The Photographer's Eye (Definitive Edition): Composition and Design for Better Photos

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Michael Freeman

The Photographer's Eye (Definitive Edition)

Composition and Design for Better Photos

Michael Freeman

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Ilex
28 August 2025

Electronic, holographic & video art; Photographs: portraits; Photographic equipment & techniques; Graphic design; Digital photography: consumer & user guides

FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S EYE FROM AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR MICHAEL FREEMAN - COMING JULY 2025

With 30% new content and never-before-seen images, Michael Freeman brings his ground-breaking book, The Photographer's Eye, up to date with a fresh look and the latest developments in digital photography.

Design is the single most important factor in creating a successful photograph. The ability to see the potential for a strong picture and then organise the graphic elements into an effective, compelling composition has always been one of the key skills in making photographs. Taking a brand-new look at composition, Michael Freeman explores the visual mechanics of photography in its own native terms. Freshly illustrated with straight-to-the-point diagrams and graphic deconstructions, this new remastered edition speaks in that intuitive, visual, and instantaneous language in which photographers think and work.

Dive into extraordinary photography and graphic illustrations that explore how each compositional element is placed and arranged in relation to one another. Examine the outtakes from each shoot to understand why one particular image succeeded compared to those taken before and after. Track the viewer's eye as it moves throughout the photo to see the optical dynamics held within each frame. Most importantly, internalise this graphic language so you can instantly recognise amazing and powerful shots as they appear in your own viewfinder.

By: Michael Freeman
Imprint: Ilex
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 234mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 817g
ISBN: 9781840918878
ISBN 10: 184091887X
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 28 August 2025
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Michael Freeman, professional photographer and best-selling author, was born in England in 1945, took a Masters in Geography at Brasenose College, Oxford University, and then worked in advertising in London for six years. In 1971 he made the life-changing decision to travel up the Amazon with two secondhand cameras, and when Time-Life used many of the pictures he came back with, he embarked on a full-time photographic career. Since then, working for clients that include all the world's major magazines, most notably the Smithsonian Magazine (for which he has shot more than 40 stories over 30 years), Freeman's reputation as one of the world's leading reportage photographers has been consolidated. Of his many books, which have sold over 4 million copies worldwide, more than 60 titles are on the practice of photography. For this photographic educational work he was awarded the Prix Louis Philippe Clerc by the French Ministry of Culture. Freeman's books on photography have been translated into 27 languages.

Reviews for The Photographer's Eye (Definitive Edition): Composition and Design for Better Photos

Michael Freeman has created a gorgeous, well-illustrated book that takes one of the most subtle and abstract elements of photography - composition - and makes it concrete and understandable. * Steelevisions Blog * Illustrated beautifully throughout. * OCA Art of Photography *