“摄影书是一种独立的形态，就好比一个雕塑作品，一出话剧，一部电影。在这里，照片失去了它们摄影的特征，成为整体的一部分。它被转译成墨水，(前后连贯)成为一个戏剧性的事件，这才可以称之是一本书。”——拉尔夫·普林斯（Ralph Prins），影像历史学家

　　当我们到达一个越来越数字化的时代，印刷媒体的命运可以想象。然而，在2013年，写真艺术继续蓬勃发展，突破了传统的界限，支持和推动摄影媒介的发展。今年还加强了概念，即出版是在这里留下来，使用像Kickstarter的融资平台，支持和鼓励艺术家重新考虑写真集作为主要媒介的手段，分享他们的新成果。

　　毕竟，快乐和安静的感觉，一个人被一本好书命令坐下来阅读，这种感受根本无法在短短的1和0之间进行复制。

　　The Pigs by Carlos Spottorno, published by RM Verlag & Phree, selected by Olivier Laurent, deputy editor, British Journal of Photography

　　Hier by Jitka Hanzlova, published by Koenig, selected by Michael Mack, founder of MACK books and MAPP digital editions.

　　She Dances on Jackson by Vanessa Winship published by MACK, selected by Jörg M. Colberg, writer, photographer, and teacher.

　　Emmet Gowin by Emmet Gowin, published by Aperture, selected by Phil Bicker, senior photo editor, TIME.

　　Holy Bible by Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, published by MACK, selected by Roxana Morcoci, senior curator in the Department of Photography, Museum of Modern Art.

　　Dark Knees by Mark Cohen, published by Le Bal/EXB (Paris), selected by Chris Boot, executive director, Aperture Foundation.

　　The Photography of Nature & The Nature of Photography by Joan Fontcuberta, published by MACK, selected by Elisa Medde, managing editor, Foam

　　The Photography of Nature & The Nature of Photography by Joan Fontcuberta, published by MACK, selected by Elisa Medde, managing editor, Foam

　　Excerpts from Silver Meadows by Todd Hido, published by Nazraeli Press, selected by Darius Himes, director of Fraenkel Gallery and co-founder of Radius Books.

　　State by Paolo Woods, published by Éditions Photosynthèses, selected by Fred Ritchin, author of Bending the Frame and professor of Photography and Imaging at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

　　Fire Island Pines: Polaroids 1975-1983 by Tom Bianchi, published by Damiani, selected by Vince Aletti, photography critic, The New Yorker

　　Control Order House by Edmund Clark, published by Here Press, selected by Aron Mörel, publisher, Mörel Books.

　　美《时代》推出2013年度最佳摄影书排行榜（下）