Photography Book Publishers

Annotated listing of publishers specializing in books of or about photography.

Abbeville Press

Abbeville Press, headquartered in New York, is an independent publisher of fine art and illustrated books. Founded in 1977, Abbeville has long been a mainstay in the art book publishing world and is currently making strides into the digital realm with e-books, iBooks, and many other e-friendly formats.

    New York, NY   US

ACC Art Books

World renowned publisher and distributor of definitive books on antiques, fashion, gardening, design and art.

    Woodbridge, Suffolk, England   UK

Afton Press

Afton Press is a not-for-profit publisher of exceptional books that explore and celebrate the history, culture, and achievements of our chosen state of Minnesota—books that reach high standards of scholarship, literary value, design, and production; books that help to strengthen and build communities; books that inspire readers of all ages to seek out new horizons and honor and serve one another.

    Edina, MN   US

Amherst Media

Amherst Media is the leading publisher of instructional books and eBooks for professional photographers.

    Buffalo, NY   US

AMMO Books

AMMO Books publishes exciting, one-of-a-kind visually charged books that always get noticed. We create "must-have" books with amazing design, thoughtful writing, and exquisite printing. We've built both an eclectic list and dedicated audience - one great book at a time!

    Pasadena, CA   US

Angel City Press

Angel City Press was established in 1992 and is dedicated to the publication of high-quality nonfiction books.

    Santa Monica, CA   US

Antrim House

Antrim House publishes poetry by emerging and established authors as well as memoirs and photo essays.

    Simsbury, CT   US

Anvil Press

Anvil Press is a literary publisher interested in contemporary, progressive literature in all genres.

    Vancouver, BC   CA

Arcadia Publishing

Arcadia Publishing is the leading local history publisher in the United States, with a catalog of more than 7,500 titles in print and hundreds of new titles released every year.

    Charleston, SC   US

Arsenal Pulp Press

Arsenal Pulp Press is a book publisher in Vancouver, Canada with over 200 titles currently in print, which include literary fiction and nonfiction; cultural and gender studies; gay, lesbian, and multicultural literature; cookbooks; and guidebooks.

    Vancouver, BC   CA

Assouline Publishing

At Assouline we specialize in beautifully illustrated luxury books covering art, fashion and lifestyles.

    New York, NY   US

Atlantic Publishing Group

For over 25 years Atlantic Publishing has been providing millions of readers information to jumpstart their careers, start businesses, manage employees, invest, plan for retirement, learn technologies, build relationships, and live rewarding, fulfilling lives. Our award-winning authors and publication staff strive to make our products the best and most up-to-date available.

    Ocala, FL   US

Balcony Press

Balcony Press was established in 1994 to publish art, architecture and design books emphasizing the cultural and historical aspects of design particularly in the Western United States.

    Glendale, CA   US

Big Earth Publishing

Big Earth Publishing is committed to being more than just a publisher of good books. We are a family of independent publishers with a unified purpose - to provide our readers with compelling stories and ideas that inform and inspire us all.

    Boulder, CO   US

Boulder Publications

Boulder Publications is an independent Canadian book publishing company headquartered in Newfoundland & Labrador, with an office in Nova Scotia.

    Portugal Cove-St. Philip's, NL   CA

Brown Books Publishing

Founded in 1994, Brown Books Publishing Group is a full-service, independent publisher of high-quality books across all genres. The Agency, a subsidiary of Brown Books Publishing Group, provides high-level public relations, marketing and distribution services to Brown Books’ authors as well as to non-affiliated authors.

    Dallas, TX   US

Brucedale Press

Since 1994, The Brucedale Press has published words from here - the Queen's Bush and Bruce Peninsula in Ontario, Canada - that offer good reading anywhere. The Brucedale Press is a division of BROAD HORIZONS BOOKS Bruce County's most experienced bookseller, with headquarters in Port Elgin, Ontario. Our fine books present the area as seen by talented writers, artists, and photographers.

    Port Elgin, ON   CA

Burgoyne & Burgoyne Publishers

Burgoyne and Burgoyne, Publishers is a small, independent publishing house, committed to publishing its own art (illustrated) and nature (photography) books.

