Best Photography Books

Art

Theory

Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Understanding Images

The Photography Reader

Another Way of Telling

Essays

On Photography

Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography

The Nature of Photographs

History

A World History of Photography

Seizing the Light: A Social History of Photography

Photography: A Cultural History

Contemporary

The Photograph as Contemporary Art

Why Photography Matters as Art as Never Before

Photography After Frank

Photographers

Annie Leibovitz at Work

Ansel Adams: 400 Photographs

Stieglitz: Camera Work

Reference

The Book of Photography: The History, the Technique, the Art, the Future

The Concise Focal Encyclopedia of Photography: From the First Photo on Paper to the Digital Revolution

The Oxford Companion to the Photograph

Guides

Textbooks

Photography

Light and Lens: Photography in the Digital Age

The Ansel Adams Guide: Basic Techniques of Photography - Book 1

Digital Photography

The Digital Photography Book

Scott Kelby's Digital Photography Boxed Set, Volumes 1, 2, and 3

The Digital Photography Book, Volume 2

Digital Camera

The Digital SLR Bible

Pro Photographer's D-SLR Handbook

How to Do Everything: Digital Camera

Tips and Tricks

Bryan Peterson's Understanding Photography Field Guide: How to Shoot Great Photographs with Any Camera

Photojojo!: Insanely Great Photo Projects and DIY Ideas

How to Photograph Absolutely Everything: Successful Pictures From Your Digital Camera

For Beginners

A Short Course In Photography

National Geographic Ultimate Field Guide to Photography: Revised and Expanded

Langford's Basic Photography, Eighth Edition: The guide for serious photographers

For Kids

I Wanna Take Me a Picture: Teaching Photography and Writing to Children

Kids, Cameras, and the Curriculum: Focusing on Learning in the Primary Grades

Teaching and Learning With Digital Photography: Tips and Tools for Early Childhood Classrooms

For Teens

Teaching Photography: Tools for the Imaging Educator

Click: The Ultimate Photography Guide for Generation Now

Digital Photography for Teens

For Seniors

Digital Photo Editing for Seniors: Learn How to Edit Your Digital Photos with Arcsoft PhotoStudio

Digital Photography For Seniors For Dummies

Digital Photography for Seniors in Easy Steps: For the Over 50s

For Dummies

Digital SLR Cameras and Photography For Dummies

High Dynamic Range Digital Photography For Dummies

Digital Photography All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

Technique

Composition

The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos

Creative Composition: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques

Photographing the World Around You: A Visual Design Workshop for Film and Digital Photography

Exposure

Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera

Exposure Digital Field Guide

Understanding Shutter Speed: Creative Action and Low-Light Photography Beyond 1/125 Second

Lighting

The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light from Small Flashes

Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting

Sculpting with Light: Techniques for Portrait Photographers

Creativity

Creativity

Learning to See Creatively: Design, Color & Composition in Photography

Photography and the Art of Seeing: A Visual Perception Workshop for Film and Digital Photography

Photo Impressionism and the Subjective Image

Inspiration

The Moment It Clicks: Photography secrets from one of the world's top shooters

David Busch's Digital Photography Bucket List: 100 Great Digital Photos You Must Take Before You Die

Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs

Vision

Within the Frame: The Journey of Photographic Vision

Ways of Seeing: Based on the BBC Television Series

Tao of Photography: Seeing Beyond Seeing

Genres

Black & white

Black and White in Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom: A complete integrated workflow solution for creating stunning monochromatic images in Photoshop CS4, Photoshop Lightroom, and beyond

Black and White Photography, Third Revised Edition

The Complete Guide to Black & White Digital Photography

Action

Digital Masters: Adventure Photography: Capturing the World of Outdoor Sports

Galen Rowell's Vision: The Art of Adventure Photography

Blabac Photo: The Art of Skateboarding Photography

Aerial

Secrets of Successful Aerial Photography

Aerial Photography and Image Interpretation

Architectural

Architectural Photography: Composition, Capture, and Digital Image Processing

Architectural Photography: The Digital Way

Architectural Photography: Professional Techniques for Shooting Interior and Exterior Spaces

