307 assignments and ideas by John Baldessari, Tim Barber, Tina Barney, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Shannon Ebner, Sam Falls, Jim Goldberg, John Gossage, Katy Grannan, Takashi Homma, Miranda July, Chris Kilip, Susan Meiselas, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Stephen Shore, Alec Soth, Mark Steinmetz, Tim Walker, and many more.

Recenzja
Examines how the photograph can be animated through composition, engagement and passion; Fulford and Halpern's The Photographer's Playbook contains 307 assignments designed to inspire, enlighten and educate students, teachers and photographers. -British Journal of Photography
Just what the doctor ordered for amateur photographers looking to educate themselves by immersing their imaginative gifts into the works of some of today's successful photographers. -Resource Magazine
The idea is that photography is nothing if it stays in a little box, that there is a big wide world out there and photography needs to engage with it. -British Journal of Photography
An invaluable resource of perceptive information on all things photography...Inside is a treasure trove of advice... &ndashJuxtapoz, August 2014 issue
The Photographer's Playbook is a slap in the face for the obvious, the hackneyed, the over-familiar. -British Journal of Photography
Opis z tylnej okładki książki
There is no better way to learn than by doing. The Photographers Playbook is for anyone who wants to be inspired, learn to take better pictures, and discover how to look at those pictures in a more informed way. Featuring over 250 photographic assignments as well as ideas and anecdotes from the worlds top photographers and photography professionals, the texts in The Photographers Playbook will inspire fresh ways of understanding and documenting the world. It contains tips for better shooting and editing, creative ways to start new projects, and personal accounts that reveal the inner workings of photography luminaries practices. The assignments in this unique volume are an indispensable tool for teachers and students, as well as for those looking to enhance their creativity, learn about different approaches from top photographers, or shake things up within their own vision and process.
O autorze
Jason Fulford is a photographer and cofounder of the non-profit publisher J&L Books. He has lectured at more than a dozen art schools and universities and is a contributing editor to Blind Spot magazine. Fulford's photographs have been featured in Harper's, the New York Times Magazine, Time, Blind Spot, Aperture, and on book jackets for Don DeLillo, John Updike, Bertrand Russell, Jorge Luis Borges, Terry Eagleton, Ernest Hemingway, and Richard Ford. He is a 2014 Guggenheim fellow, and his published books include Sunbird (2000), Crushed (2003), Raising Frogs for $$$ (2006), The Mushroom Collector (2010) and Hotel Oracle (2013).

Gregory Halpern received a BA in history and literature from Harvard University and an MFA from California College of the Arts. His third book of photographs, entitled A, is a photographic ramble through the streets of the American Rust Belt. His other books include Omaha Sketchbook and Harvard Works Because We Do. In 2014 he was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship. He currently teaches at the Rochester Institute of Technology.