{"id":1856572,"date":"2026-03-31T11:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1856572"},"modified":"2026-03-31T11:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:07:00","slug":"8-new-photo-books-for-springtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1856572","title":{"rendered":"8 new photo books for springtime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1200\/0-0-3000-2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442782.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"main-article standard \">\n<div class=\"article-main-content article-wrapper has-media-but-its-an-image\" data-status=\"loaded\" data-primary-article=\"true\" data-url=\"\/art-photography\/article\/70010\/1\/springtime-photo-book-round-up-erotica-helmut-newton-inez-vinoodh\" data-article-id=\"70010\">\n<header class=\"article-header has-landscape-image no-media\">\n<div class=\"wrapper dg-max-width\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<figure class=\"main-img has-figcaption\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.41\" data-template=\"Standard Article\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Well Basically Basuco is Coke Mixed with Kerosine.\" class=\"img\" height=\"2132\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1400\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442782.jpg\" width=\"3000\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"inner\"><span class=\"credit\">Inez &amp; Vinoodh, Well Basically Basuco is Coke Mixed with Kerosine, The <span class=\"nowrap\">Face (1994)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"inner\"><time datetime=\"2026-03-31T11:07:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"31 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">March<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"31\">31,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<div class=\"titles\">\n<div class=\"tags\">\n<div class=\"sections\"><a class=\"category vertical - art-photography\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/art-photography\">Art &amp; Photography<\/a><br \/>\n\/<br \/>\n<a class=\"series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/lists\">Lists<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"standard-tag-container\"><a class=\"standard-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/art-photography\">Art &amp; Photography<\/a> \/<br \/>\n<a class=\"standard-series\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/lists\">Lists<\/a><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><span>8 new photo books <span class=\"nowrap\">for springtime<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"standfirst\">\n<h2>From smoking hot horses and lilies to erotica and photo-graffiti, this season\u2019s round-up celebrates the transformative power <span class=\"nowrap\">of spring<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-03-31T11:07:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"31 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">March<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"31\">31,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><time datetime=\"2026-03-31T11:07:00+00:00\" class=\"timestamp\" title=\"31 March 2026\"><span class=\"month\">March<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"day\" data-day=\"31\">31,<\/span>\u00a0<br \/>\n<span class=\"year\">2026<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<div class=\"providers\">\n<div class=\"contributors\"><span class=\"contributor\" data-contributor-role=\"Text\"><span class=\"contributor-role\">Text<\/span><a class=\"contributor-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/AlessandroMerola\">Alessandro Merola<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-body-container\">\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p>Everything feels like a fresh start in springtime. As the sweet smells of freshly cut grass, honeysuckle and an imminent thunderstorm get you going, there\u2019s no better time to reflect, realign and reinvent yourself.<\/p>\n<p>We recommend you take a similar approach to your TBR list, because spring reads should always lean into the new. On that note, we\u2019ve curated a stack of fresh-off-the-press photo books \u2013 complete with erotica, flora and more \u2013 which embody the spirit of the season.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>DAVID BRANDON GEETING, <\/strong><strong><em>THE MARBLE<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"4f92a570-4a54-445e-9af4-b41d00bf401f\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442742.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.75\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Spring photo book round-up \" class=\"img\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442742.jpg\" width=\"2250\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">David Brandon Geeting, The Marble (TBW <span class=\"nowrap\">Books, 2025)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 David Brandon Geeting. Courtesy of <span class=\"nowrap\">TBW Books<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p>Imagine this: the sun is out, your legs are sprawled upon the gingham picnic cloth and your book is open. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/david-brandon-geeting\"><span class=\"s1\">David Brandon Geeting<\/span><\/a>\u2019s new book opens with such a scene: \u201cI was in a park in Queens, sitting in the grass looking out at the water in the distance,\u201d writes musician <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/caroline-polachek\"><span class=\"s1\">Caroline Polachek<\/span><\/a> in her foreword. What follows is a vision of the world through the POV of an ant \u2013 the first, and probably last, of its kind. Geeting\u2019s book is impossible to sum up, but it seems to capture something fundamental about the human connection to nature. <span class=\"s2\">It\u2019s weird, magical, playful, questing, confusing and often challenging. <\/span>But then again, how dare you do something freaky with content and structure!