7 PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS WITHOUT PHOTOGRAPHS [YOU CAN'T MISS]
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Today, book day, we couldn't talk about anything else, so I propose six photography books without photographs. Because photography isn't just techniques and accessories, SLR or EVIL cameras, it's not even just portraits or landscapes.
Photography goes beyond the click , the form, or even the immediacy of social networks. Photography is a deeply powerful tool, capable of reflecting (or not) a reality, of freezing an instant and not another, of making us disappear from oblivion, of pulling us out of death. He is capable of many things.
Because photography is not just that final image, each image bears the stamp of each one of us in it, it is part of our dreams, decisions, books, feelings and movies that have accompanied us in life.
A photograph of us is us and no one else.
It is for all this and much more that today I want to share with you these books that are so different from those that we are used to looking for on photography. Books on images without images, or accessories, or techniques.
I hope you are encouraged by some of them, that you enjoy them, that they make you think, that they help you on the way to conceiving your images and above all in your way of understanding and taking photography :-).
1. ROLAND BARTHES' CAMERA LUCIDA
Camera Lucida is a very interesting book to delve into that unseen photograph , to analyze and understand what the meaning of photography is beyond the techniques to produce them.
In this work you will find an exhaustive analysis of photography, where the role of the viewer, the creator, the person being portrayed and the image itself are analyzed.
Likewise, it teaches us to see photography as a method to freeze reality and preserve its memory, which becomes nostalgia, (in the past that is associated with death), just an instant after it is taken.
Without a doubt, it is one of the most interesting photography books (without photographs) for anyone who wants to go a step further in the conception of photography.
Camera Lucida: A Note on Photography (New Roland Barthes Library) *- Softcover (144 pages)
De Barthes, Roland (Author), Various translators (Translator)
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2. ON THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF SUSAN SONTAG
This essay is a must read for anyone who enters the world of photography and wants to go beyond the simple photographic technique.
In On Photography , now a literary classic on photography, Susan Sontag asks what is the role of photography in the world and how does the omnipresence of these images affect our way of conceiving it.
Photography is not something "innocent", but rather that we have come to depend on it to make our reality. Its role as a means of ideological communication is indisputable.
A book that will never go out of style, 100% applicable to our current moment. Highly recommended ? .
About photography (CONTEMPORARY) *- Pocket book (208 pages)
DeSontag, Susan (Author)
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3. JOHN BERGER'S WAYS OF SEEING
John Berger has been a painter, writer and is considered one of the most influential thinkers of recent decades . Ways of Seeing has become, in turn, an indispensable work for anyone (or that) who is interested in the theory of art and especially in audiovisual communication.
In Ways of Seeing , we talk about precisely this, how it affects our own vision of the world, how we represent ourselves in it, how we relate to and establish ourselves in the world through everything we see.
Although it focuses on the specific analysis of oil painting, the themes are applicable to any type of visual art.
With this work you will be able to delve into, for example, aspects such as how what we know affects the way we see things, how looking is never just looking because what we see we relate to ourselves or how we believe others perceive things .
It also analyzes aspects such as the role of the artist, the work of art, the power or the role of women in the image.
Without a doubt, it deserves a space on your shelf or on that of someone who is interested in any kind of visual art ? .
Ways of seeing *- Softcover (168 pages)
De Berger, John (Author), González Beramendi, Justo (Translator)
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4. SLIGHTLY OUT OF FOCUS BY ROBERT CAPA
Not as philosophical in content as the previous 3, we have this interesting autobiography of Robert Capa, who is considered one of the best photojournalists of all time.
It is the history of Europe at war seen through the eyes of a photographer and reporter, who lives first-hand the most important events of World War II.
If you are interested in learning more about Robert Capa's work through texts, images, and his own personal experiences, as well as the fast-paced history of World War II, this work will fascinate you.
SLIGHTLY OUT OF FOCUS (BLOW UP) *- Softcover (324 pages)
By CAPA FRIEDMAN, ROBERT (Photographer)
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5. THE PHOTOGRAPHIC VISION OF EDUARDO MOMEÑE
Another book on photography without photographs. Another jewel that will make you travel to the heart of photography.
If you want, above all, to find that photographer or photographer that you can become , if you want to reach the place of good photographers, that place beyond the pretty postcards, this can be a great gift that you give yourself myself
How to learn to excite, bet on oneself and find our own style, or the need to tell stories and how to do it are just some of the themes that you will find in this wonderful work by Momeñe.
A must for anyone who wants to travel beyond the click and how it was done . 100% recommended.
I leave you with the words of my partner Caro:
If you love photography, if you feel that you can't find your place, that something is missing from your photos and it's not exactly sharpness or light, if you want to delve deeper into its meaning, into what photography has to say, you can't stop reading. this little gem.
You can take a look at the Literary Recommendation that we dedicated to him at the time here .
photographic vision. Photography course for young photographers *- Softcover (168 pages)
De Momene, Eduardo (Author)
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6. THE KISS OF JUDAS (PHOTOGRAPHY AND TRUTH) BY JOAN FONCUBERTA
Written in 2011 and already a classic in photography theory, this book contains eight essays originating from the author's own photographic experience.
In this book made up of eight chapters, you will find several very interesting reflections, which above all revolve around a main idea: Is photography objective? Is what we see represented in it real? Is it true that the camera does not lie?
Is it possible that appearances have replaced reality? What is the role of photography? What is the role of advertising?
All these reflections are made by the author in this work that will surely not leave you indifferent ? .
The kiss of Judas *- Softcover (136 pages)
De Fontcuberta Villa, Joan (Author)
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7. HELP ME LOOK BY TINO SORIANO
The bible of photojournalism is part of the title and it couldn't be more accurate because this publication has become the leading book on Photojournalism.
To tell the truth, it is a book from which you can learn a lot about photography in general and photojournalism in particular (although you may not realize it when you read it).
Best of all is the way Tino writes, it is not only very instructive, but it is also very entertaining and explains everything in an admirable way.
Help me look. The bible of graphic reporting (PHOTOCLUB) *- Softcover (548 pages)
De Soriano, Tino (Author)
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And up to here these 7 recommendations for photography books without photographs. I hope that you are encouraged to travel with one of them, that you dare to delve into their pages, that they help you to consider the way in which you see things.
I hope they inspire you and make you grow in photography, that they make you go further and in better conditions, that they encourage you to find your own style and be yourself.
In short, that they push you to grasp the photograph with your soul and not with your hands.
I hope you liked this article on literary recommendations. If so, don't forget to share it before you run off to read one of these wonderful books. Thank you very much, as always, and see you in the next article ? .
Happy book day.
