Photography – A Feminist History

My personal collection of art books, sitting there on my shelves.

This used to be a little bigger but I decided a while back to concentrate more on later 19th century and onward works, particularly feminist art and photography.

Last updated: 29/11/25

1. 100 Artists’ Manifestos – Alex Danchev
2. 100 Ideas That Changed Photography – Mary Warner Marian
3. 140 Artists’ Ideas for Planet Earth – Hans Ulrich Obrist, Kostas Stasinopoulos
4. 1001 Photographs You Must See Before You Die – Paul Lowe
5. About Looking – John Berger
6. Abstract Art – Anna Moszynska
7. Aesthetics and its Discontents – Jacques Ranciere
8. Aesthetics and the Sociology of Art – Janet Wolff
9. After Photography – Fred Ritchin
10. American Geography – Matt Black
11. The Americans – Robert Frank
12. Another Country: British Documentary Photography since 1945 – Gerry Badger
13. Art of the Extreme: 1905—1914 – Philip Hook
14. The Art of Feminism – Lucinda Gosling et al
15. Art History: A Critical Introduction to its Methods – Michael Hatt, Charlotte Klonk
16. Art History and its Methods: A Critical Anthology – Eric Fernie
17. Art & Illusion – E.H. Gombrich
18. Art and Its Histories: A Reader – Steve Edwards
19. Art in History – Martin Kemp
20. Art and Photography – David Campany
21. Art in Renaissance Italy – Evelyn Welch
22. Art in Theory: 1648—1815 – Charles Harrison, Paul Wood, Jason Gaiger
23. Art in Theory: 1815—1900 – Charles Harrison, Paul Wood, Jason Geiger
24. Art in Theory: 1900—2000 – Charles Harrison, Paul Wood
25. Art Theory: An Historical Introduction – Robert Williams
26. Art in Theory: The West in the World – Paul Wood, Leon Wainwright, Charles Harrison
27. Art of the Avant-Gardes – Steve Edwards, Paul Wood
28. Art of the Twentieth Century: A Reader – Jason Gaiger, Paul Wood
29. Art Worlds – Howard S. Becker
30. The Artist’s Way – Julia Cameron
31. Bachelors – Rosalind Krauss
32. Basics Creative Photography 02: Context and Narrative – Maria Short
33. Basic Critical Theory for Photographers – Ashley la Grange
34. Beg, Steal & Borrow: Artists Against Originality – Robert Shore
35. Bert Hardy – Tom Hopkinson
36. Body: The Photobook – Nathalie Herschdorfer
37. The Book of Symbols – Ami Ronnberg
38. Bookcraft – Heather Weston
39. A Brief History of Curating New Media Art – Sarah Cook et al
40. A Brief History of Protest Art – Aindrea Emelife
41. British Photographers – Cecil Beaton
42. British Surrealism & Other Realities: The Sherwin Collection – mima
43. Calligraphy for the Beginner – Tom Gourdie
44. The Calligraphy Ideas Book – Lyndsey Gribble
45. Camera Lucida – Roland Barthes
46. Celtic Art & Design – Iain Zaczek
47. Central Saint Martins Foundation – Lucy Alexander, Timothy Meara
48. The Challenge of the Avant-Garde – Paul Wood
49. Civilizing Rituals: Inside Public Art Museums – Carol Duncan
50. Collins Complete Artist’s Manual – Collins
51. Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory – Patrick Williams, Laura Chrisman
52. The Complete Book of Drawing – Barrington Barber
53. The Complete Engravings, Etchings & Drypoints of Albrecht Durer – Walter L. Strauss
54. Complete Guide to Black and White Photography – John Hedgecoe
55. The Complete Guide to Calligraphy – Professor Ralph Cleminson
56. Complete Guide to Watercolour Painting – David Bellamy
57. Concepts of Modern Art: From Fauvism to Postmodernism – Nikos Stangos
58. Conceptual Art – Tony Godfrey
59. A Concise History of Modern Painting – Herbert Read
60. Confabulations – John Berger
61. Constructing Wooden Images – Carl Van de Velde et al
62. Contemporary Cultures of Display – Emma Barker
63. The Courage to Create – Rollo May
64. Creation: Art Since the Beginning – John-Paul Stonard
65. Creative Acts for Curious People – Sarah Stein Greenberg
