Anyone with even a passing interest in the history of photography should snap up Gerry Badger's concise treatise on the medium. While the enormous breadth of the subject means that the work of the world's most famous photographers is usually reduced down to a single image, Badger builds a compelling case for the photograph as a crucial purveyor of social truths, cultural innovation and change.
Mixing documentary imagery with fine art practitioners and grizzled veterans of reporting, Badger makes eclectic juxtapositions and always tries to uncover the story behind the image.
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The Genius of Photography by Gerry Badger (Quadrille, £25)
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