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The second book in Godfrey's series,
Active Landscape Photography,
presents engaged photographic methods that turn photography into a rigorous, thoughtful endeavor for the research, planning and design of landscape places.
List of contents
Introduction; Terms, Assumptions and Concepts;
Part I: Methods; Method 1 Slowing Down; Method 2 Limits; Method 3 Asking Questions; Method 4 Not Photographing; Method 5 Quick Simple Things; Method 6 Frame: Reframe; Method 7 Compositional Sets: Horizon Line, Focal Point, Near and Far; Method 8 Changing Point of View: Imagining and Embodying; Method 9 Photographing What Someone Else Sees; Method 10 Casual Composition: Note-Taking; Method 11 Time With Photographs; Method 12 Significance of the Unphotographed;
Part II: Practices; Practice 1 Series: Narrative; Practice 2 Predetermined Path: Regularized Photographing; Practice 3 Distance: Stepping Back; Practice 4 Re-Photography: More Than Comparison; Practice 5 Community; Practice 6 Things Take Time: Time Takes Things; Practice 7 Joining: Combining; Practice 8 Rules: Games, Drifts, Prompts; Practice 9 Many Others: Many Interpretations; Practice 10 Narrative: Writing What You Don't See; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index
About the author
Anne C Godfrey is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Her research examines the complex relationship between photography and landscape. As a photographer and writer, she engages in contemporary multidisciplinary inquires into landscape, perception and design. She is an award-winning educator and researcher.
Summary
The second book in Godfrey’s series, Active Landscape Photography, presents engaged photographic methods that turn photography into a rigorous, thoughtful endeavor for the research, planning and design of landscape places.