Astrophotography

Digital Astrophotography: A Guide to Capturing the Cosmos

Digital SLR Astrophotography

Making Beautiful Deep-Sky Images: Astrophotography with Affordable Equipment and Software

Commercial

Digital Food Photography

Food Styling for Photographers: A Guide to Creating Your Own Appetizing Art

Photographing Arts, Crafts & Collectibles: Take Great Digital Photos for Portfolios, Documentation, or Selling on the Web

Documentary

Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans, Expanded Edition

Doing Documentary Work

Witness in Our Time: Working Lives of Documentary Photographers

Event

Three Songs, No Flash!: Your Ultimate Guide to Concert Photography

Event Photography Handbook: How to Make Money Photographing Award Ceremonies, Corporate Functions, and Other Special Occasions

Concert Photograpy: How to Shoot and Sell Music Business Photographs

Forensic

Crime Scene Photography

Crime Scene Photography, Second Edition

Forensic Photography: Importance of Accuracy

HDR

Complete Guide to High Dynamic Range Digital Photography

A World in HDR

Practical HDR: A complete guide to creating High Dynamic Range images with your Digital SLR

Infrared

Digital Infrared Photography

David Busch’s Digital Infrared Pro Secrets

Complete Guide to Digital Infrared Photography

Macro

Understanding Close-up Photography: Creative Close Encounters with or without a Macro Lens

Macro Photography Photo Workshop

Closeup Shooting: A Guide to Closeup, Tabletop and Macro Photography

Night

Creative Night: Digital Photography Tips & Techniques

The Complete Guide to Night and Low-Light Photography

The Complete Guide to Night & Lowlight Photography

Panoramic

Mastering Digital Panoramic Photography

Assembling Panoramic Photos: A Designer's Notebook

Panoramic & Stereoscopic Photography In Color And Infrared: A Step By Step Guide

Photojournalism

Photojournalism, Sixth Edition: The Professionals' Approach

The Photographer: Into War-torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders

Associated Press Guide to Photojournalism

Sports

Sports Photography: How to Capture Action and Emotion

Digital Sports Photography

Digital Sports Photography : Take Winning Shots Every Time

Street

Street Photography: From Atget to Cartier-Bresson

No Rules street photography

Street and Studio: An Urban History of Photography

Misc

How to Digitally Photograph Cars

How to Photograph the Paranormal

Numismatic Photography, 2nd edition

People

People

Master Guide for Photographing High School Seniors

Facial Expressions: A Visual Reference for Artists

Lighting and the Dramatic Portrait: The Art of Celebrity and Editorial Photography

Portrait

Beyond Portraiture: Creative People Photography

The Artist's Complete Guide to Facial Expression

Portrait and Candid Photography: Photo Workshop

Posing

Rolando Gomez's Posing Techniques for Glamour Photography

Posing Techniques for Photographing Model Portfolios

500 Poses for Photographing Women: A Visual Sourcebook for Portrait Photographers

Children & Babies

Photographing Children Photo Workshop: Develop Your Digital Photography Talent

The BetterPhoto Guide to Photographing Children

The Art of Children's Portrait Photography

Glamour & Fashion

Skin: The Complete Guide to Digitally Lighting, Photographing, and Retouching Faces and Bodies

Fashion Photography: A Complete Guide to the Tools and Techniques of the Trade

Fashion Photography Course: Principles, Practice, and Techniques: An Essential Guide

