This book of photographs from people twenty-five years of age and younger is an illuminating and sometimes startling look at how the next generation of American photographers is seeing and interpreting the world. Among the surprisingly sophisticated array of images are photojournalist essays, art constructions, computer-manipulated images, staged scenes, marred pictures, candid shots, portraits, still lifes, photos with a message, and photos that speak solely of their own artful beauty. 25 and Under/Photographers shows us the dreams, anxieties, and ambitions of some of our most talented and innovative young photographers.

25 and Under is an illuminating look at the art and sensibility of young American photographers who have documented worlds they know and imagine with surprising diversity and sophistication. The images range from photojournalist essays to computer-manipulated images, from carefully constructed art pieces to snapshots of daily life. The photographers address world issues and personal concerns, serious matters and trivial ones, and do so with humor and wit as well as anguish and anger.This extraordinary collection of 150 duotones and color photographs allows us to look through the eyes of young people as we enter the twenty-first century, to see their hopes, fears, confusion, and ambitions through the startling and inspiring images they create.