TY - BOOK AU - Cotton,Charlotte TI - The photograph as contemporary art T2 - World of art SN - 9780500204184 (pbk.) : AV - TR642 U1 - 770 COT PY - 2014/// CY - London PB - Thames & Hudson KW - Photography, Artistic KW - History KW - Photography KW - ukslc KW - History of art KW - thema KW - Photography & photographs N1 - 1.If this is art -- 2.Once upon a time -- 3.Deadpan -- 4.Something and nothing -- 5.Intimate life -- 6.Moments in history -- 7.Revived and remade -- 8.Physical and material N2 - Charlotte Cotton looks at the many different ways contemporary artists have embraced photography. The text explains the differences between artists such as Andreas Gursky, Nan Goldin and Gillian Wearing, and introduces the main techniques and personalities of the medium ER -