Collection: Photobook Classics - Photo Museum Ireland

The Photobook Classics collection brings together some of the most influential and sought-after photography books ever published — landmark titles that have shaped the history of photography, visual storytelling, and photobook design. Spanning documentary photography, street photography, portraiture, conceptual practice, and artist publishing, these books remain essential reference points for photographers, collectors, students, and readers worldwide.

The collection includes iconic works by major international photographers whose publications transformed the way photographs are sequenced, edited, and experienced in book form. From rare reprints and contemporary facsimiles to beautifully produced new editions, these titles reflect the enduring power of the photobook as an artistic medium.

Many titles are available in limited quantities and selected editions may include signed copies or special releases.

Every purchase supports the ongoing work of Photo Museum Ireland, Ireland’s national centre for contemporary photography, supporting photographers and photographic practice since 1978.

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  • Daido Moriyama Shashin Jidai 1981 - 1988

    Daido Moriyama Shashin Jidai 1981 - 1988

    Daido Moriyama New York: Dashwood Books / Session Press, 2023.Condition: As New, Complete with Poster Dashwood Book...

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  • The Europeans, Henri Cartier-Bresson

    The Europeans, Henri Cartier-Bresson

    Published by Verve in 1955, three years after the resounding success of 'The Decisive Moment', 'The Europeans' brings...

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  • My Dublin 1963, My Dubliners 2020, Alen MacWeeney (Special Edition)

    My Dublin 1963, My Dubliners 2020, Alen MacWeeney (Special Edition)

    In September 1962 Irish photographer Alen MacWeeney returned to Dublin from a year in New York, working for the accla...

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  • Moriyama: Quartet

    Moriyama: Quartet

    An anthology of the four seminal photobooks that form the foundation of Daido Moriyama's photographic career: Japan, ...

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    €80,00
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  • William Eggleston's Guide

    William Eggleston's Guide

    William Eggleston's 'Guide' was the first one-man show of colour photographs ever presented at The Museum of Modern A...

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  • Gold, Sebastião Salgado

    Gold, Sebastião Salgado

    “What is it about a dull yellow metal that drives men to abandon their homes, sell their belongings and cro...

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  • New York Street Diaries, Phil Penman

    New York Street Diaries, Phil Penman

    'New York Street Diaries' is an impressive coffee table book for all the fans of the Big Apple. Phil Penman shows the...

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  • Through the Glass Darkly: 1946-1997 by Harry Thuillier Jnr.

    Through the Glass Darkly: 1946-1997 by Harry Thuillier Jnr.

    The exquisite reproduction in this book will allow a wider public to discover the dark beauty of Harry Thuillier’s ...

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  • Magnum Contact Sheets

    Magnum Contact Sheets

    Few photography books can lay claim to being truly groundbreaking. The first edition of Magnum Contact Sheets was one...

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  • LEE FRIEDLANDER Framed by Joel Coen

    LEE FRIEDLANDER Framed by Joel Coen

    In his selection of 70 photographs by Lee Friedlander, acclaimed filmmaker Joel Coen focuses on Friedlander’s beautif...

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    €155,00
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  • Ray's a Laugh, Richard Billingham

    Ray's a Laugh, Richard Billingham

    First published in 1996 to enormous acclaim, Richard Billingham’s 'Ray’s a Laugh' is one of the most significant phot...

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  • Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph 50th Anniversary Edition

    Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph 50th Anniversary Edition

    Universally acknowledged as a photobook classic, Diane Arbus: An Aperture Monograph is a timeless masterpiece with ed...

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