Best Fashion Photography Books, Photo Books and Educational Content

I like to read, a lot! I also consume a crazy amount on online educational content. Yes, I love to learn and it also means that I’ve got a good perspective on what quality content actually looks like, and is worthy of your investment of both your time and money. 

Here you can find out what’s on MY bookshelf. I will only recommend fashion photography books to you that I myself have actually read and benefited from, no exceptions!

Fashion Photography Books

• Pro Digital Fashion Photography – Bruce Smith
• Creative 52 – Lindsay Adler
• Fashion Photography 101 – Lara Jade
• Mastering the Model Shoot –Frank Doorhof
• The Fashion Photography Course – Elliot Siegel
• Light and Shoot 50 Fashion Photos – Chris Gatcum
• Photographing Models: 1000 Poses – Eliot Siegel
• The history of fashion photography – Nancy Hall-Duncan
• Photographing Fashion: Art and Techniques – Leigh Keily

General Photography Books

• Light: Science and Magic: An Introduction to Photographic Lighting  – Fil Hunter, Steven Biver, Paul Fuqua
• Studio Anywhere: A Photographer’s Guide to Shooting in Unconventional Locations – Nick Fancher
• Photography Q&A: Real Questions. Real Answers.  – Zack Arias
• New Photo Series 1: Camera – Ansel Adams

Photo Books

• Heaven to Hell – David LaChapelle
• Diamonds and Pearls – Marc Lagrange
• Senza Parole – Marc Lagrange
• Unseen Vogue: The Secret History of Fashion Photography – Robin Derrick, Robin Muir
• SUMO – Helmut Newton
• Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004 – Richard Avedon
• Rose – c’est Paris – Bettina Rheims, Serge Bramly
• Work – Herb Ritts
• Street Photography Now – Sophie Howarth, Stephen McLaren
• The Street Photographers Manual – David Gibson
• ABC – William Klein
• The Americans – Robert Frank
• Amber, Guinevere, and Kate Photographed by Craig McDean: A Decade of Fashion Photography – Craig McDean