25 Under 25 showcases twenty-five of America's most promising photographers, twenty-five years old and younger. Illuminating and sometimes startling, the collection introduces work by an emerging generation of photographers at the start of their careers. These talented artists' exploration of the medium is suprisingly sophisticated and engaging - their approaches to the art include photojournalism, highly personal essays, art constructions, candid snaps, portraits, still lifes, and photos with a message. 25 Under 25 is a window into the dreams, anxieties, and ambitions of these innovative young photographers, of whom we will be seeing much more in years to come. This vibrant collection reveals how these photographers are looking at the world and how they see themselves. Whether "straight photography" and documentary essays or highly personal and expressionistic stories, the work covers as broad a range of intriguing subjects and places as their titles suggest: "Dirt Track" (Andrew Rogers), "Cake and Hot Dogs" (Andreanna Lynn Seymore), "Working at Sloan" (Daniel Ramos), "Miss All-Star" (Colby Katz), "I Looked Like A Kid From Far Away" (Chana Warshauer-Baker), "Orphanage" (Misty Keasler), "Mother's Unrealized Vacations" (Deirdre A. Scaggs), "Reasons To Stare" (Hank Willis Thomas), "Postcards From Bangladesh" (Jason Goodman), "Between Monsoons" (Alex Ambrose), "Iowa City, Iowa" (Jennifer Moon), "Residue" (Isabelle Luterodt), "A Soviet Military Base, Former Easy Germany" (Brian McKee), "Harvard Works Because We Do" (Greg Halpern), "Broad Stripes, Bright Stars" (Kristin Posehn), "Under One Roof" (Jessica Ingram), "Abe" (Brett A. Meyers), "Slight Apprehensions" (Laurel Ptak), "4th and Goal" (Kambui Olujimi), "Expressions of Self" (Justin Lively), "Spiritual Sites - A Caribbean Study" (Wyatt Gallery), "If I Could See Your Face I Would Not Need Food" (Eric Gottesman), "#36005-054" (Carrie Levy), "Lady Like" (Bayete Ross-Smith), and "Girls' School" (Laurel Nakadate).

About the author
Iris Tillman Hill, editorial director of Lyndhurst Books, co-edited Beyond The Barricades: Photographs by Twenty South African Photographers (Aperture, 1989), and has edited books by Larry Towell, Mitch Epstein, and Wendy Ewald, among others. As chief editor of university presses in Texas, Georgia, and North Carolina, she edited ground-breaking titles in American studies, Southern history, and gender studies. She lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Lauren Greenfield's (Foreword) award-winning book, Fast Forward: Growing Up In The Shadow of Hollywood (Knopf, 1997), placed her at the forefront of new American photographers; she received the 1997 International Center of Photography Infinity Award for Young Photographers. Her latest book is the best-selling Girl Culture (Chronicle, 2000). Greenfield lives in Venice, California; Tom Rankin (Introduction) is Director of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. A photographer, teacher, folklorist, curator, and filmmaker, Rankin's books include Local Heroes Changing America: Indivisible (W. W. Norton, 2000), Deaf Maggie Lee Sayre: Photographs of River Life (University Of Mississippi, 1995). He lives in Hillsborough, North Carolina; Lyndhurst Books is the new imprint of the famed Center for Documentary Studies, where DoubleTake magazine was founded. This edition of 25 Under 25 launches an ongoing series of 25 Under 25 publications, to be published every few years by powerHouse Books in association with Lyndhurst Books at the Center for Documentary Studies.