The Photograph: Composition and Color Design

Harald Mante is a distinguished teacher and internationally recognized master of photography. In this book, Mante explains the elements that are essential to achieving the highest possible level of visual design in photographs. This book is geared toward serious intermediate and advanced photographers who strive to create outstanding images.

Technical knowledge alone is not sufficient to create outstanding images, and content and composition are crucial to the art of truly creative photography. A successful photographer also has deep insight into how the viewer perceives an image and exploits this knowledge to push image-making in new directions.

In this book, Mante explores the principles of line, shape, point, color, contrast, composition, and design. He also covers a number of techniques for enhancing photographic expressiveness and underscoring the photographer's intentions.

These in-depth lessons are beautifully illustrated with more than 750 images and diagrams from Mante's own portfolio. This unique book is sure to become an invaluable reference for anyone involved in digital or analog photography, or the visual arts.

This second edition has been extensively revised and updated, and includes 60 new images and illustrations. Also included are new chapters that cover shape and color analysis, and a discussion of square image formats.