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THE PHOTOGRAPH AS
CONTEMPORARY ART Charlotte Cotton PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
The first accessible guide to the key artists and uses of photography in contemporary art since the mid-1980s 
An ideal introduction to this popular subject in contemporary culture, this highly readable book surveys work by more than 150 artist-photographers: Andreas Gursky, Nan Goldin, Philip-Lorca di Corcia, Richard Billingham, Jurgen Teller, Thomas Demand, Yinka Shonibare, Thomas Ruff, Jeff Wall, Wolfgang Tillmans, and many more.More than 200 examples of the most important works are illustrated. Themed chapters consider subjects such as narrative and storytelling in art photography, photographing the everyday and the insignificant, the use of photography in conceptual art, and the cool, detached, objective aesthetic prevalent in current art photography. Charlotte Cotton is Curator of Photography at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. ISBN 0-500-20380-6 · 57/8" x 81/4" · 210 illustrations, 100 in color · 224 pages · PHOTOGRAPHY / ART |
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