Photography Is Magic

Photography is Magic surveys more than eighty artists whose practices shape the possibilities of our contemporary photographic landscape.

Format: Paperback / softback
Number of pages: 384
Number of images: 0
Publication date: 2015-09-29
Measurements: 8.9 x 10.3 x 1.1 inches
ISBN: 9781597113311

The book addresses the present moment: an incredibly rich image environment, freely circulating, disembodied, destabilized, precarious, and in flux. –ArtSlant
[Cotton] shares some of that wisdom with a sense of joy and sparkle, showcasing highlights from the world’s most incredible image-makers. –W Magazine
Charlotte Cotton casts a spell with her magnificent new book that celebrates the art of photographic magic. –AnOther
A thorough primer in the present-day scene of art photography. –Surface

Charlotte Cotton has been at the forefront of the appraisal of contemporary art photography for more than twenty years. She has held curatorial positions at institutions including the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Photographers’ Gallery in London, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She has been a visiting scholar and critic at Parsons the New School for Design, New York University, and the School of Visual Arts, New York; California College of the Arts, San Francisco; Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles; and Yale University, New Haven. Cotton is the author of The Photograph as Contemporary Art (2004) and founder of the discussion forum Words Without Pictures.