Spring 2009 Hardcovers: Photography

ANDREWS MCMEEL

The Cat's Pajamas (May, $24.99) by Rachael Hale profiles 101 popular feline breeds.

APERTURE FOUNDATION

(dist. by D.A.P.)

Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape (May, $35), photos by Jonathan Torgovnik, documents the experiences of 30 Rwandan women.

Jpegs (May, $85), photos by Thomas Ruff, essay by Bennett Simpson, explores the distribution and reception of images in the digital age.

BARYSHNIKOV FOUNDATION

(dist. by D.A.P.)

Mikhail Baryshnikov: Merce My Way (Mar., $45) by Mikhail Baryshnikov pays homage to the work of choreographer Merce Cunningham.

BBC BOOKS

(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)

Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 18 (May, $19.95) by Rosamund Kidman Cox gathers images taken from the 2008 competition.

CHRONICLE BOOKS

Subway Art: 25th Anniversary Edition (May, $40) by Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant. This large-format edition includes new essays and more than 70 never before seen photographs.

GARNET PUBLISHING

(dist. by IPM)

Hajj (June, $59.95) by Reem Al Faisal documents the participants and environment of the pilgrimage that every Muslim must undertake if they are able.

GETTY PUBLICATIONS

Paul Outerbridge: Command Performance (Apr., $39.95) by Paul Martineau celebrates the work of the early master of color photography.

GLITTERATI

(dist. by NBN)

Show (June; $75, limited edition $150) by Ralph Pucci presents 250 photos from 15 years of shows at New York's Pucci International gallery. Author tour.

GRAPHIC ARTS BOOKS

Alaska (May, $50) by Fred Hirschmann looks at the 49th state.

JOHAN & LEVI

(dist. by Antique Collectors' Club)

Roma (Mar., $120), photos by Mimmo Jodice, essays by Richard Burdett and Cornelia Lauf, shows the city from its ancient ruins to modern urbanity in 92 photographs.

LANNOO

(dist. by Antique Collectors' Club)

Antarctica: The Last Continent (Mar., $95) by Laurent Dick surveys snowy landscapes, ice floes and frozen bays.

MONACELLI PRESS

Night Shift (May, $45), photos by Lynn Saville, captures New York City's changing mood as day blends into night.

MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

(dist. by D.A.P.)

Into the Sunset: Photography's Image of the American West (Mar., $45) by Eva Respini examines how photography has transformed the image of the West from 1850 to the present.

MUSEUM OF NEW MEXICO PRESS

Through the Lens: Creating Santa Fe (Mar., $50), edited by Mary Anne Redding, reveals the camera's role in documenting and shaping the city's image.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC BOOKS

Extreme Ice Now: Vanishing Glaciers and Changing Climate—A Progress Report (Apr., $24) by James Balog documents the effects of global warming on glaciers.

NEW INTERNATIONALIST

(dist. by Consortium)

War and Humanity: 150 Years of the Red Cross in Photographs (June, $49.95) by Caroline Moorehead, photos by James Nachtwey, traces the organization's history.

PHAIDON PRESS

(dist. by HBG)

Questions Without Answers: The World in Pictures (Aug., $90) by James Nachtwey et al. presents a visual history of the past two decades.

PHOTOGRAPHERS' INSTITUTE PRESS

(dist. by Sterling)

Classic Cameras (July, $35) by Colin Harding showcases 75 historical cameras.

PRESTEL

Arthur Leipzig: Next Stop New York (Mar., $39.95) by Sylvia Böhmer assembles 50 years of Leipzig's Big Apple images.

STEIDL

(dist. by D.A.P.)

Walker Evans and the Picture Postcard (May, $65) by Walker Evans focuses on the photographer's collection of 9,000 cards.

TEXAS A&M UNIV. PRESS

Taming the Land: The Lost Postcard Photographs of the Texas High Plains (Apr., $40) by John Miller Morris chronicles the postcard craze that gripped the nation from 1905 to 1920.

THAMES & HUDSON

Photographing America: Henri Cartier-Bresson/Walker Evans (Apr., $50) by Agnes Sire compares the two men's shots taken between 1929 and 1947.

H.F. ULLMANN

(dist. by Langenscheidt)

Nature: Art and Structure (Apr., $49.99), photos by Mara K. Fuhrmann, gathers 250 landscape photographs ranging from Iceland's geysers to pink flamingos.

UNIV. OF ALABAMA PRESS

Headwaters: A Journey on Alabama Rivers (Mar., $39.95) by John C. Hall, photos by Beth Mayor Young, portrays the state's waterways.

UNIV. OF MISSOURI PRESS

The Mississippi: A Visual Biography (June, $75) by Quinta Scott illustrates the geographical and botanical features of the river and its wetlands.

UNIV. OF TEXAS PRESS

Fritz Henle: In Search of Beauty (Mar., $55), edited and with text by Roy Flukinger, catalogues the first major retrospective of Henle's life and work.

UNIV. PRESS OF MISSISSIPPI

Eudora Welty as Photographer (Mar., $35), edited by Pearl Amelia McHaney, photos by Eudora Welty, considers the author's work with a camera.

VIANELLO

(dist. by Antique Collectors' Club)

Venice: The Sense and Magic of Water (Mar., $60) by Fiora Gandolfi Herrera captures the city in 15 years of photographs.