Photography Books

Joy to the Squirrel is a children's book that takes the reader on a journey through the fun and festivities of the Christmas season as experienced by a wild, white squirrel named MartyLou. Children ages 3-12 will especially enjoy this fun and entertaining book, although all ages will find the photographs interesting as well as beautiful. These photographs of MartyLou...

All of the stars had to align for the High Line to be saved—and they did. This little book was one of those stars. - Joel Sternfeld In one of his last acts as mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani signed an order permitting the High Line, that beloved elevated railroad ruin which snaked down the west side of...

In his 1992 book Campagna Romana. The Countryside of Ancient Rome, Joel Sternfeld focused on the ruins of grand structures with a clear warning: great civilisations fall, ours may too. Now in Rome After Rome, containing images from the previous book as well as numerous unpublished pictures, Sternfeld's questions multiply: who are these modern Romans? What is their relationship to...

A 'wrong' family moment that is full of truth. Like seventeenth century Dutch painters who made otherwise ordinary interior scenes appear charged with meaning, Jessica Todd Harper looks for the worth in everyday moments. The characters in her imagery are the people around her—her friends, herself, family—but it is not so much they who are important as the way in...

Artists II is the second volume of Jason Schmidt's ongoing photographic documentation of today's most significant artists. From young to old creative forces, emerging to career-peaking, world-famous or as yet unknown, Schmidt's images, captured over a period of twelve years, provide an incisive look into the art world of today. Artists II depicts 166 artists, including John Baldessari, Ai Weiwei,...

Jari Silomäki's Atlas of Emotions is the result of an elaborate research process. For this, the artist—who is primarily known as a photographer—studied the stories of people who actively participate in digital discussion forums. Who are the people who hide behind alter ego names on digital platforms? Silomäki researched their backgrounds—also to find out how sometimes bizarre opinions are formed...

Insights into the secretive worlds of artists' studios Insights into 19 Ateliers by Sibylle Mania goes beyond merely chronicling studios and workshops; it offers windows into the world of creative processes. These analogue black-and-white photographs maintain the mystery of the artists, who remain unseen. Within these intimate interiors, secretive chaos melds with productive efficiency. This interplay fully draws the viewer...

In this book, Henry Leutwyler documents the professional and private life of renowned Life magazine photographer Philippe Halsman (1906–79), who had a total of 101 Life covers to his name—more than any other photographer. Leutwyler first saw Halsman's work as a teenager in an exhibition at the International Center of Photography in 1979; now, more than 40 years later, his...

In The Sad-Eyed Lady, Harf Zimmermann documents the Berliner Luft- und Badeparadies ("Blub" for short), a once loved bathing and leisure centre in the Britz district of Berlin that is today a graffiti-stained ruin. The centre opened in 1985 at an impressive cost of 44 million marks and welcomed roughly seven million visitors before its closure in 2005 after a...

Colours are only reflected light, assembled in our brains, which is also known as "grey matter". Tom Jacobi spent two years photographing archaic landscapes throughout the world. He discovered mystic places that had been created by nature over the millennia and that are nonetheless timeless. When photographed in the twilight world, they unfold their immortal power. In 2014, the English...

The ultimate reference and guide to the GNU image manipulation program GIMP is a free, Photoshop-like image manipulation program, and as its use grows, so does the demand for detailed instruction on how to get the very most out of it. GIMP Bible is the most comprehensive and current independent GIMP reference available that goes beyond official documentation. If you're...

The documentation of al-Muftaha Village's uniqueness, history, characteristic architectural style, environment as well as the stories related to the spirit of the place. Genius of a Place: Alseer, Abha book series is an invitation to embark on an exceptional immersive journey across time and space to unravel the soul of a historical and cultural village in the heart of Arabia....

Passport presents François-Marie Banier's portraits of immigrants made on the streets of Paris—"these men with thousands of kilometres behind them," says Banier, "who appear suddenly at Place de la République, or gathered near the Gare de l'Est station, or along the Canal St. Martin, eyes on the horizon." The resulting pictures are tender, candid, and a form of embrace: "I...

