By the Book
Twelve architects show and tell about their personal book collections.
The Coffee Table
A collection of 12 issues
Black Beauty
Deborah Willis’s extraordinary compendium shows the beauty of black culture.
Mann’s Man
Recent photographs by Sally Mann in a beautifully reproduced volume, “Proud Flesh.”
Pretty Boys
Is photographer Greg Gorman a modern Horst or Hurrell? A new monograph addresses the question.
For Children of All Ages
No relation to the DeLillo novel, a delightfully abstract pop-up book is rendered with great skill and verve.
Eco Eco
Frequently a journalist’s crutch, lists are no deficit in the works of the exuberant Umberto Eco.
Power to the Peaceful
Photos of American electrical/political power deliver quite an eyeful.
Eyes Have It
For Lynn Hirschberg, a Dan Winters monograph raises concerns over photography as commerce.
New York City Books
Two books join the ongoing, relentless celebration of the city as the center of the universe.
The Beautiful Anarchist
A retrospective of “a designer’s designer.”