Photography Surveys

Inspired by John Szarkowski’s 1973 Looking at Photographs, and paying homage to it's concept of one hundred images with a page of text for each, Stephen Frailey here updates this classic with significant works of photography from early 80s to the present. Looking at Photography...

100 Ideas that Changed Photography chronicles the most influential ideas that have shaped photography from the invention of the daguerreotype in the early 19th century up to the digital revolution and beyond.Each photographic idea is presented through lively text and arresting visuals, and explores when...

Written by Marta Weiss, Curator of Photographs at the V&A, Making It Up: Photographic Fictions shows how, throughout its history, photography has been used to depict fiction as well as fact. With over 130 photographs supported by extended commentaries and an introduction, Making It Up: Photographic Fictions illustrates...

From the daguerreotype to the digital age, Face Time is an accessible introduction to one of photography’s most popular subjects: ourselves. With over 250 illustrations, it presents rarely seen treasures alongside works by the greatest names in photography, including nineteenth-century pioneers Hippolyte Bayard and Julia Margaret Cameron, twentieth-century...

At a time when individual rights are being contested and when those on the fringes of society feel deeply threatened, this powerful photographic compilation delivers a message of humanity and inclusiveness that transcends geopolitical and cultural boundaries. Works by critically acclaimed photographers including Bruce...

Ravens & Red Lipstick provides a visually bold survey of Japanese photography’s recent history. Drawing together extensive research and a succession of engaging dialogues with both emerging and established photographers, Lena Fritsch traces its development chronologically from the severity of post-war Realism to the diverse...

Rare & Collectible Featuring an essay by Lucy R. Lippard This catalogue was published to accompany the groundbreaking 1997 exhibition and Defining Eye: Women Photographers of the 20th Century, Selections from the Helen Kornblum Collection at the Saint Louis Art Museum. Featuring work by well-known...

The Prix Pictet highlights photography on the crucial topic of global sustainability. This catalogue of the fourth season delved into the theme of Power. This multi-faceted subject is portrayed with thought and artistry by the 12 exceptional artists shortlisted for this prestigious photography prize....

Fire is the fourth element. It destroys and creates something new. In its heat, colours, and magnitude, it provides a terrifying spectacle as much as an existential threat. Today, it speaks as much to the fragility of human structures as to the damage wrought...

ten is a celebration of the outstanding photography showcased by the Prix Pictet from 2008 to 2018. Prix Pictet invites artists to tackle multi-faceted themes on the topic of sustainability. During its first decade, some 4,200 photographers presented over 28,000 images to the jury,...

Photography Inc. relates the story of photography and the photography industry from its earliest days to the present. Photography began as a craft. A photograph was a luxury item. Later, it became a mass product for a democratic market. Automation, commerce and consumers all played their part. Manufacturers followed...

The photographic industry employs thousands of women, but champions mostly men. To begin to redress the balance, here is a timely presentation of the work of over thirty young female photographers working today. This book is predominantly a celebration of some of the most...

This lavishly illustrated volume looks at the myriad ways in which the burgeoning art of photography dialogued with Impressionist painting. In the 19th century, numerous photographers chose the same motifs as Impressionist painters: the forest of Fontainebleau, the cliffs of Étretat or the modern...

The Minimalist view uncovers the aesthetics of everyday life and transforms them into something extraordinary and inspiring. Here the works of fifteen selected international photo artists reveal the multifaceted range of a global movement. With their reduction to the essentials of geometry, colour, and...

A powerful commemoration of notable moments of protest, Picturing Resistance highlights the important American social justice movements of the last seven decades. Including both black-and-white and color photographs, this important record pairs iconic and unexpected images with insightful narrative captions that contextualise the meanings behind the...

This is the catalogue published for the Photo London fair 2015. The fair featured three exhibitions, an installation, a program of special talks, and over 70 participating galleries from across the globe. The catalogue features images by photographers from each participating galleries, as well...

The FotoFest Biennial 2022 central exhibition, If I Had a Hammer, considered the ways artists utilise images to unpack the ideological underpinnings that inspire collective cultural movements around the globe. Together, the twenty-three included artists propose alternative techniques of seeing and engaging with the...

From as early as 1839, artists began exploring photography's enormous potential for storytelling and often went to great lengths to stage pictures for the camera. Photography as Fiction opens with a short introductory essay summarising the history of staged photography, highlighting key debates on the...

The rise of digital photography is perhaps the most manifest legacy of the digital revolution in art. Through the use of sophisticated software and scanners, artists are able to enhance photographs, saturate them with colour, and create mesmerising effects. Focusing exclusively on digital photography...

Eighty-five percent of photojournalists are men. That means almost everything that is reported in the world is seen through men’s eyes. Similarly, spaces and communities men don’t have access to are left undocumented and forgotten. With the camera limited to the hands of one gender, photographic ‘truth’ is...