Speaking somewhat coarsely, photography books can be divided into two types. There are those books that are a monograph of the photographer's best work, and then there are photography books where the subject is something found in the world. The former draws attention to the photographer; the latter draws attention to the world.
• Time in New England by Paul Strand
• California and the West by Edward Weston
• The Jews of Greece by Morrie Camhi
• Yosemite Range of Light by Ansel Adams
• Summer Nights by Robert Adams
• The Home Place by Wright Morris
• Gypsies by Josef Koudelka
• The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes
• Italy: In the Shadow of Time by Linda Butler
• North American Cowboy - A Portrait by Jay Dusard
• Weeping Mary by O. Rufus Lovett
From Uncertain to Blue by Keith Carter