I can hardly quite believe it’s time to select the best books of the year once again.
Despite the difficulties it presents in terms of narrowing down the huge selection that passes across the features desk every year, it’s always one of my favourite things to do – and a real joy to put together the finished list of recommendations.
As usual, I’ve tried to include a broad church of different volumes in my selection. There should be something to meet most budgets and interests, but we’re always keen to hear reader recommendations too – so do let us know your favourites via the usual methods listed on page 3.
It’s been another great year for documentary and street photography books. These are a great favourite of mine as I always feel like I can get lost in the stories that are created within each frame of this type of genre.
However, it’s also been a great year for other subjects such as wildlife, while historical and archival work has also had an excellent showing.
Again, I’ve tried to include a good mix of work from the past as well as showing off more contemporary photography, a continuing testament to the power of the book regardless of when the images have been created.
I hope you enjoy looking through my selection. It was a real treat to look back across the past 51 issues of the year and see the extraordinary breadth of publishing talent that we’ve been able to feature.
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