Photography Books

Photographs at the Edge – Vittorio Sella and Wilfred Thesiger is an illustrated look at two early-twentieth-century explorers whose work took them to deserts and mountain peaks, coinciding with the rise of modern photography along the way. Vittorio Sella (1859–1943) was the foremost mountaineering photographer of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, producing widely celebrated images of K2 and other famed...

On July 21, 1969, the first man set foot on The Moon. When Neil Armstrong was asked if this made him feel big, he answered: "No, it made me feel really, really small." Fifty years later, this publication celebrates that special moment that put life on earth into a totally different perspective. It collects pictures of the world's best photographers...

Award-winning German photographer Michael Wolf (1954–2019) grew up in Canada, Europe and the United States. In 1994, Wolf moved to Hong Kong, where he worked for eight years as a contract photographer for Stern Magazine. The core of Wolf's work consisted of capturing life in megacities. Many of his projects depict the architecture and popular culture of metropolises, and Hong...

New York Times Notable Book “A smart, crackling chronicle of fast game, the ’80s art market, [and] the attraction of destruction.” —Village Voice A bold and vivid biography that chronicles the dazzling rise and tragic death of Neo-expressionist artist Jean-Michel Basquiat. In less than a decade, Jean-Michel Basquiat went from being a teenage graffiti artist to an international art star....

Richard Avedon was one of the most sought-after and influential advertising photographers in America from the 1940s to the beginning of the 21st century, creating work that exemplified Madison Avenue at the height of its influence in world culture. Working with a talented cadre of models, copywriters, and art directors, Avedon made images that enticed consumers to embrace the new,...

Portraits of young adults in Washington Square Park and the West Village of New York City, documenting those on the cusp of adulthood in one of the most culturally diverse areas of the USA. Amy Horowitz's superb street portraiture is all about connection. It's about being seen, heard, and understood, for those she photographs as well as for herself. For...

Lee Miller's War highlights Lee Miller's work for Vogue from 1941-1945, establishing her as a photographer and writer of extraordinary ability. The quality of her photography from this period has long been recognised as outstanding, and its full range is showcased here, accompanied by her brilliant despatches. Starting with her first report from a field hospital soon after D-Day, the...

The special limited edition of this stunning book features a luxurious stamped and debossed clamshell case and includes an art print from Automobili Lamborghini. Featuring never-before-published photos and original drawings from Lamborghini archives, this is a visual masterpiece for lovers of luxury sportscars. It includes sketches by Mitja Borkert, head of Lamborghini design since 2016, and exclusive interviews with Automobili...

This new book of Ansel Adams photographs, the first in five years, is a personal and powerful look at Ansel Adams' Yosemite—featuring a sequence of photographs assembled throughout Adams' lifetime that have never before been collected in book form. The photographs of Ansel Adams are among America's greatest cultural treasures, but Adams' most enduring legacy may be the work he...

Have a “Rock and Roll Party” with this incredible chronicle of KISS’s first platinum studio album and one of the greatest rock records in history. In 1976, Gene, Paul, Ace, and Peter stomped their platform heels into the mainstream with Destroyer, which catapulted them to superstardom. This official, authorized retrospective takes you behind the scenes at the recording sessions and...

From the Northern Lights to the midnight sun, journey to the magical world of Iceland through the lens of an award-winning photographer. For centuries, the breathtaking waterfalls, fierce volcanoes, and sweeping green hills of Iceland have captivated travellers' imaginations. In The Wild Magic of Iceland, acclaimed photographer and adventurer Norris Niman transports you to these and more picturesque sites on...

It's an art/photography book, it's a game book, and it's the best gift book for dog-lovers since William Wegman started photographing his weimaraners. Play hide-and-seek with Instagram's favourite border collie, hiding in every page of this New York Times best-selling book of beautiful landscape photography. Momo and his best buddy Andrew Knapp travel all over—through fields, down country roads, across...

Cool Mothers: An Appreciation of Style celebrates what our mothers wore and how their style choices reflected, challenged, and shaped the world around them. Some mothers are punk, others are hippies, chic power dressers, or free-spirited bohemians. Many resist labels altogether. These richly illustrated pages offer a joyful celebration of our mothers' clothes and how their style choices—practical, political, or...

