'The images are thoughtful, disturbing, and funny in turn; there is a great variety of work to explore' - Royal Photographic Society Journal 'A thorough deconstruction of what family photos habitually are' - Telegraph 'Tackles the emotional rollercoaster of family life with the honesty it deserves' - Guardian 'All of family life is here - which means all of human life too' - New Statesman 'A journey through the modern world every picture tells a thousand words about the way we live' - Motherland
Sophie Howarth is a writer, teacher, curator and entrepreneur based in London. Co-founder of the School of Life, she has also been Curator of Public Programmes at Tate Modern and an Associate Curator for Artangel. Stephen McLaren is a photographer, writer and curator based in Los Angeles. He is the co-author of three previous Thames & Hudson titles: Street Photography Now, Photographers Sketchbooks and Family Photography Now.
Introduction Our Own Families Other Peoples Families