laquo; Je connaissais Diego Rivera; le muraliste mexicain; bien avant de deacute;couvrir les nombreux autres laquo; Diego Rivera raquo; qui hantegrave;rent le monde du deacute;but du XXe siegrave;cle agrave; la fin des anneacute;es 1950. [hellip;] Si ses peintures de chevalet et ses dessins forment une grande part de ses oelig;uvres de jeunesse comme de la maturiteacute;; ses peintures murales uniques font exploser les murs par la virtuositeacute; de leur composition eacute;poustouflante. Sur ces murs srsquo;exposent tout agrave; la fois lrsquo;homme; sa leacute;gende et ses mythes; son talent technique; son intensiteacute; narrative et les convictions ideacute;ologiques qursquo;il aimait afficher. raquo; (Gerry Souter) Deacute;passant son admiration; Gerry Souter; auteur du remarquable Frida Kahlo; nrsquo;heacute;site pas agrave; ramener Diego Rivera agrave; une dimension humaine; en constatant ses choix politiques; ses amours; et laquo; qursquo;au fond de lui bouillonnait le Mexique; langue de ses penseacute;es; sang de ses veines; azur du ciel au-dessus de sa tombe. raquo;
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful. A Black and White PortfolioBy Conrad J. ObregonTo be fair; I have a pet peeve. I dont like photographic portfolios that masquerade as instructional manuals. Its not that looking at a portfolio cant be instructive; but it takes a different kind of approach on the readers part than an instructional manual. This book seems to be a portfolio rather than an instructional manual.The book is organized like an instructional manual with chapters entitled the image area; perspectives; light and contrast; and so forth. Each of those has sections with two; or sometimes four pages with two to five photographs; smaller ones on the left with text and larger full page images on the right. The text considers a design element in the images; so that the section called "Death of a Giant" talks about the strength of a diagonal line moving downward from left to right as opposed to a diagonal line moving downward from right to left; but the text seems more about what the author tried to think about in composing the image rather than instructing the reader. This sometimes works as in Jack Dykingas "Capture the Magic: Train Your Eye; Improve Your Photographic Composition" but not here.Composition is certainly important in all forms of art; and the author makes reference to many other works from other genres to illustrate his point. But there is no coherent instruction in composition. I prefer to see an organized approach to teaching a subject rather then random; unconnected thoughts.I tried to consider the images as a portfolio but they belong to a school that I think of as the "branches" school. This school of photography takes photographs of branches that twist; turn and intertwine and finds them artful. Im old fashioned enough to like my images to have a composition that leads to the content; rather than forcing the viewer to wander about the image; trying to guess what the photo is about. There are a few images that are striking and make a point about compositional elements (although little about the content) but most just require work that may not even achieve a goal. There are also a few gag photos like the cover shot which shows an artist sitting in a chair sketching while a bicycle tourist is capturing the same scene with a compact camera or cell phone.The images are all in black and white; ostensibly because this better illustrates the compositional points. Of course that means that color as a compositional element cannot be discussed; although admittedly; the author does discuss the range of light in compositional terms.If you want a portfolio of black and white images that one can learn from; take a look at Bruce Barnbaums "The Art of Photography: An Approach to Personal Expression".Perhaps my choler is due to fact that the text is printed in very thin 6 or 8 point sans serif type that is almost impossible to read.This is not the book to learn photographic composition. Experienced photographers might be exposed to interesting ideas; although I wasnt.1 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Three StarsBy David L. NethertonIt has some good info in it; but it is not the best composition book out there.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Do you enjoy great photography booksBy J. FrankDo you enjoy great photography books? Many are designed for the beginner and in the age of digital photography; the technical challenges of the past are negated by advancements in technology. Often forgotten are the elements of composition and design. If yoursquo;re looking for a book that will help you take beautiful digital pictures of your family and kids on vacation; this is not the book for you. This is an art book that uses photography as the paintbrush; and it is brilliantly written. Rare are the books that deal with the basic elements of art from an advanced design and composition from a practical and artistic perspective.The book; Photographic Composition-- Principles of Art and Design; was written and photographed in black and white by the German writer and teacher Albrecht Rissler. Irsquo;ve always appreciated the German perspective as it relates to design and quality. This book allows the reader to see transitional images that work into the final fine art photographic photographs as explained by a master photographic artist. In my opinion; Rissler addresses a missing link for many aspiring photographers. Rissler explains; in print and with exceptional photography; the basics of design; to the more refined elements of sharpness; blur and texture. If you wish to venture into the area of fine art photography; this book is for you. Itrsquo;s a 10 on the 10-scale.You might want to forgo the digital version and purchase the actual hard copy book. The publisher RockyNook; knows how to produce a VERY high quality book. Their production uses the finest paper with printing processes that yield some of the highest image dynamic printing yoursquo;ll see in books. Even the cover has a special ldquo;feelrdquo; that is going to grace my coffee table for the foreseeable future. In the digital age; this book is delightfully analog.
