Useful Photography #009 / August 2009
3 votesPhotography is especially useful when it is aimed at helping the unskilled take better photographs. Useful Photography #009 examines the world of photography manuals and celebrates the pictures used to help us understand our cameras, ….
… take better pictures and identify our disastrous mistakes. In this digital age, where mistakes in photography can be rectified in an instant, Useful Photography thought it high time to dedicate an issue to the photography manual; with images sourced from the days when manual also meant the type of camera you were operating. Every manner of what can go wrong, and how to correct it, is explored. Yet, aside from telling us how to correct the double-exposed, the poorly lit, the out of focus or the red of eye, the series within also allows us to see that mistakes – as defined by these helpful brochures – have a rare, never to be repeated beauty all of their own. Learn all about photography, or how dangerous pigeons look in extreme close up in the latest Useful Photography #009.
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Mission Statement: Useful Photography is the generic name for the millions of diverse photos, which are used daily and with a purpose all of their own; practical photography that has a clear function and where the makers remain anonymous. It is these photos, when afforded a second glance that can reveal beauty beneath their surface. As soon as the images are lifted out of their context, they produce new insights into what is considered useful photography.
Founded: 2001
Based in: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Editors / Designers: Useful Photography #009 is collected & edited by Hans Aarsman, Claudie de Cleen, Julian Germain, Erik Kessels, Hans van der Meer.
Periodicity: Annual
Language: English
Format: Colour, 210 x 297 mm, 170 pages, soft cover
Circulation: 1000
Price: 25 €
Web: usefulphotography.com
Contact: kyra (at) kesselskramer.nl
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