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…

Did you know that Thomas Müntzer, leader of the German Peasants’ War in 1525, used a rainbow flag to rally his followers? It’s an aptly exuberant image for the radical charisma of Müntzer, and for the

Lee Miller’s artistic and historical sensibility

Kerry James Marshall, ‘poised between narrative and allegory’

If you’re planning to enter our Urban Life round, which launches next week, take these tips from four of last year’s top ten photographers

Paul Hill considers…