Best Books Blog Posts from 2011: Part 1

When looking over this year's Best Books list, we noticed that it included a number of books that we've already posted about on the blog -- 32 in total. We present here in two parts a collection of previously posted reviews and looks into the Best Books of 2011. New reviews and write-ups to come soon!

Visible Library - Photographs by Sam Falls

Selected as one of the Best Books of 2011 by:

Elisabeth Tonnard

Read George Slade's review here

Tooth for an Eye - Photographs by Deborah Luster

Selected as one of the Best Books of 2011 by:

Kevin Messina

John Jenkins

Read George Slade's review here

Series - Photographs by Enrique Metinides

Selected as one of the Best Books of 2011 by:

Lauren Henkin

Read Melanie McWhorter's blog post here

Unmarked Sites - Photographs by Jessica Auer

Selected as one of the Best Books of 2011 by:

Lauren Henkin

Featured in Melanie McWhorter's PhotoLucida Book Discoveries

Pangnirtung - Photographs by Robert Frank

Selected as one of the Best Books of 2011 by:

Lauren Henkin

Read Ellen Rennard's review here

Within Shadows - Photographs by Susan Burnstine

Selected as one of the Best Books of 2011 by:

Gordon Stettinius

Read Melanie McWhorter's blog post here

Publish Your Photography Book - By Darius D. Himes & Mary Virginia Swanson

Selected as one of the Best Books of 2011 by:

Gordon Stettinius

Read Mary Anne Redding's review here

A - Photographs by Gregory Halpern

Selected as one of the Best Books of 2011 by:

Raymond Meeks
Kevin Kunishi
Antone Dolezal
Adam Bell
Alec Soth
Shane Lavalette
Todd Hido

Read Adam Bell's review here

Photographic Memory - Edited by Verna Posever Curtis

Selected as one of the Best Books of 2011 by:
Sven Ehmann
John Gossage
Larissa Leclair
Alec Soth

Read Sarah Bradley's blog post here

History's Shadow - Photographs by David Maisel

Selected as one of the Best Books of 2011 by:
Susan Burnstine
Larissa Leclair

Read Karen Jenkins' review here

Iraq | Perspectives - Photographs by Benjamin Lowy

Selected as one of the Best Books of 2011 by:
Susan Burnstine
Larissa Leclair

Read Sarah Bradley's blog post here

Burke + Norfolk - Photographs by John Burke and Simon Norfolk

Selected as one of the Best Books of 2011 by:
Antone Dolezal

Read Antone Dolezal's blog post here

Abendsonne - Photographs by Misha de Ridder

Selected as one of the Best Books of 2011 by:
Antone Dolezal
Adam Bell
Marco Delogu

Read Adam Bell's review here

The Heath - Photographs by Andy Sewell

Selected as one of the Best Books of 2011 by:
Antone Dolezal
Anne Kelly

Read Antone Dolezal's review here

Happy Birthday to You - Photographs by Anouk Kruithof

Selected as one of the Best Books of 2011 by:
Martin Parr
Antone Dolezal
Alec Soth

Read Sarah Bradley's blog post here

The Unseen Eye - Edited and with text by W.M. Hunt

Selected as one of the Best Books of 2011 by:
John Jenkins
Anne Kelly
Todd Hido

Read Sarah Bradley's blog post here