Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : photography studies' prehistory, formation and evolution / Gil Pasternak
Part 1 : Histories and approaches: Studying photography in shifting academic landscapes / Gil Pasternak
A canonical history of photography / Marta Braun
The social history of photography / Douglas Nickel
The eye-witness of humanity: changing approaches to photography's relationship to society and culture / Melissa Miles
Photographic itineraries in time and space : photographs as material objects / Costanza Caraffa
Forces and forms : theories and methods in the history of photography / Jae Emerling
Part 2 : Inter/disciplinary concerns: Disciplining photography and reframing disciplinary interests / Gil Pasternak
Photography in the social and behavioral sciences : intersections, research modes and prospects / Luc Pauwels
After photography as contemporary art / Benedict Burbridge
Photography after philosophy / Daniel Rubinstein
Photography and the business of doing history / Elizabeth Edwards
Archaeology and photography / Christina Riggs
Part 3 : Issues and debates: Enduring concerns in photography studies / Gil Pasternak
Politics and photography : being together, with photographs / Gil Pasternak
Photography and the making of modern science / Jennifer Tucker
Photography as a cultural industry : a historical-theoretical overview / Paul Frosh
Site of ongoing struggle : race and gender in studies of photography / Sarah Parsons
Objects of denigration and desire : taking the amateur photographer seriously / Annebella Pollen
Photography meets social media: image making and sharing in a continually networked present / Martin Hand
Part 4 : Culture and geopolitics: Global and local forces in photography studies / Gil Pasternak
Australian photographic histories after colonialism / Jane Lydon
Beyond orientalism : towards a history of Indigenista photography in the Arab world / Stephen Sheehi
Photography's appearances in China / Oliver Moore
From authenticity to intimacy : practicing photography and studying its history in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic / Eva Pluhařová-Grigienė
Photographic histories and practices in Southern Africa / Darren Newbury
American photographic indicators : addressing the photo-political state of a contested union / Louis Kaplan
Part 5 : Uses and interactions: Photography's changing faces / Gil Pasternak
Viewing and display : pre-photography to the 1970s / Margaret Denny
Representing news with photographs : a visual economy / Thierry Gervais
Photographs at/of/and Museums / Susan A. Crane
"Working objects in their own time" : photographs in archives / Joan M. Schwartz
Domestic collections / Martha Langford
Future technology in photography : from capture to the use of images / David M. Frohlich

The Handbook of Photography Studies is a state-of-the-art overview of the field of photography studies, examining its thematic interests, dynamic research methodologies and multiple scholarly directions. It is a source of well-informed, analytical and reflective discussions of all the main subjects that photography scholars have been concerned with as well as a rigorous study of the field's persistent expansion at a time when digital technology regularly boosts our exposure to new and historical photographs alike. Split into five core parts, the Handbook analyses the field's histories, theories and research strategies; discusses photography in academic disciplinary and interdisciplinary contexts; draws out the main concerns of photographic scholarship; interrogates photography's cultural and geopolitical influences; and examines photography's multiple uses and continued changing faces. Each part begins with an introductory text, giving historical contextualization and scholarly orientation. Featuring the work of international experts, and offering diverse examples, insights and discussions of the field's rich historiography, the Handbook provides critical guidance to the most recent research in photography studies.This pioneering and comprehensive volume presents a systematic synopsis of the subject that will be an invaluable resource for photography researchers and students from all disciplinary backgrounds in the arts, humanities and social sciences