Photographic Composition: A Visual Guide

Dr. Richard D. Zakia, Ed.D., Professor Emeritus at Rochester Institute of Technology, taught in many areas of photography and served as the chair of the Fine Art Photography Department and Graduate Program in Imaging Arts. He was the recipient of the Eisenhart Outstanding Teaching Award and the author/co-author of twelve books on photography, including The Focal Encyclopedia of Photography, Teaching Photography, Photographic Composition: A Visual Guide, and his final book, the 4th edition of Perception and Imaging. David A. Page was a student of Dr. Zakia at Rochester Institute of Technology and graduated in 1966. David began his career as a photographic quality control engineer for Polaroid Corporation. Later he joined Data Corporation as a Photo-scientist specializing in the new field of Color Reconnaissance for the military during the Vietnam War era. For a time he was employed by NASA and was in charge of the critical processing of film for the Apollo 11 moon landing. His writing and imageswere published in several books including The Focal Press Encyclopedia of Photography, and in a number of magazines, such as Sports Illustrated. He taught photography in the Duke Art Department, Alamance Community College and at the Duke Institute of the Arts.