Resources

By: Adam Marelli

I often receive requests from readers and workshop participants alike for additional resources that can inform their development as photographers. As such, I have put together this resources page that compiles my recommendations for books, courses, films, and recommended dealers that have informed my work and can enrich yours as well.

 

ºBook List

• Portraits

• Street Work

• Design

• Artists

• Lives of Artists

 

ºArt Training for Non-Artists

 

ºFilm Makers

• Wes Anderson

 

Book List

Portraits

teteatete

Tete a Tete

photoportrais

Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photoportraits

greekportfolio

A Greek Portfolio

arnoldnewman

Arnold Newman

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• Richard Avedon Portraits

anniel

• A Photographer’s Life: 1990-2005

 

Street Work

cartierbressonphotographer

Henri Cartier-Bresson: Photographer

weugenesmith

W. Eugene Smith: Masters of Photography (Aperture Masters of Photography)

pinkaussov

Sightwalk

AlexWebb

Alex Webb

WernerBischof

• Werner Bischof

 

Design

LeoDavinci
A Treatise on Painting (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)
JayHambidge
The Elements of Dynamic Symmetry (Dover Art Instruction)

The Painter's Secret Geometry
The Painter’s Secret Geometry: A Study of Composition in Art (Dover Books on Fine Art)

1.Alphonse-Mucha

• Alphonse Mucha: Lectures on Art

This book is out of print, but you may be able to find it offline or check Abe Books, which is a great resource for rare and out-of-print books. 

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• Andre Lhote: A Treatise on Landscape Painting

This book is also out of print, but you may be able to find it offline or check Abe Books, which is a great resource for rare and out-of-print books.

BookofAHundredHands
The Book of a Hundred Hands (Dover Anatomy for Artists)

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The Seven Laws of Folds

AnatomyforArtistsandIllustrators

The Complete Guide to Anatomy for Artists & Illustrators: Drawing the Human Form

 

Artists

SeuratTheDrawings

Georges Seurat: The Drawings

Ingres
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

David

Jacques Louis David

Degas

Edgar Degas

ToulouseLautrec

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

ChuckClose

Chuck Close

GregoryCrewdson

Gregory Crewdson

 

Lives of Artists

PopesCeiling

Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling by Ross King

LastSupper

Leonardo and The Last Supper by Ross King

brunelleschisdome

Brunelleschi’s Dome by Ross King

Caravaggio

Caravaggio: A Life Sacred & Profane by Andrew Graham Dixon

RembrandtsEyes

Rembrandt’s Eye’s by Simon Schama

ChuckCloseUpClose

Chuck Close: Up Close by Jan Greenberg

Rosenquist

Painting Below Zero: Notes on a Life in Art by James Rosenquist

PaintedWord

Painted Word by Tom Wolfe

 

Art Training for Non-Artists

MyronBarnstone


Myron Barnstone DVD series: Drawing (10 classes), Figure Drawing (1 class), & Color Theory (6 classes)

 

Film Makers

Wes Anderson

LifeAquatic

Life Aquatic

RoyalTenenbaums

Royal Tenenbaums

DarjeelingLimited
Darjeeling Limited

 

Adam Marelli Workshops is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon. Translated from legalese, this means I get a small percentage of the sale when you buy something from Amazon through one of the links on this site. I only recommend products that I have personally used and feel would be a useful resource for you. I’m not paid to endorse any products beyond the small commission from Amazon.

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