<\/p>\n<p>The Marble<em> by David Brandon Geeting is published by TBW Books, and available <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/tbwbooks.com\/products\/the-marble\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>here<\/em><\/span><\/a><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<h1><strong><em>SMOKING HOT HORSES<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"1435390a-70be-4580-b136-b41d00bf9191\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1879\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442744.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.8\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Spring photo book round-up \" class=\"img\" height=\"2362\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442744.jpg\" width=\"1879\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Smoking Hot Horses (Hato <span class=\"nowrap\">Press, 2026)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">Scan by <span class=\"nowrap\">Hato Press<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p>Celebrate the year of the horse with this red-hot zine showcasing the curious history of equines in advertising. Capturing the attention of consumers across fashion, cigarettes, alcohol and cars, these high-end campaigns seem to leverage themes of ambition, luxury and freedom. The risograph printing lends an expected twist to what would have otherwise been glossy spreads, while the bookmark is appropriately finished off with a tassel.<\/p>\n<p>Smoking Hot Horses <em>is published by Hato Press, and available <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/hatopress.net\/products\/smoking-hot-horses-zine\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>here<\/em><\/span><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><strong>JULIA &amp; VINCENT, <\/strong><strong><em>EROTISH 2<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"11f34156-5972-455b-90d2-b41d00bfda32\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442745.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.67\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Spring photo book round-up \" class=\"img\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442745.jpg\" width=\"2000\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Julia &amp; Vincent, Erotish 2 (Patrick Remy <span class=\"nowrap\">Studio, 2026)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Julia &amp; Vincent. Courtesy of <span class=\"nowrap\">the artists<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p>A book you <em>should <\/em>judge by its cover is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juliaetvincent.com\/about\"><span class=\"s1\">Julia and Vincent<\/span><\/a>\u2019s new X-rated entry, already a clear frontrunner as the hottest book of 2026. It comes four years after the first volume, and is totally worth the wait. The hazy, kitschy world of 80s glamour has been swapped out for the slicker, more cinematic world of the noughties, where sexual ecstasy feels corrupted, depraved and even perverse. The French duo really know the power of erotic imagery, confronting, complicating and exaggerating it with contradictory concepts such as beauty and the mundane, desire and distaste.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Erotish 2 <em>by Julia &amp; Vincent is published by Patrick Remy Studio, and available <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/kdpresse.com\/en\/products\/erotish-2\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>here<\/em><\/span><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><strong>INEZ &amp; VINOODH, <\/strong><strong><em>CAN LOVE BE A PHOTOGRAPH<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"6b612600-8427-473f-b50d-b41d00c07610\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442747.jpeg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.32\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Spring photo book round-up \" class=\"img\" height=\"2277\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442747.jpeg\" width=\"3000\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Think Love, 2025, from Inez &amp; Vinoodh, Can Love Be a Photograph (Hannibal <span class=\"nowrap\">Books, 2026)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Inez &amp; Vinoodh. Courtesy of <span class=\"nowrap\">Hannibal Books<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p>From one power couple to another, this delectable book is published on the occasion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/inezvinoodh\"><span class=\"s1\">Inez &amp; Vinoodh<\/span><\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.nl\/en\/exhibitions\/can-love-be-photograph\">epic exhibition at Kunstmuseum Den Haag<\/a> in The Hague. Audaciously designed \u2013 with a translucent jacket, booklet and enclosed poster \u2013 and packed with a heap of interesting texts, it does a fantastic job surveying the duo\u2019s endlessly experimental work across art and fashion. For all their fantastic, reality-spinning visions, Inez &amp; Vinoodh always manage to retain a very human way of telling stories. At its heart, the book is a statement on their creative partnership and a manifestation of their love \u2013 indeed reminding us of the emphatic answer to the title\u2019s question.<\/p>\n<p>Can Love Be a Photograph <em>by Inez &amp; Vinoodh is published by Hannibal Books, and available <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/hannibalbooks.be\/en\/can-love-be-a-photograph\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>here<\/em><\/span><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><strong>HELMUT NEWTON, <\/strong><strong><em>ONE-OFF<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"4058273e-d70b-4b17-996c-b41d00c10a81\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1345\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442748.