By
Phil Davis, Phil Davis is Professor Emeritus of Art at the University of Michigan. His work has appeared regularly in most majot magazines and many
national newspapers. He is the author of numerous publications on photography, and has contributed several inventions and innovations
to the field. His work is represented in numerous public and private collections, including the Detroit Art Institute Museum, the Chicago
Art Institute Museim, hte International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, New York, and the Metropolitan Museum
of Art in New York City.
Description
This fourth edition of Beyond the Zone System makes the science of photographic sensitometry both accessible and useful to interested
photographers. It will appeal to any serious photographer interested in knowing how the materials and processes of black-and-white photography
work. Instead of describing rote procedures to be followed blindly, this book provides the basis for understanding what needs to be
done and why. This book relates theory to practice in a way that promotes a true partnership of science and art.
Beyond the Zone
System bridges the gap between the more theoretical aspects of the photographic process and the popular empirical procedures used by
many photographers in the attempt to predict and control the quality of their photographs in practice.
This book is intended primarily
for photographers who use large-format cameras and black-and-white sheet film, but the basic information about how the B&W photographic
materials and processes work will be useful to users of any B&W film format.
Beyond the Zone System, 4th ed. will appeal to any serious
photographer interested in knowing how the materials and processes of black-and-white photography work. Instead of describing rote procedures
to be followed blindly, this book provides the basis for understanding what needs to be done and why. This book relates theory to practice
in a way that promotes a true partnership of science and art.
Audience:
photographers, students of photography