In a joyful collaboration, poet and visual artist Fran Bull, along with award-winning designer Yolanda Cuomo, have created an exuberant, visually stunning book of poetry and art. This is a volume in which the outrageous, tender, humorous, often heartbreaking spectacle of human life on planet Earth is invoked in a dynamic juxtaposition of word and image. On each page, the...

Family Amnesia is a visual tribute and love letter honouring the artist's Chinese American family roots in the U.S. The art book explores her family's multi-generational resilience and resistance through mixed media collages, her grandfather's photographs, her own captured images, and archival material. The book project honours the past and current lives of Asian Americans and immigrants in the U.S....

Developing a narrative through multiple original texts and more than 100 photographs made on damaged, burnt film, Julien Levy's series takes the form of a three-year-long diary, spanning locations including Tokyo, Seoul, New York and Paris. The delicate, washed-out colours and visible defects in the film give Levy's photos a dreamlike quality.

In this fully revised and greatly expanded second edition of The Essence of Photography, world-renowned photographer and teacher Bruce Barnbaum draws upon 50 years of experience and observation to teach the art of photographic seeing and creativity. There is a lot more to photography than simply picking up a camera, pointing it toward something, and tripping the shutter. Achieving a...

This book considers the film stills of Ernst Haas, one of the most accomplished photographers of the twentieth century, transgressing the borders between still photography and the moving image. Haas worked with a variety of eminent directors—from Vittorio de Sica to John Huston, Gene Kelly, and Michael Cimino—and depicted cinema genres from suspense (The Third Man, The Train) to the...

In 1987, The Main: Portrait of a Neighborhood celebrated tolerance and the urban immigrant experience around Montreal's Boulevard Saint Laurent. This 2025 reimagining investigates belonging, identity, and memory in a globalized world. In 1987, The Main: Portrait of a Neighborhood was published and quickly sold out. The critically acclaimed project celebrated the communities around Montreal's Boulevard Saint Laurent and contributed...

This book presents François-Marie Banier's portraits of Moroccan construction workers sleeping or at rest in their places of work. Caught in moments of dreaming and escape from their labour, Banier's subjects blend into the soft grey atmosphere of his pictures and seem, if but for a moment, to have escaped the harsher facts of reality. These are candid and tender...

This is the latest of Donovan Wylie's books with Steidl that explore the architecture of the Northern Ireland conflict. While Wylie's earlier publications, including British Watchtowers and Maze (on Belfast's Maze prison), document disappearing military structures, Housing Plans for the Future focuses on the legacy of architectural containment in urban areas today. Wylie took these photos during walks through a...

This black-on-black book brings together over 20 years of Deanna Bowen's commitment to the excavation and recontextualisation of colonial legacies—particularly those which implicate her family history and the Black diaspora in North America—making her artworks vital, both in Canada and abroad. Working primarily with photography—both rediscovered and new—but also video, documentary film, sound, performance, publishing, found objects and installation art,...

Filled with detailed how-to steps and full-colour illustrations, David Busch's Sony Alpha a6600/ILCE-6600 Guide to Digital Photography describes every feature of this sophisticated camera in depth, from taking your first photos through advanced details of setup, exposure, lens selection, lighting, and more. It relates each feature to specific photographic techniques and situations. Also included is the handy camera 'roadmap,' an...

Truly better than watching YouTube videos. Filled with detailed how-to steps and full-colour illustrations, David Busch's Nikon D5600 Guide to Digital Photography is your all-in-one comprehensive resource and reference for the Nikon D5600 camera. This ultracompact and lightweight Nikon digital SLR features new SnapBridge wireless Bluetooth communication, allowing you to use your iOS or Android device to control the camera....

David Busch's Canon EOS R8 Guide to Digital Photography is your all-in-one comprehensive resource and reference for the exciting new Canon EOS R8, which is aimed squarely at enthusiasts looking for an affordable full-frame entry to mirrorless photography. It boasts a 24.2 sensor with superior low-light performance and action-friendly 40 frames-per-second continuous shooting capabilities. Advanced video features include 4K and...

David Busch's Canon EOS R6 II Guide to Digital Photography provides a comprehensive understanding of the Canon EOS R6 II camera's features, including the ability to use legacy Canon EF and EF-S optics. This camera offers wireless connectivity to link with a computer and iOS or Android smart devices, along with high-definition 4K and Full HD movie-making capabilities. Additionally, it...