    Salt Lake City, UT   US

Camino Books

Camino Books was founded in 1987 for the purpose of publishing quality nonfiction books of regional interest to people in the Middle Atlantic states. Our list is especially strong in titles about cooking, travel, gardening, and history, but we also publish biographies, local reference books, and books concerning parenting and important health issues. We occasionally publish books of national interest as well. We currently publish about 6 to 10 books per year, and we are always looking for new material and projects.

    Philadelphia, PA   US

Chatwin Books

Chatwin Books publishes literary fiction, contemporary and collected poetry, and fine art and photography books.

    Seattle, WA   US

Cinco Puntos Press

Independent book publisher: featuring fine multicultural literature for adults, young adults and children.

    El Paso, TX   US

City Limits Publishing

City Limits Publishing, LLC is a Tennessee-based full service traditional book publisher. We do not charge authors for our publishing services and we handle everything from editing and proofing, to design and marketing with zero cost to our authors, ever. We are dedicated to building our authors up and distributing their work.

    Nashville, TN   US

Creekstone Press

Creekstone Press focuses on work featuring writers from Northern BC Diversity of expression, accuracy, originality, craftsmanship and regional relevance govern manuscript selection.

    Smithers, BC   CA

Cypress Cove Publishing

Cypress Cove Publishing publishes titles that entertain, educate, and inspire readers. Our goals are to create high quality books covering different genres and to nurture a lifelong love for reading in our patrons.

    Lafayette, LA   US

Deep Vellum

Deep Vellum is a nonprofit publishing house and literary arts organization with the mission to bring the world into conversation through literature.

    Dallas, TX   US

Down the Shore Publishing

Down The Shore is an independent publisher specializing in beach and coastal subjects, New Jersey, and the Jersey Shore.

    West Creek, NJ   US

Downingfield Press

Downingfield Press is an independent book publisher based in Melbourne with a global reach. Our mission is to publish emerging authors. We strive to produce interesting content bound in affordable, high-quality, and well-designed books. We focus on cultural value when selecting works to publish.

    Pascoe Vale, VIC   AU

Elektra Press

Elektra Press was founded in 2014 as a conventional, independent, advance-paying publishing house that thinks unconventionally. Our mission is to find and publish extraordinary works of literature. Good writing; strong voice; gripping story; larger-than-life characters; jump-off-the-pages action; broad sweeping narrative; dynamic dialogue.

    Duncan, OK   US

Fabrik Books

Fabrik Books is a small independent publishing house focusing on high quality publications by contemporary nordic and photography based artists. Fabrik Books is founded by the internationally acclaimed artists Nicolai Howalt & Trine Søndergaard in Copenhagen in 2015.

    Copenhagen,   DK

Far Country Press

Farcountry Press specializes in photography books, children's series, and regional history titles nationwide.

    Helena, MT   US

Firefly Books

Firefly Books Ltd., established in 1977, is a North American publisher of non-fiction and distributor of non-fiction and children's books. Firefly's goal is to bring readers beautifully produced books written by experts at reasonable prices.

    Richmond Hill, ON   CA

Fitzhenry & Whiteside

Fitzhenry & Whiteside encourages new talent and Canadian authors and illustrators. The firm specializes in history, biography, childrens' fiction and non-fiction, young adult and mid-level readers, e-books, poetry, sports, reference, photographic titles, cookbooks, travel, and lifestyle books.

    Markham, ON   CA

Flame Tree Publishing

With a wide range of authors, editors and writers, from Vladimir Ashkenazy, Steve Hackett, John Howe, Sir George Martin, Brian May, Paul du Noyer, Paco Peña, Stanley Sadie we strive to make illustrated projects that are affordable, useful and beautiful. Alongside our print titles, our exceptional range of practical cookbooks, music, popular culture and lifestyle books are increasingly available in digital formats. We believe that well-judged, considered content should be curated into the many different formats that our readers demand. And, we’re launching a new Trade list, FLAME TREE PRESS, for SF, Fantasy, Crime and Horror fiction, with biographies on art and music.

    London, England   UK

Front Forty Press

An independent publishing company based in Chicago focused on visual art and culture. A Front Forty Press project is one that embodies uninhibited creativity and deals with current topics. The work can be functional, political, ecological or simply expressive. What matters most is the cultivation and communication of ideas.

