and thought by thought—of some of the world’s most interesting and recognized images and many never-before seen photographs as well. Selections cover geography and wildlife from the Arctic to the Amazon, and cultures from Australia to Japan to the American West. A beautiful gift for everyone who loves fine photography, this volume is not to be thumbed through once—it is a treasure that will be savored over and over again.


Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars living with photography   November 23, 2008
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Sam Abell continues to be one of America's finest photographers and teachers. This book filled with contemplative images and incredible moments provides unique insight into the editing and photographic creative process.

Thanks Sam, for guiding of the rest of us.

Bernard C. Meyers



5 out of 5 stars Sam Abell's latest, The Life of a Photograph   November 16, 2008
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Sam Abell follows up Seeing Gardens and The Photographic Life with this wonderful volume. Using images that were works in progress coupled with the "finished" photograph, Sam illuminates his thought process. He allows us to investigate his layered approach to photography while sharing a philosophy developed from his marvelously storied career. Don't miss this book.


5 out of 5 stars Each of the almost 200 images superbly reproduced is provided with a succinct commentary and a caption   November 14, 2008
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

There is more to taking a photography than just pointing a camera at your subject and pressing a button. In "The Life Of A Photograph", master photographer Sam Abell draws upon his more than four decades photographing for National Geographic magazine to provide aspiring photographers with an instructive, illustrated, example-filled guide to taking memorable images of landscapes, still life, street scenes, and slices of daily life. Each of the almost 200 images superbly reproduced is provided with a succinct commentary and a caption, taking the reader on a journey of instruction, inspiration, and visual wonder that will result in applicable concepts to enhanced his or her own photographic efforts regardless of their equipment choices or subject selections. As informed and informative as it is engaging and inherently fascination, "The Life Of A Photograph" is enthusiastically recommended to personal, professional, academic, and community library Photography reference collections and supplemental reading lists.


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