book cover of Alex Webb's book, "The suffering of light"

cover of a photography book, "Tokyo Unseen" by Luasz Palka

Book cover titled 'A Life in Focus' with a black-and-white photograph of a man with long hair and a beard looking into a mirror. The background features American flag motifs and a distressed, textured design. The cover includes the subtitle 'The Photography of Graham Nash' and credits words by Graham Nash, foreword by Joel Bernstein, and preface by Cameron Crowe.

“The Suffering of Light” by Alex Webb

This photo book is perhaps my favorite. Alex has an absolute incredible body of work from the last 4 decades. If a photography book could be a school textbook for photographers it is this one. If it’s in your means to own it I highly recommend you do. If you can’t find it at your local independent bookstore I have included the Amazon link.

Cover of a book titled 'TOKYO' with Japanese characters below, featuring a blurred city street scene with neon lights at night.

“Tokyo Unseen” by Lukasz Palka

I first discovered Lukasz through his Youtube channel. I really enjoy his style of street photography. While he takes his work serious he doesn’t let that affect his approach to photography. It’s not forced. He shows that you can clearly have a professional looking body of work and have fun doing it at the same time. I included the Amazon link although it’s no longer available through them. If you can find it, get it.

“Now is Now Tokyo: Street Photography” by Lukasz Palka

Lukasz”s new book in which he collaborated with other photographers with is on my wish list

“A Life In Focus The Photography of Graham Nash”

This is a recent pickup that I found at my favorite local bookstore (Used Book Superstore in Burlington, MA) that I am really enjoying. A touring musician who also happens to be a photographer is the ultimate behind the scenes book

Photography books & zines that I have or on my list to get