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"Photography as Contemporary Art" can be an ideal introduction to the dominant art form of our time - photography. The book presents the entire range of contemporary art photography: from intimate portraits to complex staged photographs. "Photography as Contemporary Art is structured thematically, and in each chapter the author comments on the work of a number of artists, including Philippe-Lorca DiCorcia, Sophie Calle, Oleg Kulik, Joseph Beuys, Cindy Sherman and many others. Charlotte Cotton writes about the new generation of artists who are shaping photography as a culturally significant medium in the current socio-political climate. This book is an attempt to reflect on the place and significance of photography in contemporary art.