66. The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life – Twyla Tharp
67. Creative Handmade Paper – David Watson
68. Crisis as Form – Peter Osborne
69. Critical Terms for Art History – Robert S. Nelson, Richard Shiff
70. Cuba by Korda – Christopher Loviny
71. The Curator’s Handbook – Adrian George
72. Cyanotype: The Blueprint in Contemporary Practice – Christina Z. Anderson
73. Design and Crime (And Other Diatribes) – Hal Foster
74. Difference and Excess in Contemporary Art: The Visibility of Women’s Practice – Gill Perry
75. DO/DESIGN: Why Beauty is the Key to Everything – Alan Moore
76. Documents – Diane Arbus, Max Rosenberg
77. Don’t Get a Job… Make a Job – Gem Barton
78. Douthwaite: Paintings and Drawings 1951—1988 – Third Eye Centre
79. Draw Paint Print Like the Great Artists – Marion Denchars
80. Draw: Conversations Around the Legacy of Drawing – mima
81. The Drawing Ideas Book – Frances Stanfield
82. Drawing Projects: An Exploration of the Language of Drawing – Mick Maslen, Jack Southern
83. The Duchamp Dictionary – Thomas Girst
84. Duchamp Manray Picabia – Jennifer Mundy
85. The Dusseldorf School of Photography – Stefan Gronert
86. The Encyclopedia of Papermaking and Bookbinding – Heidi Reimer-Epp, Mary Reimer
87. English Medieval Tiles – Elizabeth Eames
88. English Stained Glass – Painton Cowen
89. Europeans: Henri Cartier-Bresson – Henri Cartier-Bresson, Jean Clair
90. Everything, All the Time, Everywhere – Stuart Jeffries
91. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Curating – Hans Ulrich Obrist
92. The Family of Man – Edward Steichen
93. Fra Angelico to Leonardo: Italian Renaissance Drawings – Hugo Chapman, Marzia Faietti
94. Framing Feminism: Art and. the Women’s Movement 1970—1985 – Rozsika Parker, Griselda Pollock
95. The Fundamentals of Drawing: A Complete Professional Course for Artists – Barrington Barber
96. Gaudi: Complete Works – Isabel Artigas
97. Gender and Art – Gill Perry
98. The Genius of Photography: How Photography Has Changed Our Lives – Gerry Badger
99. Geometry of Design – Kimberly Elam
100. German Expressionist Woodcuts – Shane Weller
101. Giotto to Durer: Early Renaissance Painting in the National Gallery – Jill Dunkerton et al
102. The Global Art Compass: New Directions in 21st-Century Art – Alistair Hicks
103. Gorbals Children: Joseph McKenzie A Study In Photographs – Joseph MkKenzie
104. Great Women Artists – Phaidon
105. Green Waters – Alec Finlay
106. Handmade Prints – Anne Desmet, Jim Anderson
107. Hayao Miyazaki – Jessica Niebel
108. The History of British Art: 600—1600 – Tim Ayers
109. The History of British Art: 1600—1870 – David Bindman
110. The History of British Art: 1870—Now – Chris Stephens
111. A History of Photography: From 1839 to the present – The George Eastman House Collection
112. Homes Fit for Heroes – Bill Brandt
113. How to Make Books – Esther K. Smith
114. How to See the World – Nicholas Mirzoeff
115. How to Write Art History – Anne D’Alleva
116. Illuminations – Walter Benjamin
117. Image Music Text – Roland Barthes
118. In the Balkans – Nikos Economopoulos
119. In the Darkroom – Sarah Kennel
120. Indie Publishing: How to Design and Produce Your Own Book – Ellen Lupton
121. Ink on Paper: poetry and art – Colette Bryce
122. Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery Space – Brian O’Doherty
123. Just Draw It! – Sam Piyasena, Beverly Philp
124. Keeping an Eye Open – Julian Barnes
125. Larry Burrows: Compassionate Photographer – Time Life
126. Learn to Paint Watercolours – Alwyn Crawshaw
127. Learning Linocut – Susan Yeates
128. Light: Science & Magic – Fil Hunter
129. Light Matters – Vicki Goldberg
130. Linocut for Artists and Designers – Nick Morley
131. Linocut: Learn in a Weekend – Nick Morley
132. Magnum Magnum – Brigitte Lardinois
