Photo Guide is a monthly blog with 20 choices of best photo exhibitions and new photo books. Highly personal and subjective. This month featuring selected winners of  the 2013 World Press Photo. With Vivian Maier and Wolfgang Tillmans. Book, Black Maps, by David Maisel at Steidl.

The German artist Martin Kippenberger outside of  the SO 36 club at

Oranienstrasse in Kreuzberg, Berlin, 1978 © Achim Schächtele

from the exhibition :  Sehr Gut / Very Good

Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin

On shore of the vanishing island , Ghoramara , India, 2012, by

Dae Sung Lee, selected for the short list of the

Sony World Photography awards

Portraits of Communist Party members who are model workers,

Beijing, China, by Vincent Yu / AP; winner of the

POYI  Award of Excellence

Untitled, Memphis,1971, by William Eggleston;  from the

exhibition At War with the Obvious: William Eggleston at the

Metropolitian Museum of Art © Eggleston Artistic Trust

Young women try on dresses for an upcoming dance, Ramallah, 2013,

by Tanja Habjouga, recipient of the Magnum Foundation

Emergency Fund

Early morning, Jesolo, Italy, by Soeren Bidstrup,/Berlingske ; winner

in the Daily Life Single Category, World Press Photo, 2013

Wolfgang Tillmans at K 21 Standehaus, Düsseldorf.

Kunstsammlung NRW

Lewis Baltz, Santa Cruz, 1972, from the series : The Prototype Works,

from the exhibition : Lewis Baltz at Albertina, Vienna

A man is arrested by the Rochester police, New York, 2012,

by Paolo Pellegrin/Magnum; selected for the shortlist

of the Sony World Photography awards.

US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his car,  Warm Springs,

Georgia, 1938 by Margaret Bourke-White;  from the exhibition

Margaret Bourke-White, Photographs 1930-1945 at

Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin

Women of Gaza, by Tanja Habjouga; from the exhibition

 Realism at Rawija, at Format Photography Festival, 2013

The Lake Project 20 by David Maisel/Institute,

from the book : Black Maps published by Steidl

People before a bullfight of the Isidro Fair, Madrid, Spain, by

Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP, winner in the Observed Portraits

Series category, World Press Photo, 2013

Los Angeles, c 1980 by Gary Winogrand; from the upcoming exhibition

Garry Winogrand at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

© The Estate of Garry Winogrand, Fraenkel Gallery

Vivian Maier self portraiture, New York, October 1953; from the

exhibition Vivian Maier at Chris Beetles Fine Photographs, London

Makone Soumaoro, from the series People of Mercy, Guinea, by

Stephan Vanfleteren/Panos, winner of the Staged Potraits Storoes

category, World Press Photo, 2013

Solarised Portrait of Lee Miller,1929 by Man Ray; from the exhibition

Man Ray Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery.

© Man Ray Trust/ADAPD, Paris and DACS, London2012,

courtesy The Penrose Collection. Image courtesy Lee Miller Archives

An employee from a coal mine plays pool late in the night after

work, Shanxi, China, 2006, by Ian Teh; from the

exhibition Dark Clouds at Format Photography Festival

Sediqullah, 10, awaits surgery on his injured hands, Kabul,

Afghanistan, by Giles Duley; from the exhibition

Afghanistan (2012) at KK Outlet, London

Two year old Suhaib Hijazi and her brother Muhammad, who

was soon to be four years old, are carried to their burial ceremony,

Gaza, by Paul Hansen,  2013 World Press Photo of the year

Photo Guide is a monthly blog with 20 choices for best photo exhibitions and new photo books. Highly personal and subjective. This month featuring the forthcoming exhibition Best Before End by Stephen Gill at FOAM in Amsterdam. With musicians by Tim Hetherington and  film stills by Johan van der Keuken and nominations for the KKF Book AwardsJohan van der Keuken: still from De Grote Vakantie, 2000, 35mm,