Nude & Erotic

The Naked and the Lens: A Guide to Nude Photography

Private Collection: A History of Erotic Photography

The Beginner's Guide to Photographing Nudes

Wedding

On-Camera Flash Techniques for Digital Wedding and Portrait Photography

Digital Wedding Photography: Capturing Beautiful Memories

Master Posing Guide for Wedding Photographers

Nature

Nature

John Shaw's Nature Photography Field Guide

Creative Nature and Outdoor Photography

The Ultimate Guide to Digital Nature Photography

Landscape

Digital Landscape Photography: In the Footsteps of Ansel Adams and the Masters

Digital Landscape Photography

National Audubon Society Guide to Landscape Photography

Travel

The Photographer's Eye Field Guide: The essential handbook for traveling with your digital SLR camera

National Geographic Ultimate Field Guide to Travel Photography

Digital Travel Photography Digital Field Guide

Travel Guides

The Photographer's Guide to Yosemite

Photographing Yellowstone National Park: Where to Find Perfect Shots and How to Take Them

PhotoSecrets San Francisco & Northern California: The Best Sights and How to Photograph Them

Birds

Bird Photography: Pure and Simple

Bird Photography: Choosing the Best Destinations-Planning a Trip-Taking Great Photographs

Photographing Wild Birds

Close-Up

Creative Close-Ups: Digital Photography Tips and Techniques

John Shaw's Closeups in Nature

Close-Up Photography in Nature

Flowers & Garden

Macro Photography for Gardeners and Nature Lovers: The Essential Guide to Digital Techniques

Fine Art Flower Photography: Creative Techniques And The Art Of Observation

Photographing Flowers: Inspiration*Equipment*Technique

Pets & Animals

PhoDOGraphy: How to Get Great Pictures of Your Dog

Animal Portraits

Professional Techniques for Pet and Animal Photography

Underwater

Adobe Photoshop for Underwater Photographers

The Underwater Photographer, Fourth Edition

The Underwater Photographer, Third Edition: Digital and Traditional Techniques

Wildlife

Success with Wildlife Photography

Wildlife Photography

The Master Guide for Wildlife Photographers

Darkroom

Workflow

The Photoshop Lightroom Workbook: Workflow not Workslow in Lightroom 2

The Creative Digital Darkroom

Photoshop CS4 Workflow: The Digital Photographer's Guide

Management

The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photographers

Digital Shoebox: How to Organize, Find, and Share Your Photos, The

Digital Photographer's Guide to Media Management

Camera RAW

Real World Camera Raw with Adobe Photoshop CS4

Camera RAW 101: Better Photos with Photoshop, Elements, and Lightroom

RAW Pipeline: Revolutionary Techniques to Streamline Digital Photo Workflow

Retouching

Adobe Photoshop Restoration & Retouching

Photoshop CS3 Restoration and Retouching Bible

Beyond Digital Photography: Transforming Photos into Fine Art with Photoshop and Painter

Manipulation

How to Cheat in Photoshop CS4: The art of creating photorealistic montages

Creative Photoshop CS4: Digital Illustration and Art Techniques

Digital Painting in Photoshop

Color Management

Photoshop LAB Color: The Canyon Conundrum and Other Adventures in the Most Powerful Colorspace

Color Management in Digital Photography: Ten Easy Steps to True Colors in Photoshop

Professional Photoshop: The Classic Guide to Color Correction

Printing

New Epson Complete Guide to Digital Printing

Fine Art Printing for Photographers: Exhibition Quality Prints with Inkjet Printers, 2nd Edition

The Art of Printing Photos on Your Epson Printer

Alternative Processes

The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes

Mixed Emulsions: Altered Art Techniques for Photographic Imagery

Digital Negatives: Using Photoshop to Create Digital Negatives for Silver and Alternative Process Printing

Scanning

Digital Restoration from Start to Finish, Second Edition: How to repair old and damaged photographs

Scanning Negatives and Slides: Digitizing Your Photographic Archives

Basic Scanning Guide: For Photographers and Other Creative Types

Film

The Print

The New Darkroom Handbook

The Darkroom Cookbook, Third Edition

Software

Photoshop

The Adobe Photoshop CS4 Book for Digital Photographers

Photoshop CS4 Digital Classroom

Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Photographers: A Professional Image Editor's Guide to the Creative use of Photoshop for the Macintosh and PC

