Using the chemical reactions at the heart of analog photography, Frank Lopez creates abstract prints that respond to grief, belief, and social injustice—turning the darkroom into a space of reflection and resistance.

LensCulture’s 2025 list of favorite photobooks highlights more than 50 diverse titles showcasing the personal favorites of experts around the world.

For over a decade, Los-Angeles-based photographer Daniel Postaer has been exploring China, where his mother was born. Amidst a landscape in transition, he has discovered a side of himself too.

With a delicate eye for detail, color and texture, French photographer Vasantha Yogananthan’s epic interpretation of the “Ramayana” takes a painterly precision to the medium of photography.

As an only child born under China’s one-child policy, Zihan Wei uses a snapshot aesthetic to explore photography as a language of intimacy and connection to forge a new relationship with her parents.

In the liminal space between mountains and rivers, Yan Sun creates images suffused with Chinese history, renewing the subjects of traditional painting with his contemporary photographic observation.

Finding peace and refuge in creativity, Jiatong Lu uses photography to heal from childhood trauma reconnecting with herself and others around her in the process.

A multi-layered approach to visual storytelling — a conversation, a portrait, and a detail of a personal object or a place — captures the shared experiences of Chinese citizens coping with isolation while abroad during the Covid lockdown.

An eclectic year-end list of favorite photobooks of 2023 — personal recommendations from photographers, photography experts, friends and colleagues around the world.

These decorative commemorative plates are imaginary “celebrations” of injustices, contradictions and hypocrisies by US presidents over the years — facts and events that are often diminished or omitted from official history.