 © Pieter van Huystee. Up to the light . Filmmaker and Photographer

Eye Film Institute , Amsterdam

Untitled, 1999-2003, by Tim Hetherington, from the exhibition

Inner Light, Portraits of the Blind, Sierra Leone, at Yossi Milo

Gallery, New York, c Tim Hetherington, Courtesy YM Gallery

Sarah and George Manyani, Soweto,1972, by David Goldblatt, from the

book  Everything Was Moving,Photography from the 60′s and 70′s

nominated for the KKF Book Awards. Courtesy of the Photographer

Olivier Pin Fat from the exhibition All Colours Will Agree In The Dark

by AM projects at the Noorderlicht Photogallery, Groningen,

The Netherlands

Biloxi, Mississippi, 1972, by William Eggleston, recipient of the

Outstanding Contribution Award at the 2013 Sony World

Photography Awards

Untitled, Memphis,1971, by William Eggleston;  from the

exhibition At War with the Obvious: William Eggleston at the

Metropolitian Museum of Art © Eggleston Artistic Trust

Leg over, 1985, by Tom Wood, from the exhibition Photographs 

1973 – 2013 at the National Media Museum, Bradford

The Catacombs, 1967, by Billy Monk, from the book Billy Monk

published by Dewi Lewis,nominated for the KKF Book Awards

Ashleigh McLean 2011, by Pieter Hugo, from the book There’s a Place

in Hell for Me and My Friends, published by Oodee

People bid farewell to their loved ones at Paddington,London, 1942,

by Gert Hardy/Getty, from the Centenary exhibition at the

Photographer’s Gallery London

Stephen Gill - Best Before End

The exhibition Best Before End by the British photographer Stephen Gill

incorporates a number of photographic series that Gill made in and

around the London Borough of Hackney over the past 14 years.

FOAM, Amsterdam from Mid May

Running from Semi- Dave’s Truck, South Dakota, from the series

Nomads, 2010, by Kitra Cahana,recipient of the 2013 Infinity Awards,

Young Photographer Award. Courtesy of the Artist

Untitled by Mike Brodie, from the book A Period of Juvenile Prosperity

published by Twin Palms.Courtesy M+B

FSA fighters mourn a lost comrade in Salahadeen, March 2013,

by SebastianoTomado, Guardian Eyewitness Series

On Fire, by Joachim Brohm, from the exhibition Places&Edges at

Brancolini Grimaldi,London, Courtesy Gallery

A man is arrested by the Rochester police, New York, 2012,

by Paolo Pellegrin/Magnum; selected for the shortlist

of the Sony World Photography awards.

Johan van der Keuken:  still form Beppie, 1965, 16mm, b/w, © VPRO

 Up to the light . Filmmaker and Photographer

Eye Film Institute , Amsterdam

Los Angeles, c 1980 by Gary Winogrand , from the upcoming exhibition

Garry Winogrand at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

© The Estate of Garry Winogrand, Fraenkel Gallery

Interior from the Anhalter Bahnhof Station, Berlin, by Roman Vishniac,

from the exhibition Roam Vishniac Rediscovered at the

International Center of Photography, New York, c Mara

Vishniac Kohn, Courtesy ICP

A Chronicle of Drifting, 1949, by Kansuke Yamamoto, from the

exhibition Japan’s Modern Divide, at the J Paul Getty Museum,

Los Angeles, c Toshio Yamamoto

Photo Guide is a monthly blog with my 20 choices for best photo exhibitions and new photo books. Highly personal and subjective. In May featuring the forthcoming exhibition ‘Best Before End’ by Stephen Gill at Foam, Amsterdam. With WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY, winner of the photography book award and Mike Brodie’s great book on train hoppers and run away kids ‘A Period of Juvenile Prosperity’.

Muchachos await counter attack by the National Guard, Matagalpa,

Nicaragua, 1978, by Susan Meiselas/Magnum ; from the book

WAR / PHOTOGRAPHY  by Anne Wilkes Tucker, winner of the

Krazna Krausz photography book award. © Susan Meiselas

A Syrian man cries while holding the body of his son, Aleppo, Syria,

October 2012, by Manu Brabo/AP; from the series by AP photographers

which won the 2013 Pulitzer Price in Breaking News

Bud, Passion Flower, by Karl Blossfeldt at Whitechapel Gallery, London

The Forest 2, Chesuncook Lake, Maine, 1986 by David Maisel; from

the book Black Maps, published by Steidl

Los Angeles, © 1980 by Gary Winogrand , from the upcoming exhibition

Garry Winogrand at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

© The Estate of Garry Winogrand, Fraenkel Gallery

David Bowie, The Lodger Dressing Room, by Duffy ; from the exhibition

The Duffy Collection at White Cloth Gallery, Leeds

Tracy Emin drawing Kate Moss in 1999. From photo booth candids

to celebrity party shots, Tracey Emin on how photographs have filled a

 childhood void. Tracy Emin, My Photo Album, is published by FUEL

‘Untitled’ from the book on train hoppers and run away kids

by Mike Brodie   A Period of Juvenile Prosperity

published by Twin Palms. Courtesy of M+B

Taking to Ants 2 by Stephen Gill; from the upcoming exhibition

Best Before End at Foam Fotografie Museum, Amsterdam

© Stephen Gill. Courtesy The Artist

Running from Semi- Dave’s Truck, South Dakota, from the series

Nomads, 2010, by Kitra Cahana,recipient of the 2013 Infinity Awards,

Young Photographer Award. Courtesy of the Artist

Superat Taddee, Chumchon Ruamjai Community, Bangkok,

November 2011,by Gideon Mendel;  from the upcoming exhibition

A Diffrent Kind of Order, The ICP Triennial, at the ICP, New York

Phan Thi Thuy Vi and Dang Thi Bich Bay watch television after studying

in school, Da Nang, Vietnam, 2012, by Maika Elan/MoSt.

