
FOR THE BOOK LOVERS
A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.
– George R.R. Martin
LATEST BOOK REVIEWS
MY photography Library
How often do you stumble upon a treasure trove of 102 rare and iconic photography books—featuring legends and cult classics from across the globe—all in one spot, right here in Mumbai?
And guess what? You can actually borrow them. No library cards, no fees, no fine print. Just pure, goosebump-worthy inspiration waiting to be flipped through!
The Only Caveat
As fellow book lovers, we deeply understand the care, effort, and emotional value that goes into building a personal collection—especially one filled with rare finds and timeless works. To honour that, we request a fully refundable security deposit equivalent to the book’s value. This simply ensures the books are returned in good condition and continue inspiring others, just as they did you.
Live in Mumbai? Great—you’re in the club! If not, well… these books are homebodies. They refuse to cross city limits without a passport.
Landscape Photography (15)
- Ansel Adams – 400 Photographs
- Art Wolfe – Earth is my Witness
- Babak Tafreshi – The World at Night
- David Noton – The Vision
- Don McCullin – The Landscape
- Galen Rowell – Inner Game of Outdoor Photography
- Glenn Randall – Dusk to Dawn
- Glenn Randall – Great Landscape Photography
- Landscape Photographer of the Year – Collection 3
- Landscape Photographer of the Year – Collection 9
- Landscape Photographer of the Year – Collection 14
- Michael Kenna – Forms of Japan
- Ross Hoddinott – Masters of Landscape Photography
- Sebastiao Salgado – Genesis
- Vittorio Sella – Photographer in the Himalaya
- William Neill – Light on the Landscape
Awards (e-books)
- HIPA Awards (21 e-books)
- The International Landscape Photographer of the Year (2014-23)
- Photo Pills Awards (2016-24)
- Sony World Photography Awards (2021-22)
Other e-books
- Eric Kim – 100 Lessons from the Masters of Street Photography
- Susan Sontag on Photography
- Roberto Valenzuela – Picture Perfect Posing