    Chicago, IL   US

Genius Book Publishing

Genius Book Publishing is an independent publisher focused on true crime and dark and light fiction, in particular, science-fiction, mystery, thriller, horror, some light fantasy, general fiction. Other non-fiction categories are also of interest to this expanding press.

    Castaic, CA   US

Gingko Press

Gingko Press is a publisher of books and other artifacts of contemporary visual culture, design, and exploration. Official publisher of the works of Marshall McLuhan

    Berkeley, CA   US

Graffeg

Indie publisher based in south Wales specialising in beautiful, high quality illustrated books, children's books & stationery.

    Llangennech, Llanelli, Wales   UK

Greatland Graphics

Publishes books, notecards and calendars with images from Alaska's top resident photographers.

    Anchorage, AK   US

Haus Publishing

At Haus we publish biography, history, politics, current affairs, memoir, art, photography and fiction. We publish travel writing under the Armchair Traveller imprint. We do not publish autobiography, poetry, fiction for children or fiction for young adults.

    London, England   UK

Heritage House Publishing Co.

Heritage House publishes 20-30 new titles per year. Most of our authors are Canadian citizens or residents, as our mission is to publish and promote distinctive non-fiction works by Canadian authors.

    Victoria, BC   CA

Hermes Press

Hermes Press is one of a handful of publishers which exclusively produces books and comic strip reprints focusing on the art and artists of the comics, cartoon and comic strips, pulp magazines of the 1920s and 1930s, art books covering science fiction, and popular culture.

    New Castle, PA   US

Homestead Publishing

Homestead produces a wide range of interest that include; works of fiction by best-selling authors like Warren Adler, biographies by award winning authors like Margaret Sanborn, award winning photography, history, art, guide books, hiking & trail guides, maps, natural history, field journals, children's and Native American to our selection of notecards, postcard books, posters, prints and bookplates.

    Moose, WY   US

Inhabit Books

Inhabit Education Books is a Nunavut-based educational publishing company with a mandate to provide educators and parents with educational resources that are infused with authentic Northern perspectives, ways of life, and imagery.

    Iqaluit, NU   CA

Joggling Board Press

Joggling Board Press is a Charleston-based independent publishing company dedicated to the production of fiction and non-fiction books of quality that amplify the history, culture and character of the American southeast. In the ten years that it has been in operation, the press has garnered an inordinately large number of regional and national awards.

    Charleston, SC   US

Jonathan Ball Publishers

Jonathan Ball Publishers was started in 1976 and is the leading publisher and distributor of English general books in South Africa. We specialise in South African history, politics and current affairs and also publish some fiction. We also act as agents for British and American publishers, marketing and distributing books on their behalf in southern Africa.

    Jeppestown,   ZA

KMW Studio Publishing

KMW studio publishing is an independent producer and publisher of fine art, illustration and photography books. We publish books by both emerging and established talent. Our goal is to maintain the vision of the artist while providing design, editing and production support to produce beautiful visual books of the highest quality.

    Staatsburg, NY   US

Kult Books

Kult Books is an independent publishing project for photography books and other lens based visual arts in monographs and artists' books.

    Stockholm,   SE

Laurence King Publishers

Established in London in 1991, Laurence King Publishing is now recognised as one of the world's leading publishers of books on the creative arts.

    London, England   UK

Lodima Press

A small independent press dedicated to publishing Photography books of exceptional quality.

    Revere, PA   US

Mountaineers Books

Mountaineers Books -- along with its Skipstone and Braided River imprints -- publishes a variety of outdoor recreation, sustainable lifestyle, and conservation advocacy books, including many award winners. Whether you're into outdoor activities, living a healthy lifestyle, or interested in becoming a good steward of the environment, Mountaineers Books has the information you need to guide you on your next journey in confidence and safety.

    Seattle, WA   US

New Holland Publishers

New Holland Publishers are proudly an Australian company with offices in London, Sydney and Auckland. Setting the benchmark for high quality on trend, non-fiction books across all categories including cooking and health, natural history and gardening, sport, travel, biographies, true crime, self-help and reference to bold substantial coffee table books featuring the most dynamic full-colour illustrations.