Maika Elan has been selected for the Joop Swart Masterclass

The body of an American paratrooper is raised  up to an evacuation

helicopter in War Zone C, Vietnam, 1966, by Henri Huet/AP;

from the bookWAR/PHOTOGRAPHY by Anne Wilkes Tucker,

winner of the Krazna-Krausz photography book award.

Dying Infant Found by American Soldiers, Saipan, June 1944, by

Eugene Smith/Magnum; from the book WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY by

Anne Wilkes Tucker, winner of the Krazna-Krausz photography

book award.

Members of the Allamvedelmi Hatosag, the Soviet-backed Hungarian

secret police, stand with their hands in the air, Budapest 1956,

by John Sadovy/Getty; from the book WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY

by Anne Wilkes Tucker, winner of the Krazna-Krausz book award

Members of the Allamvedelmi Hatosag, the Soviet-backed Hungarian

secret police, flinch before the guns of rebels during a revolt against

the communist regime, Budapest 1956, by John Sadovy/Getty;

from the book WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY by Anne Wilkes Tucker,

winner of the Krazna-Krausz photography book award.

An illicit refinery in the Niger Delta, a worker sits on a wooden boat

filled with crude oil, by Samuel James, winner of the

The Olivier Rebbot Award

A wounded Syrian youth sits on the back of a truck carrying victims

following an attack by regime forces, Aleppo, October 2012,

by Fabio Bucciarelli/AFP; winner if the Robert Capa Gold Medal Award

A man is arrested by the Rochester police, New York, 2012,

by Paolo Pellegrin/Magnum; selected for the shortlist

of the Sony World Photography Awards.

Waura Indians fish in the Pullanga Lake, Upper Zingo, Brazil, 2005,

by Sebastiano Salgado; from the exhibition Sebastiano Salgado,

Genesis at the Natural History Museum, London. Images/nbpictures

Photo Guide is a monthly blog with 20 choices for  personal best photo exhibitions and new photo books. Highly subjective. In June featuring  exhibitions at the Australian Center of Photography, Paddington with David Burnett, Robert Benasko and at Stills Gallery with Tim Hetherington. With Mike Brodie’s great book on run away kids ‘A Period of Juvenile Prosperity’ and  Vanessa Winship’ s b&w photographs in ‘She Dances on Jackson’, MACK.
Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev with their interpreters in Geneva

1985 by David Burnett; from the exhibition The Presidents: from

JFK to Obama at the Australian Center of Photography, Paddington

© David Burnett, courtesy Reportage Festival

Kelso, Korengal Valley,Afghanistan 2008, by Tim Hetherington

from the exhibition at Stills Gallery, Paddington, Australia.

© Tim Hetherington,courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, NY

Syrian refugees cross from Syria to Turkey via the Orontes River,

December 2012, by Manu Brabo/AP, from a series by AP

photographers with won the 2013 Pulitzer Price

Flower Rondeau, 1997, by Nobuyoshi Araki; from the exhibition at

Michael Hoppen Contemporary Gallery, London © Nobuyoshi Araki

Taking to Ants 2 by Stephen Gill; from the upcoming exhibition

Best Before End at Foam Fotografie Museum, Amsterdam

© Stephen Gill. Courtesy The Artist

A man is arrested by the Rochester police, New York, 2012,

by Paolo Pellegrin/Magnum; selected for the WorldPressPhoto.

Willy Brandt Haus, Berlin

Phan Thi Thuy Vi and Dang Thi Bich Bay watch television after studying

in school, Da Nang, Vietnam, 2012, by Maika Elan/MoSt.

Maika Elan has been selected for World Press Photo

Willy Brandt Haus, Berlin

‘Untitled’ from the book on train hoppers and run away kids

by Mike Brodie   A Period of Juvenile Prosperity

published by Twin Palms. Courtesy of M+B

Biloxi, Mississippi, 1972, by William Eggleston, recipient of the

Outstanding Contribution Award at the 2013 Sony World

Photography Awards

Los Angeles, © 1980 by Gary Winogrand , from the upcoming exhibition

Garry Winogrand at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

© The Estate of Garry Winogrand, Fraenkel Gallery

Tokyo Comedy by Nobuyoshi Araki; from the exhibition at

Michael Hoppen Contemporary Gallery, London © Nobuyoshi Araki

Untitled (Back, Skirt) 1977, by Robert Benasko, from the exhibition

Contemplations, at the Australian Center for Photography.

