Preface

“Everything that lives strives for color.”

JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Theory of Colors (1810)

“Without deviation (from the norm), ‘progress’ is not possible,” but “In order for one to deviate successfully, one has to have at least a passing acquaintance with whatever norm one expects to deviate from.”

FRANK ZAPPA

The Real Frank Zappa Book (1989)

Much has changed since Exploring Color Photography was first published in 1989. Digital imaging was then in its infancy and accounted for only a few pages of text and a handful of images. As the reader will see, this has reversed. Yet as I conclude the sixth edition, a great deal remains the same. Color photography continues to evolve as a flexible and permutable amalgamation of aesthetics, business, ...

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