The Art of Photography: A Personal Approach to Artistic Expression

This is an updated and newly revised edition of the classic book The Art of Photography: An Approach to Personal Expression. Originally published in 1994 and first revised in 2010, The Art of Photography has sold well over 100,000 copies and has firmly established itself as the most readable, understandable, and complete textbook on photography. Featuring nearly 200 beautiful photographs in both black-and-white and color, as well as numerous charts, graphs, and tables, this book presents the world of photography to beginner, intermediate, and advanced photographers who seek to make a personal statement through the medium of photography.

Without talking down to anyone or talking over anyone's head, renowned photographer, teacher, and author Bruce Barnbaum presents how-to techniques for both traditional and digital approaches. In this newest edition of the book, Barnbaum has included many new images and has completely revised the text, with particular focus on two crucial chapters covering digital photography: he revised a chapter covering the digital zone system, and includes a brand-new chapter on image adjustments using digital tools. There is also a new chapter discussing the concepts of “art versus technique” and “traditional versus digital” approaches to photography. Throughout the book, Barnbaum goes well beyond the technical, as he delves deeply into the philosophical, expressive, and creative aspects of photography so often avoided in other books.

Barnbaum is recognized as one of the world's finest landscape and architectural photographers, and for decades has been considered one of the best instructors in the field of photography. This latest incarnation of his textbook―which has evolved, grown, and been refined over the past 45 years―will prove to be an ongoing, invaluable photographic reference for years to come. It is truly the resource of choice for the thinking photographer.

Topics include:

• Elements of Composition

• Visualization

• Light and Color

• Filters

• Black-and-White

• The Digital Zone System

• The Zone System for Film

• Printing and Presentation

• Exploding Photographic Myths

• Artistic Integrity

• Realism, Abstraction, and Art

• Creativity and Intuition

• A Personal Philosophy

• And much, much more…

這是經過更新和重新修訂的經典書籍《攝影藝術：個人表達的方法》的最新版本。《攝影藝術》最初於1994年出版，並在2010年進行首次修訂，已經售出超過10萬冊，並確立自己作為最易讀、易懂和完整的攝影教科書。本書以近200張精美的黑白和彩色照片為特色，還包括許多圖表和表格，將攝影世界呈現給初學者、中級和高級攝影師，他們希望通過攝影媒介表達個人觀點。

著名攝影師、教師和作家布魯斯·巴恩鮑姆（Bruce Barnbaum）在不對任何人說教或過於專業的情況下，介紹了傳統和數字攝影方法的技巧。在本書的最新版本中，巴恩鮑姆新增了許多新圖片，並完全修訂了文字，特別關注兩個關鍵章節，涵蓋數字攝影：修訂了一個關於數字區域系統的章節，並新增了一個關於使用數字工具進行圖像調整的全新章節。還新增了一個討論“藝術與技術”以及“傳統與數字”攝影方法概念的新章節。在整本書中，巴恩鮑姆不僅僅停留在技術層面，還深入探討攝影的哲學、表達和創造方面，這些方面在其他書籍中往往被忽略。

巴恩鮑姆被公認為世界上最優秀的風景和建築攝影師之一，數十年來一直被認為是攝影領域中最好的教師之一。他的教科書經過45年的演變、成長和精煉，這最新版本將成為未來多年的寶貴攝影參考資料。這真正是思考攝影師的首選資源。

本書涵蓋的主題包括：
• 構圖要素
• 想像力
• 光線和色彩
• 過濾器
• 黑白攝影
• 數字區域系統
• 膠片區域系統
• 印刷和展示
• 揭示攝影迷思
• 藝術誠信
• 現實主義、抽象和藝術
• 創造力和直覺
• 個人哲學
• 還有更多...