A good solid foundational text on some building block concepts of photographic composition. The layout of the text and images was superb in this book which made it a pleasure to read. Although I felt many of the example photographs were not of a particularly engaging standard (for my personal tastes) they were certainly adequate to demonstrate the concepts being described.
A good basic text for people new to the concepts of composition in photography before they progress to more advance books such as The Photographer's Eye.
You will learn something or re-learn something you have forgotten. A very sound and basic reference to composition of a visual image. From general artistic use of shapes and color to the specifically photographic element use of light, this book covers the whole topic. A book that should be on the shelf of every creator of visual art and presentation.
Though this was written in the era for film, it is an excellent discussion of photographic composition. The discussion of film gets a bit in the way while talking about color, but otherwise, it was excellent.