El fotógrafo completo

by Tom Ang

Estamos ante el que probablemente sea el libro más ambicioso de Tom Ang hasta la fecha. En él, el reconocido fotógrafo guía al lector capítulo a capítulo por diez de los estilos y temas que gozan de mayor popularidad, de la moda o la vida salvaje a los viajes o los deportes. Como es habitual en sus obras, las «clases», accesibles para el lector, proporcionan una magnífica experiencia de aprendizaje, y su contagioso entusiasmo le incita no sólo a poner en práctica lo aprendido, sino también a actuar por su cuenta. En los distintos bloques, el autor ofrece un enfoque realmente único: iniciación, ideas, consejos y técnicas centrados específicamente en cada uno de los géneros fotográficos, al tiempo que se facilitan contenidos e informaciones que animan al lector a experimentar y a pensar por sí mismo, así como a practicar las nuevas destrezas adquiridas. Cada bloque incluye, además, a modo de backstage, el trabajo de dos fotógrafos muy diferentes en el correspondiente género. De forma detallada y con fotografías paso a paso, ponen de manifiesto la planificación, el escenario y las sesiones en que se realizaron 20 espléndidas imágenes encargadas especialmente para este libro.

400 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Photographer, author, traveler and academic. An early pioneer in digital photography, I have written over 30 books on photography as well as on video. This work was recognised by the award of the HIPA Content Producer Award in 2019. I also won the Thomas Cook award for best Illustrated Travel Book for my coverage of the Marco Polo Expedition.

I was senior lecturer in photographic practice at the University of Westminster for over 12 years (1991–2004) and created the MA Photographic Journalism course. For over 10 years I photographed in Central Asia, traveling in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. I led a Know How Fund project that helped equip a radio studio for radio students and which reformed the journalism curriculum for the Kyrgyz Russian Slavonic University in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

I have written over thirty books on photography and video including Digital Photography Masterclass (now 3rd edition), Fundamentals of Photography,Tao of Photography, Digital Photographer’s Handbook (now 7th edition), Picture Editing (2nd edition), Eyewitness Companion: Photography, and Digital Video Handbook, How to Photograph Absolutely Everything.

I presented the BBC series ‘A Digital Picture of Britain’, first transmitted in 2005 on BBC4. A second series, entitled 'Britain in Pictures' was transmitted in 2007. I also presented an 8-part TV series for CNA (Channel News Asia) in Singapore which was broadcast in August 2009. This took a Bronze at the New York Film and TV Festival the following year.

I have served on juries of Hamdan International Photography Award, Wildlife Photographer of the Year, World Photography Award, Czech Press Photo.

I am a Sony NZ Digital Imaging Ambassador.