我的書單:十二本藝術及攝影書
做藝術要多讀書,做攝影更加要讀書。但好多時大家都唔知點樣揀書,或者有咩書可以睇。以下綜合咗我小小心得,都是易讀的書,深入淺出,希望這些書會幫到大家。
1. Playing to the Gallery
(英國藝術家Grayson Perry講Contemporary art world/小書一本/mean/好好笑/精裝版D圖印得極靚/翻睇咗兩次/藝術入門小書/幫助大家解開當代藝術疑團/如果大家都有讀呢本書個世界應該會easy好多)

2. Photography: The Whole Story
(厚厚地/成本bible咁/多圖易讀/可以簡單攞番Photography條timeline、人物、事件及詞彙先/研究攝影要知道呢百幾年Photography發生過咩事/The Whole Story系列仲有其他範疇例如電影時裝等等)

3. Photography:A Cultural History
(學術書/厚/以學術文章為主/精彩/用另一個角度去講攝影既故事/重要)

4. The Story of Art
(經典/著名藝術史學者Gombrich既經典藝術史書/修讀藝術必備/每年都會同學生一齊由頭到尾睇一次/啲英文寫得好靚/易睇/美麗的書)

5. What Are You Looking At? : 150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye
(BBC's arts editor Will Gompertz 講Modern Art/逐個Movements講/節奏明快/有內幕/娛樂性高/現代藝術入門之選/唔會悶)

6. Sapiens : A Brief History of Humankind
(Yuval Noah Harari寫人類大歷史/好有啟發性/做藝術其實一定要知道歷史既發展及人類的進程/要熟讀歷史/幫助思考)

7. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
((Yuval Noah Harari另一普作/近期最啱睇/社會已經變得太複雜/在亂世要多讀書)

8. A Bigger Message : Conversations with David Hockney
(David Hockney 跟 Martin Gayford既對談十分有趣/可以睇吓藝術家想什麼/內容其實極似平時同藝術家朋友交談會傾嘅嘢/本書就係印得好靚/Pantone青封面紫色硬皮翠綠書帶D畫都印得靚紙又揀得好靚排版又靚/賞心悅目)

9. Art Theory For Beginners
(藝術理論/高速精讀/知道咗個脈絡同D人物&Terms自己再到Library搵書做research/做藝術要多讀書)

10. Tate Guide to Modern Art Terms, The:Updated & Expanded Edition : Updated & Expanded Edition
(藝術小字典/D terms日新月異真係多到行內人都未必知道晒既時候/一書旁身/閒時買黎急時用)

11. The Photograph as Contemporary Art
(重要/Charlotte Cotton整理攝影作為當代藝術的思路/介紹攝影在當代藝術的不同practice/新版增加咗兩個chapters/攝影師必讀)

12. Photography Changes Everything
(Photography Changes Everything/ Very true/幫忙思考/讀攝影要多讀書)

因為本來是Facebook Status,朋友想我介紹幾本書,所以寫得比較隨意。但以上都是我的精選,希望以上十二本書會幫到大家。