    Chatswood, NSW   AU

Octane Press

Octane Press publishes award-winning illustrated and narrative books that cater to niche audiences. Founded by long-time book editor and author Lee Klancher, the company stresses editorial quality, and works with the best in the business to ensure that our readers find the accurate detail and in-depth information they demand.

    Austin, TX   US

Oro Editions

ORO Editions is dedicated to publishing world-class bespoke architecture, art & design books, and multimedia publications that celebrate creativity and an unique design spirit.

    Novato, CA   US

Overcup Press

Overcup Press is a small independent book publisher. We publish award-winning titles that focus on art, design, travel, epicurean subjects, and picture books that will thrive in the digital age. We specialize in producing unique titles.

    Portland, OR   US

Paragon Press

Paragon Press is an independent publisher of nature books featuring beautiful color photography.

    Windsor, CO   US

Parragon

Parragon is the largest illustrated non-fiction publisher in the world. For more than twenty years we've made enriching and entertaining content accessible to readers all around the globe. The book world is changing. As an industry leader, we continue to provide innovative multi-platform content and impeccable service to retailers and consumers. Whether you want a printed book, an e-book or an app, we exceed expectation.

    New York, NY   US

Pisgah Press

Pisgah Press has been an active publisher since 2011, established to publish and promote works of quality offering original ideas and insight into the human condition, the realm of knowledge, and the world around us. Authors include poet Donna Lisle Burton, memoirist Robin Russell Gaiser, philosopher Chris Highland, editor A.D. Reed, fiction-writer Sarah-Ann Smith, and mystery writer RF Wilson.

    Asheville, NC   US

Pomegranate Communications

Pomegranate is a leading publisher of award-winning books and gift products. With a focus on fine art and illustration, Pomegranate collaborates with individual artists as well as museums, galleries, and libraries across the world. Since 1968, we have been creating a wealth of unique products, from books and calendars to home décor and games for children. As an independent, family-owned company based in Portland, Oregon, we value quality, excellent customer service, and innovative ideas. We continually introduce new formats and designs, with the mission to inspire through art.

    Portland, OR   US

Potton & Burton

Potton & Burton is New Zealand's largest independent publishing house, and has a diverse list of New Zealand non-fiction publications, all produced within a strong ethos of quality and care. The original focus on photographic and outdoor books has broadened over the last decade to include books in all areas of non-fiction.

    Nelson,   NZ

PowerHouse Books

powerHouse Books, world-renowned and critically acclaimed publisher, is best known for a diverse publishing program-specialized in fine art, documentary, pop culture, fashion, and celebrity books. We have blazed a trail through the staid book publishing industry, releasing books that have sparked cultural trends and redefined commonly held perceptions of the purpose and role of art books in contemporary culture. While much is known of our books, little is known of the people who have made powerHouse Books a global name.

    Brooklyn, NY   US

Princeton Architectural Press

Princeton Architectural Press is a world leader in architecture and design publishing, both in market share and in editorial and design excellence. With over 1000 titles published, we have consistently sought the best in our field, and are privileged to be able to attract and publish it. We've made our reputation in part by identifying new trends and publishing first books on emerging talents, as well as definitive works on established names, and by creating books of unsurpassed design quality and production value.

    New York, NY   US

Racemaker Press

Racemaker Press is an award-winning, unique publisher specializing in niche books on automotive racing and its history. With a particular focus on American Open-wheel racing, Racemaker is determined to keep the spor's rich history alive for future generations by offering diverse titles from children's books to biographies and other non-fiction work that are sure to pique the interest of all racing fans.

Racemaker was founded in 2006 by a group of individuals passionate about automotive history and vintage racing who wanted to produce books that should be out, but aren't books a major publisher would pick up. Historical accuracy combined with readability are the hallmarks of all of Racemaker Press' titles. In many ways it's a scholarly approach rooted in a desire to create compelling and entertaining reads through beautiful, well-made books available at reasonable prices.