Balinese rituals, art and a unique sense of time are what set Bali apart! This unique book describes the concept of time in Bali and the magical significance of religious rites and festivals that are bewilderingly complex yet endlessly intriguing. Authors Jean Couteau and Georges Breguet begin by unraveling the difficult Balinese calendar and making it accessible. This calendar forms...

The first major biography on Anni Albers traces the complex personality and influential artistic career of the groundbreaking modern artist. Anni Albers (1899–1994) was a pioneer of twentieth-century modernism. As a textile designer, weaver, writer, and graphic artist, she inspired a reconsideration of fabrics as an art form, both in their functional roles and as wall hangings, and took the...

The Creative Gardener by Stephanie Mahon, editor of Gardens Illustrated, and award-winning landscape photographer John Campbell, presents an inspiring celebration of Britain and Ireland's most imaginative gardens - and the remarkable people who created them. Step inside the private worlds of artists, writers, designers, and makers whose gardens are as distinctive as their work. From city courtyards to wild country...

From the roar of Anfield to the shadows of the Maracanã, this is a stunning visual and historical tribute to the world's most legendary stadiums. It features multiple images per ground—including rare historical photos, players in action, and unforgettable match moments. From Europe's cathedrals of football to lesser-known gems across South America, Asia, and Africa, this truly international collection captures...

Witness the evolution of Halloween in New York City with this nostalgic and charming collection of photographs. Larry Racioppo's street photos of trick or treaters in his South Brooklyn neighbourhood not only landed him a gallery show and a feature in The Village Voice but also a children's book deal with Charles Scribner's Sons in 1980. In Halloween, his collection...

America was a country dreamed up by religious fanatics and realised through violence. Philip Roth gave a name for this 'blessed rage for purity': the 'indigenous American Berserk'. Granta 176 looks at what's left of this vicious drive, in all its most virulent and florid strains. The American Berserk is the true psychogeography of the country, its dark underbelly. It's...

Best in Show is a collection of photographs of well-groomed and award-winning dogs by New York City–based photographer Dolly Faibyshev. Dolly’s images from the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show are a colourful, vibrant, campy, and satirical take on this specific slice of Americana. Dolly Faibyshev’s images are sure to delight fans of all breeds of dogs. The colourful, closely cropped...

Through iconic images and sensual details, this book celebrates Porsche as both a design icon and a modern cult object. From the understated sensuality of the 356 to the raw power of the Carrera GT, each model becomes the protagonist of an aesthetic and sensory narrative, where lines, materials, and curves excite like works of art. Featuring photographic pages and...

The world appears to be divided into cat and dog lovers, but fortunately Walter Chandoha, the 20th century's greatest pet photographer, found himself happily in the middle. He loved these intriguing creatures equally for their unique beauty and individualism, and as subjects to photograph in a career spanning over 70 years. While working on his critically acclaimed TASCHEN book Cats,...

Ultimate Collector Motorcycles: Dream Rides – the most spectacular bikes on the planet. From the 1894 Hildebrand & Wolfmüller to the 2020 Aston Martin AMB 001, this set lavishly explores 100 of the most desirable motorcycles to have ever sped thrillingly around a circuit or along an open road. From pioneering record-breakers, luxury tourers, and legendary roadracers to GP-winning machines,...

Celebrate the championship glory, Hall of Fame personalities, and passionate fans that make the Boston Red Sox one of the most historic franchises in baseball. Once an intrepid expansion club, the Boston Red Sox have now thrilled their loyal fans for well over a century. Sports Illustrated celebrates the franchise with The Boston Red Sox, an extraordinary collection of classic...

Arranged alphabetically, this biographical encyclopaedia features every major photographer of the 20th century alongside her or his most significant monographs. From the earliest representatives of classical Modernism right up to the present day, Photographers A–Z celebrates those photographers who have distinguished themselves with important publications or exhibitions, and who have made a significant contribution to the culture of the photographic...

Mario Testino is recognised as the ultimate fashion photographer of his generation, but his pictures of Kate Moss transcend fashion. The result of two decades of extraordinary friendship and phenomenal glamour, this iconic collaboration is an intimate insight into the lives and minds of two of the world's definitive style leaders. This book follows the journey of this exceptional fashion...

