Photography

<p>Finally here is a photography textbook authored in the 21st century for 21st century audiences.</p><p>Photography: A 21st Century Practice speaks to the contemporary student who has come of age in the era of digital photography and social media where every day we collectively take more than a billion photographs. How do aspiring photographers set themselves apart from the smartphone-toting masses? How can an emerging photographic artist push the medium to new ground?</p><p>The answers provided here are innovative inclusive and boundary shattering thanks to the authors’ framework of the 4Cs: <i>Craft Composition Content and Concept</i>. Each is explored in depth and packaged into a toolbox the photographic student can immediately put into practice. With a firm base in digital imaging the authors also shed new light on chemical-based photographic processes and address the ways in which new technology is rapidly expanding photographic possibilities.</p><p>In addition <i>Photography: A 21st Century Practice </i>features:</p><p>• 12 case studies from professional practice featuring established photographic artists and showcasing the techniques concepts modes of presentation and other professional concerns that shape their work.</p><p>• Over 40 student assignments that transform theory into hands-on experience.</p><p>• 800 full-color images and 200 illustrations including photographs by some of the world’s best-known and most exciting emerging photographic artists and illustrations that make even complex processes and ideas simple to understand.</p><p>• More than 50 guided inquiries into the nature of photographic art to jump start critical thinking and group discussions.</p>