This is a book on photography and seeing, not just for those who capture and create images, but also for those who use them and write about them. Richard Zakia has a way of writing about photographs that is practical and relevant to how we see things. With many examples of important photographs, paintings and advertisements, he reminds us that we don't often see all that there is to see. Instead, we tend to limit ourselves to seeing what we expect to see, thus missing the richness of many photographs. Take, for example, my photograph of "Push", which is on the cover of Zakia's book. One might look at it and dismiss it as just another photograph of a trash can on a beach. But read what he had to say about it. You will be surprised and delighted by what you will learn and be able to apply to your own photography. I found this book highly interesting and challenging, and I recommend it to anyone working in photography or related visual disciplines. -Pete Turner One of the many outstanding features of "Perception and Imaging" is its irresistible friendliness. The layout is engaging, the illustrations varied and absorbing, the quotations from artists delightful and provocative. Whether you are looking for technical information, historical data or graphic challenges you will find it here in an easy-to-access format. Dr. Zakia's vision is all-encompassing: he is equally familiar with a 2000-year-old Sicilian mosaic and the latest in digital concepts. You don't want to miss this one.
Key Features
•Provocative color images demonstrate the power of visual perception
•Photographs by Bresson, Bruce Davidson, Nathan Lyons, Lisette Model, Barbara Morgan, Man Ray, August Sander, Pete Turner, and Edward Weston
•Paintings by Degas, Escher, Hockney, Holbein, Kandinsky, Magritte and Warhol
•Hundreds of inspirational quotes from famous photographers, painters, and writers
Description
Perception and Imaging invites you to explore the domain of the subconscious and collective unconscious, and the role subliminal, secondary images, and archetypes play; the role of memory and association, and why ambiguity and illusion are important components, why soft and hard contours are critical to sharpness, contrast and color, and depth perception, and how visual rhetoric has been used to give impact to photographs, advertisements, posters, promotional material and movies.
Contents
Selection; Gestalt Grouping; Memory and Association; Space, Time, and Color; Contours; Illusion and Ambiquity; The Morphics; Personality; Subliminals; Critiquing Photographs; Rhetoric; Additional Concepts