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.71\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Spring photo book round-up \" class=\"img\" height=\"1901\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442748.jpg\" width=\"1345\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">P\u00e8re Lachaise, Tomb of Talma, Paris, 1977, from Helmut Newton, One-Off <span class=\"nowrap\">(Phaidon, 2026)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Helmut Newton Foundation. Courtesy <span class=\"nowrap\">of Phaidon<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p>Phaidon have faithfully reproduced the one-off photo album <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/helmut-newton\"><span class=\"s1\">Helmut Newton<\/span><\/a> made with friend Gert Elfering in 1999, and it\u2019s a beauty. In Elfering\u2019s insightful interview with Matthias Harder, he discusses the making of the book in Miami \u2013 he glued the prints while Newton annotated and told stories. The (often hard-to-read) scribbles certainly add to the book\u2019s immersion, while the printing of the images uncropped and in their original size offers a new view of iconic images that are so embedded into our visual culture. There\u2019s a good dose of unseen works too. It\u2019s a must for anyone interested in the creative workings of the German lensman, not to mention his erotic obsessions.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s3\">One-Off<\/span>\u00a0<em>by Helmut Newton, with an introduction by Philippe Garner, interview between Gert Elfering and Matthias Harder and collector&#8217;s statement by Nicola Erni, is published\u00a0by Phaidon, and available <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phaidon.com\/en-gb\/products\/helmut-newton-one-off?srsltid=AfmBOopmfsQ1fSqhSwKN5n2XHC9tFpHf4AbgmEPSCL4sFDHaacG7gtvN\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>here<\/em><\/span><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><strong>TAKASHI HOMMA, <\/strong><strong><em>THIS IS NOT MY CAT<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"3fc134df-e9bb-4d1b-94e1-b41d00c1a894\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1969\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442749.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.75\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Spring photo book round-up \" class=\"img\" height=\"2625\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442749.jpg\" width=\"1969\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Takashi Homma, This Is Not My Cat (Nieves and Perimeter <span class=\"nowrap\">Editions, 2025)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Takashi Homma. Courtesy of Nieves and <span class=\"nowrap\">Perimeter Editions<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p>Understated and quotidian, this lovely little title by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/seeing_itself\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Takashi Homma<\/span><\/a> tails his cat around his tiny Tokyo apartment, coaxing out its sweet inner life. It doesn\u2019t fawn over the photographer, nor debase itself for his affections or attention. Independent, enigmatic, implacably other, it\u2019s its mystery that intrigues. And by the end, the book\u2019s title makes total sense. Homma\u2019s sentiment is that it\u2019s actually cats who tame us, and we who live in <em>their<\/em> world. In order for us to accommodate the imaginations of cats in our stories, we must stretch \u2013 or surrender \u2013 the limits of our own.<\/p>\n<p>This Is Not My Cat <em>by Takashi Homma is published by Nieves and Perimeter Editions, and available <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perimeterbooks.com\/products\/takashi-homma-this-is-not-my-cat\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>here<\/em><\/span><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><strong>SAKIKO NOMURA, <\/strong><strong><em>LIRIO<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"ad8acf13-f2e3-4309-8358-b41d00c1f261\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442750.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.28\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Spring photo book round-up \" class=\"img\" height=\"2350\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442750.jpg\" width=\"3000\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Sakiko Nomura, Lirio (Bookshop <span class=\"nowrap\">M, 2026)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Sakiko Nomura. Courtesy of Akio <span class=\"nowrap\">Nagasawa Gallery<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p>Designed and edited by master bookbinder Satoru Machiguchi, this stunning, evocative hardback features photographs <a href=\"https:\/\/sakikonomura.com\/en_profile\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Sakiko Nomura<\/span><\/a> took in Spain, and translates to \u201clily\u201d, a flower steeped in Catholic symbolism for its connections to purity and rebirth. Nomura\u2019s photography <span class=\"s2\">renders just-about-visible the entanglements between identity, sensuality and solitude with remarkable emotional depth, sensitivity and artistry. The very act of turning these pages feels like the slow letting in of light <\/span>through a drawn curtain. It separates the dream and waking worlds, but which side we\u2019re on is never clear. As a side note, don\u2019t miss the publisher\u2019s new Mika Ninagawa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shashasha.co\/en\/book\/vira-sky\"><span class=\"s1\">book<\/span><\/a> about cherry blossom \u2013 a solid shout for spring.