The third and final volume in the successful series published by Phaidon, acclaimed as “the finest contribution to this field since the emergence of modern histories of photography in the early twentieth century”. This comprehensive survey of contemporary photobooks offers an extensive update to the history of the medium and highlights more than 200 works published between the Second World War and the present. Photographer Martin Parr and co-author Gerry Badger offer an original approach to photographic history, focusing on photography's development through publications and addressing key themes such as conflict, memory, society, place and desire. The book features well-known photobooks such as Ryan McGinley's The Kids Are Alright (New York, 2000) and Paul Graham's A Shimmer of Possibility (2009), alongside unfamiliar and lesser-known works such as Tano d'Amico's E il '77 (1978) and Mao Ishikawa's Hot Nights in Camp Hansen (1982). Richly illustrated with more than 800 new colour photographs.