Editors' Top Picks: Photobooks

Out of the over 40 books we reviewed this year, the Musée team has selected their top picks.

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From To Die Alive by Matthew Leifheit, Published by Damiani

Alanna’s Top Picks

1. To Die Alive, Matthew Leifheir

2. After Dark, Liam Wong

3. The Power of Photography, Peter Fetterman

4. Paradise Camp, Yuki Kihara

5. As It Was Give(n) to Me, Stacy Kranitz

6. Transfiguration, Antigone Kourakou

7. Kings Road, Mona Kuhn

8. Crowns, Sandro Miller

9. Gathered Leaves, Alec Sloth

10. Lifework, George Tice

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The Golden Mile by Kavi Pujara ©

Ari’s Top Picks

1. This Golden Mile, Kavi Pujara

2. Impermanence, Kenro Izu

3. We Don't Say Goodbye, Lorenzo Meloni

4. The Power of Photography, Peter Fetterman

5. Dining Alone ,Nancy A. Scherl

6. On Pause: Three Months that Changed New York, Bennet and Helena Gustavsson

7. Leaving One For Another, Olgaç Bozalp 

8. Crowns, Sandro Miller 

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© Chloe Sells

Zona’s Top Picks

1. Hot Damn!, Chloe Sells

2. On Pause: Three Months That Changed New York, Bennet and Helena Gustavsson

3. Transfiguration, Antigone Kourakou

4. Vivian Maier, Thames and Hudson

5. To Die Alive, Matthew Leifheit

6. After Dark, Liam Wong

7. Salvage, Jackie Nickerson

8. Still Fantasy, Absalon Kirkeby

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Transfiguration by Antigone Kourakou Book Cover

© Antigone Kourakou and Skeleton Key Press 2022

Melike’s Top Picks

1. Transfiguration, Antigone Kourakou

2. Flora Photographica, William A. Ewing and Danaé Panchaud

3. A Pound of Pictures, Alec Soth

4. To Die Alive, Matthew Leifheit

5. Dining Alone: In The Company of Solitude, Nancy A. Scherl

6. Vivian Maier, Thames and Hudson

7. Stop Tanks with Books, Mark Neville

8. The Experimental Self: Edvard Munch’s Photography, Edvard Munch

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© Alec Sloth

Ece’s Top Picks

1. A Pound of Pictures, Alec Sloth

2. The Vulgarity of Being Three-Dimensional, Tine Bek

3. Stop Tanks with Books, Mark Neville

4. Modern Instances, Stephen Shore

5. We Don’t Say Goodbye, Lorenzo Meloni

6. Campaign Child, Xiaopeng Yuan

7. Broken Spectre, Richard Mosse

8. Tokyo Fishgraphs, Naohiro Harada

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Charlize Theron, Bushkill Falls, Pennsylvania, 2011 © Annie Leibovitz

Haley’s Top Picks

1. Wonderland, Annie Leibovitz 

2. Homicide, Theo Wenner 

3. Fairy Tales, Petra Collins and Alexa Demie 

4. Still Fantasy, Absalon Kirkeby 

5. 012, Oliver Takáč

6. Kings Road, Mona Kuhn 

7. Left Behind, Jodie Hulden

8. Campaign Child, Xiaopeng Yuan