Masters
STILL LIFE PHOTOGRAPHY THE MODERN MASTERS
International museum of photography in Hamburg, Germany
If you read the kindle book on a Mac, PC, or a colour mobile devise using the kindle software the photos are in colour.
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Lately, I was trying to learn more about still life photography and visited the museum shop of the Deichtorhallen. I couldn’t find any books solely on the subject, thus I continued searching online and found a beautiful book on Amazon called »Still Life Photography« by the Australian artist Kevin Best.
I already knew Kevin Best through a couple of his photographs from the German art gallery Lumas. Kevin’s speciality is the reinterpretation of the Flemish and Dutch golden age paintings. »Still Life Photography« was published in June 2012 and is full of technical and styling tips that can also be used in food or flower photography.
I had a very interesting user experience reading Kevin’s book. I bought it on Amazon as a Kindle book. I thought at first that this could be a mistake as it is a book about photography with a lot of pictures. On the contrary, I found it was a very interesting experience. I devoured the book in a couple of days, and I love the fact that you can take notes on your Kindle and mark the passages you want to read again later. It was a bit frustrating, though, seeing Kevin’s beautiful pictures in black and white, so I visited his Flickr Gallery L. After finishing the book, I wrote an e-mail to Kevin, asking him if he would be willing to do an interview, and he agreed straight away. Read his answers and click on the images to see them in full size.
