11.5 x 16.5 cm
Soft cover, printed in rizograph, 192 pages


Photography Is presents more than 3,500 phrases that define one of the most democratic and ubiquitous of all art forms. Mirroring the ambiguous and untrustworthy nature of photographs themselves, each phrase in this book has been torn from the context in which it originally appeared. The result is contradictory and chaotic, frustrating and insightful. In short, it is photography without photographs.

This new version of Photography Is, published in 2024 in conjunction with Mishka Henner's exhibition at Jean-Kenta Gauthier gallery, is an update of Henner's seminal self-published book released in 2010.

Photography Is has been the subject of visual installations at Centre Pompidou in Paris, Les Rencontres d'Arles, International Center for Photography in New York, Open Eye in Liverpool, and at Jean-Kenta Gauthier Odéon in 2024 as a sound installation. Photography Is is held in collections including Centre Pompidou - Bibliothèque Kandinsky in Paris, the National Art Library at the V&A in London, and the Museum of Modern Art's collection of Artists' Books in New York.