Travel Photography (4)
- Joe Cornish, Charlie Waite, et al – Travel Photography Masterclass
- Nori Jemil – Travel Photographer’s Way
- Steve McCurry Untold
- Wally Koval – Accidentally Wes Anderson
Wildlife Photography (4)
- Bird Photographer of the Year – 2016
- Sanket Reddy – The Viewfinder
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year – Volume 3
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year – Volume 9
Fashion Photography (6)
- Albert Watson – Creating Photographs
- Annie Leibovitz – Annie Leibovitz at Work
- Edward Steichen – In High Fashion
- Herb Ritts
- Irving Penn – Centennial
- Peter Lindbergh – Untold Stories
- Rankin – Rankin Works
- Sergei Romanov
Portraiture (4)
- Cathy Joseph: Outdoor Photography: Portraits
- Chris Knight – The Dramatic Portrait
- Cindy Sherman
- Joyce Tenneson – Illuminations
Street / Documentary (18)
- Brian Lloyd Duckett – Mastering Street Photography
- Bryan Peterson – Understanding Street Photography
- Craig Whitehead – Find Your Frame
- Daido Moriyama – How I Take Photographs
- Henry Cartier Bresson – Photofile
- India: A Celebration of Independence 1947 to 1997
- Joel Meyerowitz – How I Make Photographs
- Ketaki Sheth – Bombay Mix
- Magnum Streetwise
- Man Ray – Photofile
- Masters of Street Photography
- Matt Stuart – Think Like a Street Photographer
- Raghu Rai’s Delhi
- Raghu Rai – Man, Mettle & Streel
- Saul Leiter – All About Saul Leiter
- Sophie Howarth & Stephen Mclaren – Street Photography Now
- Tarun Chopra – The Soul of India
- The Concerned Photographer
- William Albert Allard – Five Decades Retrospective
Black & White Photography (3)
- Alfred Stieglitz – Camera Work
- Brian L. Duckett – 52 Assignment Black & White
- Michael Freeman – Black & White Photography
- Edward Weston
- John Alexander Dersham – Changing Moods
Wedding Photography (1)
- Roberto Valenzuela – Wedding Storyteller Volume 1
Photography (26)
- 20th Century Photography – Museum Ludwig Cologne
- Andre Kertesz
- Anne-Celine Jaeger – Image Maker Image Taker
- Bruce Barnbaum – The Art of Photography
- Bryan Peterson – Understanding Flash Photography
- Charlotte Cotton – The Photograph as Contemporary Art
- Chris Rutter – Mastering Composition
- David duChemin – The Heart of the Photograph
- David duChemin – The Soul of the Camera
- David Ulrich – Zen Camera
- Freeman Patterson – Photography and the Art of Seeing
- Gemma Padley – Look At This If You Love Great Photography
- Gustavo Mercado – The Language of the Lens
- Henry-Cartier Bresson – The Mind’s Eye
- John Freeman – Photography
- Lazslo Moholy–Nagy
- Luigi Ghirri – Thought Landscape
- Martin Chambi
- Michael Freeman – The Photographer’s Eye
- Michael Freeman – The Photography Bible
- Minor White: Manifestations of the Spirit
- Sean Tucker – The Meaning in the Making
- Sebastiao Salgado – From My Land To The Planet
- Susan Sontag on Photography
- The Photo Book
- Will Steacy – Photographs Not Taken
LIFE Library of Photography Series (9)
- Color
- Light and Film
- Photographing Children
- Photographing Nature
- Photography as a Tool
- Special Problems
- The Art of Photography
- The Camera
- The Great Themes
Creative Photography (4)
- Basics Creative Photography Series – Making Photographs
- Basics Creative Photography Series – Context & Narrative
- Basics Creative Photography Series – Research in Photography
- John Humphrey – Creative and Experimental Photography
Elements of Visual Art (2)
- Edith Anderson Feisner – Colour
- Rudolf Arnheim – Art & Visual Perception
LANDSCAPE
+ ASTRO PHOTOGRAPHY
Ansel Adams
Sebastiao Salgado
GALEN ROWELL
ART WOLFE
DON McCULLIN
DAVID NOTON
GLENN RANDALL
BABAK TAFRESHI
VITTORIO SELLA
WILLIAM NEILL
LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR (3, 9, 14)
Landscape Photographer of the Year Series



Inspiring Work from the Legends
MY WISHLIST 🔽
- Joe Cornish
- Peter Lik
- Carleton Watkins
- Eliot Porter
- Charlie Waite
- David Muench
- Jim Brandenburg
- Richard Misrach
- Jimmy Chin









Learning Landscape Photography




STREET
+ DOCUMENTARY
HENRY CARTIER-BRESSON
JOEL MEYEROWITZ
SAUL LEITER
MAGNUM
MAN RAY
WILLIAM ALBERT ALLARD
MATT STUART
RAGHU RAI
CRAIG WHITEHEAD
Sophie Howarth & Stephen Mclaren
KETAKI SHETH
BRIAN LLOYD DUCKETT
BRYAN PETERSON
VARIOUS ARTISTS
Inspiring Work from the Legends
MY WISHLIST 🔽
- Elliott Erwitt
- Alex Webb
- Mark Ellen Mark
- Daido Moriyama
- Dorothea Lange
- Robert Frank
- Garry Winogrand
- Vivian Maier
- Bruce Gilden
- William Klein
- Helen Levitt
- Ernst Haas
- Robert Capa














LEARNING STREET PHOTOGRAPHY





PORTRAITS
+ FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY
PETER LINDBERGH
ALBERT WATSON
HERB RITTS
Edward Steichen
CHRIS KNIGHT
ROBERTO VALENZUELA
CATHY JOSEPH
LIFE LIBRARY OF PHOTOGRAPHY SERIES (1)
Inspiring Work from the Legends

WISHLIST 🔽
- Richard Avedon
- Annie Leibovitz
- Irving Penn
- Mario Testino
- Helmut Newton






