Home Photography: Inspiration On your Doorstep [Paperback]

Andrew Sanderson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2003

In this exciting and original guide, an accomplished photographer reveals how some of the best subjects for creative and compelling photographs are usually right in one’s own home.



Using examples from his own work, Andrew Sanderson shows readers how even the most mundane objects can be transformed into images that are striking and beautiful. In 10 expertly written chapters, each with a separate thematic focus, he uses examples from his own work—along with innovative techniques—to demonstrate the myriad ways family, friends, a garden, animals, or a backyard view can become lasting and imaginative works of art.




• Presents an inventive approach to
photography, teaching photographers to use their own homes as studios

• Filled with beautiful, surprising photos

• Will benefit photographers working
in digital and traditional mediums

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About the Author

Andrew Sanderson is the author of Night Photography and an internationally exhibited photographer. He lives in North England.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Amphoto Books (September 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0817439897
• ISBN-13: 978-0817439897
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 0.4 x 9.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,142,289 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous on the inside... a real inspiration., December 19, 2003

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E. Miller "lainy1976" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Home Photography: Inspiration On your Doorstep (Paperback)

This book is humble and gorgeous and accessible and really, really astounding. His photos are beautiful and all taken in and around his home. Patterns and shapes, a close-up photo of a fork with its tines curled, gentle portraits of friends who have stopped by to visit the author at his home... wonderful stuff. This is not a technical book so much as it is a book that helps you to rediscover ways of seeing - especially, new ways of looking at the things around you as something worth inspiring your photography.

You can't help but read this and want to start shooting at home.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Only for the "fine art" photographer - then it is great, July 6, 2006

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B. Rutledge "sjsdad" (Las Vegas, NV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Home Photography: Inspiration On your Doorstep (Paperback)

The star rating is an average - this is either a one star book (for most photographers) or a 5 star one (for great fine art photographers seeking some inspiration). If you are looking for a book to help you take better pictures in general, pictures of your family and home life, or have never worked in a darkroom dodging an enlargement, this is NOT the book for you! Do not let the "Home Photography" title make you think the book has anything to do with home life or "regular" photographers (99.99% of people who operate a camera).

BUT if you want to take very artistic Black and White photos with your Medium Format camera, maybe using non-standard photographic emulsions and gum printing to achieve the artistic effects you want - but are stuck at home and are wondering what to photograph? Then this is the book for you, a 5 star review - it shows you how you can take anything (ie bend up a fork) and the pictures of it are just as artistic as any other object. Now it doesn't actually show or tell how to take the pictures - you are required to already have all the photographic knowledge to take artistic gallery-ready pictures - but shows via examples that if you can take artistic pictures already, there is no need to leave your home to take those pictures and your gallery show will be just as good as if you have traveled. If this paragraph or the very concept of "gum printing" is new or confusing in any way, this is NOT the book for you (there are many better); if this review makes you think I don't understand real fine art photography and am just quoting from the book at random then you might want to give it a try.

Pretty pictures, but nothing I will ever make in my lifetime.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspirational Book, June 15, 2009

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Clara (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Home Photography: Inspiration On your Doorstep (Paperback)

This book is a revelation. Andrew Sanderson is a great communicator and could be in the room with you when he describes how to make great images from everyday objects. This is not a how-to book, rather as others have mentioned, it is inspirational and would be a boon to people on a low travel budget or handicapped photographers for whom getting out is problematical. What I like is Andrew's down-to-earth language, the book is worth buying for the text alone. The black & white pictures look as if they come from another era but it only takes a small adjustment of the imagination to adapt to one's own style of photography.

I liked this so much that I immediately bought a copy for my daughter-in-law.