American Elm, Eastern Parkway,Brooklyn 2012, by Mitch Epstein

from the book New York Arbor published by Steidl

Untitled, 2013, by Vanessa Winship,; from the book

She Dances on Jackson published by MACK

Crowds running for shelter, Bilbao, 1937 © Robert Capa/Magnum Photos

from the exhibition: Death In The Making at Atlas Gallery, London

A wounded Syrian youth sits on the back of a truck carrying victims

following an attack by regime forces, Aleppo, October 2012,

by Fabio Bucciarelli/AFP; winner if the Robert Capa Gold Medal Award

A view from an apartment, 2004-2005, by Jeff Wall, from the

exhibition at The Museum of Contemproary Art Australia, Sydney

Compact, 1997, by Tom Wood, from the exhibition :

Photographs 1973 – 2013 at the National Media Museum, Bradford

Julian Assange’s supporters outside the Ecuadorean embassy one year

on from the WikiLeaks whistleblower taking refuge there.

Photo: Peter Marshall/Demotix/Corbis

Emerging Man, Harlem, New York, 1952, by Gordon Parks, from the

exhibition at the Forma Foundation for Photography, Milan

Photo Guide looks monthly at my 20 best Photo exhibitions and new books.This August featuring a new Book on Northern Irland published by Belfast Exposed, recommending Wall on Wall pictures at the remaining Berlin Wall and the Open Air exhibition at the new location of c/o Berlin, West Berlin’s  historic Amerika Haus.

Above : Soldier behind Shield, Northern Irland, 1973, by Philip Jones Griffiths/Magnum, from the Book : Northern Irland : 30 Years of Photography published by Belfast Exposed. © Philip Jones Griffiths, courtesy Magnum Photos

Portrait of Cate Blanchett, 2008, still by David Rosetzky; from the exhibition : True Self : David Rosetzky Selected Works at the Centre for Contemporary Photography, Australia

Villagers collecting scrap from a crashed spacecraft,surrounded by thousands of  white butterflies, Altal Territory, 2000, by Jonas Bendikson/Magnum; from the exhibition Magnum Photobooks at the Magnum Print Room, London

East Berliners crossing into West Berlin November,11, 1989 at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin by Kai Wiedenhöfer. From the exhibition on the longest piece of remaining Berlin Wall. Wall on Wall till September. Concept Adrienne Göhler

Christian Orthodox celebration during the Epiphany, Republic of Chechnya,Russia, March 2013, by David Monteleone/VII; winner of the Carmignac Gestion Photojournalism Award

Graffiti, This is your Photo, 1937/38, by Humphrey Spender; from the exhibition Mass Observation: This is your Photo at the Photographers Gallery, London

Belgium, 2011,by Michel Vanden Eeckhoudt; from the Bittersweet exhibition at The Recontres d’Arles Photo Festival 2013 © Michel Vanden Eeckhoudt/Agence Vu

Parked Car, Small Town Main Street, 1932, by Walker Evans; from the exhibition Walker Evans American Photographs at MOMA, New York

Shane continued to scream in Maggie’s face as Memphis wedged herself between them, by Sara Lewkowicz; from the exhibition at Visa Pour l’Image, Perpignan 2013 © Sara Lewkowicz

Heart-Shaped Bruise, NYC,1980,by Nan Goldin; from the exhibition Everyday Epiphanies: Photography and Daily Life Since 1969 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York © Nan Goldin, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery, New York

Untitled, Korengal Valley Kunar Province Afghanistan,2008; from the exhibition Tim Hetherington-Infidel at Foam, Amsterdam © Tim Hetherington/courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery New York

‘Our True Intent is for all Your Delight’ John Hinde Photographic; from the exhibition Summer Salad at Janet Borden Gallery, New York. Book by Martin Parr & Chris Boot

Harry Callahan, Atlanta, 1978, from the exhibition Harry Callahan, Retrospectice at the Münchener Stadtmuseum, München © The Estate of HC , Pace Mac Gill Gallery, NYC

1. Mai 1987, Berlin Alexanderplatz, by Harald Hauswald; from the exhibition ‘Erinnerung ausgegraben,Fotografien 1976-1990′; at the Leonhardi Museum, Dresden © Harald Hauswald

Nicolas Nixon, The Brown Sisters,2011; from the exhibition Ages, Portraits vom Älterwerden at the Photografische Sammlung/ SK Stiftung Kultur © Nicolas Nixon, Mapfre, Madrid

Untitled by Martin Bogren; from the book Tractor Boys published by Dewi Lewis

Amerika Haus 1950, unkown photographer © Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur Deutsches Dokumentationszentrum für Kunstgeschichte;  from the Open Air exhibition: Bourgeoisie, Swing and Molotow Cocktails at the new location of c/o Berlin, Hardenbergstrasse

Edinburgh at sunrise, 2011,by Robert Ormerod; from the exhibition Doomen, part of the Festival of Politics at the Scottish Parliament

Wolfgang Tillmans - Headlight (b), 2012, from the exhibition’ Neue Welt’ at The Recontres d’Arles Photo Festival 2013, courtesy Galerie Buchholz, Berlin/Cologne.