Suits that pop with loud colours and dazzling patterns, complete with a nearly ubiquitous bowtie, define the style of the new "dandy." Described as "high-styled rebels" by author Shantrelle P. Lewis, black men with a penchant for colour and refined fashion, both new and vintage, have gained popular attention in recent years, influencing mainstream fashion. But black dandyism itself is...

Including a number of short essays by Bataille and Leiris on aspects of the other's work as well as excerpts on Bataille from Leiris' diaries, this collection of correspondence throws new light on two of Surrealism's most radical dissidents. In the autumn of 1924, just before André Breton published the Manifeste du surréalisme, two young men met in Paris for...

A photographic book of herpetofauna to discover the astonishing world of reptiles and amphibians. Cold Instinct is the first book released by the world-renowned amphibian and reptile photographer, Matthijs Kuijpers. This publication is a photographic book of unparalleled quality featuring a vast range of cold-blooded species from the depths of the world's most intrepid jungles to the driest of deserts....

POWER, DESIRE, SOCIAL JUSTICE, REPRESENTATION, BEAUTY, AND COMPASSION Widely considered to be one of the most influential American living artists, Carrie Mae Weems has developed a practice celebrated for her exploration of cultural identity, power dynamics, desire, intimacy and social justice through a body of work that challenges the prevailing representations of race, gender, and class. Defined by the use...

Designed for photographers who haven't memorised every button, dial, setting, and feature on their Canon EOS R5, Rocky Nook's handy and ultra-portable quick reference Pocket Guide helps you get the shot when you're out and about. Confirm that your camera is set up properly with the pre-shoot checklist. Identify every button and dial on your camera. Learn the essential modes...

In 2008, Sasha Eisenman began a photographic investigation of the California Girl. Much of the photographs are nudes or semi-nudes. The images, while being sexy and provocative, also have an innocent, playful, and romantic nature. Eisenman searched out and photographed the unique style, personality, and beauty of a varied group of girls from California. Initially, Eisenman cast from a small...

#shotbyadams is Bryan Adams' new volume of portraiture from the past ten years, following the release of Exposed in 2012. The book features nearly 200 photographs of leading figures from the worlds of film, theatre, music, fashion, politics, and beyond. From Queen Elizabeth II and the Dalai Lama to Joni Mitchell and Rod Stewart, from Amy Winehouse and Cher to...

Six years ago, Bryan Adams was approached by Trudie Styler to photograph a portrait story of homeless street vendors for The Big Issue magazine. That story inspired a more in-depth photographic look at these people who live on the streets of London and sell the magazine. The Big Issue is a weekly publication created by professional journalists and photographers, and...

The photobook visually and materially contextualises arrangements of photographs and brings them into a sensually tangible form. The book format, the materiality of the paper, and the type of binding have just as much effect on the viewer as the selection of images, their positioning in the layout, typography, and texts. The artist and theorist, Bettina Lockemann, provides an approach...

As a child, Bernard Sabrier was given a map of the Pacific by his father, and since then the archipelago of Vanuatu has remained in his imagination. Forty years later, Sabrier travelled to Vanuatu, and this book documents his experiences. Discovered by the Spanish in 1606 and claimed by the French and English in the 1880s, Vanuatu became a republic...

There is something clandestine about Benoît's work with the mystery of something naturally romantic. That is what makes his work unique, impossible to imitate by any other photographer. - Karl Lagerfeld If you're ever lucky enough to make it backstage at one of Chanel's fashion shows, at Paris' Grand Palais or a different exotic location, you might catch a glimpse...

This is a story of two brothers, Geoffrey and Bevis Bawa, and their exquisite gardens, Lunuganga and Brief, set in the lush tropical landscape of Sri Lanka. It begins with a largely photographic overview of the country's natural features, showing the varied palette of landscapes that inspired Bawa's sensitive treatment of architecture. At the very heart of the book is...

It is not the posing or the light that makes a portrait successful. Nor is it how glamorous or beautiful the subject looks. The best portraits show us more — they reveal hidden secrets and deeper truths. Ever so slightly, they give us hints of character, essence, soul, story, and life. And the best portraits have a lasting significance. They...

