The Art Of The Photograph, Essential Habits For Stronger Compositions - Book Review

The Art Of The Photograph, Essential Habits For Stronger Compositions
By Art Wolfe & Rob Sheppard, Photographs by Art Wolfe
Amphoto Books
www.amphotobooks.com
ISBN 978-0-7704-3316-1 $29.99

In his foreward Dewitt Jones invites the reader to explore what he calls the three critical elements of the book, “the images, Rob’s text, and Art’s stories.” That brief synopsis explains quite well how this book is constructed. Art Wolfe’s images illustrate every point and topic in this 256 page softbound book. From the front to the rear cover, images collected by Wolfe from his travels across the globe have been carefully chosen to enhance Rob Sheppard’s thoughtful text. Art Wolfe adds his own insights in the first chapter, titled “Finding Inspiration,” but then clearly yields the penmanship to Sheppard in the subsequent nine chapters. Together these collaborators weave a well-documented series of instructional vignettes designed to guide the reader along the path toward making better photogra...