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The Americans by Robert Frank
Robert Frank’s The Americans changed the course of twentieth-century photography. In eighty-three photographs, Frank looked beneath the surface of American life to reveal a people plagued by racism, ill-served by their politicians, and rendered numb by a rapidly expanding culture of consumption. Yet he also found novel areas of beauty in simple, overlooked corners of American life.
Annie Leibovitz: Portraits, 2005-2016 by Annie Liebovitz
In this newest collection, Leibovitz has captured the world’s most compelling subjects in the style that has distinguished her as one of the most loved and compelling talents of our time. The photographs document contemporary culture with an artist’s eye, wit, and uncanny ability to personalize even the most recognizable and distinguished figures.
Bill Cunningham: On the Street by Bill Cunningham
Bill Cunningham was known for wearing a blue work jacket and riding a bicycle around New York City as he captured cutting-edge street style (before street style was even a thing). He took pictures for The New York Times from 1978 until his death in 2016 and wrote the beloved columns “On the Street” and “Evening Hours.” This collection of Bill’s hallowed photography–a mixture of published and unpublished–is organized by decade and features essays by and about Bill’s muses and subjects like Anna Wintour, Cathy Horyn, Vanessa Friedman, and Ruth La Ferla.
Courtside: 40 Years of NBA Photography by Nathaniel S. Butler
As one of the National Basketball Association’s premier photographers, Nathaniel S. Butler has shot it all. From iconic moments like Ray Allen’s corner three to intimate portraits of Bill Russell and the NBA50 and NBA75 teams to Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant and Steph Curry clinching championships, if it was a history-making basketball moment, Butler was there. Courtside spans the first four decades of Butler’s career. With commentary from NBA legends, including Patrick Ewing, Steph Curry, Jeremy Lin, and Victor Wembanyama, this is the insider look at the NBA and the man whose photographs helped define its rise.
Diane Arbus by Diane Arbus
Universally acknowledged as a photobook classic, Diane Arbus is a masterpiece, and remains the foundation of her international reputation. Arbus’ photographs penetrate the psyche with all the force of a personal encounter and, in doing so, transform the way we see the world and the people in it.
The Hubble Cosmos: 25 Years of New Vistas in Space by David H. DeVorkin
Celebrating NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope’s remarkable first 25 years, this book is filled with brilliant imagery and offers a new understanding of the universe. Relive key moments in the Hubble story, from launch through major new instrumentation to the promise of discoveries to come. With more than 150 photographs including Hubble All-Stars—the most famous of all the noteworthy images—The Hubble Cosmos shows how this telescope revolutionized our knowledge of space.
Impounded: Dorothea Lange and the Censored Images of Japanese Internment by Dorothea Lange
Censored by the U.S. Army, Dorothea Lange’s unseen photographs are the photographic record of the Japanese American internment saga. Presenting 119 images–the majority of which have never been published–this book evokes the horror of a community uprooted in the early 1940s and the stark reality of the internment camps. Nationally known historians Linda Gordon and Gary Okihiro narrate the saga of Japanese American internment: from life before Executive Order 9066 to the abrupt roundups and the marginal existence in the bleak, sandswept camps.
In Vogue: The Illustrated History of the World’s Most Famous Fashion Magazine by Norberto Angeletti
A look at the more than 100-year history of the prestigious magazine. This compendium is illustrated with hundreds of covers and archival images from past Vogue editions, and features the work of some of the twentieth century’s most respected artists, cover illustrators, and photographers – from Edward Steichen, Toni Frissell, and Erwin Blumenfeld to Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Annie Leibovitz, Mario Testino, Steven Klein, Bruce Weber, and Herb Ritts.
Life in Photographs by Linda McCartney
In May 1968, Linda McCartney became the first female photographer to have her work on the cover of Rolling Stone. During her tenure as the leading photographer of the late 1960s musical scene, she captured many of rock’s most important musicians on film, including Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Simon & Garfunkel, The Beatles, The Who, The Doors, and the Grateful Dead. For the next three decades, she devoted herself to her family, vegetarianism, animal rights, and photography. This retrospective volume–selected from her archive of over 200,000 images–was produced in close collaboration with Paul McCartney and their children.
The Most Beautiful Libraries in the World by Guillaume de Laubier
An internationally renowned photographer takes the reader on a journey to more than 20 of the most historic libraries, all architectural treasures. From the dramatic, baroque Library of the Institut de France in Paris to the splendid Vatican Library in Rome; from the majestic Royal Library in El Escorial, Spain, to the famed New York Public Library, a Beaux-Arts masterpiece–here are some of the most exquisite libraries of the Western world. Included are national, scholarly, and religious libraries from 12 countries, which have in common a distinguished heritage and an architectural setting that emphasizes art and culture.
National Geographic: Stunning Photographs by Annie Griffiths
National Geographic (NG) photographer Griffiths has chosen hundreds of the most remarkable images ever made by NG photographers. Herself an accomplished photographer, Griffiths contributes a thoughtful introduction and has organized the book into six broad categories: “Mystery”; “Harmony”; “Wit”; “Discovery”; “Energy”; and “Intimacy.” The pictures in this book will appeal to all who want to enjoy the smorgasbord of colors, textures, and sensations that comprise the fabric of everyday life.
National Geographic: The Photographs by Leah Bendavid-Val
From the famous Afghan girl whose haunting green eyes stare out from the book’s cover, and her poignant story that captured the world’s interest, to award-winning photography culled from the Society’s vast archives, The Photographs offers an inside look at National Geographic and a sharp-eyed view of the world. Author Leah Bendavid-Val writes about the photographers’ achievements from technical, journalistic, and artistic perspectives. Five chapters cover core National Geographic themes–wildlife on land and water; cultures in the United States and around the world; and science, from astronomy to archaeology to the human senses. The photographs in each chapter capture rare moments in nature and the lives of animals, along with defining events in the lives of people everywhere.
Our America: A Photographic History by Ken Burns
Documentarian Burns presents a stunning collection of photographs chronicling American history from 1839 to 2019. It’s a powerful and moving collection, ranging from the obscure (a 1903 photo of the first Japanese American baseball team in the mainland U.S.) to the famous (Robert Frank’s 1955 image of passengers on a segregated trolley in New Orleans). Celebrity faces–Charlie Chaplin, Mark Twain, Johnny Cash–appear in unguarded moments, alongside natural wonders–Niagara Falls, Yellowstone National Park, Bryce Canyon–and evidence of racial violence, including a formerly enslaved man’s scarred back and the aftermath of the 1911 lynching of an Oklahoma mother and her son. Visually arresting and expertly curated, this is a must-have for fans of Burns’s documentaries.
Our National Parks by Ansel Adams
What can one say? There can never be enough books of Ansel Adams’ photographs. This one, resplendent with beautiful reproductions of his classic national parks photos and peppered with excerpts from his writing and letters, focuses on his commitment to preserving the parks system. You not only get to see the scenery that inspired him, you also hear his profound commitment to keeping the parks as pristine as possible. As a bonus, writings about Ansel Adams are included, so you get to hear what it was like to go on a shoot with him and how he set up his shots. And the photos, as usual, take your breath away.
The Photo Ark: One Man’s Quest to Document the World’s Animals by Joel Sartore
Featuring two-headed turtles, golden langurs glaring into the camera, and eye-catching grasshoppers, this lively collection of color photos of creatures large and small will enthrall even the most casual viewer. Photos of seemingly unrelated species are frequently juxtaposed: pairing the echidna and the platypus, or the Mexican hairy dwarf porcupine and the zebra, creates a striking effect that also shows the connectivity of nature. The selection is part of a project led by conservationist and National Geographic photographer Satore, who has devoted 25 years to capturing the images of every species held in captivity in order to preserve their images and encourage activism.
Photography: The Definitive Visual History by Tom Ang
This book traces the history of photography from the first black and white images to celebrated examples of 21st-century digital photography. It includes the most iconic photographs of the past 200 years and more than 50 biographies of the most famous photographers, explaining how they pushed the bounds of the medium. It also showcases examples of the extraordinary cameras, from the daguerreotype to the latest camera phones.
Robert Capa: Photographs by Robert Capa
Capa’s photographs have become icons of the horrors and futility of war. This volume contains some of his most dramatic pictures of the battles he covered–the Spanish Civil War, the Japanese invasion of China in 1938, the European theater during WWII, the Israeli War for Independence in 1948 and the French-Indochina War. Capa risked his life to capture these images, going ashore in Normandy with the first wave of troops to hit Omaha Beach on D-Day, parachuting into Germany with American troops in 1945 and accompanying French soldiers on a mission in Vietnam. Capa showed sympathy for soldiers and civilians on both sides of every conflict, and the compassionate aspect of his work is underscored by the inclusion of sensitive pictures that have nothing to do with war, such as scenes of Chinese children playing in the snow and a U.S. medic treating a German soldier in 1943.
There and Back: Photographs from the Edge by Jimmy Chin
Filmmaker, photographer, and world-class mountaineer Jimmy Chin goes where few can follow to capture stunning images in death-defying situations.There and Back draws from his breathtaking portfolio of photographs, captured over twenty years during expeditions on all seven continents–from skiing Mount Everest, to an unsupported traverse of Tibet’s Chang Tang Plateau on foot, to first ascents in Chad’s Ennedi Desert and Antarctica’s Queen Maud Land. Along the way, Chin shares behind-the-scenes details about how he captured such images in impossible conditions, and tells the stories of the adventurers and athletes he has photographed.
Treasured Lands: A Photographic Odyssey Through America’s National Parks by QT Luong
Photographer QT Luong pays tribute to the millions of acres of protected wilderness in our country’s 59 national parks. Luong, who is featured in Ken Burns’s and Dayton Duncan’s documentary The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, is one the most prolific photographers working in the national parks and the only one to have made large-format photographs in each of them. In an odyssey that spanned more than 20 years and 300 visits, Luong focused his lenses on iconic landscapes and rarely seen remote views, presenting his journey in this array of over 500 breathtaking images. Accompanying the collection is a guide that includes maps of each park, extended captions that detail where and how the photographs were made, and anecdotal observations that give context to the pictures and convey the sheer scope of Luong’s extraordinary odyssey.
Vivian Maier: Street Photographer by Vivian Maier
Vivian Maier was a professional nanny, who from the 1950s until the 1990s took over 100,000 photographs worldwide – from France to New York City, to Chicago and dozens of other countries – and yet showed the results to no one. The photos are amazing both for the breadth of the work and for the high quality of the humorous, moving, beautiful, and raw images of all facets of city life in America’s post-war golden age. It wasn’t until realtor and amateur historian John Maloof stumbled upon a box of anonymous negatives that her work was revealed to critical acclaim.