A Poor Imitation of Death provides a critique on the current state of the juvenile detention complex.

An-My Lê's first publication, Small Wars, brought together three bodies of black-and-white work (Vietnam, Small Wars and 29 Palms), offering a trilogy of tautly rendered examinations of landscape, war, memory, and spectacle. This earlier work examined the troubling beauty that both informs and binds Hollywood evocations and photojournalistic documents of conflict to Lê's childhood experiences in wartime Vietnam. Events Ashore...

The first retrospective volume on the photography of the internationally acclaimed Nigerian filmmaker, photographer and music-video director Andrew Dosunmu. Monograph looks back at 20 years of previously unpublished and sumptuously colourful portraiture and more, including stills from music videos and the 2022 Netflix film Beauty. Dosunmu has published his photography with iconic music and fashion magazines such as The Face,...

Collects over 175 years of key moments in the visual history of the Southern United States, with over two hundred and fifty photographs taken from 1845 to present. The South is perhaps the most mythologized region in the United States and also one of the most depicted. Since the dawn of photography in the nineteenth century, photographers have articulated the...

There’s nothing quite like a relationship with an aged pet—a dog or cat who has been at our side for years, forming an ineffable bond. Pampered pets, however, are a rarity among animals who have been domesticated. Farm animals, for example, are usually slaughtered before their first birthday. We never stop to think about it, but the typical images we...

Through the lens of Aleksandr Rodchenko’s photography, a new and provocative understanding emerges of the troubled relationship between technology, modernism, and state power in Stalin’s Soviet Union. Tracing the shifting meanings of photography in the early Soviet Union, Aglaya K. Glebova revises the relationship between art and politics during what is usually considered the end of the critical avant-garde. Aleksandr...

Aenne Biermann is regarded as one of the important avant-garde photographers of the twentieth century. Together with Bauhaus artists like Lucia Moholy and Florence Henri, she was represented in the pioneering exhibitions of the late 1920s and early 1930s. In 1930, Franz Roh, the art critic and early patron of Biermann, dedicated to her the legendary monograph designed by Jan...

A Chronology of Photography presents a fresh perspective on the medium by taking a purely chronological approach to its history, tracing the complex links between technological innovations, social changes, and artistic interventions. Structured around a central timeline that charts the development of photography from early experiments with optics right up to the present-day explosion of digital media, it features sumptuous...

The island of Palawan, the fifth largest of the Philippines archipelago, is home to an extraordinary natural treasure, one of the underground wonders of our planet. The Puerto Princesa Underground River was once named after the mountain of Saint Paul, which covers the whole length of the river, and it is known by local people as Natuturingan Cave. It is...

Photography has been featured on CNN, The Today Show, and Business Insider What happens when the symbol of commerce crumbles? This collection of nearly two hundred stunning yet melancholic photos captures the decline of one of the biggest symbols of American consumerism—the shopping mall. Seph Lawless, whom Huffington Post refers to as the "master of the abandoned," details the dilapidated...

In 2010, model-turned-fashion photographer Henry Hargreaves turned his 3-D photography hobby and the willingness of some of his model friends into the surprise hit 3DD. From CoolHunter to Gizmodo, South African GQ to Uncrate, readers discovered the book and made the first printing disappear in record time. Hargreaves has turned his attention to his next project. Having obtained new technology...

On April 8, 2024, the Earth passed through the shadow of the Moon. The Moon's shadow moved along a route over 9,000 miles through central Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and southern Canada. The darkest part of the shadow, the umbra, traced a 115-mile-wide path on the surface of...

Featuring 12 months of striking full-colour photographs, legendary photographer Art Wolfe’s 2027 Baby Animals Wall Calendar is a stunning addition to your home or office. Offering adorable inspiration for every month of the year, this stunning 12-month wall calendar celebrates baby animals from all over the world, including polar bear cubs, fox kits, penguin chicks, and more. Art Wolfe’s gorgeous...

Acclaimed photographer William Yang has captured the zeitgeist like no-one else, providing a very personal insight into the evolution of Mardi Gras, the spectre of AIDS, Sydney's theatrical and social scenes, and changing notions of 'belonging' in multicultural Australia. In this groundbreaking book, featuring 100 images from William Yang's personal archive, Helena Grehan and Edward Scheer explore Yang's self-portraiture across...

A ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEAR "To flip through the book is to be immersed back in the glory days of Cool Britannia... and it's just as cool as you remember" GQ Remember Britpop and the '90s through hundreds of its most striking images - with many seen here for the very first time. Taken by renowned photographer Kevin...

Riding on the edge. The daredevil life of the Wall of Death drivers in the motordrome. Donald Ganslmeier and his colleagues on the Wall of Death of the motordrome are amongst the last of their kind. Their art is threatened with extinction. The photographer Florian Holzherr has created a powerful memorial to the action-packed life around the boards that signify...

Versailles is one of the most photographed places in the world, but only four people have the privilege of being the Palace's official photographers. They have uniquely unfettered access to the secrets that lie within, outside and beneath this enormous domain where they spend their days—and sometimes their nights. Now, for the first time, they open their personal albums to...

A fantastic insight into Colonial India through vintage photography At the beginning of the 1850s, photography had gained acceptance in Colonial India. With its magnificent architecture, exotic landscapes and many different cultures, India could offer fantastic photographic scenes. In this splendid photobook, which is also the catalogue for an exhibition at The David Collection in Copenhagen, the author has collected...

A love letter to New York City, Two Way Street merges two bodies of Gretchen Grace's street photography revealing the iconic moments of the everyday. Gretchen Grace is an American photographer living in New York City. Two Way Street combines early black and white film work from the 1990s/early 2000s, and more recent street abstractions captured digitally. Through candid portraits...

Showcasing 52 essential films from the golden age to the present, Turner Classic Movies: The Essentials invites you into a world filled with stirring performances, dazzling musical numbers, and bold directorial visions that mark the greatest moments in film history. These are movies that define what it means to be a classic. Readers can enjoy one film per week, for...

The 1980s in New York were an ambivalent time: on the one hand, the city was marked by high crime and the AIDS crisis; on the other hand, the economy was booming, helping its profiteers to live decadently. Artists and cultural workers were attracted to the city of contrasts. They dealt critically with issues such as politics and gentrification -...

Tina Barney's keenly observed portraits offer a window into a rarified world of privilege with sixty large-format works imbued with a spontaneity and intimacy that remind us of what we hold in common. In the late 1970s, Tina Barney began a decades-long exploration of the everyday but often hidden life of the New England upper class, of which she and...

Timm Rautert's Bildanalytische Photographie [Image-Analytical Photography], from 1968 to 1974, highlights the fundamental conditions of photographic work—from the photographic act and the development of photographic images under an enlarger in the lab to the various possibilities of presentation. A systematically elaborated ensemble of analogue black-and-white and colour photographs, image-text compilations, and manuals and photographic material provokes elementary questions about what...

This book is the first English-language overview of the landscape photography of Thibaut Cuisset, who over the last 30 years has explored issues and emotions specific to the landscape, environment and the notion of territory. Cuisset has travelled widely and photographed the landscapes of many countries, yet he inevitably returns to the terrain of his native France and its infinite...

Consumer drones and quadcopters have become the hottest new gear in photography, whether you're a professional photographer or an amateur shooter. These "flying tripods" have given photographers the ability to place their cameras virtually anywhere they want, creating still images and video footage that were previously impossible to capture. Many photographers have a drone or quadcopter right at the top...

The New Parisienne focuses on one of the city's most prominent features, its women. Lifting the veil on the mythologized Parisian woman—white, lithe, ever fashionable—Lindsey Tramuta demystifies this oversimplified archetype and recasts the women of Paris as they truly are, in all their complexity. Featuring 50 activists, creators, educators, visionaries, and disruptors—like Leïla Slimani, Lauren Bastide, and Mayor Anne Hidalgo—the...

Discover your voice, cultivate mindful awareness, and inspire creative growth with photography In The Mindful Photographer, teacher, author, and photographer David Ulrich follows up on the success of his previous book, Zen Camera, by offering photographers, smartphone camera users, and other cultural creatives 55 short essays on topics related to photography, mindfulness, personal growth, creativity, and cultivating personal and social...

