>GOD TIER
photobooks, real photo books. not a book with photos inside, but a whole conceptual corpus, from the way its bound to the content itself. here are classics like Egglestons Guide, Koudelkas Gypsies, Shores American Surfaces, Moriyamas Farewell Photography, DiCorcias Hustlers, Soths Dog Days
>DECENT TIER
introductory books like Magnum Magnum, Magnum°
they have a cool share of photos, but arent conceptual works, think of a "greatest hits" of photography, nice for an introduction but only so much can be had from spare photos.
author compilations
again the greatest hits thing, but under a name
some can be excellent as retrospective, like Dijkstras Portraits
>DONT BOTHER WITH IT TIER
books on "composition"
books with titles like "HOW TO GET THE BEST OUT OF YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA", "101 PHOTOSHOP TIPS FOR EYE POPPING AND ASS GAPING IMAGES"
>GARBAGE TIER
anything by hacks who never held a camera like Sontag, Barthes
