Favourite photography books

The list author says:
	"Stunning photographs by Letizia Battaglia, an anti-Mafia activist who has been photographing every day life and crime in Palermo for over twenty years."

The list author says:
	"William Eggleston's a genius: the photographer who made colour respectable for anything other than advertising photography. Weirdly haunting."

The list author says:
	"Wonderfully odd documentation of Japanese tourist attractions, religious sites and roadside curiosities of all kinds."

The list author says:
	"Sad, beautiful and sometimes intensely moving images of Nan Goldin's friends and lovers."

The list author says:
	"Beautiful photos documenting the elevated railway line in New York: it's run wild, an eight mile strip of wilderness in the middle of the city."

The list author says:
	"Beautiful semi-abstract photos by the painter Sean Scully."

The list author says:
	"Photos by Bruce Chatwin. He was better known as a writer, but I love his pictures too."

The list author says:
	"Photos by some of the great modern women photographers. Eve Arnold's pictures of Mongolia are a particular highlight."