    Boston, MA   US

Reaktion Books

An independent publisher of innovative and beautifully designed non-fiction books, Reaktion publishes around 90 new titles each year, while keeping an outstanding backlist of nearly 1000 titles for readers to explore.

    London, England   UK

Santa Monica Press

Santa Monica Press has been publishing an eclectic line of books since 1994. Our list of lively and modern non-fiction titles includes books in such categories as popular culture, film history, photography, humor, biography, travel, and reference.

    Solana Beach, CA   US

Sasquatch Books

Sasquatch Books, together with our children's imprint, Little Bigfoot, is one of the country's leading independent presses, located in downtown Seattle, just blocks from Pike Place Market and Elliott Bay. Our mission is to seek out and work with the most gifted writers, chefs, naturalists, artists, and thought leaders in the Pacific Northwest and bring their talents to a national audience. Their passion for what they do becomes ours as we help transform their vision into beautifully crafted books that represent the adventurous spirit and DIY lifestyles of the region.

    Seattle, WA   US

Schiffer Publishing

Schiffer Publishing Ltd. has been an independent, family owned and operated, specialty publishing company located in Southeastern Pennsylvania for 36 years. They publish widely across various areas of special interest.

    Atglen, PA   US

Seven Stories Press

Founded in 1995 in New York City and named for the seven authors who committed to a home with a fiercely independent spirit, Seven Stories Press publishes works of the imagination and political titles by voices of conscience. While most widely known for its books on politics, human rights, and social and economic justice, Seven Stories continues to champion literature, with a list encompassing both innovative debut novels and National Book Award-winning poetry collections, as well as prose and poetry translations from the French, Spanish, German, Swedish, Italian, Greek, Polish, Korean, Vietnamese, Russian, and Arabic.

    New York, NY   US

Smallworks Press

Founded in 2006, Smallworks Press is a publishing company located in Las Vegas, Nevada, that specializes in art and culture publications, with a commitment to the highest standard in design, quality and production. With more than 100 years of collective experience, the Smallworks Press team enjoys collaborating with a wide-spectrum of authors to create publications, with spectacular illustrations and photography, inspiring and thought-provoking essays, with an attention to detail rarely found in publishing today.

    Las Vegas, NV   US

Spinner Publications

Spinner Publications is an independent, nonprofit cultural organization whose purpose is to preserve and promote the history and culture of southeastern New England. We do this primarily through the publication of books. Our aim is to show how people's lives have impacted communities in the region, and to portray the culture as it realized by members of the communities. We are interested in historical narratives, memoirs, photography, art, oral history, biography, poetry, fiction, children's books, cookbooks, and documents that tell stories of the people and culture of southeastern New England.

    New Bedford, MA   US

Spotted Cow Press

Spotted Cow Press publishes fiction, poetry, history and photography about the people and landscapes of the Great Plains of North America.

    Edmonton, AB   CA

Squadron Signal Publications

Squadron/Signal provides a vast and interesting range of subjects and well illustrated formats to fill the equally varied needs of enthusiasts, historians and modelers in there quest to find that special knowledge that makes the hobby worthwhile.

    Carrollton, TX   US

TASCHEN

TASCHEN is the world’s leading art-book publisher, headquartered in Cologne with teams in Berlin, Brussels, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Miami, Milan, New York, Paris and Tokyo. For more than 40 years, we have been on a mission to publish innovative illustrated books on art, architecture, design, fashion, film, lifestyle, travel, photography and pop culture and to bring them to the world. We aspire to be inclusive, independent, inspirational.

    Cologne,   DE

teNeues Publishing

teNeues publishes books, stationery products, and calendars with a focus on design, photography, lifestyle, travel, architecture, fashion and popular culture.

    New York, NY   US

Thames & Hudson

Thames & Hudson, best-known as artbook publishers, also publishes beautifully illustrated books on a wide range of subjects including Design, Fashion, Photography, Archaeology and History.

    London, England   UK

Thomas Publications

Thomas Publications is a well known publisher of history books, specializing in titles about the American Revolution and the American Civil War. Our diverse selections will please even the most discriminating historical scholar. From books dedicated to studying particular parts of a battle, to women’s history, to collectors’ references, we have the books needed for a complete understanding of these remarkable events in American History. Books about paranormal events as well as popular tours of the Gettysburg battlefield are available.

