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Photography and Visual Media: Books and eBooks

A guide for Profesessional Photography students at ACC

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Browsing the Photography Collection
Want to just browse for books on the shelf and see what you find?  No problem!  Most photography related materials are in the TR section.  Here is the complete call number range photography topics.  The call number is like the address for your book.  It tells us where the book "lives" on the shelf.

TR1–TR1050 - Photography in general

  • TR1–TR15 - Periodicals, serials
  • TR16–TR48 - General works on photography
  • TR50 - History of photography
  • TR55 - Exhibitions
  • TR57–TR68 - Theory, philosophy, and aesthetics of photography
  • TR75–TR105 - Techniques of photography
    • TR77 - Lighting
    • TR85 - Special effects
    • TR87 - Motion pictures and cinematography
    • TR93–TR105 - Special subjects, processes (infrared, ultraviolet, etc.)
  • TR140 - Biographies of photographers
  • TR146–TR150 - Equipment and supplies
  • TR183–TR299 - Practical photography
  • TR500–TR504 - Cameras and photographic equipment
  • TR505–TR595 - Color photography
  • TR600–TR670 - Special topics in photography (infrared photography, digital photography, etc.)
  • TR671–TR699 - Commercial photography (e.g., portrait photography, advertising)
  • TR700–TR799 - Applied photography, photojournalism, documentary photography
  • TR800–TR822 - Cinematography and videography
  • TR850–TR899 - Scientific photography, X-ray photography
  • TR925 - Amateur photography, hobby photography
  • TR1001–TR1050 - Special kinds of photography (microscopic, underwater, etc.)

eBook Textbooks from O'Reilly

This list includes online versions of textbooks that are currently in use by the ACC Professional Photography department. You must be logged in with your EID and password through ACC Libraries, Blackboard or ACCMail to access.

Photography eBook Lists from O'Reilly

Through our subscription to O'Reilly for Higher Education, ACC Students, Faculty and Staff have free access to thousands of software manuals, textbooks and books on photography techniques. The lists below are just a few of the photography related books that are available. You must be logged in with your EID and password through ACC Libraries, Blackboard or ACCMail to access.


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