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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Tom May

Photography books are becoming cool again, and I think I know why

Cover and page from ‘Sistermoon’ by Siri Kaur.

Lately, I've been noticing something rather peculiar happening in the publishing world – and it's got me genuinely excited. In 1999, there were roughly 100 publishers worldwide dealing with photography books. Today? That figure has mushroomed to nearly 500.

Walk into any decent photography bookshop and you'll find shelves groaning under the weight of titles. Whether it's small presses like Void or bigger names like Mack, they're all shifting some serious units.

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