    Gettysburg, PA   US

Timber Press

Timber Press is a Portland, Oregon, publisher of books on gardening, ornamental and edible horticulture, garden design, sustainability, natural history, and the Pacific Northwest.

    Portland, OR   US

Touchwood Editions

TouchWood Editions has been publishing books of literary merit about Canada's West for twenty years.

    Victoria, BC   CA

Trinity University Press

Trinity University Press creates books that engage, inspire, and inform. We are associated with one of the leading private, liberal arts and sciences universities in the United States. The press is known for publishing distinguished, award-winning books that contribute to culture and knowledge primarily in the following areas: landscape and environment; Texas, Mexico, and the Southwest; literature; and architecture and urban planning.

    San Antonio, TX   US

Tughra Books

Tughra publishes books on Islam as a religion, Islamic history and art, Islamic spirituality and traditions. Based in the US and with offices in Istanbul, Cairo, and Moscow, Tughra aims to introduce to the book industry publications with reliable information on this one of the major religions of the world. In doing so, Tughra Books hopes to make a contribution to peaceful co-existence in a globalized world through publications that foster common understanding and mutual respect.

    Clifton, NJ   US

Twin Lights Publishers

For more than a decade, Twin Lights Publishers has been hosting a grand tour of America with the ever-popular and ever-expanding Photographic Portrait series. Some of America's most vibrant and picturesque regions are seen through the high-resolution lenses of talented local photographers capturing wildlife, landscapes, architecture, cultural events, and more.

    Rockport, MA   US

Twin Palms

Twin Palms Publishers and Twelvetrees Press produce some of the finest art and photography books available. Beautifully designed and printed, the books have never ceased impressing viewers, either for challenging and provocative content, or for their sheer beauty as objects. We hope to present an artist's finest work in books whose beauty will be evident to those who appreciate the art of fine book making. We feel the books have a look and feel that makes them unique. High quality papers and printing, small print runs, and award-winning design assure the long-lasting value and collectibility of each volume.

    Santa Fe, NM   US

UL Press

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press publishes high-quality works focusing on Louisiana history and culture or those written by Louisiana authors. The Press welcomes submissions of manuscripts pertaining to all facets of Louisiana’s history, culture, art, society, politics, economics, religion, ethnicities, and environment. It also welcomes high quality works of fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction.

    Lafayette, LA   US

University of Iowa Press

The University of Iowa Press is a well-regarded academic publisher serving scholars, students, and readers throughout the world with works of poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. As the only university press in the state, Iowa is also dedicated to preserving the literature, history, culture, wildlife, and natural areas of the Midwest. For scholars and students, we publish reference and course books in the areas of archaeology, American studies, American history, literary studies, theatre studies, and the craft of writing. For general readers, we publish the winners of the Iowa Short Fiction Award and the Iowa Poetry Prize, poetry anthologies, books on the archaeology and natural history of the Midwest, cookbooks, letters and diaries, biographies, memoirs, regional history, and collections of historic and contemporary photographs.

    Iowa City, IA   US

University of Oklahoma Press

During its more than eighty years of continuous operation, the University of Oklahoma Press has gained international recognition as an outstanding publisher of scholarly literature. It was the first university press established in the Southwest, and the fourth in the western half of the country.

    Norman, OK   US

University of Western Australia Publishing

Producers of beautiful books that bristle and shimmer with life - books with big stories, big ideas and a strong sense of place, UWA Publishing fosters local writing that explores Western Australian and Australian identity, and seeks fresh voices of international origin. We harbour a worldly outlook attuned to dynamic social engagement; our books are intended as discussion pieces, designed to inform, challenge and enliven our readers.

    Perth, WA   AU

Welbeck Publishing

Welbeck Publishing Group – a globally recognised, independent publisher based in London. Our mission is to deliver talent-driven publishing with leading authors and brands worldwide. Our books and products span a variety of categories including, fiction, non-fiction and stationery and gift. We are renowned for our innovative ideas, production values, and developing long-lasting content.

    London, England   US

Wildhorse Island Press

Publishes art photography books on various themes.

    Kalispell, MT   US