In this book an international group of specialist historians, critics and photographers revise the dominant models on which our knowledge of the history of photography has been based and set out a number of possible alternatives. Hubertus von Ameluxen, Joan Fontcuberta, Daniel Girardin, Andr Gunthert, Ian Jeffrey, Mounira Khemir, Boris Kossoy, Andrea Kunnard, Vincent Lavoie, Joan Naranjo, Jos Antonio Navarrete, Bernardo Riego, Teresa Siza, Marie Loup Sougez, Johan Swinnen, Carmelo Vega, Henning Steen Wettendorff.