<\/p>\n<p>Lirio<em> by Sakiko Nomura is published by Bookshop M, and available <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shashasha.co\/en\/book\/lirio-scar\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>here<\/em><\/span><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><strong>KENTA COBAYASHI AND TYRONE WILLIAMS, <\/strong><strong><em>FLOWERS<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"7cd8516d-1b48-487c-afc9-b41d00c2347c\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442751.jpeg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.7\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Spring photo book round-up \" class=\"img\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442751.jpeg\" width=\"2096\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Kenta Cobayashi and Tyrone Williams, Flowers (Photobook Daydream <span class=\"nowrap\">Editions, 2026)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Kenta Cobayashi and Tyrone Williams. Courtesy of Andrew <span class=\"nowrap\">Colin Seitz<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p>In case you fancy the polar opposite interpretation of flora, here it is. This jacked-up trip of a book is a collaboration between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tyswills\"><span class=\"s1\">Tyrone Williams<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kentacobayashi\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Kenta Cobayashi<\/span><\/a>, the latter known for his wild experimentations and distinct brand of photo-graffiti. While these eye-watering visuals are heightened through the use of AI, they never lose focus on the subject matter at hand, and retain a sense of texture and depth. In fact, you could even describe them as painterly. The book proposes a bold new language and potential for digital photographic technology. 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Get The Drop<\/h1>\n<div class=\"meta-row\">\n<p class=\"meta\">Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"confirmation\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p class=\"confirmation-title\">Thank you. You have been subscribed<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/privacy-policy\" class=\"meta-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nPrivacy policy<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article-body wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html\">\n<p>Everything feels like a fresh start in springtime. As the sweet smells of freshly cut grass, honeysuckle and an imminent thunderstorm get you going, there\u2019s no better time to reflect, realign and reinvent yourself.<\/p>\n<p>We recommend you take a similar approach to your TBR list, because spring reads should always lean into the new. On that note, we\u2019ve curated a stack of fresh-off-the-press photo books \u2013 complete with erotica, flora and more \u2013 which embody the spirit of the season.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>DAVID BRANDON GEETING, <\/strong><strong><em>THE MARBLE<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"4f92a570-4a54-445e-9af4-b41d00bf401f\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442742.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.75\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Spring photo book round-up \" class=\"img\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442742.jpg\" width=\"2250\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">David Brandon Geeting, The Marble (TBW <span class=\"nowrap\">Books, 2025)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 David Brandon Geeting. Courtesy of <span class=\"nowrap\">TBW Books<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p>Imagine this: the sun is out, your legs are sprawled upon the gingham picnic cloth and your book is open. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/tag\/david-brandon-geeting\"><span class=\"s1\">David Brandon Geeting<\/span><\/a>\u2019s new book opens with such a scene: \u201cI was in a park in Queens, sitting in the grass looking out at the water in the distance,\u201d writes musician <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/caroline-polachek\"><span class=\"s1\">Caroline Polachek<\/span><\/a> in her foreword. What follows is a vision of the world through the POV of an ant \u2013 the first, and probably last, of its kind. Geeting\u2019s book is impossible to sum up, but it seems to capture something fundamental about the human connection to nature. <span class=\"s2\">It\u2019s weird, magical, playful, questing, confusing and often challenging. <\/span>But then again, how dare you do something freaky with content and structure!<\/p>\n<p>The Marble<em> by David Brandon Geeting is published by TBW Books, and available <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/tbwbooks.com\/products\/the-marble\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>here<\/em><\/span><\/a><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<h1><strong><em>SMOKING HOT HORSES<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"1435390a-70be-4580-b136-b41d00bf9191\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1879\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442744.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.8\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Spring photo book round-up \" class=\"img\" height=\"2362\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442744.jpg\" width=\"1879\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Smoking Hot Horses (Hato <span class=\"nowrap\">Press, 2026)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">Scan by <span class=\"nowrap\">Hato Press<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p>Celebrate the year of the horse with this red-hot zine showcasing the curious history of equines in advertising. Capturing the attention of consumers across fashion, cigarettes, alcohol and cars, these high-end campaigns seem to leverage themes of ambition, luxury and freedom. The risograph printing lends an expected twist to what would have otherwise been glossy spreads, while the bookmark is appropriately finished off with a tassel.<\/p>\n<p>Smoking Hot Horses <em>is published by Hato Press, and available <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/hatopress.net\/products\/smoking-hot-horses-zine\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>here<\/em><\/span><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><strong>JULIA &amp; VINCENT, <\/strong><strong><em>EROTISH 2<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"11f34156-5972-455b-90d2-b41d00bfda32\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442745.