I recently bought the unseen by Saul Leiter, beautiful book with a lot of great photos.
I am curious though as someone who’s never taken a photography class, what are the best ways to learn from a book like this?
-what should I be looking for? -compositions? -should I be trying to guess how he took certain shots? -the lighting?
Any tips would be helpful as I love his style and I love street photography and would love to be able to learn from this book rather than simply appreciate the beautiful photos… or maybe that’s just part of it?
Any book recommendations?
They’re small, but I’m a big fan of the “read this if you want to take great photos” series. There are 3 books in the set.
But in general, follow your interests, just read lots. I don’t think there’s one single book or book series that does it all, rather, you the creative should make study a lifelong habit.