Product Details
Paperback
168 pages
Key Porter Books
Published 2001
About the Author
Freeman Patterson is an internationally recognized freelance photographer, teacher, and writer. In 1962 he received a Masters of Divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary at Columbia University and in 1966 he began to pursue his artistic interests more heavily. He has written four best-selling instructional books on photography and visual design, four large-scale art books, and co-authored two more. He teaches a wide variety of workshops and seminars around the world. This year he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA).
AndrT Gallant grew up with a love for art and for the last twelve years photography has been his profession and passion. He specializes in travel photography and much of his work from the Caribbean, Europe, and North and South America has been widely published. He has published three books; Photo Impressionism is his first instructional photography book.
Book Description
The great tradition of still photography is documentation, the representation of objective reality. The photographer observes a scene, situation, or object and responds to it by endeavoring to show it as it appears. However, there is a second tradition, that of altering physical reality for the purpose of expressing the photographer's personal response to specific subject matter. The "impressionist" photographer deliberately abandons physical exactitude in the belief that he or she can convey the reality of feeling more effectively by doing so.
Co-authored by Feeman Patterson and AndrT Gallant, Photo Impressionism and the Subjective Image, the fifth book in Freeman Patterson's instructional series, teaches photographers how to venture into some aspects of the non-literal world of photography and how to create and record impressions that convey a truth of feeling or spirit.
Instructional topics covered include: multiple exposures, montages, subtle and vibrant colors, familiar techniques, trends, and film choices. Patterson and Gallant also include a section on personal approaches to photographing around home, abroad, people, and the intimate Earthscape. |
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