Light Fantastic: The Art and Design of Stage Lighting

Light Fantastic has received accolades from the theater community, including the Golden Pen Award from the Institute for Theater Technology and Outstanding Academic Title award from Choice magazine. The text has been brought up to date to reflect the latest technological advances, while new essays on light in architecture, lighting for music concerts, and the metaphysics and politics of light broaden its scope. Now in its third edition, Light Fantastic has been expanded to include breathtaking new photographs from author Max Keller's most recent productions. Throughout the book hundreds of vibrant color photographs convey the excitement of live performance. As beautiful as it is instructive, this award-winning book on all aspects of theatrical lighting design has become the standard resource in the field. This remarkable volume is an indispensable handbook to stage lighting design.. Keller s extensive knowledge and experience on some of the world s most celebrated stages make him the definitive source for veterans or those new to the field of stage lighting. Now available in a completely revised, updated, and expanded edition, this book is the definitive guide to stage lighting design by a virtuoso in the field

"The book is fantastic it has great photos and explains every thing clearly" according to MacKenzie Larson. The book is fantastic it has great photos and explains every thing clearly. I would recommend this book for any theater lighting class. or any kind of lighting class.. Damian Gonçalves said Five Stars. Fantastic book.. Erin K. said Awesome book!. I got this for my boyfriend for Christmas (he's the technical director for our theatre company) and he said it's a great book. I was hoping it would have more pictures of stages with different lighting designs (you know, like pictures taken during performances so you could see the designs in action), but a lot of the pictures are more technical -- diagrams and things. There are still a lot of really neat pictures though, and out of

Since 1970 he has been offering creative and technical solutions for the stage. . Max Keller is among the world's leading lighting designers. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his work in the theatre

"What makes it stand out from the rest of the lighting books on the market is its sharp, full-color pictures." -- Dramatics, January 2001A painstakingly researched and copiously illustrated treatment of theatrical lighting design…An excellent sourcebook on lighting design." -- Choice, July 2000