Books like The Photograph as Contemporary Art

I didn't like most of the photographs - soulless and horrible. Then I read the text which made some of them more interesting but it makes me wonder if they can't stand by themselves. Maybe I have been spoilt by looking at classic photographs or this isn't to my taste but it makes me realise how important beauty and softness is, especially if you don't have that interesting content. To be fair, with contemporary art it's not clear yet what is good, and much of it will fade away while I imagine the good stuff will endure over time. I scanned the most interesting bit of text - it kind of made my jaw drop: http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff...