The Americans. . .

By Robert Frank
"Robert Frank, Swiss, unobtrusive, nice, with that little camera that he raises and snaps with one hand he sucked a sad poem right out of America onto film, taking rank among the tragic poets of the world" -- Jack Kerouac in the introduction to The Americans.

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Creative Sparks. . .

Photos by Sandy Skoglund
Sandy Skoglund is one of the most imaginative contemporary artists in the world. Skoglund constructs whole alternative worlds to photograph.

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Andy Goldsworthy . . .

The full title of this book, Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature, really says it all. Goldsworthy uses natural objects to create arrangements never seen in nature, but which look like they should have.

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Let the Truth be the Prejudice . . .

Photographs By Eugene Smith
Smith's essay Minamata, about the human cost of mercury poisoning in Japan, can still bring tears to the eyes. And the entire body of Smith's work, much of the best shown here, can only inspire awe in anyone who ever picked up a camera and tried to document even a small corner of our world.

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Cindy Sherman: Retrospective . . .

Photos By Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman's photographs have always generated a lot of emotion and sometimes more than a little controversy. Cindy Sherman: Retrospective, first published to accompany an exhibition curated by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Follows the photographer's career with 279 photographs.

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Sleeping by the Mississippi . . .

Photographs by Alec Soth
This journey along the United States' "Third Coast" is, in reality, nothing less than a new look at our country in the best traditions of documentary photography.

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Uncommon Places . . .

Photography by Stephen Shore
Stephen Shore was one of the first photographers to use color film for artistic purposes. His unromantic look at the 1970s, first published by Aperture, has influenced countless artists, photographers and film makers.

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Women . . .

Photography by Annie Leibovitz
America's most extrodinary portrait photographer turns her camera toward Women in this volume, which features an indroduction by the late Susan Sontag.

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Anonymous . . .

By Robert Flynn Johnson & William Boyd
Photography is, without question, the most democratic of the arts. Well-paid pros can fail to say anything worthwhile. Amateurs with no technical knowledge can accidentally compose wonderful images. Anonymous: Enigmatic Images from Unknown Photographers is a celebration of this puzzle.

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Alfred Steiglitz: Camera Work . . .

By Pam Roberts
No one fought harder to establish photography as a fine art than Alfred Steiglitz. And, probably his most effective weapon was Camera Work, the journal he published. Pam Roberts brings together some of the best of Camera Work along with her own essays about the publication and the times.

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Richard Avedon Portraits . . .

Photographs by Richard Avedon
The late Richard Avedon was known equally for his fashion photography and his stark, straightforward portraits of real people in front of plain white backgrounds. Only a genius of Avedon's talents could make such compelling images without relying on the backgrounds and props common in portrait photography.

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The Pirelli Calendar . . .

Published by Rizzoli International Publications
For 40 years the Pirelli calendar has dramatically improved the quality of erotic art on auto repair shop walls. In this edition, Rizolli brings together the complete collection of images.

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Irving Penn: A Career . . .

Photographs by Irving Penn
If you think about a favorite image from the golden age of fashion photography, it probably is an Irving Penn. This latest collection has been curated by the Art Institute of Chicago.

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