The Photography Handbook

The Photography Handbook provides an introduction to the principles of photographic practice and theory and offers guidelines for the systematic study of photographic media. It explores the history of lens-based picture making and examines the mediums' characteristics, scope and limitations. Handbook discusses the photographic industry and details many of the jobs available within the profession.

The Photography Handbook includes:

* an analysis of photographic theory
* an introduction to conceptual skills necessary for photography
* the historical background and rationale for photographic representation
* the camera as a documentary tool
* interviews with editors, photographers, picture editors and readers
* the effect of new technologies on photographic practice and an exploration of the shift from analogue to digital imagery
* over seventy images.