Fifties Youth in Dortmund trying James Dean hair style, 1959, by Josef Darchinger. Darchinger, a live long press photographer with a strong back list, died 88. Here we miss out the obvious Willy Brandt or Rudolf Augstein pictures

Photo Guide presents a monthly selection for 20 best Photo Exhibitions and  Books.This September featuring new MACK  publications,  photos at Visa Pour l’Image and Paris Photo in November. Berlin’s Wall on Wall exhibition was extended to late autuum . It will be difficult to top this next time . Kate Moss artworks in an auction at Christie’s. The wonderful Larry Sultan is in Zurich with San Francisco pictures.

Untitled, 1973 by William Eggleston. From the Tate Modern: Display William

Eggleston. Courtey The Artist and ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica, CA

Gasoline  Shortage, 1979, Baltimore,  by David Campany. From the book

Gasoline published by MACK. © David Campany 2013

Untitled by Martin Bogren; from the book Tractor Boys published by Dewi Lewis

Los Angeles 1980, by Gary Winogrand . From the exhibition Gary Winogrand

at the San Francisco MOMA. © The Estate of Gary Winogrand, Fraenkel Gallery

Kate, 2007, by Chuck Close; from the upcoming auction at Christie’s of

artworks featuring Kate Moss.© Christie’s Images Ltd 2013

Beachy Head Tripper Boat, 1967, by Tony Ray- Jones. From the exhibition:

Only in England at the Science Museum, London.© National Media Museum

Untitled by Martin Kollar, from the book Field Trip published by MACK.

© Martin Kollar 2013, Courtesy MACK

Sergeant Aaron Hijar sleeping, Korengal Valley, Kunar Province, Afghanistan 2008.

From the exhibition Magnum at Fotofestival Mannheim /Ludwigshafen/Heidelberg

© Tim Hetherington/Magnum Photos/Focus

Shane continues to scream in Maggie’s face as Memphis wedges herself between them,

by Sara Lewkowicz; from the exhibition at Visa Pour l’Image, Perpignan 2013

© Sara Lewkowicz

Vanessa und Bill Getty, 2007 by Larry Sultan. From the exhibition San Francisco

Society at Focus 21 Gallery, Zürich. The Estate of Larry Sultan, Galerie Thomas Zander

Graffiti, This is your Photo, 1937/38, by Humphrey Spender; from the exhibition

Mass Observation. This is your Photo at the Photographers Gallery, London

Buenos Aires by Sameer Makarius. From the exhibition Luz y Sombra at

Galerie Argus Fotokunst, Berlin

Young Trade Unionists in Bochum 1961 by Hans Rudolf Uthoff.

From the exhibition : Das Ruhrgebiet 1950- 1969 / The Industrial Ruhr Area at

Wissenschaftspark Gelsenkirchen

Surburbia by Arnau Bach; recipient of the Pierre and Alexandra Boulat Award 2013.

© Arnau Bach

Claire Bauroff, 1925, by Trude Fleischmann; from Paris Photo 2013

© WestLicht, Vienna

Football Face, New York, 2002, by Irving Penn; from Paris Photo 2013.

© Conde Nast Publications, courtesy of Pace MacGill Gallery.

Portrait of Cate Blanchett, 2008, by David Rosetzky.  From the exhibition True Self :

David Rosetzky, Selected Works at the Centre for Contemporary Photography, Australia

Untitled 1990,from the series Kitchen Table by Carrie Mae Weens. From the exhibition

Photography and Daily Life since 1969 at MOMA New York.

Courtesy the Artist and Shainman Gallery, NY

East Berliners crossing into West Berlin November, 11, 1989 at Potsdamer Platz by

Kai Wiedenhöfer. From the exhibition on the longest remaining Berlin Wall piece,

Wall on Wall till October. Concept Adrienne Göhler

1. Prize Reportage, Singles, by Rodrigo Abd,  The Associated Press, Aida, Syria 2012

From the exhibition World Press Photo 13 at Fotomuseum WestLicht, Vienna

November’s guide to the best photography exhibitions and books. This month featuring Corinne Day, Anders Peterson, Garry Winogrand and JH Engström and events at Paris Photo.

