In1839the French government bought the patent rights of the photography, and officially announced on August9, the same year, this day to establish the date of birth of photography. Since then artists began to try photography as an art medium of expression, dissemination and use them. However, the past30years, the art of photography as a new star rise in the mass of the field of visual culture and the market value worthy rival traditional painting, sculpture and other art media.Now we believe that contemporary art visual culture to rigidly adhere to the traditional art form "and" norms "should be abandoned. The artist should be concerned about the fate and destiny of the human nature, should also be concerned about the reality of social life. From the visual presence of all the surrounding initiate studies, the understanding of personal and social outlook of integration into the creation of the work. Contemporary art creation itself evolved from semiotics, anthropology, sociology and literary theory. Contemporary art, as a concept, is a collection of popular culture, is the heritage of classical art.Photography as a carrier of contemporary art, it has the advantage to be able to give a true picture of the world, the effect is convincing. As a means of artistic operations, photography has its own unique symbolic representation; same time, with the theme of form also in line with a common mode of contemporary art..