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| Photographic Possibilities: The Expressive Use of Ideas, Materials and Processes, Second Edition | 
 enlarge | Authors: Robert Hirsch, John Valentino
Publisher: Focal Press
Category: Book
List Price: $47.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 127894
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.7
ISBN: 0240803620
Dewey Decimal Number: 771
EAN: 9780240803623
ASIN: 0240803620
Publication Date: May 2001
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Product Description
Photographic Possibilities, Second Edition continues to provide a reliable source of techniques and ideas for the use of alternative and contemporary photographic processes that photographers have come to depend on. Professional photographers and advanced students seeking to increase their skills will discover modern and classic methods of creating and manipulating images. This practical guide integrates technical methods with the aesthetic outcome. It offers readers clear, step-by-step instructions on historic and on contemporary processes that integrate both the technical information and the aesthetic inspiration needed to create outstanding photographs.
This new expanded edition concisely covers the most significant new products, processes, and issues that have effected the practice during the past decade. Two new chapters are exclusively devoted to digital photography, covering the history of digital imaging as well as the latest techniques and practices. Also included is an in-depth discussion on the copyright, which deals with the ethical and conceptual issues surrounding digital imaging that are rapidly changing the world of photography.
*New chapter on digital imaging
*Features artwork for almost 100 top photographers
*Explains key techniques such as Cyanotype, Polaroid transfers, and Photo Weaving
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 Technically informative but lacking July 25, 2006
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
Although this is a vast improvement over the first edition, I still have reservations about the book. The essays are a bit oversimplified (Such as "Why we take pictures"), which don't seem to understand that the readers of a book about alternative processes are looking a bit deeper into the subject of photography.
Artists such as Robert Parkeharrison and Mike and Doug Starn are mentioned, but I would like to know more about their processes and more importantly, why they believe these techniques are the best medium for their images.
The technical information is well-presented, but there is one glaring omission that I believe is the book's main flaw: lack of color. A comprehensive chapter on toners leaves one frustrated as to what all these formulas look like when applied to a print. There are eight pages of full-color plates, but they mostly illustrate different artist's work, and not the processes that are described.
Torn... May 17, 2005
14 out of 18 found this review helpful
Torn, as in whether to rate this book as a useful instructional guide, or boring casual reading.
Torn, as in the author's feelings on whether to write about the sentiment and philosophy behind photography. Sections get weighed down by the author's need to discuss (in overly maudlin terms) the creative expression offered by photography. I would have preferred a book to be either wholly technical or entirely emotional (and clearly presented as such, so that I could avoid it).
Torn, as in the pages falling from this poorly bound book. Several friends have informed me that their copies fell apart, too.
All in all, I found the procedural information to be clear and concise, covering not just basics, but some more interesting darkroom techniques. It seemed that the rest was serving as filler; personally I would prefer more picture examples and less of the non-procedural text. However, this book is a good alternative to some of the better, but unfortunately out of print, darkroom guides.
 Great! A must read for serious photographers. November 16, 1998
11 out of 36 found this review helpful
This is a very good book that covers many of the less well known photographic processes and materials. It is well written and provides clear instructions about using the various processes.
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