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Photography Books to Read
Here is a list of photographs books that are worth reading. Some are more critical theory, while others are more inspirational.
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Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
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3.99 avg rating — 76,450 ratings
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On Photography
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3.88 avg rating — 54,798 ratings
score: 692,
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I Give My Eyes...
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4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings
score: 600,
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Looking at Mexico / Mexico Looks Back: English/ Spanish
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Janet Sternburg (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 599,
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Crisis of the Real: Writings on Photography, 1974-1989
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4.02 avg rating — 49 ratings
score: 385,
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Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs
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4.07 avg rating — 8,142 ratings
score: 297,
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The Education of a Photographer
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4.09 avg rating — 140 ratings
score: 295,
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How to Set Up Photography Lighting for a Home Studio
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Amber Richards (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 173 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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I've Been Walking
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4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 200,
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The Ongoing Moment
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Geoff Dyer (Goodreads Author)
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score: 197,
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Believing is Seeing: Observations on the Mysteries of Photography
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4.11 avg rating — 1,001 ratings
score: 194,
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Appalachian Wilderness: The Great Smoky Mountains
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3.93 avg rating — 86 ratings
score: 190,
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2 people voted
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Photography at the Dock (Media and Society) (Volume 4)
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4.23 avg rating — 26 ratings
score: 186,
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2 people voted
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Classic Essays on Photography
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Alan Trachtenberg (Editor)
3.87 avg rating — 184 ratings
score: 184,
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2 people voted
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Inside the Photograph: Writings on Twentieth-Century Photography
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4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
score: 179,
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2 people voted
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Looking at Photographs: 100 Pictures from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art
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4.30 avg rating — 509 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Fotografía de alta calidad. Las técnicas y métodos definitivos. CS6
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4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Tod Papageorge: Core Curriculum: Writings on Photography
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4.09 avg rating — 69 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Lightroom 4 Quickstart
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3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Explorer's Guide to Wildlife Adventures
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J.Z. Hunt (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 35 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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tak... Chernobyl Photo Log
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3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Photography: The Key Concepts
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3.94 avg rating — 177 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Journal of Light: The Visual Diary of a Florida Nature Photographer
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4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Unseen Anzac: How an Enigmatic Explorer Created Australia's World War I Photographs
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2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
score: 100,
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Dark Skies: Rare Phenomena in America's Public Lands Photography Book
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Jeff Pfaller (Goodreads Author)
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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How to Start a Pet Photography Business
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Kyle Richards (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 21 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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HDR Basics: How to make amazing HDR photos!
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4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Snakes
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J.Z. Hunt (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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there is no eye: John Cohen Photographs
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4.08 avg rating — 25 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Nightmares in the Sky: Gargoyles and Grotesques
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4.01 avg rating — 3,474 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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A World History of Photography
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4.19 avg rating — 1,458 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Annie Leibovitz at Work
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4.12 avg rating — 5,476 ratings
score: 98,
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Art of Black & White with Photoshop: A Comprehensive Course on Professional Black and White Photography!
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4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Eudora Welty: Photographs
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Eudora Welty (Photographer)
4.44 avg rating — 351 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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The Yosemite
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4.02 avg rating — 1,594 ratings
score: 98,
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At the Edge of the Light: Thoughts on Photography & Photographers, Talent & Genius
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22 ratings
score: 97,
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It's What I Do: A Photographer's Life of Love and War
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4.35 avg rating — 13,278 ratings
score: 97,
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Photoshop for Photographers: Complete Photoshop training for Photographers
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3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings
score: 97,
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Face of an Island
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score: 97,
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John Muir: Nature's Visionary
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4.17 avg rating — 94 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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The Mind's Eye: Writings on Photography and Photographers
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4.15 avg rating — 2,444 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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HDR Masterclass: High dynamic range made easy
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3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings
score: 96,
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Cabbagetown: Photographs By Oraien E. Catledge
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4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 96,
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Lightroom CC Complete Training: Learn the Entire Photographers Workflow in the new Lightroom CC
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4.24 avg rating — 29 ratings
score: 95,
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Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis
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Timothy Egan (Goodreads Author)
4.11 avg rating — 10,011 ratings
score: 95,
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Complete Guide to Digital Photography
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3.98 avg rating — 122 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America
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James Allen (Collector)
4.65 avg rating — 644 ratings
score: 94,
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1 person voted
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How to Sell Your Photographs and Illustrations
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score: 93,
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Oraien Catledge: Photographs
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Constance Lewis (Editor)
4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
score: 93,
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1 person voted
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Instant Connections: Essays and Interviews on Photography
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Jason Landry (Goodreads Author)
3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Photography like a Pro
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3.35 avg rating — 26 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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Picturing Frederick Douglass: An Illustrated Biography of the Nineteenth Century's Most Photographed American
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4.49 avg rating — 81 ratings
score: 92,
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Photography Changes Everything
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Merry A. Foresta (Foreword)
4.06 avg rating — 143 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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A History of Photography in Fifty Cameras
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4.19 avg rating — 73 ratings
score: 91,
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A Box of Photographs
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2.95 avg rating — 22 ratings
score: 90,
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Photographs not taken: A collection of photographers' essays
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Will Steacy (Editor)
3.92 avg rating — 251 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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Appalachian Portraits
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Shelby Lee Adams (Author, Photographer)
4.49 avg rating — 37 ratings
score: 89,
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In Celebration of a Legacy: The Traditional Arts of the Lower Chattahoochee Valley
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George Mitchell (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
score: 88,
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Ponce Deleon : An Intimate Portrait of Atlanta's Most Famous Avenue
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George Mitchell (Goodreads Author)
4.69 avg rating — 13 ratings
score: 87,
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Mississippi Hill Country Blues 1967 (American Made Music Series)
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George Mitchell (Goodreads Author)
4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings
score: 86,
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Between the Eyes: Essays On Photography And Politics
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4.20 avg rating — 301 ratings
score: 85,
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Yessir, I've Been Here a Long Time: The Faces and Words of Americans Who Have Lived a Century
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George Mitchell (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
score: 85,
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Thoughts on Landscape: Collected Writings and Interviews
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4.12 avg rating — 40 ratings
score: 84,
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Athens Potluck
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 84,
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Photography Degree Zero: Reflections on Roland Barthes’s “Camera Lucida”
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Geoffrey Batchen (Editor)
3.88 avg rating — 40 ratings
score: 83,
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Folk Visions and Voices: Traditional Music and Song in North Georgia
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4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 83,
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Island Time: An Illustrated History of St. Simons Island, Georgia
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4.68 avg rating — 19 ratings
score: 82,
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Clyde Butcher: Nature's Places of Spiritual Sanctuary Photographs from 1961 to 1999
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Clyde Butcher (Photographer)
4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 81,
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Apalachicola River -- An American Treasure
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Clyde Butcher (Photographer)
4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
score: 80,
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