June 2016
Beginner to intermediate
288 pages
6h 34m
English
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Foreword
BY JOE MCNALLY
This book is like a great photograph. It is seamless, intuitive, and filled with minor details blended with larger themes. It has impact—the color play is so strong it’s like a hard and fast punch to the visual gut. Still, there is nuance and subtlety that shimmer like a catchlight.
It is sympathetic, warm-hearted, and decent. But, just like any effective photo, it is unflinching and sparse, and it hones in on the essentials. Interesting and vivid, it pulls the eye, and then, once the eye is intrigued, it directs and shapes where it needs to go and what it is supposed to look at.
It is vibrant and quiet at the same time. It teaches you without dogma or bombast, and it leads you on a journey that you are so engaged to take ...