Figure 1.1 © Harold & Esther Edgerton Foundation, 1999. Courtesy of Palm Press Inc. 1.4 Brendan Corr ©Financial Times. 1.5 Henri Cartier-Bresson/Magnum. 1.6 Lee Friedlander, New York. 1.7 Nick Ut/Associated Press (AP). 1.8, 5.5, 7.3, 8.2, 8.5, 8.17, 8.19 Library of Congress. 1.10 © Jerry Uelsmann. 1.11, 2.1, 14.39 Royal Photographic Society, Bath. 1.12 Stephen Dalton/NHPA. 1.14, 8.8 Bill Brandt Archive Ltd at www.billbrandt.com. 1.15 © Joy Gregory. 1.16 © Hannah Starkey. 1.17, 8.24 © John Batho, courtesy Zabrieskie Gallery. 6.11 Courtesy Phase One, Denmark. 7.20 Robert Freson, Sunday Times Magazine. 8.1 Elliott Erwitt/Magnum. 8.7 © 2000 The Arizona Board of Regents for the Centre for Creative Photography, Tuscan, Arizona. Courtesy of Weston Gallery Inc, Carmel, Calif. 8.10 © Hunter Kennedy. 8.15 © Franco Fontana. 8.16, 8.18, 8.20 Collections/Fay Godwin. 8.26 © Ady Kerry LBIPP/AK Pictures. 8.29, 13.25 Jean Dieuzaide, Toulouse. 9.1 Courtesy Eastman Kodak Company. 9.24 © Jim Mackintosh Photography, Glasgow. 13.24 © Tansy Spinks. 14.1 © Nicky Coutts. 14.28 © Catherine McIntyre. 14.40 © Ian Coates, FBIPP. 14.41 © Paul Wenham-Clarke. 15.9 © David Hockney. 15.10 Courtesy VisualEyes Ltd. 15.11 Courtesy Martin Evening. B.5 © National Trust Photographic Library/John Bethell. (All other pictures by the author.)