Snap happy: Guardian guide to photography

From Rankin to Anton Corbijn to Jane Bown, the Guardian kicks off its special photography week tomorrow with the Guardian guide to photography.

This free 100-page guide has fascinating workshops from some of the best photographers in the business, using their own images and tips to inspire you to take better photos. Sam Taylor-Wood introduces the portrait section of the guide and, as a taster, she has selected her all-time favourite portrait photographs for this gallery. Enjoy the guide. Photograph: Guardian

Dorothea Lange
Migrant Mother. Florence Thompson, a migrant mother with three of her seven children at a farm workers' camp in Nipomo, California.
© Dorothea Lange/Getty Images Photograph: Getty

Nan Goldin
Ulrika, Stockholm, 1998
© Nan Goldin, courtesy of the artist and Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
matthewmarks.com
yvon-lambert.com Photograph: Nan Goldin and Matthew Marks Gallery

Cindy Sherman
Untitled film still 7
Courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures
metropicturesgallery.com Photograph: Cindy Sherman and Metro Pictures

Lee Miller
Burgermeister's daughter, Town Hall, Leipzig, Germany, 1945
© Lee Miller Archives, England 2007. All rights reserved.
leemiller.co.uk Photograph: Lee Miller Archives

William Eggleston
Woman on grass
© Eggleston Trust
egglestontrust.com Photograph: Eggleston Trust

Johnnie Shand Kydd
Don Brown and Sarah Lucas
© Johnnie Shand Kydd Photograph: Johnnie Shand Kydd

Sam Taylor-Wood
Self portrait as a tree
Courtesy of Jay Jopling/White Cube
whitecube.com Photograph: White Cube Gallery