portrait photography

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portrait photography

The Joy of photographing people

1983
Provides a history of portraiture and photography of people, presents the basic equipment, and provides step-bystep instructions for taking better pictures of people.

The artist portrait series

images of contemporary African American artists
2001
Presents black-and-white photographic portraits of sixty-one African-American artists of the late twentieth century, each accompanied by comments from the author.

Odd jobs

portraits of unusual occupations
2002
Profiles sixty-five people with unique jobs, from condom tester to Stanley Cup keeper, providing a photo of each at work and a description of their tasks.

Prom

2012
Presents a selection of images of high school students at their proms, photographed by Mary Ellen Mark at thirteen schools across the United States, in a book that includes a DVD of the film, also titled Prom, by filmmaker Martin Bell.

Beginner's guide to photographing people

1978
Technical information and advice for candid or posed photographs of people, including babies, children, parties, self-portraits, strangers, sports, nudes, and ghosts.

Mathew Brady

photographer of the Civil War
2001
A biography of the most famous photographer of the U.S. Civil War.

1000 families

Das Familienalbum des Planeten Erde = The family album of planet Earth
2000

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