And/or Photography Book awards 2010

Oil by Edward Burtynsky (Steidl/Corcoran), was the winner of the And/or Best Photography Book prize 2010. 'In 1997 I had what I refer to as my oil epiphany,' says Burtynsky
Photograph: Edward Burtynsky/Steidl/Corcoran

'It occurred to me that the vast, human-altered landscapes that I pursued and photographed for over 20 years were only made possible by the discovery of oil and the mechanical advantage of the internal combustion engine.'
Photograph: Edward Burtynsky/Steidl/Corcoran

'It was then that I began the oil project. These images can be seen as notations by one artist contemplating the world as it is made possible through this vital energy resource and the cumulative effects of industrial evolution.'
Photograph: Edward Burtynsky/Steidl/Corcoran

Looking In: Robert Frank's The Americans (Steidl/National Gallery of Art), edited by Sarah Greenough, was shortlisted for the prize
Photograph: Robert Frank/Steidl/National Gallery of Art

Robert Frank – Canal Street, New Orleans, 1955
Robert Frank’s The Americans changed the course of 20th-century photography. In 83 photographs, Frank looked beneath the surface of American life to reveal a people plagued by racism, ill-served by their politicians, and rendered numb by a rapidly expanding culture of consumption
Photograph: Robert Frank/Steidl/National Gallery of Art

Robert Frank – Trolley, New Orleans, 1955
Looking In celebrates the 50th anniversary of this prescient book, first published in France in 1958, then in the United States in 1959
Photograph: Robert Frank/Steidl/National Gallery of Art

Paul Graham (Steidl/MACK), also on the shortlist, is the long-awaited survey of 25 years of Graham's photography, 1981–2006
Photograph: Paul Graham/Steidl/MACK

Paul Graham – Roundabout, Andersonstown, Belfast, 1984
Graham is one of a generation of photographers born in the 1950s who dedicated themselves to photography at a time it was unpopular in the art world
Photograph: Paul Graham/Steidl/MACK

Paul Graham – Television Portrait, Cathy, London, 1990
Photograph: Paul Graham/Steidl/MACK

Paul Graham – Untitled, Spain 1988 (One Armed Man)

Photograph: Paul Graham/Steidl/MACK

Japanese Photobooks of the 1960s and 70s by Ryuichi Kaneko and Ivan Vartanian (Aperture Foundation), also on the award shortlist, presents 40 definitive publications from the era
Photograph: Aperture Foundation

The book pieces together an otherwise invisible history that has played out in tandem with photography as a medium
Photograph: Aperture Foundation

Japanese Photobooks of the 1960s and 70s by Ryuichi Kaneko and Ivan Vartanian
Photograph: Aperture Foundation