Photography: The Key Concepts by David Bate- Kindle Edition – Book Review

Pete December 9, 2018

This book was a recommendation from my tutor Robert Enoch as it gives a good through introduction to the major concepts in modern photography theory – hence its title.

Not necessarily the easiest book to read in parts, in general its tone is accessible to the reader drawing them in and encouraging further research.

There is a clear contents section which breakdown the book allowing it to be used as a reference tool and nor requiring the reader to plough through the whole book on a first sitting for it to be useful. The book is designed as a teaching-learning tool – with a section at the back suggesting essay titles/subjects.

I have the Kindle editions and the annotated notes section is very helpful you can simply click and taken to explanation notes or references. This is the 2nd edition of the book which I believe has refinement from the 1st and I feel again it the follow me through my OCA studies and has the potential to become of the the books on many photography course reading list for many a year to come.