Libri di fotografia

Cerchi libri di fotografia? Sei nel posto giusto per trovare ispirazione!

Ho deciso di pubblicare qui tutti i libri che possiedo inerenti la fotografia, la mia piccola biblioteca fotografica! Se hai qualche domanda o vuoi dei consigli per gli acquisti, chiedi pure nei commenti! :)

La quasi totalità dei link che seguono sono affiliati Amazon. Pertanto, se compri qualcosa, tu non spenderai nemmeno un centesimo in più, e io riceverò una piccolissima percentuale dagli acquisti idonei, che mi aiuterà a realizzare contenuti gratuiti come questo! :)

Ultimo aggiornamento: 01/09/2024

  1. Alberto Schommer: retratos, 1969-1989
  2. Alessandro Bergamini – Humanity
  3. Annie Leibovitz – Immagini 1970-1990 (ed. multilingua: Annie Leibovitz. The early years 1970-1983. Ediz. inglese, francese e tedesca)
  4. Annie Leibovitz – Fotografie di una vita 1990-2005 (ed. inglese: A Photographer’s Life: 1990-2005)
  5. Annie Leibovitz – Ritratti 2005-2016 (ed. inglese: Annie Leibovitz Portraits: 2005-2016)
  6. Annie Leibovitz – Photographs
  7. Ansel Adams – La fotocamera
  8. Anton Corbijn – Everybody hurts
  9. Arnold Newman – One Mind’s Eye: The Portraits and Other Photographs of Arnold Newman
  10. Arthur Tress – Talisman
  11. Arturo Ghergo – Fotografie 1930-1959
  12. August Sander – Masterpieces
  13. August Sander – Visage d’une époque
  14. Cindy Sherman – The Complete Untitled Film Stills
  15. Dana Lixenberg – Imperial courts
  16. Diane Arbus. An aperture monograph (ed. inglese: Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph)
  17. Diane Arbus. Magazine Work
  18. Dominique Fernandez, Leonardo Sciascia, Ferdinando Scianna (fotografie) – I siciliani
  19. Duane Michals – The Essential
  20. Edward Quinn – Riviera cocktail. Côte d’Azur Jet Set of the 1950s
  21. Edward Quinn: Fotograf, Nizza (ed. inglese: Edward Quinn: A Cote d’Azur Album)
  22. Edward S Curtis – The North American Indian. The Complete Portfolios
  23. Efrem Raimondi, Toni Thorimbert – Vasco Rossi. Tabularasa
  24. Elliott Erwitt – Personal best
  25. Ernst Friedrich – Guerra alla guerra
  26. Ferdinando Scianna – In gioco
  27. Ferdinando Scianna – Istanti di luoghi
  28. Ferdinando Scianna – Cose
  29. Ferdinando Scianna – Memoria, viaggio, racconto
  30. Ferdinando Scianna – Autoritratto di un fotografo
  31. Filippo Maggia – Effetto Araki
  32. Francesca Woodman
  33. Francesco Cito – L’isola al di là dal mare
  34. Francesco Cito – Immagini come parole
  35. Francesco Cito – Sulla Terra chiamata Palestina
  36. Francesco Cito – Francesco Cito Photographer
  37. Franco Fontana – Fullcolor
  38. Gabriele Basilico – Dancing in Emilia
  39. Gabriele Basilico – Milano
  40. George Hurrell – The Portfolios of George Hurrell
  41. Germano Celant – Giovanni Gastel
  42. Gianni Berengo Gardin – In parole povere
  43. Giovanni Gastel – The People I like
  44. Giovanni Gastel – Maschere e spettri
  45. Guido Harari – Remain in light. 50 anni di fotografie e incontri
  46. Henri Cartier-Bresson – In Cina
  47. Henri Cartier-Bresson – The Decisive Moment (ed. francese: Henri Cartier-Bresson Images A La Sauvette)
  48. Henri Cartier-Bresson: Scrapbook – Fotografie 1932-1946 (ed. inglese: Henri Cartier-Bresson: Scrapbook)
  49. Helmut Newton – World without Men
  50. Helmut Newton – Work
  51. Helmut Newton & Pirelli – Storia di un calendario censurato
  52. Iago Corazza – I segreti della fotografia di reportage
