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1. Dream Street: W. Eugene Smith's Pittsburgh Project

   Sam Stephenson, W. Eugene Smith, Alan Trachtenberg

   Legendary photographer W. Eugene Smith's epic study of Pittsburgh in the 1950s.More

2. Women Seeing Women: From the Early Days of Photography to the Present

   Lothar Schirmer, Naomi Rosenblum

   A comprehensive survey of women photographers and their female subjects.More

3. America's Children: Picturing Childhood from Early America to the Present

   Hilary Mac Austin, Kathleen Thompson

   A stunning collection of photographs that reveals the diverse and powerful impact that children have had on America, with an introduction by Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis.More

4. Long Time Coming: A Photographic Portrait of America, 1935-1943

   Michael Lesy

   Over 400 rarely or never-seen photographs of a vanished America.More

5. The Polar Bear Waltz and Other Moments of Epic Silliness: Comic Classics from Outside Magazine's "Parting Shots"

   Outside Magazine, Hampton Sides

   The most hilarious, whimsical moments captured on film, from twenty-five years of living Outside.More

6. Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840 to the Present

   Deborah Willis

   "[N]othing less than an epic of Homeric proportions....Willis's magnificent gathering of images...rewrites American history."—Robin D. G. KelleyMore

7. George Tice: Urban Landscapes

   George Tice

   Photographs that offer beauty in the commonplace, nostalgia in the mundane, and American universality in urban New Jersey.More

8. Bridges: The Spans of North America

   David Plowden

   Revised Edition

   Whether built of stone, brick, wood, iron, steel, or concrete, bridges have captivated our imaginations more than any other man-made structures.More

9. New York Characters

   Gillian Zoe Segal, George Plimpton

   A celebration of the personalities that make New York City unique.More

10. Margrethe Mather and Edward Weston: A Passionate Collaboration

    Beth Gates Warren

    An examination of the personal and professional relationship between two important American photographers.More

11. New York

    Tamas Revesz

    This collection of photographs shows New York City from a fresh perspective. The essence of the city is captured in a oblique and surprising way. Tamas Revesz is a prominent Hungarian photographer who has recently moved to the United States.More

12. Ireland: An Island Revisited

    The Automobile Association (Great Britain)

    A gorgeous tour of Ireland through stunning color photographs, artwork, and vivid text.More

13. Photolanguage: How Photos Reveal the Fascinating Stories of Our Lives and Relationships

    Robert U. Akeret

    With 150 photographs of famous people and ordinary folks, this engaging book uncovers the stories behind the pictures.More

14. The Land I'm Bound To: Photographs

    Jack Leigh

    This retrospective volume places Jack Leigh in the company of other documentary giants such as Walker Evans and Dorothea Lang.More

15. Closing: The Life and Death of an American Factory

    William Bamberger, Cathy N. Davidson

    The story of the White Furniture Company--a century-old, family-owned business that was bought out by a huge corporate conglomerate and later closed--puts a human face on the economic realities of the 1990s.More