Pinhole Photography, Second Edition
by Eric Renner
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Author: Eric RennerBrand: Focal Press
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-10
ISBN: 0240803507
Number of pages: 228
Publisher: Focal Press
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Book Review: The most incredible photography book I have ever read!
Summary: 5 Stars
When I ordered this book, I expected it would cover the basics of pinhole photography, and it does. What I didn't expect was that the book would grab me and kept me under the spell with its incredible narration of pinhole history, practitionners experiments and techniques, and also beautiful pictures. Eric Renner manages to write a very deep, but yet fun to read prose where he quotes many famous and obscure figures. You get to hear the words Leonardo da Vinci or Plato, but also the thought processes of the photographer (among many others) who build 120 pinholes, put them in a waterproof container with instruction of use and set them at sea with a return address. This book if chock full of fun ideas for the people who like to tinker with things and build cameras out of anything, from a matchbox to a hole in the ground (and you can also make a pinhole camera with your mouth or fist...
Summary of Pinhole Photography, Second Edition
Pinhole Photography is both an entertaining illustrated history and a practical handbook for this unique photographic technique. This revision of the successful how-to guide and illustrated history of pinhole photography has been expanded to include a new chapter on zone plates, as well as expanding the chapter on current work in pinhole photography. Many new illustrations and refinements throughout the text bring the book up to date.In this digital age, more and more photographers are rediscovering traditional artistic methods. Detailed, easy-to-read chapters explain how to create pinhole cameras and images and how to manipulate pinhole images using a variety of photographic techniques.
*A new edition of the successful how-to guide and history of pinhole photography -Includes many new images and a new chapter on zone plates
*The definitive book on pinhole photography by one of the world's foremost authorities
*Beautifully illustrated with more than 180 color and black and white photographs and line art
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