Photography is magic / Charlotte Cotton.

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Contains artists statements.

"With images and texts by Michele Abeles, Takaaki Akaishi, Lotta Antonsson, Walead Beshty, Lucas Blalock, Andrey Bogush, Brian Bress, Bianca Brunner, Stefan Burger, Antoine Catala, Phil Chang, Talia Chetrit, Joshua Citarella, Sara Cwynar, Bryan Dooley, Jessica Eaton, Shannon Ebner, Marten Elder, Jason Evans, Sam Falls, Brendan Fowler, Victoria Fu, Daniel Gordon, Darren Harvey-Regan, Leslie Hewitt, Nancy de Holl, John Houck, Go Itami, Rachel de Joode, Farrah Karapetian, Matt Keegan, Annette Kelm, Soo Kim, Yuki Kimura, Josh Kline, Lucas Knipscher, Joshua Kolbo, Taisuke Koyama, Owen Kydd, Elad Lassry, Brandon Lattu, John Lehr, Anthony Lepore, Alexandra Leykauf, Matt Lipps, Annie MacDonell, Florian Maier-Aichen, Phil Maisel, Emmeline de Mooij, Carter Mull, Nerhol (Ryuta Iida and YoshihisaTanaka), Katja Novitskova, Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs, Arthur Ou, Marina Pinsky, Matthew Porter, Eileen Quinlan, Jon Rafman, Sean Raspet, Clunie Reid, Abigail Reynolds, Will Rogan, Asha Schechter, Hugh Scott-Douglas, Shirana Shahbazi, Daniel Shea, Erin Shirreff, Timur Si-Qin, Elisa Sighicelli, Brea Souders, Kate Steciw, Batia Suter, Yosuke Takeda, Miguel �Angel Tornero, Sara VanDerBeek, Artie Vierkant, Anne de Vries, Hannah Whitaker, Charlie White, Lindsey White, Chris Wiley, Letha Wilson, and Amir Zaki." -- Book flap

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Artists (in alphabetical order by last name): -- Photography is magic contains images and texts by Michele Abeles, Takaaki Akaishi, Lotta Antonsson, Walead Beshty, Lucas Blalock, Andrey Bogush, Brian Bress, Bianca Brunner, Stefan Burger, Antoine Catala, Phil Chang, Talia Chetrit, Joshua Citarella, Sara Cwynar, Bryan Dooley, Jessica Eaton, Shannon Ebner, Marten Elder, Jason Evans, Sam Falls, Brendan Fowler, Victoria Fu, Daniel Gordon, Darren Harvey-Regan, Leslie Hewitt, Nancy de Holl, John Houck, Go Itami, Rachel de Joode, Farrah Karapetian, Matt Keegan, Annette Kelm, Soo Kim, Yuki Kimura, Josh Kline, Lucas Knipscher, Joshua Kolbo, Taisuke Koyama, Nico Krebs and Taiyo Onorato, Owen Kydd, Elad Lassry, Brandon Lattu, John Lehr, Anthony Lepore, Alexandra Leykauf, Matt Lipps, Florian Maier-Aichen, Phillip Maisel, Annie MacDonell, Emmeline de Mooij, Carter Mull, Nerhol (Ryuta Iida and YoshihisaTanaka), Katja Novitskova, Arthur Ou, Marina Pinsky, Matthew Porter, Eileen Quinlan, Jon Rafman, Sean Raspet, Clunie Reid, Abigail Reynolds, Will Rogan, Asha Schechter, Hugh Scott-Douglas, Shirana Shahbazi, Daniel Shea, Erin Shirreff, Timur Si-Qin, Elisa Sighicelli, Brea Souders, Kate Steciw, Batia Suter, Yosuke Takeda, Miguel �Angel Tornero, Sara VanDerBeek, Artie Vierkant, Anne de Vries, Hannah Whitaker, Charlie White, Lindsey White, Chris Wiley, Letha Wilson, and Amir Zaki.

Essay / Charlotte Cotton -- Artists (in the order they appear in the book): -- Asha Schechter -- Charlie White -- Sean Raspet -- Lucas Blalock -- Michel Abeles -- Marina Pinsky -- John Lehr -- Jason Evans -- Talia Chetrit -- Shirana Shahbazi -- Erin Shirreff -- Joshua Citarella -- Phil Chang -- Elad Lassry -- Alexandra Leykauf -- Victoria Fu -- Yosuke Takeda -- Emmeline de Mooij -- Hannah Whitaker -- Taisuke Koyama -- Soo Kim -- Artie Vierkant -- Owen Kydd -- Marten Elder -- Matthew Porter -- Brea Souders -- Sara Cwynar -- Anthony Lepore -- Andrey Bogush -- Stefan Burger -- Chris Wiley -- Brandon Lattu -- Lotta Antonsson -- Anne de Vries -- Brenda Fowler -- Daniel Gordon -- Brian Bress -- Nancy de Holl -- Rachel de Joode -- Arthur Ou -- Bryan Dooley -- Leslie Hewitt -- Yuki Kimura -- Batia Suter -- Eileen Quinlan -- Lucas Knipscher -- Farrah Karapetian -- Hugh Scott-Douglas -- Daniel Shea -- Darren Harvey-Regan -- Phil Maisel -- Sara VanDerBeek -- Bianca Brunner -- Go Itami -- Annie MacDonell -- Jessica Eaton -- Amir Zaki -- Shannon Ebner -- Clunie Reid -- Antoine Catala -- Annette Kelm -- John Houck -- Elisa Sighicelli -- Florian Maier-Aichen -- Will Rogan -- Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs -- Nerhol (Ryuta Iida and Yoshihisa Tanaka) -- Matt Keegan -- Sam Falls -- Lindsey White -- Walead Beshty -- Takaaki Akaishi -- Abigail Reynolds -- Matt Lipps -- Miguel Angel Tornero -- Jon Rafman -- Josh Kline -- Timur Si-Qin -- Letha Wilson -- Joshua Kolbo -- Katja Novitskova -- Kate Steciw -- Carter Mull -- Artists' statements -- Acknowledgments -- Artist index -- Reproduction credits.

Overview: Photography Is Magic draws together current ideas about the use of photography as an invaluable medium in the contemporary art world. Edited and with an essay by leading photography writer and curator Charlotte Cotton, this critical publication surveys the work of a diverse group of artists, many working at the borders of the "art world" and the "photography world," all of whom are engaged with experimental ideas concerning photographic practice and its place in a shifting photographic landscape being reshaped by digital techniques. Readers are shown the scope of photographic possibilities in the context of the contemporary creative process. From Michele Abeles and Walead Beshty to Daniel Gordon and Matthew Lipps, Cotton has selected artists who are consciously reframing photographic practices using mixed media, appropriation and a recalibration of analog processes. Cotton brings these artists together around the idea of magic, the properties of illusion and material transformation that uniquely characterize photography. Beautifully produced and critically rigorous, Photography Is Magic is aimed at younger photo aficionados, students and anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of contemporary photography. It includes images and text by more than 80 artists, including Sara Cwynar, Shannon Ebner, Annette Kelm, Josh Kline, Elad Lassry, Jon Rafman, Shirana Shahbazi and Sara VanDerBeek, among many others.