Photography and Film
The library's collection contains several hundred books about photography and film as well as a number of online books and journals focused mainly on technical and practical aspects of these fields. Considering recent developments, this guide includes animation, imaging, and screening as well.
New books in Photography and Film
- ARTSTOR Digital Library: database that includes images from some of the world’s leading museums, photo archives, scholars and artists. To get an access, you need to be registered with the NTK library. All images can be used for education.
News
Electronic Books
- ProQuest Ebook Central
- EBSCO Academic Collection and Academic Search Complete
- DOAB: Directory of Open Access Books: Open access books on photography and film in the humanities and social sciences
- UC Press E-Books Collection: From the California Digital Library; browse to subject of interest
Recommended eBooks
Print Books
Use the shelf and location (call numbers) below to browse topical areas. Additional books are in underground storage; login to the catalog to retrieve them.
| Subject | Shelf | Call Number |
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Animation |
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| Applied photography | 3C/063-065 | TR624-TR835 |
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Lenses, Sensitive surfaces |
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Digital Photography |
TR267 | |
| Cameras | 3C/061 | TR250-TR265 |
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Photography |
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| Photogrammetry | various | various |
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Cinematography, Video recording |
3C/065-068 | TR845 - 899.5 |
| Handbooks, manuals | ||
| Lighting | 3C/063 | TR590-TR620 |
| Photographic processing | 3C/063 | TR287-TR500 |
| Image processing | 4B/075-076 | TA1637-TA1659 |
Recommended Books
Historical Books in the NTK collection
- Several books on this topic in the library's historical collection
Online Articles
Selected Databases- EBSCO
- Emerald Insight
- IEEE Xplore: Journals and conference publications associated with IEEE and SMPTE
- JSTOR
- ProQuest: Articles, dissertations and theses
- SpringerLink
- Taylor & Francis Online: Articles and journals on photography, film, and imaging
- DOAJ: Open access journals and articles
Electronic Journals
- Lists for photography, film, imaging
Recommended
- EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing
- IEEE Transactions and Computational Imaging
- Journal of Digital Imaging
- SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal
- The British Journal of Photography
Print Journals
The most recent two years of print journals are in the Periodicals Reading Room, shelves 3D/107 and 3D/108. Bound volumes are available in the open stacks or can be retrieved from underground storage, as necessary.
- Complete list of print journals
| Title | ISSN | Journal |
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1477-6650 | Digital photographer |
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1545-0279 | SEMPTE motion imaging |
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1470-4382 | 3D world |
Reference Resources
- CITWF: The Complete Index to World Film - international in scope
- Word Book of the National Film Archive: Czech film terminology with English equivalents
- Internet Archive: Non-profit digital library with millions of free books, films and other content, much of it related to film and photography (Media History Digital Library or Prelinger Archives)
- National Technical Museum: Information about historical photographic techniques
- RPS Journal: Archive of The Journal of the Royal Photographic Society
- Scope: Open access journal of film and television studies
Encyclopedias, Handbooks and Dictionaries
Web Pages
Institutions and companies:
- European Audiovisual Observatory: Collects and distributes information about the audiovisual industry in Europe
- Fujfilm Laboratories: Multinational company specialized in photography and imaging, includes technical reports published by Fujifilm Research and Development
- Getty Conservation Institute: Conservation methods for the visual arts; photographic process is one of its research fields
- Kodak Research & Development: R&D department of the Eastman Kodak Company
- New York Film Academy: Useful information for students of photography and film
- National Film Archive: Czech institution supporting Czech cinema heritage, including an online catalog
- Science & Technology Research Laboratories: Research institute in Japan specializing in broadcasting technology
Other
- Animation World Network: Wide range of animation information
- Digital photography.org: Advice about digital photography
- Digital Photography Review: News, forums, and technology
- IMDb: Film industry news
- Petapixel: Digital photography, film, imaging
- Planet Photoshop: Tips and tutorials
- Techradar: Photography news
- 3dtotal: For animators and graphic designers (news, tutorials)
Your contact
Edita Jindráková
- edita.jindrakova
- 232 002 518
- 778 453 025
Subjects
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Original author: O. Martinová