Congress of Photography in Vienna 44 Essays and Texts To mark its 30th anniversary the European Society for the History of Photography organised an international Congress featuring many keynote speakers, and it has now published its results in book form. The Congress focused on a critical examination of photographic image perception from a topical, transdisciplinary perspective. Within the context of the visual glut of images generated by our globalised society, concepts and effects of photographic images are analysed and explanation models discussed. The book looks at three main topic areas: Photographic History and the Variable Image. Use and Manipulation of the Picture as an Aspect of our Visual Culture // Models, Concepts and Strategies for Private and Public Photographic Collections // Photography and its Interaction with the Fine Arts and the Sciences. The publication comprises 44 text contributions by internationally renowned scientists, major private collectors and representatives of leading institutions such as MOMA, New York, and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. With contributions by, among others: Anna Auer, Vladimir Birgus, Xavier Canonne, Alistair Crawford, Michael Gray, Rosina Herrera, Katherine Hoffman, Anton Holzer, André Jammes, Steven Franklin Joseph, Rolf H. Krauss, Carmen Pérez González, Mark B. Pohlad, Michael Ponstingl, Laurent Roosens, Tim Otto Roth, Rolf Sachsse, Christoph Schaden, Uwe Schoegl, Monika Schwärzler, Giuliana Scimé, Andreas Spiegl, Johan Swinnen, Emöke Tomsics, Liz Wells, Matthew Witkovsky, Derek Wood, Italo Zannier, Margit Zuckriegl. nominated: Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2010