Accompanied by some of his lesser-known photographs, this distilled dialogue is drawn directly from the recordings of a roving conversation with David Goldblatt three months before his death in June 2018. Goldblatt was born in Randfontein—a mining town on the Witwatersrand gold reef—in 1930, the grandson of Lithuanian-Jewish migrants who settled in South Africa after escaping persecution in Europe. After...

Five comics stories set in James Cameron's expansive world that take place before, during, and after the 2009 multiple Academy Award-winning film Avatar. In the year 2154, on the moon Pandora, in a galaxy far from Earth, Marine Jake Sully joined the native Na'vi through an avatar body and became their leader in the fight against the destructive RDA organisation...

Wellington Railway Station is one of New Zealand’s greatest aesthetic, architectural, and structural buildings, yet since 1937 when The Station’s grand opening took place, not one book has been produced dedicated solely to this ‘Temple of Transport’, as it was originally dubbed. Bruce Foster’s photographs, taken over 18 months, along with archive images, plus photographs by Ans Westra, pay tribute...

For seven years, photographer and artist Lena Herzog followed the evolution of a new kinetic species. Intricate as insects but with bursts of equine energy, the Strandbeests, or "beach creatures," are the creation of Dutch artist Theo Jansen, who has been working for nearly two decades to generate these new life-forms that move, and even survive, on their own. Set...

Exclusive art project by photographer Erwin Olaf and choreographer Hans van Manen offering a unique view on dance and photography. Ballet inspires me. Human beings have the capacity to express themselves through many art forms, but when it comes to dance – and especially classical modern ballet – I am always amazed by that unbelievably elevated form of expression. It's...

From a turtle poking out of its egg to sloth sibs cuddling, this adorable collection highlights more than 150 youngsters across the animal kingdom. It's the latest in renowned photographer Joel Sartore's National Geographic Photo Ark series. Fall in love with rambunctious cougar kittens and playful coyote pups, fluffy pandas and curious chimps, as you explore more than 120 photographs...

An expanded edition of this animal photography bestseller, with 130 new photographs and 20 new essays by beloved writer Sy Montgomery. Celebrating the 20th year of the author's lifelong project to photograph every species in human care—in zoos, aquariums, wildlife centres, and private collections—around the world. Joel Sartore and his The Photo Ark project are becoming household names, beloved by...

Join celebrated author and photographer Tim Palmer as he takes us down one of America’s most magnificent rivers. From the Youghiogheny’s lofty headwaters to its quiet ending only a dozen miles from Pittsburgh, the river he reveals shines with splendour and beckons to all who walk, bike, paddle, or simply pause to appreciate the natural wonder awaiting those who live...

Since photography's invention in the early nineteenth century, the medium has produced countless thought-provoking images. The Library of Congress holds more than seventeen million photographs in its collections, ranging from some of the earliest images ever taken to photographs by artists working today. The Joy of Looking: Great Photographs from the Library of Congress presents a selection of striking photographs...

The hair on the back of my neck stood straight up as I watched the flames devour the forest faster than a man could run. The fire was outflanking us and was burning faster than we could dig a hand line. If it got behind us, our escape route would be gone. There would be no place to go. Our...

A brilliant, clear-eyed consideration of the visual representation of violence in our culture—its ubiquity, meanings, and effects. Considered one of the greatest critics of her generation, Susan Sontag followed up her monumental On Photography with an extended study of human violence, reflecting on a question first posed by Virginia Woolf in Three Guineas: How in your opinion are we to...

Quest for Beauty: The Photographic Journey of Malak of Ottawa is the authorised biography of the prolific, passionate and tireless Canadian photographer Malak Karsh. Malak's quest takes us from the Karsh family's exodus from Turkey, wrought by the 1915 Armenian genocide, to Canada and a storied life filled with colour, beauty and joy. The brother of Yousuf Karsh, arguably the...

Neuroaesthetic Stage Lighting Design redefines stage lighting through the lens of neuroaesthetics, exploring how light shapes human perception, emotion, and experience. Interweaving science, philosophy, and art, it reveals the power of lighting to enhance beauty and meaning on the stage. This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the aesthetic and functional principles of light by weaving together multiple threads of...

