consumption. (2014). 5th ed.

The book is comprised of 11 artist’s views on their concept of consumption illustrated through photography with powerful messages about global sustainability.

The book starts off talking about the effects of consumption on the planet and the disproportions of wealth and poverty around the world. It has a lot of scary statistics to back the dystopian picture they’re painting.

‘’how is it that, in our era of spiritualized hedonism when the goal of life is directly defined as happiness, anxiety and depression are exploding?’’ this sets the tone even further of the book being pessimistic and filled with existential dread and is working towards outlining the issues by confronting the most pressing social and environmental challenges of today.

It goes on to discuss the importance of photography and the impact photographs can have and talks about the ‘laws of photography’

After pages of the photographs, the book ends with statements from the artists on their chosen work and gives more in-depth information on the significance of their photos.