Upside Down Girl ( the day the police came) by Mark Cohen; from the exhibition Dark Knees at Le Bal, Paris

Tiffany, 2011, by Wayne Lawrence from the book Orchard Beach : The Bronx Riviera, published by Prestel

Georgia with lamp by Corinne Day; from the book  May The Circle Remain Unbroken published by Morel

A group of children playing in the streets of Liverpool, 1954, by John Chillingworth, Picture Post, Getty; from the book John Chillingworth Picture Post Photographer published by Dewi Lewis

Untitled by JH Engström; from the book Sketch of Paris by JH Engström published by Max Sröm

Zeiss Ikon, 1996, 2013 by Dayanita Singh; from the exhibition Go Away Closer at the Hayward Gallery,London.© the artist 2013, courtesy the artist and Frith Street Gallery, London

Untitled, by Jacob Aue Sobol; from the book Veins by Anders Peterson and Jacob Aue Sobol published by Dewi Lewis

Untitled, Italian Vogue, 1978, by Deborah Turbeville; visionary fashion photographer Deborah Turbeville dies this month.© Deborah Turbeville/Marek & Associates

Chandelier, Springfield, PA, 2009 by Zoe Strauss; from the exhibition Zoe Strauss: 10 Years at the ICP, New York.©International Center of Photography, Robert and Cornell Capa Acquisition Fund,2013

Canadian Arctic, 2013, by Donovan Wylie; from the exhibition Vision as Power at the Imperial War Museum, London

private image WWII, from the book 82/1 published by AMS Books.com

Robert Capa, Segovia front, Spain, 1937, by Gerda Taro/ICP, from Capa at 100 at ICP,New York; and Robert Capa A Picture From The Past.© Gerda Taro/ ICP

George Clement looking out of the window,1995,by Corinne Day; from the book May The Circle Remain Unbroken published by Morel

Children from the Malalha family playing outside their tent, June 2013,by Ali Ali; a participant in the 2013 Joop Swart Masterclass

Leonid Breschnew, Willy Brandt, Bonn 1973 © Barbara Klemm; from the exhibition Barbara Klemm, Fotografien, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin

Murder 21, Rolls and Regina Say, Borough, London, Februar 2011, by Antonio Olmos; from the book The Landscape of Murder, published by Dewi Lewis

Park Avenue, New York, 1959 by Garry Winogrand; from the exhibition at the Michael Hoppen Gallery, Paris Photo 2013.© Garry Winogrand, courtesy of Michael Hoppen Gallery

Ho Chi Mingh Trail, 1973, by Le Mingh Truong; from the book North Vietnamese Diary and Photo Album at Harper’s Books, Paris Photo 2013

Eel River Ranch 1937 by Edward Weston; from the exhibition Edward Weston at Edwynn Houk Gallery, Zurich

Bibi à Londres,1926, by Jacques Henri Lartigue; from the exhibition Bibi at the Photographer’s Gallery, London.© Ministère de la Culture France/AAJHL

Here is December’s guide with some best photography books, exhibitions and reviews. This month featuring Gays Reunited, Dead Legend, Prisoners in Pictures and doing them, Runner’s up for the next Big Prize and a simple Selfie. Was this a good year ?

 Best new photographic books. Veins published by Dewi Lewis;  here Untitled  by Anders Peterson and Jacob Aue  Sobol

 Best new photographic books. Sketch of Paris published by Max Ström; here Untitled by JH Engström

Stunning. Christmas cafes by Alan Powdrill.  Nothing says Christmas like a snow globe nestled among the Ketchup and brown sauce.

Year in review. Pictures of the year. Military martyr. Chelsea Manning leaves court during her court martial. She was sentenced to 35 years, but my be out on parole in eight; Photo by Patrick Semansky

 Best new photographic books. Understanding a photograph by John Berger published by Penguin;  here a dying baby found by US soldiers in Saipan, 1944,  heroic picture by Eugene Smith

 Best new photographic books. UKG published by Gost, here, Twice As Nice, The End, London, 1999 by Ewen Spencer

Year in review. Pictures of the year. Crashing the catwalk. Two activists from the Femen group protest during a show for Nina Ricci’s ready-to-wear spring/summer collection; photo by Jacques Brinon

London Art Shows. Social mobility is under scrutiny by Johann Arens as he salvages the remains of Habesha Grocery, a recently closed-down East End internet cafe and corner shop. This includes the old PCs (pictured) used by anyone without a home computer or smartphone in an area now colonised by galleries, organic bakeries and bars. With this juxtaposition of haves and have nots, Arens points the finger at both gentrification and cyberspace, supposedly free and open, and reminds those of us who take it for granted that information comes at a price. Paradise Row, till 1 Feb. 

Untitled by Tom Wood; from the exhibition Men and Women at the Gallery of Photography, Dublin

Year in review. Pictures of the year. Aftermath. Passerby Ingrid Loyau – Kennett talks to Michael Adebowale, seen caring a knife after stabbing Lee Rigby to death; Photo Pixel 8000/Twitter

 History. Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu at Mandela’s former home, 8115 Vilakazi Street, Orlando West, Soweto in 1990; photo by  Alf Kumalo

Year in review. Pictures of the year. Freedom. Glenn Greenwald hugs his partner David Miranda as he returns to Brazil after being detained by UK authorities; photo by Ricardo Moraes

