LibGuides: Photography: Find Books

Puppies Which Will Some Day Pull Dog Sleds. United States Alaska, ca. 1900. [Between 1900 and 1923] https://www.loc.gov/item/99614298/.

The below list is not a comprehensive list of books in the library on photography, but rather a small sample of selected titles. To find more books search through the FAU Libraries Catalog.

The below is a list of Library of Congress call numbers for your use. Books on photography have Library of Congress (LOC) call numbers beginning with TR1 and run through to TR1050. The call number is made up from a combination of letters and number, each unique to the book. They allow researchers to easily locate the books on library shelves.

Books on photography are primarily in the "TR" classification from the Library of Congress.

If the photographs are of a particular country, they are shelved according to that place, under "D," "E," "F" (history of the Americas), "G," and even "S" (agriculture).

TR 1-1050 Photography (General) will be found on the 4th floor, East side of Wimberly Library.

Call Number: TR1 - 1050

Cameras

Call Number: TR250 - 265

Photographic processing. Darkroom technique

Call Number: TR 287-500

Transparencies. Diapositives

Call Number: TR 504-508

Color photography

Call Number: TR 510-545

Studio and laboratory

Call Number: TR 550-581

Lighting

Call Number: TR 590-620

Applied photography, Including artistic, commercial, medical photography, photocopying processes

Call Number: TR 624-835

Portraits, "special classes of persons" (alphabetical)

Call Number: TR 681

Cinematography. Motion pictures

Call Number: TR 845-899

Photomechanical processes

Call Number: TR 925-1050

Believing Is Seeing by Errol Morris
Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year Academy Award-wining filmmaker Errol Morris investigates the hidden truths behind a series of documentary photographs. In Believing Is Seeing Academy Award-winning director Errol Morris turns his eye to the nature of truth in photography. In his inimitable style, Morris untangles the mysteries behind an eclectic range of documentary photographs, from the ambrotype of three children found clasped in the hands of an unknown soldier at Gettysburg to the indelible portraits of the WPA photography project.
History of Women Photographers by Naomi Rosenblum
ISBN: 0789206587

A comprehensive, eye-opening history of women's accomplishments in photography that ranges around the world and throughout the entire history of the medium. Women have made vital contributions to photography both as a profession and as an art form from the very beginning. In every aspect of the medium--portraiture, social and scientific documentation, advertising, photojournalism, personal expression--women have been highly visible creators.
Latinx photography in the United States : a visual history by Ferrer, Elizabeth,
Whether at UFW picket lines in California's Central Valley or capturing summertime street life in East Harlem Latinx photographers have documented fights for dignity and justice as well as the daily lives of ordinary people. Their powerful, innovative photographic art touches on family, identity, protest, borders, and other themes, including the experiences of immigration and marginalization common to many of their communities.
Light and Lens by Robert Hirsch
The new edition of this pioneering book allows students to acquire an essential foundation for digital photography. Fully updated, it clearly and concisely covers the fundamental concepts of imagemaking, how to use digital technology to create compelling images, and how to output and preserve images in the digital world. Exploring history, methods, and theory, this text offers classroom-tested assignments and exercises from leading photographic educators, approaches for analyzing, discussing, and writing about photographs, and tools to critically explore and make images with increased visual literacy. New to this edition: New larger page format Revised and renewed to reflect technological advances Expanded coverage of smartphone/mobile photography Extended coverage of the careers section More than 100 new images
Posing Beauty by Deborah Willis
Long overlooked in American culture, African American beauty finally get its due in this landmark work As a student in the 1970s, Deborah Willis came to the realization that images of black beauty, female and male, simply did not exist in the larger culture. Determined to redress this imbalance, Willis examined everything from vintage ladies' journals to black newspapers, and started what would become a lifelong quest. With more than two hundred arresting images, many previously unpublished, Posing Beauty recovers a world many never knew existed.

Using the Library Catalog

The video below will help walk you through starting your first search for physical print book in the FAU Libraries Catalog. If you are still having trouble after watching the video please feel free to reach out to your liaison librarian or through our other help options located on the library's help page.

What if my book is not available at my library?

If a book, article or other item is not available at your library, you may request the material to be sent to the FAU libraries using the Interlibrary Loan (ILL) system. The ILL department provides article delivery and short-term loans to the FAU Community from a vast network of libraries and document suppliers on a local, state, national, and international basis.

Go to the following link to request the item be sent to your campus library: Interlibrary Loan

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