Enseñar fotografía. Notas reunidas

The teaching experience of American photographer Philip Perkis (1935-2025) was forged over four decades in institutions such as Pratt Institute, Cooper Union and the School of Visual Arts. In this volume, first published in 2001 by OB Press, the author distills his knowledge in reflections on visual perception, photographic exercises and practical advice on the teaching of photography.

The sharp and insightful observations of teaching photography. Notes gathered seek to stimulate and inspire. Through them, Philip Perkis defends photography as an autonomous form of artistic expression and raises a series of questions that invite reflection and open the debate, encouraging teachers and photographers to take risks. Devoid of images, the book encourages the reader to exercise the mind's ability to visualize; a fundamental tool in the art of taking photographs.

Philip Perkis began photographing in the U.S. Air Force in 1957, while serving as a tail gunner for a B36. He attended the San Francisco Art Institute, studied with Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange and John Collier Jr. He arrived in New York in 1962, taught in many schools and taught numerous workshops around the world. He was director of the Pratt Institute’s Photography Department. He was part of the graduate faculty at the School of Visual Arts and Tisch, NYU. Guggenheim Fellow, NEA and CAPS. He exhibited his work in numerous individual and group exhibitions. His work is represented in numerous museum collections. Published the monographs Warwick Mountain Series (Nexus Press, Atlanta, 1978); The Sadness of Men (Quantuck Lane Press, New York, 2008); Conversation with Philip Perkis (anmoc, Seoul, 2009); In a Box Upon the Sea (anmoc, Seoul, 2015); Mexico (anmoc, Seoul, 2019); Octave (in collaboration with Cyrilla Mozenter, anmoc, Seoul, 2020); ar (in collaboration with Cyrilla Mozenter, AC Books, San Diego, 2023); Notan (anmoc, Seoul, 2024). The first edition of Teaching Photography: Notes Assembled was published in 2001 by OB Press.