内容简介
AnselAdams(1902-1984)producedsomeofthiscentury'strulymemorablephotographicimagesandhelpednurturetheartofphotographythroughhiscreativeinnovationsandpeerlesstechnicalmastery.Thishandbook-thesecondvolumeinAdams'celebratedseriesofbooksonphotographictechniques-hastaughtagenerationofphotographershowtousefilmandthefilmdevelopmentprocesscreatively.Itremainsasvitaltodayaswhenitwasfirstpublished.AnchoredbyadetaileddiscussionofAdams'ZoneSystemandhisseminalconeptofvisualisation,THENEGATIVEcoversartificialandnaturallight,filmandexposure,anddarkroomequipmentandtechniques.NumerousexamplesofAdams'workclarifytheprinciplesdiscussed.BeautifullyillustratedwithphotographsbyAdamsaswellasinstructivelinedrawings,thisclassicmanualcandramaticallyimproveyourphotography.
作者简介
AnselAdams(1902-1984)wasoneofthegreatartistsandenvironmentalistsofthetwentiethcentury.Inaremarkablecareerspanningmorethansixtyyears,hemadeover40,000photographs.Adamswasamasterteacheraswellasamasterphotographer,believingthathisapproachtophotographywasuniversallyapplicable.From1955until1984heconductedannualphotographyworkshops,firstinYosemiteandlaterinCarmel.Buthismostimportantandlastingcontributiontotheartistic,practical,andtechnicalaspectsofblack-and-whitephotographywasthroughhislegendarytechnicalseries(revisedseveraltimessincetheinitialpublicationintheearly1950s):TheCamera,TheNegative,andThePrint.