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Photography Subject Guide
General Photography
- Photography (2011)
- Photography : a cultural history (2011)
- In the darkroom : an illustrated guide to photographic processes before the digital age (2010)
- Camera : a history of photography from daguerreotype to digital (2009)
- Seizing the light : a social history of photography (2009)
- Photographic lighting (2008)
- A world history of photography (2007)
- The Focal encyclopedia of photography : digital imaging, theory and applications, history, and science (2007)
- The nature of photographs (2007)
- The Abrams encyclopedia of photography (2004)
Professional & Business
- Best business practices for photographers (2010)
- The photographer's guide to marketing and self-promotion (2010)
- Photographer's market : where & how to sell your photographs (2008-2012)
- Creative careers in photography : making a living with or without a camera (2007)
- Starting your career as a freelance photographer (2007)
Software
- The Adobe Photoshop CS5 book for digital photographers (2011)
- Adobe Photoshop CS5 : classroom in a book (2010)
- Adobe Photoshop CS5 for photographers : a professional image editor's guide to the creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh (2010)
- How to cheat in Photoshop CS5 : the art of creating realistic photomontages (2010)
- Photoshop CS5 : essential skills : a guide to creative image editing (2010)
- Photoshop CS5 for Windows and Macintosh (2010)
Digital Photography
- Plate to pixel : digital food photography & styling (2011)
- Real world digital photography (2011)
- Professional commercial photography : techniques and images from master digital photographers (2010)
- The DAM book : digital asset management for photographers (2009)
- Light and lens : photography in the digital age (2008)
- Mastering digital black and white : a photographer's guide to high quality black-and-white imaging and printing (2007)
Fine Art Photography
- Auto focus : the self-portrait in contemporary photography (2010)
- Exposed : voyeurism, surveillance, and the camera since 1870 (2010)
- Home stills (2010)
- Stieglitz, Steichen, Strand : masterworks from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2010)
- Contemporary photography from the Far East : Asian dub photography (2009)
- Jeff Wall : the complete edition (2009)
- The photograph as contemporary art (2009)
- Why photography matters as art as never before (2008)
- Art photography now (2005)
Photojournalism
- Photojournalism : the professionals' approach (2008)
- No caption needed : iconic photographs, public culture, and liberal democracy (2007)
- Platinum anniversary collection : 70 years of extraordinary photography (2006)
- Things as they are : photojournalism in context since 1955 (2005)
- Unembedded : four independent photojournalists on the war in Iraq (2005)
Documentary Photography
- Dorothea Lange : a life beyond limits (2009)
- National geographic : the photographs (2008)
- The dawn of the color photograph : Albert Kahn's archives of the planet (2008)
- After the ruins, 1906 and 2006 : rephotographing the San Francisco earthquake and fire (2006)
- Witness in our time : working lives of documentary photographers (2000)
Fashion Photography
Portrait Photography
Advertising Photo Illustration
eBooks
- Adobe photoshop CS5 for photographers : a professional image editor's guide to the creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC (2010)
- Complete digital photography (2010)
- Design principles (2010)
- Fundamentals of creative photography (2010)
- Left to right : the cultural shift from words to pictures (2010)
- The visual dictionary of photography (2010)
- 101 quick and easy secrets to create winning photographs (2009)
- Exposure (2009)
- Picture yourself getting the most out of your digital SLR camera : step-by-step instruction for taking great photographs of your world (2009)
- The disciplinary frame [electronic resource] : photographic truths and the capture of meaning (2009)
- Working in black & white (2009)
- Advertising photography : a straightforward guide to a complex industry (2008)
- Post-production black & white (2008)
- Post-production colour (2008)
- Architectural photography the digital way (2007)
- Capturing Colour (2007)
- Light and lens : photography in the digital age (2007)
- Lighting (2007)
- Digital photography boot camp (2006)
- The fundamentals of photography (2005)
Photography Annuals
Current Magazines
- American Photo
- Aperture (Available Online)
- Blind Spot Photography
- British Journal of Photography (Available Online)
- European Photography (Available Online)
- Lenswork Quarterly
- PDN: Photo District News (Available Online)
- Photo Techniques
- Photographer's Forum
- Professional Photographer
- Shutterbug
- View Camera
- A Journal
- Afterimage (Available Online)
- Applied Arts (Available Online)
- Archive (Lurzer's)
- Art Asia Pacific
- Art in America
- Artforum (Available Online)
- Bluecanvas
- Bomb
- CMYK
- Colors
- Communication Arts
- Exposure
- Flash Art International (Available Online)
- International Artist
- International Review of African American Art (Available Online)
- National Geographic (Available Online)
- National Wildlife (Available Online)
- Print (Available Online)
- Professional Artist
- SOMA
- Sports Illustrated
Back Issues Only
- American Photographer
- Art Calendar
- Art On Paper
- Audubon
- Beautiful/decay
- Beaux Arts Magazine (Available Online)
- Big
- Camera
- Camera & Darkroom
- Camera Arts
- Camera Arts: The Art and Craft of Photography In The 21st Century
- Camerawork
- Creative Camera
- Dazed & Confused
- Doubletake
- Eight Magazine
- Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts
- Life
- Natural History (Available Online)
- New York Times Magazine (Available Online)
- Photo Metro
- Photo/Design
- Res
- See
- Zoom
- Photo recipes live. 2 [DVD-ROM] : behind the scenes (2011)
- Photo recipes live. 1 [DVD-ROM] : behind the scenes (2010)
- Annie Leibovitz : life through a lens (2008)
- What remains : the life and work of Sally Mann (2008)
- Tierney Gearon : the mother project (2007)
- Ethics in the digital age with John Long (2006)
- Speaking of art: John Szarkowski on Ansel Adams (2005)
- Decoding photographic images (2004)
- Persuasion, propaganda, and photography (2004)
- Photography and the brain (2004)
- Richard Avedon, darkness and light (2002)
- The artists. Disc 1 : Richard Avedon : darkness and light (1995)
- View All Photography Videos
Articles and Reference Resources
- Full Text Online Journal and Magazine Articles
- ebrary – Full Text Online Books
- Oxford Art Online – Full Text Online Art Encyclopedia
- EBSCO Cinema Image Gallery
- Digital Tutors
- You must sign up with your Academy of Art University email address (@art.edu or @academyart.edu). For more information see the Digital Tutors FAQ page.
Image Websites
- Academy of Art University Digital Image Resources
- CalPhotos
- Charles W. Cushman Photography Collection
- Daguerreian Society NEA Image Database
- Library of Congress' Flickr Photostream
- MorgueFile
- Multicolr Search Lab Flickr Set
- National Geographic Photography
- SFMOMA ArtScope
- Smithsonian Images
- Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
- Tate Online
- Web Gallery of Art
- Wellcome Images
- Wikimedia Commons
- William Gedney Photographs and Writings
Blogs
Job Websites
Professional Organizations
Grant Information
Suppliers
Other Websites
- Photography Centers
- Lightboxes
- Image Resources in the Library
- Picture Files
- Safari Technical Books are available with a San Francisco Public Library Card including a number of books on Adobe Photoshop.
- San Jose Public Library and Berkeley Public Library users (with a library card) may also access Safari Books Online through those library websites.
- For Non Bay Area Students, check out your local public library for online access to technical manuals or for technical manuals in their physical collection.
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