Peter Smith is a writer and lecturer with over 30 years of experience in teaching Art History and Cultural Theory. He has written articles and reviews for many journals including The Oxford Art Journal and Kunst und Politik. Recent publications include chapters in books including As Radical as Reality itself: Essays on Marxism for the 21st Century (2007) and Renew Marxist Art History (2013). He is currently a teaching at the University of West London where he was course leader for an M.A. in Photography.

Carolyn Lefley is Lecturer in Photography at the University of Hertfordshire and a photographic artist. Her research interests include photography and expanded media: moving image, mobile photography and computer generated imagery. Her photographic practice explores notions of home, belonging and folklore.

Part 1: Histories Introduction to Part 11. Histories and Pre-Histories2. Photography in the Nineteenth CenturyPeter Smith with Andrew Golding3. Photographic Realism: Straight Photography and Photographic Truth4. The Constructed PhotographCase Study 1. Snapshot Photography and the Portable box CameraCase Study 2. The Digital Camera Part 2: Theories Introduction to Part 25. The Rise of Photography Theories6. Photography and the Written WordCase Study 2. Semiology: How Images Make Meaning Part 3: Photography and Education Introduction to Part 37. Issues and Debates in Photography Education I: New Photography Theory8. Issues and Debates in Photography Education II: The Return of the Real9. Teaching and Learning PhotographyPeter Smith withAndrew Golding10. New Technology and Photography Education Part 4: Beyond the Academy Introduction to Part 411. Photography, Advertising and Consumer Culture12. Photography and The Creative EconomyCase Study 4: Digital and Mobile Phone CulturesCase Study 5: The Designed Photograph: Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) in Car Photography