PORTRAITS
WISHLIST 🔽
- Steve McCurry
- Jimmy Nelson
- Gregory Heisler: 50 Portraits



WEDDINGS

PHOTOGRAPHY
SEBASTIAO SALGADO
DAVID ULRICH
SUSAN SONTAG
Andre Kertesz
LUIGI GHIRRI
BRUCE BARNBAUM
DAVID DUCHEMIN
MICHAEL FREEMAN
SEAN TUCKER
GUSTAVO MERCADO
CHRIS RUTTER
ANNE-CELINE JAEGER
Charlotte Cotton
BRIAN LLOYD DUCKETT
BRYAN PETERSON
JOHN FREEMAN
MUSEUM LUDWIG COLOGNE
VARIOS ARTISTS
LIFE LIBRARY OF PHOTOGRAPHY SERIES (8)
BASICS CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY SERIES (3)
CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY




bLACK & wHITE PHOTOGRAPHY
WISHLIST 🔽
- Edward Weston
- Bill Brandt
- Paul Gallagher- Aspects of Expression
- John Alexander Dersham -Changing Moods





using gears


elements of visual art


learning PHOTOGRAPHY




ART of PHOTOGRAPHY




essays & philosophy








THE LEGENDS
MY WISHLIST 🔽
- Minor White
- Alexander Rodchenko
- Hiroshi Sugimoto
- Harry Callahan
- Jerry N. Uelsmann
- Josef Hoflehner
- Fan Ho
- Wolfgang Tillmans







life library of photography series









TRAVEL
+ WILDLIFE
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
SANKET REDDY
TRAVEL photography




WILDLIFE photography
WISHLIST 🔽
- Frans Lanting
- David Yarrow
- Nick Brandt
- Dereck Joubert
- Anup Shah
- David Doubilet
- Ernie Brooks




OTHER Books from my library (89)
Fine Art (8)
- 50 Art Movements You Should Know – Prestel
- Abstract Art – Thames & Hudson
- A History of Art in Four Colours – Ben Street
- A year in Art – Prestel
- Friedrich – Taschen
- Great Painters and Great Paintings – Readers’ Digest
- Great Paintings – DK
- The Eternal Canvas of Life – ASK
CARTOON (1)
- R.K. Laxman – The Uncommon Man

