'Family' albums: this fall's art books feature photo greats on kin, Weingarten in Malibu and Ruscha in Hollywood.(COFFEE TABLE)

Variety, August, 2005 by Young, Paul

Beautifully edited with more than 175 images, Family (Phaidon) brings together some of the most personal work of the world's greatest photographers, including Sally Mann, Alfred Stieglitz and Nan Goldin. A must for anyone interested in the effect of the camera on personal relationships.... Family snapshots of another kind are featured in Casa Susanna (powerHouse), a fascinating photo collection accidentally discovered in a flea market in 1999.

The eponymous Susanna was a drag queen living in upstate New York in the late 1950s/early '60s, and this collection portrays her suburban ...