Cărțile autorului Andreas Feininger

Andreas Feininger (1906‑1999), celebru fotograf si autor al unor lucrari despre tehnica fotografica. Nascut la Paris, a facut studii de arhitectura in Germania, la Staatliches Bauhaus. In 1939 a emigrat in Statele Unite, iar in 1943 a devenit fotograf profesionist, in echipa revistei Life. In 1966, American Society of Media Photographers i‑a acordat cea mai inalta distinctie, Robert Leavitt Award, iar in 1991 a primit Infinity Lifetime Achievement Award din partea International Center of Photography. A scris numeroase lucrari despre fotografie, dintre care mentionam: Successful Photography (1954), Total Picture Control (1961), The Complete Photographer (1965), Basic Color Photography (1969), Principles of Composition in Photography (1973), Photographic Seeing (1973), Darkroom Techniques (1974), The Perfect Photograph (1974) si Light and Lighting in Photography (1976). Astazi, fotografiile sale sint incluse in colectiile permanente ale Museum of Modern Art si Metropolitan Museum of Art din New York, National Gallery of Art din Washington, DC, Victoria and Albert Museum din Londra si George Eastman House din Rochester, New York.