Photographers have been making photobooks bound collections of their work ever since the birth of photo-graphy in the early nineteenth century. While for some pho-tographers the single print is considered the ultimate expression of their work, for many others the photobook is the most important vehicle for the widespread communi-cation of their vision.

Preface

Introduction

Mirrors and Windows

The American Photobook since the 1970S

Common Market

The European Photobook since the 1980

Other Territories

The Worldwide Photobook

Appropriating Photography

The Artist's Photobook

Point of Sale

The Company Photobook

Looking at Photographs

The Picture Editor as Author

The Camera as Witness

The 'Concerned' Photobook since World War II

The Diisseldorf Tendency

The New Objective Photobook

Home and Away

Modern Life and the Photobook

Epilogue

The Ultimate Photobook

Notes  328

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Index