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.67\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Spring photo book round-up \" class=\"img\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442745.jpg\" width=\"2000\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Julia &amp; Vincent, Erotish 2 (Patrick Remy <span class=\"nowrap\">Studio, 2026)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Julia &amp; Vincent. Courtesy of <span class=\"nowrap\">the artists<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p>A book you <em>should <\/em>judge by its cover is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juliaetvincent.com\/about\"><span class=\"s1\">Julia and Vincent<\/span><\/a>\u2019s new X-rated entry, already a clear frontrunner as the hottest book of 2026. It comes four years after the first volume, and is totally worth the wait. The hazy, kitschy world of 80s glamour has been swapped out for the slicker, more cinematic world of the noughties, where sexual ecstasy feels corrupted, depraved and even perverse. The French duo really know the power of erotic imagery, confronting, complicating and exaggerating it with contradictory concepts such as beauty and the mundane, desire and distaste.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Erotish 2 <em>by Julia &amp; Vincent is published by Patrick Remy Studio, and available <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/kdpresse.com\/en\/products\/erotish-2\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>here<\/em><\/span><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><strong>INEZ &amp; VINOODH, <\/strong><strong><em>CAN LOVE BE A PHOTOGRAPH<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"6b612600-8427-473f-b50d-b41d00c07610\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442747.jpeg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.32\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Spring photo book round-up \" class=\"img\" height=\"2277\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442747.jpeg\" width=\"3000\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Think Love, 2025, from Inez &amp; Vinoodh, Can Love Be a Photograph (Hannibal <span class=\"nowrap\">Books, 2026)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Inez &amp; Vinoodh. Courtesy of <span class=\"nowrap\">Hannibal Books<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p>From one power couple to another, this delectable book is published on the occasion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/user\/inezvinoodh\"><span class=\"s1\">Inez &amp; Vinoodh<\/span><\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunstmuseum.nl\/en\/exhibitions\/can-love-be-photograph\">epic exhibition at Kunstmuseum Den Haag<\/a> in The Hague. Audaciously designed \u2013 with a translucent jacket, booklet and enclosed poster \u2013 and packed with a heap of interesting texts, it does a fantastic job surveying the duo\u2019s endlessly experimental work across art and fashion. For all their fantastic, reality-spinning visions, Inez &amp; Vinoodh always manage to retain a very human way of telling stories. At its heart, the book is a statement on their creative partnership and a manifestation of their love \u2013 indeed reminding us of the emphatic answer to the title\u2019s question.<\/p>\n<p>Can Love Be a Photograph <em>by Inez &amp; Vinoodh is published by Hannibal Books, and available <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/hannibalbooks.be\/en\/can-love-be-a-photograph\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>here<\/em><\/span><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><strong>HELMUT NEWTON, <\/strong><strong><em>ONE-OFF<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"4058273e-d70b-4b17-996c-b41d00c10a81\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1345\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442748.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.71\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Spring photo book round-up \" class=\"img\" height=\"1901\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442748.jpg\" width=\"1345\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">P\u00e8re Lachaise, Tomb of Talma, Paris, 1977, from Helmut Newton, One-Off <span class=\"nowrap\">(Phaidon, 2026)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Helmut Newton Foundation. Courtesy <span class=\"nowrap\">of Phaidon<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p>Phaidon have faithfully reproduced the one-off photo album <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dazeddigital.com\/helmut-newton\"><span class=\"s1\">Helmut Newton<\/span><\/a> made with friend Gert Elfering in 1999, and it\u2019s a beauty. In Elfering\u2019s insightful interview with Matthias Harder, he discusses the making of the book in Miami \u2013 he glued the prints while Newton annotated and told stories. The (often hard-to-read) scribbles certainly add to the book\u2019s immersion, while the printing of the images uncropped and in their original size offers a new view of iconic images that are so embedded into our visual culture. There\u2019s a good dose of unseen works too. It\u2019s a must for anyone interested in the creative workings of the German lensman, not to mention his erotic obsessions.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s3\">One-Off<\/span>\u00a0<em>by Helmut Newton, with an introduction by Philippe Garner, interview between Gert Elfering and Matthias Harder and collector&#8217;s statement by Nicola Erni, is published\u00a0by Phaidon, and available <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phaidon.com\/en-gb\/products\/helmut-newton-one-off?srsltid=AfmBOopmfsQ1fSqhSwKN5n2XHC9tFpHf4AbgmEPSCL4sFDHaacG7gtvN\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>here<\/em><\/span><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><strong>TAKASHI HOMMA, <\/strong><strong><em>THIS IS NOT MY CAT<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"3fc134df-e9bb-4d1b-94e1-b41d00c1a894\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/1969\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442749.