Active Landscape Photography

How can photography be transformed into an active process of investigation for landscape architecture and environmental design? The second book in Godfrey¿s series, Active Landscape Photography,presents engaged photographic methods that turn photography into a rigorous, thoughtful endeavor for the research, planning and design of landscape places.

Photography is the most ubiquitous and important form of representation in these disciplines. Yet photography is not specifically taught as a core skill within these fields. This book creates a starting point for filling this gap. Concepts and working methods from contemporary photography and critical cultural theories are contextualized into situations encountered in the daily practice of landscape architecture and environmental design. These methods can be integrated into practices in academic and professional settings or picked up and self-taught by an individual reader. Part I: Methods presents easily a