Digital photography has become a revolution. The possibility of recording an image inside a memory device, instead of using film, makes the whole process more straightforward and accessible to amateur and casual photographers. This concept facilitates the management and edition of images in personal computers. Otherwise difficult tasks such as color correction, photo retouching, cropping, printintg or sharing your images are now achieved with incredible ease. As digital cameras are becoming more popular than film cameras a lot of information is becomes available on the web. In this section you will find a large amount of digital photography resources such as tutorials, books and software to help you develop your skills as a photographer.
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Workers: An Archaeology of the Industrial Age"More than those of any other living photographer, SebastiNo Salgado's images of the world's poor stand in tribute to the human condition. His transforming photographs bestow dignity on the most isolated and neglected, from famine-stricken refugees in the Sahel to the indigenous peoples of South America. Workers is a global epic that transcends mere imagery to become an affirmation of the enduring spirit of working women and men. The book is an archaeological exploration of the activities that h... |
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DogTown: The Legend of the Z-BoysIn the early 1970s, the sport of skateboarding had so waned from its popularity in the 1960s that it was virtually non-existent. In the Dogtown area of west Los Angeles, a group of young surfers known as the Zephyr Team (Z-Boys) was experimenting with new and radical moves and styles in the water which they translated to the street. When competition skateboarding returned in 1975, the Z-Boys turned the skating world on its head. . Dogtown The Legend of the Z-Boys is a truly fascinating case stud... |
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No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal DemocracyA gaunt woman stares into the bleakness of the Great Depression. An exuberant sailor plants a kiss on a nurse in the heart of Times Square. A naked Vietnamese girl runs in terror from a napalm attack. An unarmed man stops a tank in Tiananmen Square. These and a handful of other photographs have become icons of public culture: widely recognized, historically significant, emotionally resonant images that are used repeatedly to negotiate civic identity. But why are these images so powerful? How do ... |
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Dan Eldon: The Art of LifeOnly 22 when he lost his life on assignment in Somalia, photojournalist Dan Eldon left behind much more than the journals that became the basis for Chronicle's best-seller The Journey Is the Destination. He left a lifetime of adventures that continue to inspire. Raised in Kenya, he took numerous expeditions across Africa that helped him to understand and love the continent. Through his safaris and benevolent crusades--and with interludes of study and work in the US and London, and trips around t... |
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Zones of Exclusion: Pripyat and ChernobylIn the 11 days following the Chernobyl catastrophe on April 26, 1986, more than 116,000 people were permanently evacuated from the area surrounding the nuclear power plant. Declared unfit for human habitation, the Zones of Exclusion includes the towns of Pripyat (established in the 1970s to house workers) and Chernobyl. In May 2001, Robert Polidori photographed what was left behind in the this dead zone. His richly detailed images move from the burned-out control room of Reactor 4, where technic... |
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Riviera CocktailThe French Riviera of the Fifties was an exciting place with much change in the air. Rock and roll and the bikini, existentialism and the atom bomb. Edward Quinn chronicled a playground that was influenced by international trends, but very much its own universe. On the Riviera every night was a party...... |
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America 24/7America 24/7 reunites the team that started the popular A Day in the Life series of photography books, Rick Smolan and David Elliot Cohen. Those books sought to profile a single day in a country or city through pictures. Here, the concept is similar but far more epic in scope: photojournalistic, people-driven snapshots of young and old at work and play throughout the entire United States over a given time period (in this case, one week). Another twist this time is that more than 25,000 amateur a... |
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Hope in the DarkHope in the Dark... |
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FrenchKissAnders Petersen is a world-renowned photographer, noted for his intimate and personal documentary-style black-and-white photographs.Petersen explores the fringes of society, and his images depict a raw, and sometimes disturbingly brutal, social portrait. Taken in the south of France, FrenchKiss is characteristic Petersen, exuding the poetic sadness, restlessness, and sense of urgency that runs through all his work. Petersen first became known for his series Caf Lehmitz, the book of which is now ... |
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