There's a rather cheap way into Issermann's photos which has a collection of some advertising shots, some portraits, a landscape/cityscape or two... all in black and white and mostly exhibiting the great use of very selective focus.
It is one issue of a series done for Reporters sans Frontières, costs 8/12CHF/C$12.75:
Dominique Issermann pour la Liberté de la Presse
Looking through it again, certainly makes me want to discover the Anne Rohart book you guys mention.