  53. Irving Penn – Worlds in a Small Room
  54. Irving Penn – Centennial
  55. Jacopo Benassi – The ecology of images
  56. Jason Schmidt – Artists
  57. Jason Schmidt – Artists II
  58. Jean Pigozzi – A short visit to planet earth
  59. Jean Pigozzi – ME+CO – The Selfies: 1972-2017
  60. Jimmy Nelson – Humanity
  61. John Berger – Capire una fotografia
  62. Larry Clark – Tulsa
  63. Laura Wilson – Avedon at Work: In the American West
  64. Lee Friedlander – Family in the Picture, 1958-2013
  65. Lee Friedlander – In the Picture: Self-Portaits 1958-2011
  66. Luigi Ghirri – Kodachrome
  67. Magnum Life. Il fotogiornalismo che ha fatto la storia
  68. Magnum – La scelta della foto (ed. inglese: Magnum Contact Sheets)
  69. Malick Sidibé – La vie en rose
  70. Marc Hom – Profiles
  71. Marc Lagrange – Chocolate
  72. Marc Lagrange – Senza parole
  73. Mario Giacomelli – La figura nera aspetta il bianco
  74. Marzio Toniolo – Un Po Mio
  75. Mauro De Bettio – 40 seasons of humanity
  76. Michael Freeman – L’occhio del fotografo
  77. Nan Goldin – The ballad of sexual dependency
  78. Nicholas Nixon – Live Love Look Last
  79. Norman Seeff – Hot Shots
  80. Oliviero Toscani – More Than Fifty Years of Magnificent Failures
  81. Patrick Demarchelier – Photographs (ed. francese: Patrick Demarchelier)
  82. Paul Nicklen – Born to ice
  83. Peter Lindbergh – On fashion photography
  84. Peter Lindbergh – Shadows on the Wall
  85. Ralph Gibson – Nude
  86. Richard Avedon – Fotografie 1946-2004 (ed. inglese: Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004)
  87. Richard Avedon – In the American West
  88. Richard Avedon – Relationships
  89. Robert Capa
  90. Robert Capa – Leggermente fuori fuoco
  91. Roland Barthes – La camera chiara
  92. Robert Frank – Gli americani (ed. inglese: The Americans)
  93. Roxanne Lowit – Moments
  94. Sebastião Salgado – Genesi (ed. inglese: Sebastião Salgado. Genesis)
  95. Sebastião Salgado – La mano dell’uomo (ed. inglese: Workers: An Archaeology of the Industrial Age)
  96. Sebastião Salgado – Children. I bambini di Exodus
  97. Sebastião Salgado – Gold (ed. multilingua: Sebastião Salgado. Gold)
  98. Sebastião Salgado – Africa
  99. Sebastião Salgado – Amazônia (ed. inglese: Sebastião Salgado. Amazônia)
  100. Sebastião Salgado – Dalla mia Terra alla Terra
  101. Susan Sontag – Sulla fotografia
  102. Susan Sontag – Davanti al dolore degli altri
  103. Tina Barney Photographs: Theaters of Manners: theater of manners
  104. Toni Thorimbert – Carta Stampata
  105. Toni Thorimbert – Proprio da dentro ti voglio e il tuo interno desidero mentre ti guardo
  106. Toni Thorimbert – Seduction of Photography
  107. Toni Thorimbert – Transfert
  108. Ugo Mulas – La fotografia
  109. Ugo Mulas – L’operazione fotografica
  110. Urs Lüthy
  111. Vincent Peters – The light between us
  112. William Klein – Mosca (ed. inglese: Moscow)
  113. William Klein – New York 1954.55 (ed. inglese: New York 1954.55)
  114. William Klein – PARIGI + KLEIN (ed. inglese: Paris + Klein)
  115. William Klein – Roma (ed. inglese: Rome)
  116. William Klein – Tokyo (ed. inglese: Tokyo)

Appunti di fotografia [185] – Viaggio in Italia, il libro

Dopo quarant’anni dalla sua prima edizione (che in questo momento vedo in vendita a 1800 Euro), ripubblicheranno a brevissimo (20/11/2024) il libro “Viaggio in Italia”, ideato da Ghirri…
Sicuramente un’occasione unica per rivivere un pezzo di storia!

