This book is for anyone interested in frank testimonials about the human race. Twenty-two of the best photo-journalists today share their experiences with you. A must for any sensitive person.

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The smoky fragrance of lamb roasting on the spit; the waif of fresh corn tortillas sizzling; the spiced scent of falafels frying. The aromas of quintessential street foods slither through urban boulevards, seducing the senses, beckoning you over. These are the spaces where locals gather, where culinary traditions of a country are revealed, and where, through simple foods, cultures are uncovered. Capturing the authentic, raw poeticism of these stories is Take Away: a 500-page photographic anthology with global street food as the subject.

There are no food stylists here. No tweaked lighting. No glossed-over fake food props. Instead, you’ll only find brilliant, full-page photographs that provide a snapshot of the daily cravings of locals from Lebanon to Mali, from Thailand to Costa Rica. Stuffed in between these images of noodles, dumplings, and fish and chips, are 120 simple, complementary recipes. The result of ten years of travelling, this amazing work helps to shine a new light on the most basic eating pleasures collectively cherished across countries and continents.

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New York photographer Amy Stein’s work ‘explores our evolving isolation from community, culture and the environment’. Her recently released book, Domesticated, began when she was in grad school. ‘I was simply trying to make compelling images that wouldn’t get eviscerated in critique’, she says of the project. ‘As the series progressed, I began to become interested in exhibiting the work and have had many opportunities to do so this year. The Critical Mass book is the icing on the cake’. There’s an extended interview with Amy Stein on the Feature Shoot photo blog.

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Marking the Land was named one of the ten best photo books of the year by American Photo magazine. Photographer Jim Dow is no stranger to critical acclaim, and he has a knack of making you feel sorrow and emptiness in his most current book which focuses its attention on the mass immigration of people from country to cities, and the desolation that fills the romantic countryside of the Northern Plains. It forces us all to rethink our conceptions of America’s forgotten frontier. Jim Dow began making pilgrimages to this remote territory in 1981 and, with a commission from the North Dakota Museum of Art, took photographs of the passing human presence on the land. This is a simple but evocative book full images of absolute barrenness.

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