Photography in Oman: Photography and Islamic Culture
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Chapter 1 deals with the Islamic vision towards arts in general and photography in particular. Muslim scholars have different opinions about photography, as do people living in different Islamic societies. This chapter will reveal general factors and ideas that the rest of the chapters will focus on from the Islamic point of view and I will point out in more detail and find solutions to these rules presenting the right way that photography must be described in Islam. The whole book has been written on the importance of the topic of this chapter.
In Chapter 2 portrait photography is described in detail with a focus on substantive, artistic and technical issues, and there is an examination of why there are negative views in photography that affect the people in this community. The chapter also looks at a single issue in the area of portrait photography that affects everybody and is very important to show and find compromises about: the pictures used in official documents.
In Chapter 3, landscape photography is described in detail in terms of both the technical aspects and Islamic law (Shariah); we will see how landscape photography is dominated by male photographers in
In Chapter 4, still-life photography is described, and we will see how it is important in
In Chapter 5, black and white photography will be described, showing its simplicity and the beauty of its images. I will present a general discussion on black and white photography and some of its applications and problems, and we will see more technical aspects and material used in black and white. Black and white photography is used in all different types of photography, including portrait, still-life, landscape and other types of photographic activities.
In Chapter 6, digital photography is explained. We will see both the Islamic opinion towards new technology and why people can be more open towards photography in general. In this society, digital photography definitely has an important role to play in photography because of its technological applications with instant output features.
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‘Photography in How to take pictures from the perspective of people from another culture (Islamic countries) is explained. Professional photographers and all people who read this book will find out what can be photographed, how it can be photographed, and what should and should not be taken by indicating the opinions of Islamic scholars about photography and traditional objections amongst people towards photography. From a photographic aspect it presents types and techniques related to general knowledge in both conventional and digital photography. In addition, the book identifies some natural and historical places in Three topics have been combined in one book, to give readers a good overview, which will help them when planning to take images and which will keep them away from problems that could occur if they are not familiar with positive and negative points in relation to taking images in Islamic societies.
About the Author
Abdullah Khalfan Al-Sauty is presently the head of the photography department at the Center for Educational Technology (CET) in The author was born in