New edition Barnbaum's Art of Photography

[peter schrager]

I re-learned the art of making prints in the darkroom thanks to his book...this is a MUST have in your reference library...just buy it!!!
Best,Peter

[Ron Marshall]

I finally found the time to read it. In a word excellent. More information and somewhat better presentation than the earlier edition.

A must for every photographers library.

[D. Bryant]

Bruce Barnbaum has a new edition of The Art of Photography:

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Photograph...0445179&sr=8-1

Is this the Photoshop version? RDL.

[falth j]

Does anyone know if it is available in a kindle or nook version ?

[BarryS]

Oh no--another book to buy. Bruce Barnbaum has some of the flat out best prints I've ever seen.

[Bill_1856]

Just got my copy ordered months ago from Amazon.
From articles in Camera & Darkroom, and Darkroom Techniques I have always thought of him as an excellent pedagogue and printer but a medicore photographer.
Boy was I wrong!
The illustrations in this book are INSPIRING! Makes me wonder why Barnbaum isn't thought of in the class of St. Ansel, Paul Caponigro, etc.

[Thad Gerheim]

Bruce Barnbaum's book and photos are great! He doesn't beat around the bush with a bunch of art speak, he gets right to the point. Sadly, I don't think the contemporary art world is very kind to work that doesn't have some human element to it. I hope the best for Bruce and appreciate his book.

[jloen]

I'm disappointed with the darkroom concocted landscapes that are presented as actual landscapes, sort of like a taxidermist trying to fool you into believing that that a jackalope (a jack rabbit with antelope horns) is a real animal. If you have an understanding of landscapes, those photos will simply look phony. For example, don't tell me that the dunes in Moonrise over cliffs & dunes aren't spliced in from somewhere else. See also Drapery cliffs and cracked mud, and many other examples.

"If I did not have the opportunity, the strength, or the courage to get to a particularly rugged landscape with my camera equipment, perhaps I can create an equally rugged scene from two or more negatives in the darkroom"...
"there is an intended deception" --Barnbaum

Is it really necessary for a skilled photographer to resort to intentional deception, and then to present the deception as a real photo?

[Andrew O'Neill]

Is it really necessary for a skilled photographer to resort to intentional deception, and then to present the deception as a real photo?

What's a "real" photograph? We deceive when we dodge and burn, or use bleach, do we not?

[Vaughn]

I have the 1984 edition -- I'll have to re-bind it someday.

Andrew nailed it -- we deceive the minute we isolate a portion of the landscape from the totality of reality, rob the scene of its color, and the like.