Composition In Colour Photography.
by Wim Noordhoek
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++/VG++/VG+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0852427492
- ISBN 13
- 9780852427491
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HARDBACK "UNCOMMON," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus. * Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1982 * Publisher: Fountain Press.* Binding and cover condition: Black cloth covered boards, silver titles to spine only. No bumps or rubs, minimal shelf wear to head and tail of spine. no marks or other visible faults. VG++.* Jacket condition: Colour photo-illustrated dust wrapper showing sheep grazing in an avenue of tall trees. Price clipped, showing no shelf price. No shelf wear to top or bottom edges or to head/ tail of spine. White titles to face and to somewhat faded spine. VG+* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Coloured end papers, (black). Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, no tanning some very age darkening to page edges, otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: 175 Colour & 12 b/w plates. * Pages: 171 pp. text. iii pp. blank at rear.* Description: This book is no dry treatise on the theory of composition, but a practical work for practical people. Using dozens of his own colour photos, the author illustrates clearly the principles of photographic design not only by the example of the "perfect" photograph, but also by comparison with faulty examples. He deals with the accepted "rules" or guidelines of conventional composition and shows how, by departing from them, it is possible to achieve even greater impact and true originality.* A NEAR FINE copy OF 1st./1st. with minimal age and minor jacket faults reducing it to VG+.*
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- Bookseller
- Cocksparrow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10356
- Title
- Composition In Colour Photography.
- Author
- Wim Noordhoek
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++/VG++/VG+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 1st. Imp.
- ISBN 10
- 0852427492
- ISBN 13
- 9780852427491
- Publisher
- Fountain Press Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Watford UK.
- Date Published
- 1981
- Pages
- 174
- Keywords
- Photography, Composition, Colour Effects.
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