The Nude in Black And White: Creative Approaches to Photographing the Nude

The nude has always been a subject of great fascination for photographers, the greatest of whom have created many masterpiece nudes in black and white. This is a how-to book on this increasingly popular subject in photography. The first half of the book is a gallery of Lucille Khornak's nudes, presented in four sections: the body in motion, bodies plural, the body unusual, and the body nearly bare. The second half is a step-by-step guide to putting your own nude shooting session together, including creative styling, posing, and lighting techniques. Such topics as shooting in the studio or on location, choosing models, hair and makeup styling, developing film, and printing the final photograph are covered. An appendix provides concise technical data on all photographs in the first half of the book. Picking up where "Classic Farber Nudes" left off, this book gives you all the information you need to shoot fabulous nudes in black and white.