The book
The foundation of the Method — in writing.
The book is more than 200 pages. It brings THE LUMINA METHOD™ by Per Valentin together in text, questions, exercises and image critique. It is the professional foundation used in the LUMINA formats.
The book already exists and serves as the professional foundation of the Method. It is closely connected to taking part in the LUMINA formats: what you read is what you work with when we meet.
200+ pagesText, exercises and image critique
Contents
What the book works with.
- 01The manifestoThe principles behind the Method.
- 02MeaningWhy should the photograph be taken?
- 03The Third DimensionWhat stays with the person who has seen the photograph?
- 04SeeingWhat do you notice before you raise the camera?
- 05FeelingWhat mood should the photograph carry?
- 06IntentionWhat do you include, and what do you leave out?
- 07RhythmHow does the eye move through the photograph or series?
- 08IdentityWhich choices do you repeat until the photographs become recognisably yours?
- 09Photographic practiceHow to use the questions while you photograph.
- 10ExercisesAssignments that make the Method concrete.
- 11Questions for reflectionQuestions about your choices and photographs.
- 12SelectionHow do you choose the photographs that best do what you intended?
- 13Image critiqueHow to speak plainly about what a photograph does.
- 14SeriesHow do several photographs hold together?
- 15A personal visual languageThe choices you repeat that make the photographs yours.
The chapters follow the dimensions of the Method and end in the practical work: selection, critique, series and your own visual language.
Publication and access
Where things stand.
The book is used today in the work inside the LUMINA formats. How and when it becomes more widely available has not been announced yet. Sign up for first access and you will hear it first.