The classic of photo didactics in Germany - the bible of image composition. Is there a manual for good pictures? A question that cannot be simply answered with a yes or no, because every image has two levels of assessment: the content on one side and its composition on the other. In this book by Harald Mante, one of the classics of photographic literature, now in its fourth edition and completely newly illustrated, the focus is on image composition, the arrangement of an image with form and color. There is no manual for this either, no patented recipes, but there are indeed principles and rules that have developed through the epochs of painting and photography. Harald Mante conveys these fundamentals and illustrates everything with wonderful photographs. "The Photo" by Harald Mante aims to present these foundations of photography.