The first comprehensive collection of the words and works of a movement-defining artist. Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) burst onto the art scene in the summer of 1980 as one of approximately one hundred artists exhibiting at the 1980 Times Square Show in New York City. By 1982, at the age of twenty-one, Basquiat had solo exhibitions in galleries in Italy, New...

The Human Planet is a sweeping visual chronicle of the Earth today from a photographer who has circled the globe to report on such urgent issues as climate change, sustainable agriculture, and the ever-expanding human footprint. George Steinmetz is at home on every continent, documenting both untrammeled nature and the human project that relentlessly redesigns the planet in its quest...

'If you've just bought your first camera...this inspiring book is just what you need' - Black and White Photography While digital cameras and smartphones have made photography more accessible than ever, knowing exactly how to take skilful, stunning photos isn't so straightforward. In this essential book for every amateur photographer, photography writer Ben Hawkins uses his extensive experience to deliver...

Originally published in Italy, this dynamic book captures the moment when the world's most adored and electrifying rock group entered the setting of Fellini's La Dolce Vita. All of the excitement, expectation and romance of The Beatles in 1965 is caught by the camera of Italy's most famous celebrity photographer during the height of Rome's glamorous epoch, when everyone was...

Texas is one of the birdiest states in the nation. This book's photograph collection highlights more than 25 different species, including the great egret, roseate spoonbill, vermilion flycatcher, purple gallinule, and mockingbird (the state bird of Texas). Whether purchased as a gift or a coffee table display, Texas Birds and Inspirational Quotes will bring joy to any nature-loving reader.

In 2002, Tabitha Soren first began photographing a group of minor league draft picks for the Oakland A's—young men coming into the major league farm system straight from high school or college. Since then, she has followed the players through their baseball lives, an alternate reality of long bus rides, on-field injuries, friendships and marriages entered and exited, constant motion,...

Two acclaimed South African artists offer a cross-generational dialogue on history, memory, and the power of self-narration. Three decades after the dismantling of apartheid began, South Africa’s so-called “born free” generation has reached adulthood, and its artists have used their work to navigate their difficult inheritance. At the same time, the historical distance between their experience and that of an...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Part memoir, part cultural criticism, Stock Photo mines the significance of the stock photo in our everyday lives, from the ads and websites we browse, to the menus and memes that we consume. Through interviews with stock photography experts, photographers, models, consumers, and...

The images of the decade-long performance based photographic project by Linda Cummings. Slippages is a landmark publication of photographs by American artist Linda Cummings. The book showcases over 60 high-quality duotone images spanning the decade from 1992 to 2003 and the last vestiges of analogue photography. Cummings' compositions toss expectation to the wind, transposing gender dynamics with a sleight of...

Guest edited by the acclaimed photographer Alec Soth, Aperture's summer issue explores the dimensions and possibilities of dreams, journeys, and chance in photography. Sleepwalking covers a surprising array of images and stories from the Soviet-era Czech artist Emila Medov to Sophie Calle's discovery of an abandoned Parisian hotel to Soth's own photographs from his travels in the United States. In...

Enchanting Nature is published on the occasion of the homonymous exhibition presented at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, Texas, USA, from September 11 through February 1, 2026. The publication's text and images expand on the breadth of Skoglund's artistic practice as a sculptor, installation artist, and photographer. The clash of culture and nature is eternal, an ongoing struggle...

"Everyone has a story about the weather. This may be the single thing each of us holds in common. And though the weather varies greatly from here to there, it is, ultimately, one weather that we share. Small talk everywhere has occasioned the popular distribution of the weather. Some say talking about the weather is talking about oneself. And with...

In the midst of an extended road trip across the United States, Robert Frank pointed his camera lens at a passing trolley in New Orleans, took a single exposure, and then turned back to bustling Canal Street, where crowds of people swarmed the sidewalks. That single click of the shutter produced a picture with enduring clarity: a row of windows...

The Arolsen Holocaust Archive chronicles the history of the Nazi repository of voluminous prisoner records from World War II, capturing in excruciating exactitude the Nazi campaign to murder millions and eradicate European Jewry. Located in Bad Arolsen, Germany, and under the auspices of the International Red Cross, the International Tracing Service (ITS) was renamed the Arolsen Archives - International Center...