Photoshop Lightroom

The Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Book for Digital Photographers

Lightroom 2: Streamlining your Digital Photography Process

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 Classroom in a Book

Photoshop Elements

Photoshop Elements 8 for Windows: The Missing Manual

Photoshop Elements 8 for Mac: The Missing Manual

The Photoshop Elements 7 Book for Digital Photographers

Apple Aperture

Apple Aperture 2: A workflow guide for digital photographers

Apple Pro Training Series: Aperture 2

Real World Aperture

iPhoto

iPhoto '09: The Missing Manual

iPhoto '09 For Dummies

Mac OS X

Mac Digital Photography

Mac OS X for Photographers: Optimized image workflow for the Mac user

Digital Darkroom Fundamentals for Mac OS X

Nikon Capture NX

Nikon Capture NX 2 After the Shoot

Real World Nikon Capture NX 2

Corel Painter

Painter 11 Creativity: Digital Artist's Handbook

Painter 11 for Photographers: Creating painterly images step by step

The Art of Digital Photo Painting: Using Popular Software to Create Masterpieces

Paint Shop Pro

Picture Yourself Learning Corel Paint Shop Pro X2

Photo Restoration and Retouching Using Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo

Paint Shop Pro X for Photographers

Misc

Gimp 2 for Photographers: Image Editing with Open Source Software

The Official Nik Software Image Enhancement Guide: The Photographer's Resource for Professional Workflow Techniques

The Digital Photographer's Software Guide

Equipment

Gear

Low Budget Shooting: Do It Yourself Solutions to Professional Photo Gear

Irreverent Photo Tools for Digital Photographers

How Digital Photography Works

Camera

The Camera

Plastic Cameras: Toying with Creativity

Camera Maintenance & Repair, Book 1: Fundamental Techniques: A Comprehensive, Fully Illustrated Guide

Lens

Photographic Lenses: Photographer's Guide to Characteristics, Quality, Use and Design

Applied Photographic Optics, Third Edition

Lenses for Digital SLRs

Filters

Mastering Filters for Photography: The Complete Guide to Digital and Optical Techniques for High-Impact Photos

The Digital Photographer's Guide to Filters: The Complete Guide to Hardware and Software Filtration

The Photographer’s Guide to Filters

Pinhole

Pinhole Photography, Fourth Edition: From Historic Technique to Digital Application

Primitive Photography: A Guide to Making Cameras, Lenses, and Calotypes

Build Fun Paper Cameras: Take Eye-Catching Pinhole Photos

35mm

Basic 35Mm Photo Guide for Beginning Photographers

The New 35MM Photographer's Handbook: Everything You Need to Get the Most Out of Your Camera

Classic Cameras

Comprehensive Guide for Camera Collectors

Photographica: The Fascination With Classic Cameras

Collector's Guide to Kodak Cameras

Camera Phone

The Best Camera Is The One That's With You: iPhone Photography by Chase Jarvis

The Camera Phone Book: How to Shoot Like a Pro, Print, Store, Display, Send Images, Make a Short Film

How to Do Everything with Your Camera Phone

Camera

Nikon

David Busch's Nikon D90 Guide to Digital SLR Photography

Nikon Creative Lighting System Digital Field Guide

Nikon D90 For Dummies

Canon

Canon EOS 7D Digital Field Guide

David Busch’s Canon EOS Rebel T1i/500D Guide to Digital SLR Photography

The Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D Companion

Leica

Leica Pocket Book: 7th Edition

Leica Collectors Guide: 2nd Edition

Leica M Digital Photography: M8/M8

Hasselblad

The Hasselblad Manual, Seventh Edition

Nan Goldin: The 2007 Hasselblad Award

Hasselblad Masters

Sigma

Magic Lantern Guides: Sigma DP2

Magic Lantern Guides: Sigma DP1

Sony

David Busch's Sony Alpha DSLR-A350/A300/A200 Guide

David Busch's Sony Alpha DSLR-A380/A330/A230 Guide to Digital SLR Photography

Magic Lantern Guides: Sony a230/a330/a380 Multimedia Workshop

Pentax

Magic Lantern Guides: Pentax K-7

Magic Lantern Guides: Pentax K20D

David Busch's Pentax K200D Guide to Digital SLR Photography

Konica-Minolta

The PIP Expanded Guide to the Konica Minolta Dynax/Maxxum 7D

Magic Lantern Guides: Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D/Dynax 5D