 History. Frankfurt photographer Hanne Katz taught 30 years female prisoners at the local Preungisheim prison. The results of this experience can finally be seen in the Schaufenster exhibition at the Frankfurter DZ Bank; here, prisoner posing in a cell, photo Hanne Katz

 Runner up. Safe From Harm 2012, Congo by Richard Mosse ;  nominated for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2014

 Best new photographic books. Scarti published by Trolley; here, Untitled by Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin

Year in review. Pictures of the year. Selfie-obsessed ? Cameron and Obama pose for a photo with the danish MP Helle Thorning-Schmidt at the Mandela memorial; photo by Roberto Schmidt

 Best new photographic books. South of Market published by Mack; here, Tom and Ted’s kitchen, 58 Langton Rd, 1980, by Janet Delaney

Year in review. Pictures of the year. Francis speaks. Pope Francis’s first speech is recorded by seemingly the whole crowd as he speaks from St Peter’s Basilica; photo by Michael Sohn

Retrospective. Gun 1, NY 1955 by William Klein; from the upcoming exhibition William Klein, Retrospective at Foam, Amsterdam

Capa in Colour, David Lynch, Philip-Lorca diCorcia and the early Inge Feltrinelli feature in February’s guide to the best photography shows and books.

Cfaal 306, 2013, by  Jessica Eaton; from the exhibition Ad Infinitum at the Hospital Club, London © Jessica Eaton, courtesy of the artist and the Photographer’s Gallery, London

Rosaria Schifani, the widow of the police agent Vito, Palermo 1992, by Letizia Battaglia; from the upcoming exhibition Letizia Battaglia  Breaking the Code of Silence at the Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool © Letizia Battaglia

Untitled 1972, by William S Burroughs; from the exhibition: Taking Shots, The Photography of William S Burroughs at the Photographer’s Gallery, London © Estate of  William S Burroughs

Untitled (Lodz) 2000, by David Lynch; from the exhibition David Lynch : The Factory Photographs at the Photographer’s Gallery, London © Collection of the artist

Burroughs at the Hotel Villa Mouniria Garden, Tangier, Unkown Photographer; from the exhibition:Taking Shots, The Photography of William S Burroughs at the Photographer’s Gallery, London © Estate of  William S Burroughs

Spot the sniper. German artist Simon Menner has photographed a camouflaged sniper in a series of nine images all set in the country side. In this picture the sniper is above and slightly to the right of the brownish, rotten wood © Simon Menner

There he is !

Untitled by Khalid Bin Hamad Bin Ahmad Al – Thani; from the book : Here is my Secret, published by Steidl

Untitled 5, Prostitute Series, 1975 – 1977, by Kaveh Golestan; from the exhibition The Citadel at Foam Gallery, Amsterdam © Kaveh Golestan, courtesy the Estate of Kaveh Golestan

Untitled 1, Prostitute Series, 1975 – 1977, by Kaveh Golestan; from the exhibition The Citadel at Foam Gallery, Amsterdam © Kaveh Golestan, courtesy the Estate of Kaveh Golestan

Pablo Picasso playing in the water with his son Claude, Vallauris, France 1948, by Robert Capa; from the exhibition Capa in Colour at the International center of Photography, New York © Robert Capa/ICP/Magnum Photos

Tuinol Barry, Kings Road, 1983, by Derek Ridgers; from the book 78 -87 London Youth published by Damiani

Elvis Presley, a soldier stationed in Germany, 1958, by Robert Lebeck; from the exhibition : Männer at Johanna Breede Gallery, Berlin © Robert Lebeck

The photographer Inge Feltrinelli with her favorite Rolleiflex in the Sixties; from the book Inge Feltrinelli : Mit Fotos die Welt erobern, published by Steidl

Louise Dahl-Wolf by Abe Frajndlich, from the e-book Penelope’s Hungry Eyes published by MAPP/ digital photo books

Top of the Rue Champlain, 1977 – 78, by Charles Marville; from the exhibition Charles Marville : Photographer of Paris at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

New York City, 2000, by Elliot Erwitt, Magnum Photos; from the exhibition : Dogs at Beetles + Huxley, London © Beetles + Huxley/ Elliot Erwitt

An industrial designer’s window, Bleecker Street, by Berenice Abbott; from the book The Unknown Berenice Abbott published by Steidl

Fullmoon © Sandwalk Wood, 2013, by Darren Almond; from the exhibition : To Leave a Light Impression at The White Cube , London © Darren Almond, courtesy White Cube

Roy, in his twenties, Los Angeles,California, 1990 – 92 by Philip-Lorca DiCorcia; from the exhibition Philip-Lorca DiCorcia : Photographs 1975 – 2012 . Image courtesy the artist and David Zwirner New York/ London

Anja Niedringhaus laughs as she attends an event at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens

From one of the last set of photographs that Anja Niedringhaus filed from the Afghan elections; policemen secure the area as presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadza arrives for a campaign rally at the stadium in Kabul

