This book is based on the lectures and discussions held during the 21st Bielefeld Symposium on Photography and the Media. The meeting was explicitly aimed at raising public awareness of the art of abstract photography.

Vols. for 1853- include the transactions of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain.

An alphabetical arrangement of abstracts and indexes available at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) Library is listed by most current title of the publication. Other information includes description of the abstract or index, library holdings, principal sources, publisher or association, corresponding data base and the classification number. A general subject index follows the main text of the report.