Introduction chapter summary

In the introduction chapter of the book The Photograph as Contemporary Art, the author Charlotte Cotton describes existing motivations and expressions in photography world and also provides history knowledge for this topic. There are eight chapters in this book; each of them defines a particular area of photography. Furthermore, the author explains how modern photographers contribute their works to art photography. Later in introduction chapter, Charlotte summarizes and describes the topic for each chapter in this book. In rest of the chapter, the author lists some examples of contemporary photographers and their work which had influenced the art photography.