ART & Creativity (5)
- Art & Fear – David Ted Bayles Orland
- The Artist’s Journey – Kent Nerburn
- The Artist’s Way – Julia Cameron
- The Creative Act – Rubin Rick
- The War of Art – Steven Pressfield
Design (3)
- The Graphic Design Idea Book
- Creativity Annual Awards – Volume 38
- TDC Annual Typography 29
- Why Fonts Matter – Sarah Hyndman
Communication & Writing (4)
- The Communication Book: 44 Ideas for Better Conversations Every Day – Mikael Krogerus
- The Story Factor – Annette Simmons
- On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft – Stephen King
- Writing that Works – Roman & Raphaelson
History (5)
- Flight, The Complete History of Aviation
- Myths & Legends
- Sapiens – Yuval Noah Harari
- The World’s Great Cars
- Treasury of Greek Mythology
Travel (11)
- 1000 Wonders of the World
- Early Japan – Time Life Books
- Great Buildings – DK
- Great Escapes – Lonely Planet
- Greece – LIFE World Library Series
- Himalaya
- South Africa – LIFE World Library Series
- The Art of Travel – Alain de Botton
- The Royal Palaces of India
- Turkey – LIFE World Library Series
- Unknown Himalayas
Food (3)
- Desi Delicacies – Claire Chambers
- Food Journeys of a Lifetime – National Geographic
- 600 Cocktails & Drinks
Knowledge (4)
- Answer Book – National Geographic
- Brain, The Complete Mind – National Geographic
- Sizing Up the Universe – National Geographic
- The Story of Mathematics
Biography / Autobiography (4)
- Abraham Lincoln
- APJ Abdul Kalam
- Ben Carson – Think Big
- Richard Branson – Screw it, Let’s Do It
Wellness (8)
- Energize Your Mind – Gaur Gopal Das
- Ikigai – Francesc Miralles and Hector Garcia
- It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want to Be – Paul Arden
- Good Vibes, Good Life – Vex King
- Life’s Amazing Secrets – Gaur Gopal Das
- The Shoonyam Quotient – Mickey Mehta
- Why We Sleep – Matthew Walker
- Wisdom of Sundays – Oprah Winfrey
Productivity (10)
- Atomic Habits – James Clear
- Drive – Daniel H. Pink
- Eat That Frog – Brian Tracy
- Feel-Good Productivity – Ali Abdaal
- Ideas are Your Currency – Rod Judkins
- Mindset – Dr. Carol S. Dweck
- The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho
- So Good They Can’t Ignore You – Cal Newport
- Thinking fast & Slow – Daniel Kahneman
- Who Moved my Cheese – Dr. Spencer Johnson
Hindi Literature (17)
- Amrita Pritam
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- Dharmvir Bharti
- Fanishwar Nath Renu – Maila Aanchal
- Harishankar Parsai
- Harivansh Rai Bachchan
- Ibne Insha
- Jaishankar Prasad
- Kaifi Azmi
- Mahadevi Verma
- Mannu Bhandari
- Nagarjuna
- Prem Chand
- Rabindra Nath Tagore
- Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
- Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena
- Shivani
Movies (2)
- 30 Second Cinema
- Roger Ebert– The Great Movies
OTHER BOOKS (4)
- 1001 Books – You Must Read Before You Die
- Guidelines of Online Success
- Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
- The Whole Brain Child
ART & CREATIVITY
- ABSTRACT ART
- R K LAXMAN – THE UNOCMMON MAN
- A YEAR IN ART
- ARTIST’S WAY
- ART & FEAR
- A HISTORY OF ART IN FOUR COLORS
- GREAT PAINTINGS
- COLOUR
- THE GRAPHIC DESIGN IDEA BOOK
- GREAT PAINTERS AND GREAT PAINTINGS
- THE WAR OF ART
ART
WISHLIST 🔽
- J. M. W. Turner
- Albert Bierstadt
- Hokusai
- Monet
- Rembrandt









CREATIVITY





DESIGN




TRAVEL
- THE ROYAL PALACES OF INDIA
- HIMALAYA
- UNKNOWN HIMALAYAS
- GREAT BUILDINGS
- ACCIDENTALLY WES ANDERSON
- FOOD JOURNEYS OF A LIFETIME
- EARLY JAPAN
- 1000 WONDERS OF THE WORLD
- GREAT ESCAPES
- LIFE WORLD LIBRARY SERIES (3)
WORLD TRAVEL




INDIA



TRAVEL & FOOD
WISHLIST 🔽
- Jessica Hundley – Sacred Sites
- Lonely Planet – The Travel Book
- NatGeo – Drives of a Lifetime
- The NY Times 36 Hours Series




COFFEE TABLE BOOKS
- SIZING UP THE UNIVERSE
- THE STORY OF MATHEMATICS
- MYTHS & LEGENDS
- FLIGHT – THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF AVIATION
- BRIAN – THE COMPLETE MIND
- 30 SECONDS CINEMA
- GREEK MYTHOLOGY
- 1001 BOOKS
- THE WORLD’S GREAT CARS
- ROGER EBERT – THE GREAT MOVIES
HISTORY




KNOWLEDGE




MOVIES


BOOKS

BOOKS I RECOMMEND
LandscapeS


Great Landscape Photography by Glenn Randall
Dusk to Dawn by Glenn Randall
StreeTS


Street Photography Now by Sophie Howarth and Stephen Mclaren
100 Lessons From the Masters of Street Photography by Eric Kim
Black & White


Black & White Photography: The Timeless Art of Monochrome by Michael Freeman
Black & White Photography-52 Assignments by Brian Lloyd-Duckett
Travel


Travel Photography Masterclass by Joe Cornish, Charlie Waite et al.
Travel Photographer’s Way by Nori Jemil
My WISH LIST
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