I’ve discovered that Joe Zeltsman’s book, “The Zeltsman Approach to Traditional Classic Portraiture” is available online. The 16 chapters appear to be complete, with plenty of images to illustrate the various topics of the book. The book is full of useful information on a classical approach to facial valuation, posing, and lighting. The book is written for photographers, but I believe portrait painters and will also find this information useful.
I’ve not run down the source of the book’s posting — I hope it does not violate any copyrights. I know that Zeltsman was a popular portrait photographer who died last December. His influence was widespread, and included another well known teacher, Marty Zucker. Chapter one of the book includes a brief biography.
The book lives here.
February 20th, 2010 at 8:00 pm
This book is a “must have” for portraitist. Thank You.