Olympus

Magic Lantern Guides: Olympus E-P1

Magic Lantern Guides: Olympus EVOLT E-510

Presentation

Publishing

Photo Portfolio Success

Exhibiting Photography: A Practical Guide to Choosing a Space, Displaying Your Work, and Everything in Between

The Photographer's Market Guide to Photo Submission and Portfolio Formats

Framing

The Picture Framing Handbook: Matting, Mounting, and Framing Techniques for Professional Results

Framing Photography

Web

Create Your Own Photo Blog

David Busch's Quick Snap Guide to Photoblogging with Word Press: An Instant Start-Up Manual for Creating and Promoting Your Own Photoblog

Sams Teach Yourself Flickr in 10 Minutes

Business

Career

VisionMongers: Making a Life and a Living in Photography

The Education of a Photographer

How to Grow as a Photographer: Reinventing Your Career

Opportunities

2010 Photographer's Market

Winning Digital Photo Contests

Success in Print Competition for Professional Photographers

Business Practices

Best Business Practices for Photographers, Second Edition

ASMP Professional Business Practices in Photography, 7th Edition

Exposed: The Naked Uncensored Truth to Running A Successful Photography Business

Marketing

Power Marketing, Selling, and Pricing: A Business Guide for Wedding and Portrait Photographers

Successful Self-Promotion for Photographers

The Photographer's Guide to Marketing and Self-Promotion

Making Money

Selling Your Photography: How to Make Money in New and Traditional Markets

99 Ways To Make Money From Your Photos

Profitable Photography: Start and Run a Money-Making Business

Stock

Microstock Photography: How to Make Money from Your Digital Images

Digital Stock Photography: How to Shoot and Sell

Sell & Re-Sell Your Photos

Studio

The Business of Studio Photography Third Edition

How to Start and Operate a Digital Portrait Photography Studio

Success in Portrait Photography: Marketing and Management Techniques for Studio Owners

Freelance

Starting Your Career as a Freelance Photographer

Freelance Photographer's Handbook: Success in Professional Digital Photography, 2nd Edition

Photos That Sell: The Art of Successful Freelance Photography

Assistance

Photo Styling: How to Build Your Career and Succeed

The Photographer's Assistant

Legal

Business and Legal Forms for Photographers, 4th Edition

Licensing Photography

The Professional Photographer's Legal Handbook

Hobby

Memories

How to Photograph Your Baby: Revised Edition

Photographing Children and Babies: How to Take Great Pictures

Photographing Your Family: And All the Kids and Friends and Animals Who Wander Through Too

Scrapbooking

Creating Keepsakes: Photography for Scrapbookers

Travel Scrapbooks: Create Albums of Your Trips and Adventuresi'm

Creative Photo Cropping for Scrapbooks

Crafts

Photocraft: Cool Things to Do with the Pictures You Love

I've Got a Human in my Throat: Create MORE Optical Delusions with Adobe Photoshop

The Art and Craft of Keepsake Photography: Engagements & Weddings: How to Take Perfect Photos and Make Perfect Invitations, Announcements, Albums, Thank

More

Cinematography

In the Blink of an Eye Revised 2nd Edition

Film Directing Shot by Shot: Visualizing from Concept to Screen

The Five C's of Cinematography: Motion Picture Filming Techniques

Magazines

Popular Photography & Imaging

Outdoor Photographer

American Photo

Inspiring Movies

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

City of God

Frida