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Larry Fink on Composition and Improvisation

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Larry Fink on Composition and Improvisation delves into the art of creating photographs rich with feeling and meaning. Fink, renowned for his layered social scenes, shares his creative approach, exploring how to compose images and improvise within a moment. Through his insights, readers discover how to connect deeply with subjects and shape an authentic photographic vision, enhanced by an introduction from photographer Lisa Kereszi.
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This book is ideal for photographers at all levels eager to deepen their creative practice and anyone interested in the artistic and emotional aspects of photography.

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Photography deepens our connections to the world around us, to ourselves, and to one another. In this book, the author works with the worlds top photographers, many of whom also teach, to publish their core thinking on photography making their experience, insight, and knowledge accessible to a wider audience, including students.

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In this installment of The Photography Workshop Series, Larry Fink—well known for his layered pictures in social settings—explores composing photographs and improvising within a scene to create images with both feeling and meaning.

Aperture Foundation works with the world's top photographers to distill their creative approaches to, teachings on, and insights into photography—offering the workshop experience in a book. Our goal is to inspire photographers at all levels who wish to improve their work, as well as readers interested in deepening their understanding of the art of photography.

Through words and photographs, in this volume Larry Fink on Composition and Improvisation reveals insight into his own practice and discusses a wide range of creative issues, from connecting with the subject in front of the lens to shaping a vision that is authentic. Photographer Lisa Kereszi, a student of Larry Fink, provides the introduction.

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Praised by Eye Magazine for its energetic and engaging style, this volume is described as more than a typical how-to guide, offering a powerful workshop experience on the page. PDN highlights the book’s ability to inspire photographers to see and think in new ways, while the British Journal of Photography commends its heart, soul, and passion for photography.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781597112734

Publisher: Aperture

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 May 2014

Country: United States

Imprint: Aperture

Illustration: Illustrated in tritone throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 190.0mm

Height: 254.0mm

Weight: 560g

Pages: 128

About the Author

Larry Fink has been a professor at Yale University School of Art; Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture; Parsons the New School for Design; and Tyler School of Art, Temple University. Currently, he is a tenured professor of photography at Bard College. His work has been widely exhibited in the United States, including solo exhibitions at Light Gallery, New York; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; Museum of Modern Art, New York; and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Lisa Kereszi is a photographer and educator. She is now the director of undergraduate studies at the Yale University School of Art, where she has taught since 2004. She has published five books, including Fun and Games and Joe’s Junk Yard. Her work is in the collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and the Brooklyn Museum, and has appeared in the New Yorker, Harper’s, and the New York Times Magazine.

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