{"product_id":"9781597112475","title":"The Photographer's Playbook: 307 Assignments and Ideas","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe best way to learn is by doing. \u003ci\u003eThe Photographer's Playbook\u003c\/i\u003e features photography assignments, as well as ideas, stories and anecdotes from many of the world's most talented photographers and photography professionals. Whether you're looking for exercises to improve your craft—alone or in a group—or you're interested in learning more about the medium, this playful collection will inspire fresh ways of engaging with photographic process. Inside you will find advice for better shooting and editing, creative ways to start new projects, games and activities and insight into the practices of those responsible for our most iconic photographs—John Baldessari, Tina Barney, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Jim Goldberg, Miranda July, Susan Meiselas, Stephen Shore, Alec Soth, Tim Walker and many more. The book also features a Polaroid alphabet by Mike Slack, which divides each chapter, and a handy subject guide. Edited by acclaimed photographers Jason Fulford and Gregory Halpern, the assignments and project ideas in this book are indispensable for teachers and students, and great fun for everyone fascinated by taking pictures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJason Fulford\u003c\/b\u003e is a photographer and cofounder of the non-profit publisher J\u0026amp;L Books. He has lectured at more than a dozen art schools and universities and is a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eBlind Spot\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. Fulford's photographs have been featured in \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlind Spot\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAperture\u003c\/i\u003e, and on book jackets for Don DeLillo, John Updike, Bertrand Russell, Jorge Luis Borges, Terry Eagleton, Ernest Hemingway and Richard Ford. His published books include \u003ci\u003eSunbird\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), \u003ci\u003eCrushed\u003c\/i\u003e (2003), \u003ci\u003eRaising Frogs for $$$\u003c\/i\u003e (2006), \u003ci\u003eThe Mushroom Collector\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) and \u003ci\u003eHotel Oracle\u003c\/i\u003e (2013).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGregory Halpern\u003c\/b\u003e received a BA in history and literature from Harvard University and an MFA from California College of the Arts. His third book of photographs, entitled \u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003e, is a photographic ramble through the streets of the American Rust Belt. His other books include \u003ci\u003eOmaha Sketchbook\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarvard Works Because We Do\u003c\/i\u003e. He currently teaches at the Rochester Institute of Technology.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aperture Foundation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47035614003440,"sku":"9781597112475","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781597112475_p0.jpg?v=1763810449","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781597112475","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}