A few years ago I stumbled upon the work of American photographer Bill Schwab and managed to get a few copies of the first edition of Gathering Calm which, not surprisingly, soon went out of print. I’m sure I’m not the only person who’s been badgering Bill for years to reprint it but it’s here now and we have signed copies. Bill’s style and subject matter may be Kenna-esque (and the book’s design equally has a Nazraeli feel) but he is certainly much more than – and better than – a Kenna clone. Take a look at his excellent website, then buy this book before this print run disappears too.

Bill Schwab’s own publishing arm, North Light Press, is initiating a new series 11 +1 – eleven reproductions and one signed original print. The first in the series is Telos by Clay Harmon (see the North Light Press website for images). Yes, it’s very much along the lines of Nazraeli’s One Picture Books but this is a beautiful production nonetheless!

We’ve just received a beautiful new book from Blind Spot, Stephen Shore’s photographs from 1984 to 1986 of the Hudson Valley. It’s limited to 1,000 copies, clothbound with cover image tipped in, 11-5/8 x 9-5/8 inches, 32 pages, 25 four-color photographs. You can find more images from the book on the Blind Spot website.

Duffy – with David Bailey and Terence Donovan – was one of the ‘Terrible Trio’ of great British fashion photography innovators of the 1960s and 70s, and one of the greatest innovators of documentary fashion photography. His celebrity portraits include Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Sammy Davis Jr, Nina Simone, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Charlton Heston and William Burroughs but perhaps his most famous photograph was the cover of David Bowie's album Aladdin Sane. Duffy died in 2010. His career was the subject of the recent BBC documentary The Man Who Shot the 60s. ACC have published a substantial retrospective of his career. A limited edition is also available with slipcase and print. There is a good selection of Duffy’s work at http://www.duffyphotographer.com/

I am very much looking forward to reading Robert Crawford’s The Beginning and the End of the World: St Andrews, Scandal and the Birth of Photography. Robert Crawford is Professor of Modern Scottish Literature at St Andrews University as well as a wonderful poet. Here he celebrates St Andrews, the first town in the English-speaking world to have its people, buildings and natural environment thoroughly documented through photography and delves into the lives of several pioneering – and eccentric – 19th century Scottish photographers.

A Legacy of Light is the second volume of Katherine Hoffman’s life of Alfred Stieglitz. Focusing on the years from 1915 to 1946, she explores Stieglitz's roles as photographer, editor, writer, and gallery director, and his ongoing struggle to have photography recognized as an established artistic medium. It also explores his personal life - including his marriage to artist Georgia O'Keeffe, as revealed in previously unpublished correspondence between them.