At turns humorous and absurd heartfelt and searching Photo No-Nos is for photographers of all
levels wishing to avoid easy metaphors and to sharpen their visual communication skills.
Photographers often have unwritten lists of subjects they tell themselves not to shoot-things
that are cliché exploitative derivative sometimes even arbitrary. Photo No-Nos features
ideas stories and anecdotes from many of the world's most talented photographers and
photography professionals along with an encyclopedic list of more than a thousand taboo
subjects compiled from and with pictures by contributors. Not a strict guide but a series of
meditations on bad pictures Photo No-Nos covers a wide range of topics from sunsets and roses
to issues of colonialism stereotypes and social responsibility. At a time when societies are
reckoning with what and how to communicate through media and who has the right to do so this
book is a timely and thoughtful resource on what photographers consider to be off-limits and
how they have contended with their own self-imposed rules without being paralyzed by them.
