| Introduction | |
| 1 | Introduction to abstraction | 
| 2 | Defining the abstract | 
| Abstraction before abstraction and unintentional abstracts | |
| 3 | Abstraction before abstraction | 
| 4 | Photographic test strips | 
| Abstraction in art | |
| 5 | Abstract paintings | 
| Abstraction in photography | |
| 6 | Early examples of photographic abstraction | 
| 7 | Photograms and abstraction | 
| 8 | Experimental photography | 
| Abstract realism | |
| 9 | Abstract realism | 
| Contemporary abstraction | |
| 10 | Contemporary examples of photographic abstraction | 
| Photographers | |
| 11 | Alvin Langdon Coburn: Vorticism | 
| 12 | Alfred Stieglitz: Equivalents | 
| 13 | Heinrich Heidersberger: Rhythmograms | 
| 14 | Denis Brihat: Abstractions of form | 
| 15 | Lisette Model: Running legs | 
| 16 | Lotte Jacobi: Photogenics | 
| 17 | Harry Callahan: Abstracts | 
| 18 | Minor White: Equivalents, similes and visual metaphors | 
| 19 | Carl Chiarenza: The nature of Abstraction | 
| 20 | Jaroslav Rössler: Abstractions | 
| 21 | György Kepes: Abstractions | 
| 22 | Heinz Hajek-Halke: Experimental photography | 
| 23 | Milos Korecek: Abstractions (Fokalke) | 
| 24 | Ladislav Postupa: Experimental vision | 
| 25 | Herbert Strässer: Abstracts - Foto-Grafik | 
| 26 | Henry Holmes Smith: Colour abstractions | 
| 27 | Barbara Kasten: Polaroid polacolor prints | 
| 28 | Don Jim: Urban Artifax | 
| 29 | Ellen Carey: Pulls | 
| 30 | Thomas Ruff: Substrat | 
| Concluding thoughts | |
| 31 | Conclusions on abstract photography | 
| Introduction | |
| 1 | Introduction to abstraction | 
| 2 | Defining the abstract | 
| Abstraction before abstraction and unintentional abstracts | |
| 3 | Abstraction before abstraction | 
| 4 | Photographic test strips | 
| Abstraction in art | |
| 5 | Abstract paintings | 
| Abstraction in photography | |
| 6 | Early examples of photographic abstraction | 
| 7 | Photograms and abstraction | 
| 8 | Experimental photography | 
| Abstract realism | |
| 9 | Abstract realism | 
| Contemporary abstraction | |
| 10 | Contemporary examples of photographic abstraction | 
| Photographers | |
| 11 | Alvin Langdon Coburn: Vorticism | 
| 12 | Alfred Stieglitz: Equivalents | 
| 13 | Heinrich Heidersberger: Rhythmograms | 
| 14 | Denis Brihat: Abstractions of form | 
| 15 | Lisette Model: Running legs | 
| 16 | Lotte Jacobi: Photogenics | 
| 17 | Harry Callahan: Abstracts | 
| 18 | Minor White: Equivalents, similes and visual metaphors | 
| 19 | Carl Chiarenza: The nature of Abstraction | 
| 20 | Jaroslav Rössler: Abstractions | 
| 21 | György Kepes: Abstractions | 
| 22 | Heinz Hajek-Halke: Experimental photography | 
| 23 | Milos Korecek: Abstractions (Fokalke) | 
| 24 | Ladislav Postupa: Experimental vision | 
| 25 | Herbert Strässer: Abstracts - Foto-Grafik | 
| 26 | Henry Holmes Smith: Colour abstractions | 
| 27 | Barbara Kasten: Polaroid polacolor prints | 
| 28 | Don Jim: Urban Artifax | 
| 29 | Ellen Carey: Pulls | 
| 30 | Thomas Ruff: Substrat | 
| Concluding thoughts | |
| 31 | Conclusions on abstract photography |