133. Make a Zine! – Joe Biel, Bill Brent
134. Making Handmade Books: 100+ Bindings, Structures & Forms – Alisa Golden
135. Making Mini Books: Big Ideas for 30+ Little Projects – Kathleen McCafferty
136. Martin Parr – Sandra S. Phillips
137. Masters of the Camera – Gene Thornton
138. Masterworks of Modern Photography 1900—1940 – Sarah Hermanson Meister
139. Medieval Art – Veronica Sekules
140. The Medium is the Massage – Marshall, McLuhan, Quentin Fiore
141. The Meaning of Art – Herbert Read
142. The Methodologies of Art: An Introduction – Laurie Schneider Adams
143. Methods & Theories of Art History – Anne D’Alleva
144. Modern Sculpture – Herbert Read
145. Modern World: The Art of Richard Hamilton – Michael Bracewell
146. Modernism – Richard Weston
147. A Moment in Time: Scottish Contributions to Photography 1840—1920 – John Hannavy
148. Museums After Modernism: Strategies of Engagement– Griselda Pollock, Joyce Zemans
149. Mythologies – Roland Barthes
150. The Nature of Photographs – Stephen Shore
151. The New Art History – A.L. Rees, F. Borzello
152. The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain – Betty Edwards
153. The New Museology – Peter Vergo
154. The New Philistines – Sohrab Ahmari
155. The New Photography – Catharine Reeve, Marilyn Sward
156. North Country Quilts – Dorothy Osler
157. The Northern Renaissance – Jeffrey Chipps Smith
158. Northern Renaissance Art – Susie Nash
159. The Object – Antony Hudek
160. Old Mistresses: Women, Art and Ideology – Rozsika Parker, Griselda Pollock
161. On Art and Life – John Ruskin
162. On Not Being Able to Paint – Joanna Field
163. One Thousand Years of Manga – Brigitte Koyama-Richard
164. The Ongoing Moment – Geoff Dyer
165. On Photography – Susan Sontag
166. Orientalism – Edward W. Said
167. The Origins of Postmodernity – Perry Anderson
168. Oscar Marzaroli: Photography 1959—1968 – Bourne 2010
169. Outsider Art – Colin Rhodes
170. Painters and Public Life in Eighteenth-Century Paris – Thomas E. Crow
171. The Papercraft Ideas Book – Jessica Baldry
172. Photo Art Processes – Nancy Howell-Koehler
173. Photo Idea Index – Jim Krause
174. The Photobook: A History volume I – Martin Parr, Gerry Badger
175. The Photobook: A History volume II – Martin Parr, Gerry Badger
176. Photobox: The Essential Collection 250 Images You Need to See – Roberto Koch
177. The Photograph – Graham Clarke
178. The Photograph as Contemporary Art – Charlotte Cotton
179. Photographers A—Z – Hans-Michael Koetzle
180. The Photographer’s Eye – Michael Freeman
181. The Photographer’s Eye – John Szarkowski
182. Photographers on Photography – Henry Carroll
183. The Photographer’s Playbook – Jason Fulford, Gregory Halpern
184. Photography: A Critical Introduction – Liz Wells
185. Photography: Essays & Images – Beaumont Newhall
186. Photography: A Feminist History – Emma Lewis
187. The Photography Book – Phaidon
188. The Photography Ideas Book – Lorna Yabsley
189. The Photography Reader – Liz Wells
190. Photography Rules – Paul Lowe
191. Photography Speaks: 150 Photographers On Their Art – Brooks Johnson
192. Photography: The Whole Story – Juliet Hacking
193. The Polaroid Book – Steve Crist
194. Portfolio #39
195. Portraits: John Berger on Artists – Tom Overton
196. Practical Course in Watercolour Painting: Composition and Interpretation – Jose M. Parramon
197. Practical Course in Watercolors: Techniques & Color – Jose M. Parramon
198. Principles of Art History – Heinrich Wolfflin
199. Print Workshop: Hand-Printing Techniques & Truly Original Projects – Christine Schmidt
200. Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials and Processes – Beth Grabowski, Bill Fick
201. The Printmaking Handbook – Louise Woods
202. The Printmaking Ideas Book – Frances Stanfield, Lucy McGeown