Félix Nadar took the first aerial photograph in 1858, so the story goes. The evidence, Emily Doucet notes, is mixed. In Inventing Nadar, Doucet analyses the historical and material production of the nineteenth-century Parisian photographer’s famous and numerous photographic firsts. Focusing on these oft-labelled groundbreaking elements of his career, she deconstructs Nadar’s legacy as a prime protagonist in the history...

Félix Nadar took the first aerial photograph in 1858, so the story goes. The evidence, Emily Doucet notes, is mixed. In Inventing Nadar, Doucet analyzes the historical and material production of the nineteenth-century Parisian photographer’s famous and numerous photographic firsts. Focusing on these oft-labeled groundbreaking elements of his career, she deconstructs Nadar’s legacy as a prime protagonist in the history...

Wie lassen sich zwei so anachronistisch scheinende Felder wie der frühneuzeitliche Vanitas-Topos und zeitgenössische Kunst vereinbaren? Hat Ersterer aufgrund seiner außerordentlich virtuosen, komplexen und gleichzeitig höchst eingängigen Stillleben eine Verdichtung von Vergänglich- und Endlichkeitsreflexionen zu verzeichnen, so ist festzustellen, dass sich insbesondere die zeitgenössische Fotografie erneut und vermehrt dieser Thematik annimmt. Aus kunstwissenschaftlicher Perspektive schließt diese Arbeit eine Forschungslücke. Ausgangspunkt...

Lynne A. Goldsmith possesses a deep curiosity about her natural surroundings. She aims to support multidisciplinary studies and initiate conversations about the otherworldly phenomena found in the air, water, and on land. The work in Extraterrestrial Life is considered a partial collection, as many of these images are the result of honing in on small aspects within individual photographs, which...

Eating bananas, hopping around the house, hanging out with his big brothers, begging the humans (mum and dad) for treats, and going on amazing adventures, these are a few of his favourite things. Barnaby, known as the happiest bunny in the world, is an adorable Angora rabbit who was rescued and now gets to live an amazing cage-free life with...

A major reassessment of Walker Evans that shows him as a photographer both of his time and very much ahead of it. Walker Evans (1903-1975) is one of the great enduring figures of modern photography. His vivid images are inseparable from the history of the medium and the history of the USA. The subject matter was quintessentially American—small-town life, typical...

Photographs are more than just illustrations of a moment in time, they offer a powerful way to interpret and understand the past like no other historical source can. U.S. History in 15 Photographs introduces this power through 15 iconic and lesser-known photographs representing key eras in American History. Taking the reader from Reconstruction and Westward Expansion, to the Roaring Twenties...

The Filmmaker’s Guide to Visual Effects offers a practical, detailed guide to visual effects for non-VFX specialists working in film and television. In contemporary filmmaking and television production, visual effects are used extensively in a wide variety of genres and formats to contribute to visual storytelling, help deal with production limitations, and reduce budget costs. Yet for many directors, producers,...

Family of Migrants is inspired by the legendary exhibition Family of Man, an ode to humanity created by photographer and curator Edward Steichen, that opened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1955. At the time, Family of Man told the universal and timeless story of humanity. Family of Migrants will do the same, but with a...

This is the classic guide for analog photography enthusiasts interested in high-quality darkroom work. The fourth edition from darkroom master Steve Anchell is packed with techniques for silver-based processing. In addition to recipes for darkroom experiments, this book contains invaluable information on developers, push-processing, reversal processing, enlarged negatives, pyro formulas, printing, and toning prints. The Darkroom Cookbook also offers advice...

This is the classic guide for analog photography enthusiasts interested in high-quality darkroom work. The fourth edition from darkroom master Steve Anchell is packed with techniques for silver-based processing. In addition to recipes for darkroom experiments, this book contains invaluable information on developers, push-processing, reversal processing, enlarged negatives, pyro formulas, printing, and toning prints. The Darkroom Cookbook also offers advice...

This tome is the most comprehensive visual history of Surfing to date, marking a major cultural event as much as a publication. Following three and a half years of meticulous research, it brings together hundreds of images to chart the evolution of surfing as a sport, a lifestyle, and a philosophy. The book is arranged into five chronological chapters, tracing...

