Akashic Books
Silent Pictures (Sept., $22.95) by Pat Graham is the first collection from the underground music photographer of Modest Mouse, Fugazi and Bikini Kill. Author tour.
Allworth Press
How to Succeed in Commercial Photography: Insights from a Leading Consultant (Sept., $19.95) by Salina Maitreya offers tips on developing an online portfolio.
Argentum
(dist. by Trafalgar Square)
Developing Vision and Style: A Landscape Photography Masterclass (Jan., $27.95) by Joe Cornish et al., edited by Eddie Ephraums, presents the work and advice of three top landscape photographers.
Duke Univ. Press
Crossing the Water: A Photographic Path to the Afro-Cuban Spirit World (Feb., $24.95) by Claire Garoutte and Anneke Wambaugh looks at the spiritual practice of Santeria in Cuba.
5 Continents
(dist. by Antique Collectors' Club)
The Hand: Photography at the Musée d'Orsay (Sept., $15) by Joelle Bolloch explores the hand as art, including those of such artists as Rodin and Degas.
Guild of Master Craftsman
(dist. by Sterling)
PIP Expanded Guide to the Nikon D200 (Sept., $19.95) by Ross Hoddinott covers the functions and features of the D200.
Photographing Weather (Oct., $19.95) by Storm Dunlop shows how to capture meteorological events with a camera.
Heyday Books
Under the Dragon: California's New Culture (Sept., $24.95) by Lonny Shavelson and Fred Setterberg uses photos and stories to document a new form of identity formation.
Museum of Modern Art
Life of the City: New York Photographs from the Museum of Modern Art (Oct., $19.95) celebrates Gotham in all its grit and glamour.
National Galleries of Scotland
(dist. by Antique Collectors' Club)
The Naked Portrait (Sept., $39.50) by Martin Hammer studies naked portraiture by such artists as Lucian Freud, Stieglitz and Avedon.
Sterling/Lark
Kodak Most Basic Book of Digital Nature Photography (Jan., $14.95) by Russell Graves applies a problem-solving approach to picture taking.
Temple Univ. Press
She's Got a Gun (Feb., $26.95) by Nancy Floyd combines first-person stories with photos of female gun owners in the U.S.
Univ. of Minnesota Press
Looking for Asian America: An Ethnocentric Tour (Oct., $39.95) by Wing Young Huie. Personal photos examine the intersection of Asian-American and American cultures.