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Win Two Books on Photography: David Hume Kennerly on the iPhone and The Instagram Book

Five winners will each receive copies of David Hume Kennerly on the iPhone from GOFF Books and The Instagram Book from AMMO Books

December 3, 2014

This giveaway is now closed. The winners are: David McCarthy, Niju Mohan, William Pan, Courtney Meador, and Clare Conway. Win two new books on digital photography. Five winners will each receive copies of David Hume Kennerly on the iPhone: Secrets and Tips from a Pulitzer Prize-winning Photographer, from GOFF Books, and The Instagram Book, from AMMO Books. (Details on how to enter the giveaway, open until Tuesday, December 9, 11:59 PM EST below.)

David Hume Kennerly on the iPhone: Secrets and Tips from a Pulitzer Prize-winning Photographer, 2014 (GOFF Books)

About David Hume Kennerly on the iPhone (GOFF Books): David Hume Kennerly won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for his photographs of the Vietnam War when he was 25 years old, one of the youngest people to ever receive that honor. He was recently named, “One of the Most 100 Most Important People in Photography” by American Photo Magazine. In David Hume Kennerly on the iPhone, using only the camera in his iPhone, Kennerly pursued an around the world photo-a-day mission in 2013. Along the way he discovered that paring down his formidable photo arsenal to a single, simple camera forced him to sharpen his eye and made him an even better photographer. The images and insights in this book will challenge and inspire any shooter, from amateurs to seasoned professionals.

“Kennerly’s book is beyond the iPhone; it is a guide to simply making all-around better photography.” — LA Times

The Instagram Book: Inside the Online Photography Revolution, edited by Steven Crist and Megan Shoemaker, 2014 (AMMO Books)

About The Instagram Book (AMMO Books): Since the origin of modern photography, artists of all kinds have sought to share their images within their personal networks of friends and family. Today, with the advent of the Internet and subsequent explosion of online photo sharing, photographers have an audience which is exponentially larger than that of just a few years ago. Photography as a medium has been revolutionized, with high-quality cameras built into smartphones, advanced editing software readily accessible, and online social media sites providing a platform for sharing and delivery. The Instagam Book explores this rapidly expanding movement of social media photography in a stunning collection of images from photographers around the world who post their pictures on the popular app, Instagram. Curated from the software’s millions of users, The Instagram Book features a spectrum of photographers—both professional and amateur—who contribute to this groundbreaking online community.

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