Picture books of the year

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Picture books of the year

This year has been a particularly strong one for photo books. A popular quote I often see shared on social media is “creative people need time to sit around and do nothing”, and I wonder if the enforced lockdowns of the last couple of years have resulted in this outpouring of great photography. While there is a lot of new work, there are also some excellent publications of older work by photographers such as Saul Leiter, Vivian Maier and Chris K…