Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (Reference Books)

6 best books like Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (Reference Books) (Peter Mark Roget): The Photographer's Eye, Henri Cartier-Bresson: Masters of Photography Series, Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting, The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos, Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography, The Camera

The Photographer's Eye

Author

John Szarkowski

The Photographer's Eye by John Szarkowski is a twentieth-century classic--an indispensable introduction to the visual language of photography. Based on a landmark exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art in 1964, and originally published in 1966, the book has long been out of print. It is now available...

Henri Cartier-Bresson: Masters of Photography Series

Author	Photo Poche
ISBN	0893817449

Henri Cartier-Bresson reveals--as only a few great artists have done--the variety and richness of human experience in the twentieth century. This second volume of Aperture's Masters of Photography series confirms the genius of the photographer who--with the new, smaller, hand-held cameras and...

Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting

Author	Fil Hunter
ISBN	0240808193

An amazing (and some would say magical) resource on photographic lighting that has been talked about in the community and recommended for years. This highly respected guide has been thoroughly updated and revised for content and design - it is now produced in full color! It introduces a logical theory...

The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos

Author	Michael Freeman
ISBN	0240809343

Design is the single most important factor in creating a successful photograph. The ability to see the potential for a strong picture and then organize the graphic elements into an effective, compelling composition has always been one of the key skills in making photographs.

Digital photography...

Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography

Author	Roland Barthes
ISBN	0374521344

A graceful, contemplative volume, Camera Lucida was first published in 1979. Commenting on artists such as Avedon, Clifford, Mapplethorpe, and Nadar, Roland Barthes presents photography as being outside the codes of language or culture, acting on the body as much as on the mind, and rendering death...

The Camera

Author	Ansel Adams
ISBN	0821221841

Ansel Adams has a dry and terse style, I think I haven't read technical books with so much content per word, very little is wasted. This book is relatively small, but there is so much information that it must be read carefully.

Much of the book seems out of date, and it is, but even the things most...