Now revised and expanded, this essential survey presents the work of eighty of the most important artist-photographers in the world.

The book is divided into seven sections—Portrait, Landscape, Narrative, Object, Fashion, Document, and City—that explore the diverse subjects, styles, and methods of the leading practitioners. Introductions to each section outline the genres and consider why photographers are attracted to certain themes, and how issues like memory, time, objectivity, politics, identity, and the everyday are tied to their approaches. Each photographer’s work is accompanied by Susan Bright’s commentaries and by quotations from the artist.

Leading artists such as Andreas Gursky, Cindy Sherman, Sophie Calle, Nan Goldin and Martin Parr, Gregory Crewdson, Candida Höfer, Gabriel Orozco, and Wolfgang Tillmans are featured alongside emerging international figures, including Viviane Sassen, LaToya Ruby Frazier, and Leigh Ladure. The introduction explores the historical relationship between art and photography from the early nineteenth century, and a new final chapter looks at the changes photography has undergone in recent years. 254 full-color and 21 black-and-white photographs

苏珊·布赖特(Susan Bright)，国际知名的摄影批评家，同时也是策展人和作家，文章散见于各大报刊杂志。她除了举办过许多艺术与摄影的国际性会议和研讨外，曾担任伦敦国家肖像画廊(National Portrait Gallery)摄影部门助理策展人、摄影师协会策展人，以及伦敦苏富比艺术学院(Sotheby's Institute of Art)摄影硕士课程(历史与当代)的执行总监。

本书外，苏珊·布赖特还出版了本书的姊妹篇《自动对焦:当代摄影中的自拍照》(AUTO FOCUS: THE SELF-PORTRAIT IN CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY，世界图书出版公司，2013)，现定居于纽约。