Don't believe any knuckleheads telling you this book seems in any way slapdash. It's gorgeous, well-written and meticulously researched. Take all the pictures out, and it would still work as a history. As a photography book, it's beautifully and thoughtfully arranged, as is every book by Mark Vieira. Just pick a random page -- there's logic, there's organization, there's artistry, there's THINKING at work. This is a fine and enthusiastic creation, and I'd recommend it to everyone who has already bought MY book, COMPLICATED WOMEN. Actually I don't see the books in competition. They complement each other. I wouldn't think of doing without this book -- and any suggestion that it's not a work of the heart is utterly absurd.