PICTURETHIS
WHEN the camera was invented in the 1800s, who could have imagined we would one day use it to take photos of our lunch? This fabulous new book is a breakdown of the history of photography through 50 great pictures, from historical stills of war-torn countries, to iconic portraits of Marilyn Monroe (above). Author Haydn Smith demystifies the jargon for those of us who don’t know our Arbus from our Avedon and, hopefully, in the process, persuades us to stop taking photos of club sandwiches.