"It's dangerous to be an honest man." Michael Corleone, Godfather III As special photographer on the sets and locations of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather trilogy, Steve Schapiro had the remarkable experience of witnessing legendary actors giving some of their most memorable performances. Schapiro immortalised Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, James Caan, Robert Duvall, and Diane Keaton in...

What makes this book of Spot the Differences puzzles so unique? Simply put: the quality of the photographs. Every one of the pictures comes from the acclaimed George Eastman House archive, with some dating back to the 1800s. So they make stunning art as well as absorbing brainteasers. In every case, you'll get two versions of the picture side by...

Nan Goldin's deeply personal exploration of female trauma and resistance. Sisters, Saints and Sibyls is a tribute to all rebellious women struggling to survive in society. Focusing on the tragic life of her sister, Barbara, Nan Goldin weaves together a tapestry out of medical records, family photographs, and mythical allusions to Saint Barbara to compose a haunting meditation on the...

A practical, hands-on guide to lighting for video, Shaping Light for Video in the Age of LEDs explores how LEDs are changing the aesthetics of lighting. It provides students with an indispensable guide to the everyday techniques required to produce professional-quality lighting in the age of LEDs and wireless control options. The book focuses on first-hand application of technical knowledge,...

This sumptuous book gathers together 26 of the best gardens in Scandinavia, both grand and intimate, traditional and modern. It features gardens made by acclaimed designers and gardens that are well-known and open to the public. Most importantly, they are owned and tended by passionate gardeners, from the smallest private gardens to grand palace gardens. Drawing on gardens from Sweden,...

You want to look through the lens of your camera and change the world. You want to capture powerful moments in one click that will impact the minds of other people. Photographic images are one of the most popular tools used to advocate for social and environmental awareness. This can be as close to home as drug use, prostitution, or...

The ultimate collection of street photography from the world-famous Magnum Photos Agency. Magnum Streetwise is an unmissable tour through the photographs and practices that have helped define what street photography is and can be. Magnum photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson pioneered 'modern' concepts of street photography before the term was even coined - but their influence is far from historic....

At a time when surfing is more popular than ever, it's fitting to look back at the years that brought the sport into the mainstream. Developed by Hawaiian Islanders over five centuries ago, surfing began to peak on the mainland in the 1950s—becoming not just a sport, but a way of life, admired and exported across the globe. One of...

Japan's capital city for over 1000 years, Kyoto is the country's cultural and spiritual heart. Kyoto Dreaming captures the stunning beauty of Kyoto as seen through the eyes of photographer Taro Moberly. From the picturesque temples and prewar machiya traditional townhouses that populate its historic districts to the bamboo gardens and luscious sakura, Moberly's love for his adopted hometown shines...

Thoroughly researched and beautifully produced, this catalogue complements the first comprehensive retrospective in the United States of Imogen Cunningham’s work in over thirty-five years. Celebrated American artist Imogen Cunningham (1883–1976) enjoyed a long career as a photographer, creating a large and diverse body of work that underscored her unique vision, versatility, and commitment to the medium. An early feminist and...

Virtually unparalleled in scope and spanning more than five decades, the photography of visionary Helmut Newton (1920-2004) reached millions through publication in magazines like Vogue and Elle. His oeuvre transcended genres, bringing elegance, style, and voyeurism to fashion, portrait, and glamour photography through a body of work that remains as inimitable as it is unrivalled. Having mastered the art of...

Helmut Newton (1920-2004) always showed a healthy disdain for the easy or predictable, so it's no surprise that the SUMO was an irresistible project. The idea of a book the size of a private exhibition, with spectacular images reproduced to state-of-the-art origination and printing standards, emerged from an open, experimental dialogue between photographer and publisher. With the SUMO weighing in-boxed...

An immersion into the vibrant world of Harry Gruyaert’s New York. For over fifty years, Harry Gruyaert has wandered New York City’s streets, capturing its dazzling contrasts – from towering skylines and neon-lit diners to multicultural neighbourhoods and fleeting street scenes. Designed as a large-format visual album, this book presents each photograph across a double-page spread, evoking the rhythm and...

