Andre Rouillet's book "Photography" is one of the main events in the field of expert literature on photography at the beginning of the 21st century. Rouillet offers his vision of the history of the formation of photographic aesthetics, and thanks to his wide knowledge of philosophy and art history, reading his work is a special intellectual pleasure. In his work, Rouillet gives a comprehensive historical review on the practice of understanding photography as a cultural phenomenon, as a visual medium, as art techniques, making this book an indispensable source of useful information and food for thought. Thus, this book can serve as a starting point for acquaintance with the world of photography in historical and conceptual sections, as well as an indispensable help for students and specialists dealing with this topic, in the further study of both different views on the subject and the corpus of the relevant texts.