Our pick of the best titles about photography published this year – each one will make an ideal festive season gift for lovers of the medium…

The search for still-life subjects led the artist Kate Friend to some of the greatest gardens and gardeners in the country, discovers Tiffany Daneff

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The lives of Clara and Nancy are worlds apart – but is it time for them to finally live out their dream?

The award-winning photographer has just published a book about how to succeed in the medium. Niall Hampton finds out more

What revealed the magic of books for me was The Wind in the Willows. When I was five, I contracted measles, which meant I had to spend my days in bed in a darkened room. My mother sat outside my bedro