Art Photography Now (Susan Bright) Thames & Hudson

Another recent addition to the bookshelf. I particularly like this book because of the photograph on the cover by Viviane Sassen entitled Flamboya:Victoria 2007. Sassens use of colour I find clean and refreshing and her work has a modernity that inspires. I have to say increasingly I find collections such as this frustrating in the way an artist is skimmed over where a monograph gives gives real depth and insight into a body of work. However they are good as an introduction to little known photographers and as a reference book. The photographs of Gregory Crewdson, Doug Aitken and James Welling appealed to me and led me to look further into their work.