Start with high-confidence photography criticism books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
The Photograph As Contemporary Art
Charlotte Cotton
Textual Exposures
Dan Russek
Richard Misrach on Landscape and Meaning
Richard Misrach, Lucas Foglia
Strange Hours: Photography, Memory, and the Lives of Artists
Rebecca Bengal, Joy Williams
The Picture Not Taken
Benjamin Swett
More Than a Rock, 2nd Edition
Guy Tal
Blind Corners
Michael Collins, Will Self