Io l’ho già preso in pre-ordine: https://amzn.to/4hFgauC (link affiliato).

Altre info qui: https://www.quodlibet.it/libro/9788822922816

Appunti di fotografia [180] – Ritratti, suggerimenti

Ho da poco seguito il webinar “Ritratti fotografici con Sony” del 25/9/2024. Era ovviamente fatto ad hoc per pubblicizzare il nuovo Sony 85 mm f/1.4 GM2, ma ho comunque cercato di andare oltre, ascoltando tutto ciò che di interessante poteva essere detto dai tre fotografi professionisti invitati.

Nell’ultima parte del webinar veniva chiesto loro di dare dei consigli o degli spunti di riflessione a chi fa ritrattistica o per chi comunque lavora con persone.

Voglio condividere con voi le risposte (non ho messo le virgolette perché potrei essermi perso qualcosa, ma in sostanza è ciò che è stato detto):

Sandra Hallnor: I think one of the biggest things for me was when I worked up the courage to actually step back to not stress when I have the subject and the model in front of me, whether it’s a child or a family or whoever I’m taking a picture of, just take a moment, take a step back, and think about the light, can I use it in a better way? The composition, everything that’s around. Because I think a lot of photographers, they feel really stressed and worried about how is the person feeling on the other side of the camera. So they shoot, shoot, shoot and they’re like they want it to be quick and they want the person to feel comfortable. But just take a few seconds and actually analyze the location, preferably before you get there, but also when you start to shoot, because sometimes the first idea isn’t the best one. So that would be my advice. Just take a moment, take a breath and look through the images.

Morten Rygaard: I would say have fun. Come out and just play around. Just don’t take the same photo; when you have taken one photo, just play around. Come up in the hide and lay on your stomach. Look at your background. It just have a really really good time and again, create a positive environment, because you will get so much more from everybody who is on the shoot when we are laughing and when we’re having a good time. Be kind to everybody, smile, respect everybody, just make this beautiful, beautiful environment when you are out shooting. Again, play around, make a lot of mistakes. Because if you are making a lot of mistakes, come home and see “how can I do it better next time”. And I remember when I was four years old, my dad gave me my first advice. He said “Morten, when you do a portrait, always get the sun shine on the nose, and after that you can always break that rule. I like that rule when you are starting out. I was four years old. So then you know the light […]. After that, he gave me a lot of more assignments, […]. After that, when you learn all the rules, composition and lighting, everything break the rules. So, have a lot of fun, come out there and play around, make a lot of mistakes, analyze and go back out the next day. The most important thing: photograph what you love and you will be really good at it.

Jana Weisbrich: In my opinion, there are two key points in portrait photography that are important aside from the technical aspects. The first is understanding the light, how to use the available light to your advantage. […] And even more important for capturing great portraits is your relationship with the person you are photographing. When they trust you and your work, and feel comfortable enough to let go, you have the possibilities to capture some authentic photos. And I think people are fundamentally different, so observe them and give them what they need in that moment. Tell them what they are doing well, so they can reflect on it. And so here’s a tip from me: if you are starting out in photography, book a mentoring season with a photographer you look up to, because you don’t have to go it alone. And I made it also in the beginning of my career as already mentioned. I think that this can significantly shorten your path to the kind of photos you want to create. And practice photographing every 3 minutes you have, wherever you want, vacation or at the home with your family. Take every opportunity to improve.