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What are the 'must read' books for a photojournalist?
The Brooks Institute of Photography and the members of SportsShooter.com have put this list of photojournalism books together. Books of all types, shapes, and sizes are listed, reviewed and rated. What's on your bookshelf?

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Most Recently Updated

Item	Updated	Updated By	Comments	Current Rating
The Americans	01/03/12	David Welker	8	9.88
The Rise of Barack Obama	10/28/11	John Stoops	7	10
The Great Picture Hunt 2	10/28/11	John Stoops	8	10
Shutterbabe: Adventures in Love and War	10/28/11	John Stoops	9	7.33
The Bang-Bang Club: Snapshots from a Hidden War	10/10/11	Paul W Gillespie	9	9.33
Witness in Our Time: Working Lives of Documentary Photographers	09/08/11	Dan Figueroa	2	9.50
Best Business Practices for Photographers	09/08/11	Dan Figueroa	13	9.85
Worth The Wait	04/11/11	Rich Pilling	1	10
I don't want to know all that technical stuff... I just want to shoot pictures	02/08/11	Nancy Hostetler	2	10
Journey to the Ring: Behind the Scenes with the 2010 NBA Champion Lakers	11/13/10	Staff	0	0
Requiem: By the Photographers Who Died in the Vietnam and Indochina War	10/15/10	Douglas Young	7	9.86
2009 Red River Historic Flooding	07/15/10	Staff	0	0
Shutter Speed: The Challenge of Photographing the TT	07/08/10	Staff	0	0
Sports Illustrated Slide Show	06/23/10	Radu Rosca	9	9.89
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Heaven	05/06/10	Staff	0	0

Most Popular [according to member ratings]

Item	Votes	Current Rating
Slap Shot	10	10
The Great Picture Hunt 2	8	10
The Rise of Barack Obama	7	10
Larry Burrows: Vietnam	6	10
Truth Needs No Ally: Inside Photojournalism	6	10
Magnum: Fifty Years at the Front Line of History: The Story of the Legendary Photo Agency	5	10
Athlete	5	10
Classic Baseball: The Photographs of Walter Iooss Jr.	4	10
City of God	4	10
Rear Window	4	10
A Choice of Weapons	3	10
Self-Portrait: U.S.A., The National Conventions, Miami Beach and Chicago	3	10
The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers	3	10
The Hot Shoe Diaries: Creative Applications of Small Flashes	3	10
Workers: An Archaeology of the Industrial Age	3	10
Jim Marshall: Proof	3	10
The Wonder Years: Portraits of Athletes Who Never Slow Down	2	10
I don't want to know all that technical stuff... I just want to shoot pictures	2	10
The Game for All America	2	10
The Road Back: The Cincinnati Bengals Under Coach Marvin Lewis	2	10
Evidence of My Existence	2	10
F*ck You Heroes: Glen E. Friedman Photographs, 1976-1991	2	10
Chased by the Light: A 90-Day Journey	2	10
Warriors: The Greatest Photographs of Football's Toughest Players	2	10
Eyes of the Storm: The Story in Pictures of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita	2	10

What students are reading [provided by Educators]

Title	Author	Votes	Rating
Photojournalism, The Professional's Approach	Kenneth Kobre	17	9.24
Associated Press Guide to Photojournalism	Brian Horton	12	8.83
Witness in Our Time: Working Lives of Documentary Photographers	Ken Light	2	9.5
Magnum: Fifty Years at the Front Line of History: The Story of the Legendary Photo Agency	Russell Miller	5	10
My War Gone By, I Miss It So	Anthony Loyd	1	7
Life Photographers: What They Saw	John Loengard	6	8.83
Clinton: Portrait of Victory	P.F. Bentley	1	9
I Shot New York	Ralph Ginzburg	1	9
The Photographic Essay: William Albert Allard	William Albert Allard	7	9.86
Get the Picture	John G. Morris	2	8.5