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.75\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Spring photo book round-up \" class=\"img\" height=\"2625\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442749.jpg\" width=\"1969\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Takashi Homma, This Is Not My Cat (Nieves and Perimeter <span class=\"nowrap\">Editions, 2025)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Takashi Homma. Courtesy of Nieves and <span class=\"nowrap\">Perimeter Editions<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p>Understated and quotidian, this lovely little title by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/seeing_itself\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Takashi Homma<\/span><\/a> tails his cat around his tiny Tokyo apartment, coaxing out its sweet inner life. It doesn\u2019t fawn over the photographer, nor debase itself for his affections or attention. Independent, enigmatic, implacably other, it\u2019s its mystery that intrigues. And by the end, the book\u2019s title makes total sense. Homma\u2019s sentiment is that it\u2019s actually cats who tame us, and we who live in <em>their<\/em> world. In order for us to accommodate the imaginations of cats in our stories, we must stretch \u2013 or surrender \u2013 the limits of our own.<\/p>\n<p>This Is Not My Cat <em>by Takashi Homma is published by Nieves and Perimeter Editions, and available <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perimeterbooks.com\/products\/takashi-homma-this-is-not-my-cat\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>here<\/em><\/span><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><strong>SAKIKO NOMURA, <\/strong><strong><em>LIRIO<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"ad8acf13-f2e3-4309-8358-b41d00c1f261\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442750.jpg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"1.28\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"landscape\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Spring photo book round-up \" class=\"img\" height=\"2350\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442750.jpg\" width=\"3000\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Sakiko Nomura, Lirio (Bookshop <span class=\"nowrap\">M, 2026)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Sakiko Nomura. Courtesy of Akio <span class=\"nowrap\">Nagasawa Gallery<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p>Designed and edited by master bookbinder Satoru Machiguchi, this stunning, evocative hardback features photographs <a href=\"https:\/\/sakikonomura.com\/en_profile\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Sakiko Nomura<\/span><\/a> took in Spain, and translates to \u201clily\u201d, a flower steeped in Catholic symbolism for its connections to purity and rebirth. Nomura\u2019s photography <span class=\"s2\">renders just-about-visible the entanglements between identity, sensuality and solitude with remarkable emotional depth, sensitivity and artistry. The very act of turning these pages feels like the slow letting in of light <\/span>through a drawn curtain. It separates the dream and waking worlds, but which side we\u2019re on is never clear. As a side note, don\u2019t miss the publisher\u2019s new Mika Ninagawa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shashasha.co\/en\/book\/vira-sky\"><span class=\"s1\">book<\/span><\/a> about cherry blossom \u2013 a solid shout for spring.<\/p>\n<p>Lirio<em> by Sakiko Nomura is published by Bookshop M, and available <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shashasha.co\/en\/book\/lirio-scar\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>here<\/em><\/span><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><strong>KENTA COBAYASHI AND TYRONE WILLIAMS, <\/strong><strong><em>FLOWERS<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"inline-img expandable dev-view-hide\" data-img=\"7cd8516d-1b48-487c-afc9-b41d00c2347c\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/2000\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442751.jpeg\" data-img-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\" data-img-aspect-ratio=\"0.7\"><span class=\"has-css-custom-props image-container\" data-aspect-ratio-type=\"portrait\"><span class=\"preserve-aspect-ratio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Spring photo book round-up \" class=\"img\" height=\"3000\" src=\"https:\/\/images-prod.dazeddigital.com\/786\/azure\/dazed-prod\/1440\/2\/1442751.jpeg\" width=\"2096\"><\/span><\/span><figcaption class=\"img-caption\"><span class=\"caption\">Kenta Cobayashi and Tyrone Williams, Flowers (Photobook Daydream <span class=\"nowrap\">Editions, 2026)<\/span><\/span><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Kenta Cobayashi and Tyrone Williams. Courtesy of Andrew <span class=\"nowrap\">Colin Seitz<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"embed-content\" data-embed-type=\"raw-html-embed\">\n<p>In case you fancy the polar opposite interpretation of flora, here it is. This jacked-up trip of a book is a collaboration between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tyswills\"><span class=\"s1\">Tyrone Williams<\/span><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kentacobayashi\/\"><span class=\"s1\">Kenta Cobayashi<\/span><\/a>, the latter known for his wild experimentations and distinct brand of photo-graffiti. While these eye-watering visuals are heightened through the use of AI, they never lose focus on the subject matter at hand, and retain a sense of texture and depth. In fact, you could even describe them as painterly. The book proposes a bold new language and potential for digital photographic technology. 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