Lens on Life: Documenting Your World Through Photography

by Stephanie C. Roberts

Overview

Mostly candid and spontaneous, documentary photography serves to preserve a moment in time. In Lens on Life, celebrated documentary photographer Stephanie Calabrese Roberts inspires you to explore, shoot, and share documentary photographs, guiding you as you define your own style.

Illustrated with the author's striking artwork as well as that of eight seasoned photographers who have visually documented stories all over the world, this book will sharpen your artistic intuition and give you the confidence to take on personal or professional documentary assignments. Full of advice that will challenge you and strengthen your photography, Lens on Life shows you how to capture an authentic view of your world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781908150868
Publisher:	Octopus
Publication date:	06/11/2012
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

Stephanie Calabrese Roberts is an award-winning documentary photographer, writer, and the creator of LittlePurpleCow Productions. Stephanie is the author of the best-selling The Art of iPhoneography: A Guide to Mobile Creativity, and co-author of Expressive Photography: A Shutter Sisters? Guide to Shooting from the Heart. Both books are available in numerous languages and distributed throughout the world. Her photography and writing have been published on Life.com and Forbes.com, and in Digital Photo magazine, Photographer's i magazine, and ASMP Bulletin, the publication of the American Society of Media Photographers. Stephanie is also a regular contributor to Shutter Sisters, the most popular online women's photography community. Stephanie founded Lens on Life Inc., a non-profit organisation that extends documentary photography education and resources to children and young adults living in material poverty around the world.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Power of Documentary; Get Inside the Mind of a Documentary Photographer; Stretch Your Creativity; Find Your Focus and Plan Your Project; Push Through Boundaries & Let Your Subject Guide You; Reference