Photobooks of 2025: Part II
Mark Steinmetz - Chicago
Such is the depth of Steinmetz body of work, this could be considered a lesser series, but nevertheless this thoroughly excellent release is another powerful example of his skill as a picture and photobook maker. Available here.
Marshall To - Blank Notes
What could have been a small intimate book is boldy presented in huge expansive format to great effect abound with grainy haunting tones. Available here.
Masakazu Murakami - Dream Within a Dream
My favourite Japanese release this year and indeed like a streams of conciousness half-remembered dream. Available here.
Olga Sokal - Black Stone Burns
An extensive portrait of families and communities affected by the global mining industry, full of striking imagery and with an excellent design. Available here.
Rory King - Gumsucker
A suitably evocative presentation of Rory King's heartfelt lament to the increasing loss of the Australian wilderness. Available here.
Ruth Lauer Manenti - 4 Sides of the Table
Ruth has created her own intstanly recognisable haunting minimal style, perfectly illustrated by this sparse yet excellent follow-up to the photographer's earlier work I Imagined it Empty. Available here.
Sage Sohier - Americans Seen
Strictly speaking not a new release, but the earlier edition was not as accessible as this new remastered edition. A simply extraordinary body of work, as good as it gets (see also the final book in the series Easy Days). Available here.
Thomas Duffield - Poppy Promises
A richly layered moving portrayal of the photographer and his family's relationship with his father as it is rebuilt following his father’s heroin addiction. Available here.
Thomas Prior - Slip me the Master Key
A brilliant compilation of contempoary work's by one of the best photographer's out there working today. Available here.
Zed Nelson - The Anthropocene Illusion
A sensitive (and heartbreaking) document of the packaging and artifical experience of nature. Available here.
A few of the other titles vying for inclusion, which easily could have been included, were Atlas of Echoes by Sarah Van Rii, Tracks of the City by Shin Yanagisawa, Sistermoon by Siri Kaur, Süü by Taemin Haa and Portrait of J by Takashi Homma.
Read Part I here.
Books selected by Martin Amis, director of Photobookstore.co.uk