Landscape Photography: History, Photographers and Techniques
Landscape photography shows the land and the places where people live, from mountains and coasts to suburbs and mines. This guide covers its main approaches, its history from Carleton Watkins to New Topographics, and the basic techniques.
Travel Photography: History, Photographers and Techniques
Travel photography records places, people and ways of life met on the road. This guide covers its main approaches, its history from Maxime Du Camp and Francis Frith to National Geographic, questions of ethics, and basic techniques.
Architectural Photography: History, Photographers and Techniques
Architectural photography shows buildings, outside and inside. This guide covers its main approaches, its history from the Mission héliographique to Julius Shulman and Ezra Stoller, and techniques such as keeping verticals straight.
Macro Photography: History, Photographers and Techniques
Macro photography shows small subjects at life size or larger. This guide explains what counts as macro, its history from Wilson Bentley’s snowflakes and Karl Blossfeldt’s plants, and techniques such as focus stacking.
Sports Photography: History, Photographers and Techniques
Sports photography shows athletes, games and the emotion around them. This guide covers its main approaches, its history from Muybridge’s galloping horse to Neil Leifer’s Ali and Liston, and the basic techniques.
Fashion Photography: History, Photographers and Techniques
Fashion photography presents clothes and the people who wear them. This guide covers editorial, advertising and street style, its history from Edward Steichen and Richard Avedon to today, and the basic techniques.
Portrait Photography: History, Photographers and Techniques
Portrait photography shows a person so that the viewer learns something about them. This guide covers its main approaches, its history from Hill and Adamson and Nadar to Karsh, Avedon and Leibovitz, and the basic techniques.
Fine Art Photography: History, Photographers and Techniques
Fine art photography is made mainly as art, for exhibitions, museums and photobooks. This guide covers its main approaches, its history from pictorialism and Alfred Stieglitz to Cindy Sherman and Andreas Gursky, and how to start.
Astrophotography: History, Photographers and Techniques
Astrophotography is photography of the night sky and of objects in space. This guide covers nightscapes, planetary and deep-sky work, its history from John William Draper’s Moon of 1840 to David Malin, and the basic techniques.
Food Photography: History, Photographers and Techniques
Food photography shows food and drink for cookbooks, magazines, advertising and social media. This guide covers its main approaches, its history from Talbot and Roger Fenton to food blogs, and the basic techniques.
Aerial Photography: History, Photographers and Techniques
Aerial photography shows the world from above, from balloons and planes to drones. This guide covers its main approaches, its history from Nadar’s balloon of 1858 to modern drones, and basic techniques and rules.
Wedding Photography: History, Styles and Techniques
Wedding photography records the preparations, ceremony and celebration of a wedding. This guide covers documentary, traditional, fine art and editorial styles, the history of the genre, and the basic techniques.
Wildlife Photography: History, Photographers and Techniques
Wildlife photography shows wild animals in their natural habitats. This guide covers its main approaches, its history from the Kearton brothers and George Shiras III to modern conservation photography, and the basic techniques.
Documentary Photography: History, Photographers and Techniques
Documentary photography records real people, places and events, often to call attention to a problem. This guide covers its main approaches, its history from Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine to Dorothea Lange and Robert Frank, ethics and techniques.
Street Photography: History, Photographers and Techniques
Street photography shows everyday life in public places, usually candid and unposed. This guide covers its main approaches, its history from Eugène Atget and Henri Cartier-Bresson to Vivian Maier, and basic techniques.