Focusing on the presence of the photographers gaze as an integral part of constructing meaningful images; Roswell Angier combines theory and practice; to provide you with the technical advice and inspiration you need to develop your skills in portrait photography.Fully updated to take into account advances in creative work and photographic technology; this second edition also includes stunning new visuals and a discussion on the role of social media in the practice of portraiture.Each chapter includes a practical assignment; designed to help you explore various kinds of portrait photography and produce a range of different styles for your creative portfolio.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Macabre; darkly hilarious and implicatingBy R. DecaloHideki Noda has written an elegant and lithe piece of theater in this play--theres nothing unnecessary in it; each moment layers the others; one laughs even as one grows more horrified; and the totality implicates and jars.Our anti/hero returns home to find his family held hostage by an escaped prisoner. The press and police surrounding his home will not help; though. This upstanding man; this everyman; cracks--and resolves to take matters into his own hands to connect with this prisoner and free his family. And hell do this by going man-to-man with this criminal.Reading (or watching) this; you start off surprised; laughing and egging the hero on. You see the little man against a society and system that takes personal issues impersonally and as commercial fodder. A struggle against being taken advantage of or not prioritized. As the anti/hero says at one point to explain why hes stepped away from the fold: "I was a member of (that) society until quite recently; But I found I have no aptitude for being a victim." And so you laugh and worry and feel for him.Until Noda naturally takes the work in the dark and perverse direction that he does. Brilliant work by a master playwright; written so lightly and racingly that you reel all the more at the increasing darkness.How does it play out on stage? I saw a production directed by the playwright (at the Japan Society in NYC; featuring the peerless Kathryn Hunter; Glyn Pritchard; Clive Mendes and Noda himself). A Backstage reviewer described the style in this way:"Performed in English; the production; originally done in London in 2006; clips along; mixing theater of the absurd with story theater. Actors in the accomplished ensemble of four often switch roles instantaneously; generate sound effects; and lend their portrayals a seriocomic aura. There are passages of dialogue-free balletic movement; performed to a soundtrack of widely varied music." [...]