Also from her last week, an Afghan soldier and a policeman queue to receive their registration cards on the last day of voter registration for the upcoming presidential elections outside a school in Kabul

Her colleague, AP executive editor Kathleen Carroll said : ‘Anja was a vibrant, dynamic journalist, well-loved for her insightful photographs, her warm heart and joy for life. We are heartbroken at her loss.’ In this photograph, taken on Thursday, an Afghan girl helps her brother down from a security barrier set up outside the Independent Election Commission office in the eastern Afghan city of Khost

AP Director of Photography Santiago Lyon wrote: ‘Anja Niedringhaus was one of the most talented, brave and accomplished photojournalists of her generation. She truly believed in the need to bear witness.’ In this photograph from last month, Pakistani bank notes covered in blood are displayed on the body of a dead suicide bomber. Police found them in his pocket after an attack on the former Afghan intelligence headquarters in Kandahar

Photojournalist Odd Andersen, who worked with Anja for many years, wrote, ‘she gave underprivileged people a voice. She never lost sight of that’. In this photograph taken in May 2013, Afghan children peer through a fence that surrounds a swimming pool on a hill overlooking Kabul, Afghanistan. The swimming pool was built by the Soviets more than 30 years ago and has rarely been used

An Afghan national police officer mans a checkpoint on the outskirts of Maidan Shahr on 15 May 2013

AP colleague Muhammed Muheisen, who was with her the day before she was killed, wrote: ‘Anja in few words: caring, funny and committed to photography.’ In this photograph taken on 9 June 2011, a US Marine walks towards food supplies after they were dropped by small parachutes from a plane outside Forward Operating Base Edi in Helmand province, Afghanistan. The smoke in the background comes from parachutes that the Marines burn after landing

Lance Corporal Blas Trevino of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, shouts out as he is rescued and lifted onto a medevac helicopter after being shot in the stomach outside Sangin, Afghanistan, on 11 June 2011

Associated Press president Gary Pruitt described Anja as ‘spirited, intrepid and fearless, with a raucous laugh that we will always remember’. Here, in this photograph taken on 11 June 2011, Lance Corporal Blas Trevino of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, clutches his Rosary beads as he is treated by US Army flight medic Sgt Joe Campbell on a medevac helicopter after being shot in the stomach outside Sangin, Afghanistan

A Canadian soldier with the 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment, rests next to his guns after a mission in Khebari Ghar, Afghanistan, on 3 June 2010

Injured US Marine Corporal Burness Britt is lifted onto a medevac helicopter in Sangin, Afghanistan, on 4 June 2011. Niedringhaus said: ‘In my 20 years as a photographer, covering conflicts from Bosnia to Gaza to Iraq to Afghanistan, injured civilians and soldiers have passed through my life many times. None has left a greater impression on me than Britt.’ She searched for him for six months, finally tracking him down and visiting him in hospital in Richmond, Virginia, after he had undergone several operations and painful rehabilitation

In 2012, Anja Niedringhaus wrote in a Harvard University publication on journalism: ‘For me, covering conflict and war is the essence of journalism. The legacy of any photographer is her or his ability to capture the moment, to record history. For me it is about showing the struggle and survival of the individual.’ Here, an injured soldier loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is interrogated by a rebel soldier at the Jalaa hospital in Benghazi, Libya, on 19 March 2011

An Afghan boy looks at German soldiers preparing an overnight camp during a long-term patrol in the mountainous region of Feyzabad

The 1992-95 Bosnian war was the first conflict that Niedringhaus covered. In this photograph from 21 November 1994, a French UN soldier and a woman give first aid to a Bosnian soldier shot by a bullet on Sarajevo’s so-called Sniper Avenue

Afghan men line up next to a destroyed passenger plane as they wait for humanitarian aid to be delivered near the stadium in Kabul on 4 February 2002

A Libyan rebel prays next to his gun on the outskirts of Ajdabiya, Libya, on 21 March 2011

From the same week in March 2011, Libyan rebels retreat as mortars from Muammar Gaddafi’s forces are fired at them on the frontline outside Ajdabiya

Anja Niedringhaus was part of the AP team that won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize in breaking news photography for the coverage of the Iraq war. Here, US Marines of the 1st Division raid the house of a city council chairman in the Abu Ghraib district of Baghdad on 2 November 2004

In this image taken Friday Sept. 11, 2011 AP photographer Anja Niedringhaus attends an exhibition of her work in Berlin. Niedringhaus, 48, was killed and an AP reporter was wounded on Friday, April 4, 2014 when an Afghan policeman opened fire while they were sitting in their car in eastern Afghanistan. Niedringhaus an internationally acclaimed German photographer, was killed instantly, according to an AP Television freelancer who witnessed the shooting. Kathy Gannon, the reporter, was wounded twice and is receiving medical attention.