BOOK - More Than a Rock, 2nd Edition

This second edition of More Than a Rock, Essays on Art, Creativity, Photography, Nature, and Life by Guy Tal is a passionate and personal book about creativity and expression. Featuring over 70 brief essays, photographer and teacher Guy Tal shares his thoughts and experiences as an artist who seeks to express more in his images than the mere appearance of the subject portrayed. Following up on the success of the first edition, this revised edition contains updated imagery, a new essay in each of the book's four sections (Art, Craft, Experiences, and Meditations) and is presented in a beautiful hardcover format. Tal makes an argument to consider creative landscape photography; expressing something of the photographer's conception through the use of natural aesthetics; as a form of visual art that is distinct from the mere representation of beautiful natural scenes. Tal covers topics such as the art of photography, approaches to landscape photography, and the experiences of a working pho