ISBN: 3908247772 9783908247777

Category: Photography / General

Page count: 47

In this accessible and eloquent book-length essay, Urs Stahel, writer, curator, and co-founder of the Fotomuseum Winterthur, muses on the very nature of photography. Chapters on industrial photography, staged and conceptual photography, and the current crisis of photojournalism provide a panoramic overview of the possibilities and challenges of photography in all of its variety, from the casual snapshot to art and commercial photography. Destined to become a standard work, this essay is a must-read for anyone interested in thinking about photography.