Elected the architectural book of the year by the International Artbook and Film Festival in Perpignan, France, Frédéric Chaubin's Cosmic Communist Constructions Photographed explores 90 buildings in 14 former Soviet Republics. Each of these structures expresses what Chaubin considers the fourth age of Soviet architecture, an unknown burgeoning that took place from 1970 until 1990. Contrary to the 1920s and...

Ellen von Unwerth was a supermodel before the term was invented, so she knows a thing or two about photographing beautiful women. Now one of the world's most original and successful fashion photographers, she pays homage to the world's most delectable females in Fräulein. This celebration of our era's sexiest female icons includes Claudia Schiffer, Kate Moss, Vanessa Paradis, Britney...

A definitive, first-of-its-kind, photographic celebration of the rich history of women's basketball captures the passion and skill of the players and coaches who built the sport as we know it today. Women's basketball is taking the country by storm with record-breaking viewership and attendance and unprecedented attention being given to rising stars like Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. These players...

For almost 50 years, the theme of fashion has been a constant in the work of US artist Cindy Sherman. Cindy Sherman – Anti-Fashion is the first to focus on this close engagement with fashion and approaches her photographic oeuvre from a new perspective. In so doing, it sheds light on the interplay between art and fashion. For Sherman, her...

'Treasure the sounds you hear and sometimes even enjoy a little silence.' - Bryan Adams Dive into the world of conscious hearing with Hear the World, a book by musician and photographer Bryan Adams for the Hear the World Foundation. This captivating work features over 120 portraits by Adams of renowned ambassadors for the foundation. Wim Wenders, Dionne Warwick, Lana...

Talamon saw it all during the golden age of soul, R&B, and funk. Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, this young African American photographer from Los Angeles found himself backstage with an all-access pass to the heart of the music scene. He caught his first big break landing a position as a staff photographer at SOUL Newspaper in LA in...

For the first half of the 20th Century, Sudan, a country roughly the size of western Europe, was governed by a small cadre of about a hundred British administrators - the Sudan Political Service. Ted Nightingale joined the service straight from university in 1926 and retired (as Governor of Equatoria Province) just before Sudan obtained independence in 1954. On Sudan...

Discover the magical world of the honeybee with this deluxe book, featuring 70 stunning images shot with ultraviolet technology. A comprehensive look into the amazing science of bees, this book collects mesmerising ultraviolet-induced visible fluorescence (UVIVF) photography of flowers and nature and offers fascinating research that explores every aspect of our relationship with honeybees. Learn about the history of beekeeping,...

Although never formally diagnosed, Frank Merritt was on the autistic spectrum. He was also dyslexic, and it was rare for him to write anything down. When he was called up for National Service in the 1950s, during the Korean War, he could have deferred, as he was a farmer's son and farming was a reserved occupation. Feeling it was his...

One of the greatest bands of all time and one of the greatest music photographers in history meet in this incredible visual archive featuring exclusive never-before-seen photos. Jim Marshall took thousands of photos of the Grateful Dead throughout their career—from Woodstock to the last free concert on Haight Street and beyond. Marshall’s magnificent images chronicle the band’s trajectory as hairstyles...

This colourful book introduces the Samoa Islands. It reveals a proud society that has withstood the impact of colonisation and retained a unique lifestyle centred around the family and village.

These cat lovers are out and purr-oud! Freddie Mercury, Sylvia Rivera, Alison Bechdel, Dusty Springfield. Queer Icons and Their Cats is a celebration of queer icons of the past and present and their furry feline friends. From images of lost legends such as Josephine Baker and James Baldwin, to snapshots of contemporary trailblazers like comedian Tig Notaro and fashion designer...

Polynesian Festival by Evotia Tamua is a captivating photographic essay that chronicles the ASB PolyFest over a span of more than 15 years. The book showcases the vibrant array of performance groups and schools that partake in this annual festival.

A photographic essay of Pacific Auckland by Evotia Tamua, showing the breadth of Pacific Islands life in New Zealand's largest city.

A warm, inviting celebration of family heirlooms and the stories they hold. A set of old apartment keys, Shabbat candlesticks hidden inside a loaf of bread, a declaration of love scribbled on a restaurant receipt. Beautiful stories that celebrate the power an object can hold are at the heart of The Heirloomist by photographer Shana Novak, creator of the project...