The Best Books of 2014

Best Books 2014 Best Books 2014 photo-eye’s annual survey of the year’s best photobooks as chosen by 29 notables from the art photo world

It is with great pleasure that we present to you photo-eye’s Best Books of 2014.

For the past six years, we gear up for Best Books by making the difficult decision of selecting contributors. We pick from a long list of bibliophiles to find the right mix of personalities and tastes and then we invite and wait. Weeks later, the eagerly anticipated lists of best books picks start to roll into our inboxes. Despite our finest attempts throughout the year to keep up on all the great photobooks out there, we inevitably discover an abundance books we’ve missed, and begin the process of searching for images and information on every title. It’s a ton of work, but as die-hard photobook lovers, we’re happy to do it, and we’re always excited to share the list with equally enthused readers.

This year's contributor's are:

Laia Abril Andy Adams Blake Andrews Daniel Boetker Smith Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin Sarah Bradley Marco Delogu Cristina de Middel John Gossage Christopher J. Johnson Manik Katyal Anne Kelly Jeffrey Ladd

Melanie McWhorter Eric Miles Colin Pantall Martin Parr Mark Power Ramon Pez Markus Schaden Takeki Sugiyama Sara Skorgan Teigen Ruth van Beek WassinkLundgren Alex F. Webb & Lewis Chalpin Roger Willems

Prior to 2009, photo-eye’s Best Books was a tight list of 10 titles selected by the photo-eye staff. Staff members are still encouraged to list their favorite books of the year, but opening up the floor to a variety of voices across the photo world changed the nature of our project, turning it from a ranking to a survey of some of the best photography titles produced in a year. Given the sudden explosion of photobooks, this seems to have been a good move. Each year we’ve found less and less agreement between contriutors, but a bigger and richer selection of books.

This year we’re returning to our model of releasing all contributors lists at the same time. It’s a copious amount to go through – have at it! Below we have the most commonly selected books, and please share your picks in the comments! The more the merrier.

Hidden Islam By Nicolo Degiorgis Rorhof 7 Selections: Marco Delogu Cristina de Middel John Gossage Manik Katyal Colin Pantall Mark Power WassinkLundgren	The Winners By Rafal Milach Gost 6 Selections: Laia Abril Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin Christopher J. Johnson Manik Katyal Mark Power Ramon Pez	Carpoolers By Alejandro Cartagena Self-Published 5 Selections: Sarah Bradley Cristina de Middel Jeffrey Ladd Colin Pantall Martin Parr
Ponte City By Mikhail Subotzsky & Patrick Waterhouse Steidl 5 Selections: Laia Abril Sarah Bradley Manik Katyal Eric Miles Mark Power	Disco Night Sept. 11 By Peter van Agtmael Red Hook Editions 4 Selections: Laia Abril Christopher J. Johnson Mark Power Ramon Pez	Trepat* By Joan Fontcuberta Editions Bessard 4 Selections: John Gossage Jeffrey Ladd Martin Parr WassinkLundgren *This title is out-of-print. Email us to be notified if copies become available.
Fractal State of Being By Sara Skogen Teigen Journal 3 Selections: Sarah Bradley Christopher J. Johnson Melanie McWhorter	Sequester By Awoiska Van der molen FW: Books 3 Selections: Daniel Boetker Smith Manik Katyal Ramon Pez	The Epilogue By Laia Abril Dewi Lewis 3 Selections: Cristina de Middel Manik Katyal Markus Schaden
The Waters of Our Time By Thomas Roma & Giancarlo T. Roma powerHouse 3 Selections: Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin Marco Delogu Jeffrey Ladd	The Whale's Eyelash Edited by Timothy Prus AMC Books 3 Selections: Sarah Bradley Cristina de Middel Melanie McWhorter	Wild Pigeon By Carolyn Drake Self-Published 3 Selections: Melanie McWhorter Martin Parr Markus Schaden