《摄影与电影》以希区柯克的电影《后窗》的一张宣传剧照为起点，分析卢米埃兄弟、安东尼奥尼、戈达尔、诺兰、沃霍尔等导演与布尔津、沃克、沃尔、雪曼等摄影艺术家的作品，从时间性、叙事、先锋艺术等角度，挖掘了近一个多世纪以来摄影与电影两者间互为启发、不可分割的关系图谱。
本书荣获由英国电影协会（British Film Institute）及《视觉和声音》杂志（Sight & Sound magazine）赞助的2009年“和／或图书奖”（The And/Or Book Award），同年还获得克劳斯瑙-克劳斯图书奖（the Kraszna-Krausz Book Award）。

Andrey Tarkovsky, the genius of modern Russian cinema - hailed by Ingmar Bergman as "the most important director of our time" - died an exile in Paris in December 1986. In Sculpting in Time, he has left his artistic testament, a remarkable revelation of both his life and work. Since Ivan's Childhood won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1962, the visionary quality and totally original and haunting imagery of Tarkovsky's films have captivated serious movie audiences all over the world, who see in his work a continuation of the great literary traditions of nineteenth-century Russia. Many critics have tried to interpret his intensely personal vision, but he himself always remained inaccessible. In Sculpting in Time, Tarkovsky sets down his thoughts and his memories, revealing for the first time the original inspirations for his extraordinary films - Ivan's Childhood, Andrey Rublyov, Solaris, The Mirror, Stalker, Nostalgia, and The Sacrifice. He discusses their history and his methods of work, he explores the many problems of visual creativity, and he sets forth the deeply autobiographical content of part of his oeuvre - most fascinatingly in The Mirror and Nostalgia. The closing chapter on The Sacrifice, dictated in the last weeks of Tarkovsky's life, makes the book essential reading for those who already know or who are just discovering his magnificent work.