203. Printmaking: Traditional and Contemporary Techniques – Ann d’Arcy Hughes, Hebe Vernon-Morris
204. Propaganda – Mark Holborn
205. Pulled: A Catalog of Screen Printing – Mike Parry
206. Railway Mania – Bonnie Camplin
207. Read This If You Want to Be Great at Drawing – Selwyn Leamy
208. Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs – Henry Carroll
209. Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs of People – Henry Carroll
210. Realism in 20th Century Painting – Brendan Prendeville
211. Regarding the Pain of Others – Susan Sontag
212. Renaissance Art Reconsidered – Carol M. Richardson
213. Renaissance Women Patrons – Catherine E. King
214. Renew Marxist Art History – Warren Carter et al
215. The Return of the Real – Hal Foster
216. The Revolution of Everyday Life – Raoul Vaneigem
217. Revolution on Paper: Mexican Prints 1910—1960 – Dawn Ades, Alison McClean
218. The Rodchenko Family Workshop – Stepanova
219. Rose Frain Survey – Rose Frain
220. The Routledge Companion to Aesthetics – Berys Gaut, Dominic McIver Lopes
221. See Red Women’s Workshop: Feminist Posters 1974-1990
222. The Seeing Eye: The Life and Work of George Oliver – Cordelia Oliver
223. Shades of Grey: Glasgow 1956—1987 – Oscar Marzaroli, William McIlvanney
224. Shades of Scotland 1956—1988 – Oscar Marzaroli, James Grassie
225. Shape of Light: 100 Years of Photography and Abstract Art – Simon Baker
226. Shaping the World – Antony Gormley, Martin Gayford
227. Signs & Symbols in Christian Art – George Ferguson
228. The Sketchbook Challenge – Sue Bleiweiss
229. Sketchbooks: The Hidden Art of Designers, Illustrators & Creatives – Richard Brereton
230. Society of the Spectacle – Guy Debord
231. Stained Glass Basics – Chris Rich
232. The Story of Art Without Men – Katy Hessel
233. Styles, Schools and Movements – Amy Dempsey
234. The Sublime – Simon Morley
235. Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington – Joanna Moorhead
236. Symbols and Allegories in Art – Matilde Battistini
237. The Tarot of Leonora Carrington – Susan Aberth, Tere Arcq
238. Ten Thousand Years of Pottery – Emmanuel Cooper
239. Theory in Contemporary Art since 1985 – Zoya Kocur, Simon Leung
240. Think Like a Street Photographer – Matt Stuart
241. Thinking About Art – Penny Huntsman
242. Thinking About Exhibitions – Reesa Greenberg et al
243. Thinking the Photobook – Bettina Lockemann
244. This Means This This Means That – Sean Hall
245. This Pleasant Land – Rosalind Jana
246. Tools and Materials for Calligraphy – Patricia Lovett
247. Tove Jansson – Exhibition Catalogue
248. Trust the Process: An Artist’s Guide to Letting Go – Shaun McNiff
249. Turner: The Vaughan Bequest – Christopher Baker
250. Understanding a Photograph – John Berger
251. Unravelling Women’s Art – P.L. Henderson
252. Utterly Lazy and Inattentive – Martin Parr and Wendy Jones
253. A Victim of Anonymity – Neil Macgregor
254. Vision and Difference – Griselda Pollock
255. Walker Evans 55 – Luc Sante
256. Watercolour for the Absolute Beginner – Matthew Palmer
257. Watercolour Challenge: Practical Painting Course – Channel 4 Books
258. The Watercolour Ideas Book – Joanna Goss
259. Ways of Curating – Jans Ulrich Obrist
260. Ways of Seeing – John Berger
261. What is Black Art? – Alice Correia
262. What Is Contemporary Art? – e-flux journal
263. What They Didn’t Teach You in Photo School – Demetrius Fordham
264. Why Are We ‘Artists’? 100 World Art Manifestos – Jessica Lack
265. Why It Does Not Have to Be in Focus – Jackie Higgins
266. Why Photographers Prefer Cloudy Days – Haje Jan Kamps
267. Why Your Five Year Old Could Not Have Done That – Susie Hodge
268. Without Day – Alec Finlay
269. The Workshop of Thomas Bewick: A Pictorial Survey – Iain Bain
270. A World History of Photography – Naomi Rosenblum