The Best Photography Books of the Year

Kate Moss, published in UFO by Albert Watson (Hardie Grant Books £55) Photograph: Albert Watson

Antioch Creek, 2008, published in Katherine Avenue by Larry Sultan (Chris Boot, £20) Photograph: Larry Sultan

Boxers, Mission Hills, 1999, published in Katherine Avenue by Larry Sultan (Chris Boot, £20) Photograph: Larry Sultan

Fighting in the Imperial Citadel, Hue, Vietnam, February 1968, published in Shaped By War by Don McCullin (Jonathan Cape, £25) Photograph: Don McCullin

Phalangists with the body of a Palestinian girl, Beirut, Lebanon, 1976, published in Shaped By War by Don McCullin (Jonathan Cape, £25) Photograph: Don McCullin

Dakar, published in Street Photography Now by Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren (Thames and Hudson £29.95) Photograph: Mimi Mollica

George Street, Sydney, Australia, published in Street Photography Now by Sophie Howarth and Stephen McLaren (Thames and Hudson £29.95) Photograph: Trent Parke/Magnum Photos

Jimi Hendrix, Montagu Place, London, 1967, published in A Star is Born: Photography and Rock since Elvis (Steidl, £26) Photograph: David Magnus/Rex

Mexico, 2003, by Martin Parr, published in A Year in Photography: Magnum Archive (Prestel £22.50) Photograph: Martin Parr/Magnum Photos

A streetsign in a poor black district, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 1955, published in A Year in Photography: Magnum Archive (Prestel £22.50) Photograph: W. Eugene Smith/Magnum Photos

Tulku Khentrul Lodro Rabsel with his tutor Lhagyel, Shechen Monastery, Bodnath, Nepal, 1996, published in A Year in Photography: Magnum Archive (Prestel £22.50) Photograph: Martine Franck/Magnum Photos

Kaya in Tokyo, published in Where Children Sleep by James Mollinson (Chris Boot, £20) Photograph: James Mollinson

Kaya's room in Tokyo, published in Where Children Sleep by James Mollinson (Chris Boot, £20) Photograph: James Mollinson

Boy in Rome, published in Where Children Sleep by James Mollinson (Chris Boot, £20) Photograph: James Mollinson

Boy in Rome, published in Where Children Sleep by James Mollinson (Chris Boot, £20) Photograph: James Mollinson