TY - BOOK AU - Cotton,Charlotte TI - The photograph as contemporary art T2 - Thames & Hudson world of art SN - 9780500204016 (pbk.) PY - 2009/// CY - London, New York, N.Y. PB - Thames & Hudson KW - Photography, Artistic KW - History N1 - Previous ed.: 2004; Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-243) and index; If this is art --; Once upon a time --; Deadpan --; Something and nothing --; Intimate life --; Moments in history --; Revived and remade --; 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 -