Artist’s pages by Paulien OlthetenAcknowledgementsIntroductionMieke Bleyen & Liesbeth DecanPart IFinding Humor in the Photographic EventPhotography and Laughter’s Shattered ArticulationEsther LeslieFalling as Art: On Orchestrated Accidents in Photographic Practice in PolandKatarzyna Ruchel-StockmansAdding a Giggle: Lee Friedlander’s Practice of the “Shadow Self-Portrait”Ann Kristin KrahnPerforming the Performance DocumentationKevin ArtheronPart IIMaking Fun of Photography through Tricks and MontageGhosts Just for Laughs: Spirit Photography and Debunking HumorLouis KaplanComedy Performs Photography: Imaginations of Photography in Silent Film ComediesHilde D’haeyereFeminism, Laughter, and Photomontage: Comedic Effect and Grete Stern’s SueñosAnna Corrigan & Susana S. MartinsPart IIIPhotographic Wit in Conceptual ArtKeeping a Straight Face: Photography and the Performance of Conceptual ArtHeather Diack“No Photographs Allowed”: Conceptual Wit in Some Belgian Photo-based Artists’ BooksJohan PasLaughter Protocol: Elements of Humor in Proto- and Conceptual Photography in CroatiaSandra Križić RobanAbout the AuthorsArtist’s pages by Lieven SegersArtist’s pages by David HelbichColophonNew perspectives on humor within photographyNew perspectives on humor within photography.Despite the ubiquitous presence of photographic humor in art and popular media, the phenomenon has as yet received very little scholarly attention. Focusing on staged humor rather than on comic effects of snapshot photography, this volume brings together leading scholars in the field addressing humor performed in front of the camera, often specifically created for the camera, and the performative joke-work done by the medium itself. A first section explores how photography, due to its “shattering” qualities, turns into a privileged medium for eliciting humorous effects and how humor can be discerned within the photographic event. A second section discusses the toolbox of photographic trickery (photomontage, double exposure and cinematic movement) that allows photography to mock itself. The book closes with a section on photographic wit in conceptual art, both in canonized and more locally distinct practices.With artists’ pages from Paulien Oltheten, Lieven Segers and David HelbichDespite the ubiquitous presence of photographic humor in art and popular media, the phenomenon has as yet received very little scholarly attention. Focusing on staged humor rather than on comic effects of snapshot photography, this volume brings together leading scholars in the field addressing humor performed in front of the camera, often specifically created for the camera, and the performative joke-work done by the medium itself. A first section explores how photography, due to its “shattering” qualities, turns into a privileged medium for eliciting humorous effects and how humor can be discerned within the photographic event. A second section discusses the toolbox of photographic trickery (photomontage, double exposure and cinematic movement) that allows photography to mock itself. The book closes with a section on photographic wit in conceptual art, both in canonized and more locally distinct practices.With artists’ pages from Paulien Oltheten, Lieven Segers and David Helbich