Photography books

ericktessier

I tried a search for books on NRF but everything lead to the old forum or book dedicated to a specific camera.

Does anybody have recommandation for books covering those subjects :

- The visual and emotional immersion of the viewer in a photography
Not only the way the eye of the viewer is scanning the image and pulled to the main subject...


- The art appreciation theories
I know it's a cultural dependant thing and will vary with the "epoque" (history periods) but how do you create an emotion to the viewer?


I think this should be the first subjects to be explored by aspiring photographers. Being a rather rational mechanical engineer, I'm sure this would benefit my work as a photographer. I can't rely on my single opinion or personal observations to pretend knowing how things work in that field.

If you have better subjects to suggest feel free to post either. Oh wait! Why not share your personal theories too?!

Thanks in advance

Ironheart

Art history is a great place to start, as the camera is a relatively recent invention, but the visual arts have been around since caveman days.

NSXTypeR

Not sure if there are any policies on the forum not to post direct links to Amazon, but when I took a photography history course in college this was the textbook they used. It's been a while since I cracked it open, but they don't really talk about much about leading the eye, but it will talk about the history and development of photography.

https://www.amazon.com/World-History-Photography-Naomi-Rosenblum/dp/0789209373/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1489172111&sr=8-1&keywords=a+world+history+of+photography

I really enjoyed the book and and at the end of the course we happened to go to a Henri Cartier-Bresson exhibit at the MOMA.

It's not really a book about technique, it's more about the major photographers in history and how technology allowed photography to grow and advance.