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Our Selection of Photobooks to Gift This Christmas

Christmas is fast approaching, bringing with it the timeless search for the perfect gift — one that moves, surprises, or simply delights the people we care about.

December 12, 2025

Friday December 12, 2025

Summary

Christmas is fast approaching, bringing with it the timeless search for the perfect gift — one that moves, surprises, or simply delights the people we care about. In a world dominated by screens, offering a photobook is far more than a simple present: it is an invitation to slow down, to contemplate, and to marvel at images that tell stories, reveal artistic approaches, stir emotions, and above all showcase the astonishing diversity of perspectives through which photographers observe our world.

By Blind Magazine

His name may mean nothing to you. Yet Richard Schroeder ranks among the greatest contemporary portrait photographers. Against the grain of flashy rock imagery, his sophisticated black and white reveals the secret side of our icons.

By Guénola Pellen

Published by Dust Collective, Invisible Sun by Amani Willett weaves together archives, AI, and intimate images to give form to a trauma dating back to the photographer’s childhood: near-death experiences caused by medical emergencies.

By Lou Tsatsas

A book by research-based visual artist Lukas Birk, MUG SHOT, explores photographs preserved in historic archives. Images captured at the instant of an arrest that, in this context, become objects of contemplation.

By Gaia Squarci

Jamel Shabazz Returns to His Roots With “Prospect Park”

In the following essay, Jamel Shabazz takes us inside “My Oasis in Brooklyn,” where he honed his expansive photography practice over half a century.

By Jamel Shabazz

Through the publication of a biography by Claude Nori and the reissue of La Vallée de la Mort [Death Valley], a work published in the 1970s that has been out of print for more than a decade, Contrejour editions shined the spotlight on Jeanloup Sieff, who passed away in 2000.

By Sophie Bernard

Khashayar Javanmardi photographs Iran through train windows.

By Sabyl Ghoussoub

Blind supports the production of visual stories and invites all photographers to submit their portfolios.

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