Essential Reading
● Bate, D (2009) Photography: The Key Concepts. London: Berg.
● Curana, N. & Fox, A (2012) Behind the Image: Research in Photography.
Lausanne: AVA.
● Langford, M. et al (2010) Langford’s Basic Photography (9 th ed.) Oxford:
Focal Press.
● Short, M (2011) Creative Photography: Context and Narrative. Lausanne: AVA.
● Warner Marien, M (2014) Photography: A Cultural History (4th ed.) London:
Laurence King.

Further Reading
● Baker, S (2016) Performing for the Camera. Tate Publishing: London.
● Barthes, R (1977) Image – Music – Text. London: Fontana Press.
● Bate, D (2009) Photography: The Key Concepts. New York: Berg.
● Bate, D (2016) Art Photography. Harry H. Abrams.
● Berger, J (1972) Ways of Seeing. London: Penguin Books.
● Belsey, C (2002) A Very Short Introduction to Poststructuralism. Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
● Bright, S (2011) Art Photography Now (2nd revised edition). London: Thames
& Hudson.
● Bright, S (2010) Auto Focus: The Self-Portrait in Contemporary Photography.
London: Thames & Hudson.
● Brilliant, R (1991) Portraiture. London: Reaktion Books.
● Bull, S (2009) Photography. London: Routledge.
● Bussard, K (2006) So the Story Goes: Photographs by Tina Barney, Philip-Lorca
diCorcia, Nan Goldin, Sally Mann and Larry Sultan. New Haven, CT: Yale
University Press.
● Campany, D (2008) Photography and Cinema. London: Reaktion Books.
● Cotton, C (2009) The Photograph as Contemporary Art (2nd revised edition).
London: Thames & Hudson.
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● Dexter, E. and Weski, T (2003) Cruel and Tender. London: Tate Publishing
● Eijkelboom, H (2014) People of the 21 st Century. Phaidon Press: London.
● Eskildsen, U (2008) Street & Studio: An Urban History of Photography.
London: Tate Publishing
● Eco, U (1989) The Open Work. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
● Fox, A. & Caruana, N (2012) Behind the Image. Lausanne: AVA Publishing.
● Howarth, S (2005) Singular Images: Essays on Remarkable Photographs.
London: Tate Publishing.
● Hurn, D. and Jay, B (1997) On Being a Photographer: A Practical Guide (3rd
edition). Anacortes, WA: LensWork.
● Jeffrey, I (1981) Photography: A Concise History.
● Jeffrey, I (2009) How to Read a Photograph. London: Thames & Hudson.
● Kozloff, M (2007) The Theatre of the Face: Portrait Photography Since 1900.
London: Phaidon Press.
● La Grange, A (2005) Basic Critical Theory for Photographers. Oxford: Focal
Press.
● Lowry, J, Green, D & Baetens, J (2009) Theatres of the Real. Brighton:
Photoworks.
● Sontag, S (1979) On Photography. London: Penguin.
● Szarkowski, J (1984) Mirrors and Windows: American Photography since 1960.
New York: MoMA.
● Short, M (2011) Context and Narrative. Lausanne: AVA Publishing.
● Williamson, J (2010) Decoding Advertisements: Ideology and Meaning in
Advertising (reissue edition). London: Marion Boyars.
● Wells, L. (2009) Photography: A Critical Introduction (4 th ed.) Abingdon: Routledge