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