THE BEGINNINGS OF PHOTOGRAPHY Worldwide – Arab World – Kuwait

“The beginnings of Photography in Kuwait and worldwide” is a historical documentary and a visual story that explains the technical aspects for enhancing the art of photography. It focuses on the skills required to support the process of creating documentary photography.

  • Author Shaima AlMulla
  • Publish Date 2021
  • Language Arabic

About the Book

“The beginnings of Photography in Kuwait and worldwide” is a historical documentary and a visual story that explains the technical aspects for enhancing the art of photography. It focuses on the skills required to support the process of creating documentry photography.

The book describes the early stages of photography in the world, the role of the Arab scientists, and their achievements in this field. The most notable scientist in the field of photography was the Arab scientist Hassan Ibn Al-Haytham, whose research and books played a key role in the success of the French inventor Joseph Niepce in taking the first photo in the world in 1827. The book sheds light on the first photographic camera that was invented in 1839.

By the beginning of the twentieth century, photography was well on its way to becoming the visual language it is today. Documentary photography is a style of photography that provides a straightforward and accurate representation of people, places, objects, and events, and is often used in reportages. Photographers began to use the camera as a tool for social change, and to shed light on the sidelined aspects of society. Social documentary photography is often subjective art, yet there is often a certain degree of ambiguity when it comes to defining different genres of photography.

The importance of this book:

This book is important because it gives opportunity to professional photographers and photography fans to learn about the art and the history of photography. It sheds light on the history of photography, Arab achievements in photography, inventions in photography, the camera industry, and its development over time.

The targeted readers of this book:

This book targets professional as well as amateur photographers, and anyone who is interested in documentary photography. In other words, all photography enthusiasts can enjoy this book.

13) Negotiations: A collection of Short stories. (Edition of 2021)

"Negotiations" is a collection of short stories that observe the different negotiation techniques used by people to settle their differences. It aims to resolve points of differences to gain advantage during a negotiation. It can take a wide variety of forms as shown by each of the characters in the stories who display different techniques of negotiation, regardless of their social status or professional position, abilities, affiliation, and classification. Negotiation strategies are essential to build successful business since it is the art of persuasion and necessary for daily activities. Some people have mastered their skills of negotiations, so they achieve their goals, while others fail to do so, and are needed to give up many of their rights.

The importance of this book:

Since negotiating is such an important part of everyone's professional life, this knowledge can make a real difference to the life of a negotiator. “Negotiations” is important for all persons as it teaches the art of persuasion and to develop their skills. The book provides interesting short stories of persons with effective negotiation skills that gives them confidence in their daily lives. Without effective negotiation, people can lose cases and are required to waive off most of their rights because of their lack of negotiation skills.

The targeted readers of this book:

A skilled negotiator who employs essential listening techniques can achieve better negotiation results and obtain the most favourable outcome possible. By using a variety of techniques and strategies, he/she can enjoy solving tough problems in creative ways.

The skill of negotiation is essential for all, so the targeted readers of this book can be any reader interested in learning the art of negotiation. Moreover, those who enjoy reading short stories may find this book of interest regardless of their age.