| ||||||||||||||||||
 Trade In this Item for up to £0.75
Get an extra £5 when you trade in books worth £10 or more until June 30, 2012. Trade in New Photo Series 3: Print for an Amazon.co.uk gift card of up to £0.75, which you can then spend on millions of items across the site. Trade-in values may vary (terms apply). Find more products eligible for trade-in.
|
Frequently Bought Together
Product details
|
More About the Author
Product Description
Product Description
Ansel Adams produced some of this century's truly memorable photgraphic images and helped nurture the art of photography through his creative innovations and peerless technical mastery. This handbook - the third volume in Adam's celebrated series of books on photographic techniques - has taught a generation of photographers how to explore the artistic possibilities of printmaking. It remains as vital today as when it was first published. From designing and furnishing a darkroom and making your first print to mastering advanced techniques, such as developer modifications, toning and bleaching, and burning and dodging, The Print belongs on every photographer's shelf. Filled with indispensable darkroom techniques and tips, this amply illustrated guide shows how printmaking - the culmination of photography's creative process - can be used expressively to enhance the image.
About the Author
Photographer, conservationist; born in San Francisco. A commercial photographer for 30 years, he made visionary photos of western landscapes that were inspired by a boyhood trip to Yosemite. He won three Guggenheim grants to photograph the national parks (1944--58).
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This one is perhaps the best of the trilogy - Ansel shows you how he managed to make prints that are (to me at least) perfect. The emphasis is on making the best technically proficient print, whilst at the same time never losing sight of the real aim - producing an image that shows the visualization you (hopefully) had, and that makes you completely happy. The trilogy is more easily digested with the books "Basic techniques of photography" (1 and 2): written by a friend of his with many of his photos, they are a more approachable way into his philosophy.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In case two five star reviews aren't enough to make you buy this book, here's another one. This is an essential guide to black and white print production. While you're at it, get the other two books in the set (The Camera, The Negative) as well. If you're just thinking of starting in the darkroom you'll need an introductory book too; this one doesn't teach the basic procedures, but goes into detail on getting the print right and does it far better than any other book I've seen.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought and red first his book, the 3rd of series, two years ago (2008) feeling that a photograph is such only when ready to hang from the wall.
Entering this "manual" I descovered that this is (or it seems to be) what Ansel Adams teached.
Boosted by the match between this vision and my expectations, I studied and experimented the books guidelines, still consulting it.
My opinions:
- "The print" is authoritative after 30 years from the publication, and it is much more plain to read then more recent publications on darkroom techniques. Each page is a mine of information, really tested (and understood!) by the Author. I think that the missing of examples based on today photographic materials affects in no way the methodology he described. It sounds obvious, but Adams has been recognised as a "master of the masters" in the teechnique of photography, particularly in printing. In fact the final goal of his "zone system" is the final image.
- the book equips the reader with solid skills to obtain the resuls he/she is looking for, and to do it in a repeatible manner. Said in my own words, Adams drives the reader to map the wider tonal range of the negative on the narrower tonal capaability of the print, maybe recovering non perfect exposures as well as emphasizing the chosen characther and the mood of the image.
- the chemicals are deeply described, talking to the reader as to a collegue, a serious professional who has to sell its work ensuring archivial longevity to the prints. So the books is fitted with suggestions to assure the best quality level (as double fixing baths, periodic tests on final washing effectivness, and so on);
- post-printing activities are tackled, including mounting. Usually neglected topics, as labeling the artworks in a structured, professional way, is fully explained (buy the way, I'm fully convinced about the importance of a carefully studied framing and I like the "passpartout" effect, - or "mat" - so I bought a specific book).
- cross references siding the text and clarification notes on figures help to enter progressively into the subject.
To sum up I found this text essential as a solid reference on photography and not affected by fashions (e.g.: I like sepia and gold toning, but Adams insisted on how to obtain real black and white,first, gaiing full control instead of looking for more artistic but random results).
I put myself among Ansel Adams fan, because he was been I giant in silver gelatine, despite I don't appreciate him too much as photographer, with its images of stones, trees, white fences and wooden houses. But I'm an enthisiast of its technique, so I red also "The negative" and "The camera". In my thought they are all essentials to read, consult, read again, also just for pleasure. Carlo
The Negative (New Photo)
The Camera (New Photo)
Entering this "manual" I descovered that this is (or it seems to be) what Ansel Adams teached.
Boosted by the match between this vision and my expectations, I studied and experimented the books guidelines, still consulting it.
My opinions:
- "The print" is authoritative after 30 years from the publication, and it is much more plain to read then more recent publications on darkroom techniques. Each page is a mine of information, really tested (and understood!) by the Author. I think that the missing of examples based on today photographic materials affects in no way the methodology he described. It sounds obvious, but Adams has been recognised as a "master of the masters" in the teechnique of photography, particularly in printing. In fact the final goal of his "zone system" is the final image.
- the book equips the reader with solid skills to obtain the resuls he/she is looking for, and to do it in a repeatible manner. Said in my own words, Adams drives the reader to map the wider tonal range of the negative on the narrower tonal capaability of the print, maybe recovering non perfect exposures as well as emphasizing the chosen characther and the mood of the image.
- the chemicals are deeply described, talking to the reader as to a collegue, a serious professional who has to sell its work ensuring archivial longevity to the prints. So the books is fitted with suggestions to assure the best quality level (as double fixing baths, periodic tests on final washing effectivness, and so on);
- post-printing activities are tackled, including mounting. Usually neglected topics, as labeling the artworks in a structured, professional way, is fully explained (buy the way, I'm fully convinced about the importance of a carefully studied framing and I like the "passpartout" effect, - or "mat" - so I bought a specific book).
- cross references siding the text and clarification notes on figures help to enter progressively into the subject.
To sum up I found this text essential as a solid reference on photography and not affected by fashions (e.g.: I like sepia and gold toning, but Adams insisted on how to obtain real black and white,first, gaiing full control instead of looking for more artistic but random results).
I put myself among Ansel Adams fan, because he was been I giant in silver gelatine, despite I don't appreciate him too much as photographer, with its images of stones, trees, white fences and wooden houses. But I'm an enthisiast of its technique, so I red also "The negative" and "The camera". In my thought they are all essentials to read, consult, read again, also just for pleasure. Carlo
The Negative (New Photo)
The Camera (New Photo)
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
We now know how Mr. Adams did it...
I must say everyone who prints b/w should get acquainted with this book. Particularly, the one who only starts b/w printing will learn in detail how fine b/w photographs are... Read more
Published on 23 July 2009 by Sergey Kozlov
Very important book for each seriously thinking photographer
Ansel Adams provide us his great expirence in very clear way. Each master print is deep explained with lot of practical details concerning situation, materials and darkroom tips. Read more
Published on 27 Sep 2000
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
|
