diff --git a/posts/assignments-in-photography.rst b/posts/assignments-in-photography.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..822b0f5 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/assignments-in-photography.rst @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +.. title: Assignments In Photography +.. slug: assignments-in-photography +.. date: 2016-12-24 18:03:49 UTC+02:00 +.. tags: photography, photographer, inspiration +.. link: +.. description: Looking for a gift idea? Many photographers enjoy assignments and ideas in photography, the Photographer's Playbook is a great source of inspiration. +.. type: text +.. author: Alexandre Dulaunoy + +.. figure:: playbook.jpg + + playbook, ƒ/2.2, 49mm + + One of my biggest passion beside photography, it's to get lost in bookshops and libraries. + My eyes were attracted by a book called "The Photographer's Playbook" and especially seeing + the publisher "aperture" which is usually an incredible publishing house for photography books. + + The book is composed of 307 assignments and ideas for photographers. Don't be scared, it's not + a schoolbook. It's basically ideas or advices given by wellknown photographers to their students. + + There are lots of them and even if you don't like some, you can skip to the ones you like. + + Some ideas are really refreshing like the one from Elisabeth Tonnard which uses the text of Roland + Barthes "The Death of the Author" and propose to replace each occurence of words like "words" with + "images" or "write" with "take photographs". Then she proposes to use the resulting text as a trigger + for your photographic works. + + Some are meaningful notes that can be used as day-to-day support like the ones from Denise Wolff or Alex Klein. + + A great companion book for any photographers willing to be enlighten or shaken by random notes or ideas.