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Is there a place for a reading list in this section?
If the mods think this is a good idea please feel free to edit it or otherwise tidy it up if it goes anywhere.
I'll kick it off with a few I've read (which doesn't mean I'm recommending them!) and there are plenty more which could be added.
Why People Photograph - Robert Adams
The Pleasures of Good Photographs - Gerry Badger
The Genius of Photography - Gerry Badger
Parr by Parr: Discussions with a Promiscuous Photographer - Quentin Bajac meets Martin Parr
Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography - Roland Barthes
Ways of Seeing - John Berger
About Looking - John Berger
Understanding a Photograph - John Berger
The Photograph: A Visual and Cultural History (Oxford History of Art) - Graham Clarke
The Ongoing Moment - Geoff Dyer
Photography: A Very Short Introduction - Steve Edwards
The Documentary Impulse - Stuart Franklin
Why it does not have to be in focus - Jackie Higgins
Approaching Photography - Paul Hill
On Being a Photographer - David Hurn and Bill Jay
Image Makers, Image Takers: The Essential Guide to Photography by Those in the Know - Anne-Celine Jaeger
Photography: A Cultural History -Mary Warner Marien
The Making of Great Photographs: Approaches and Techniques of the Masters - Eamonn McCabe
Art and Photography - Aaron Scharf
The Nature of Photographs: A Primer - Stephen Shore
On Photography - Susan Sontag
The Photographer's Eye - John Szarkowski
Looking at Photographs - John Szarkowski
100 Ideas that Changed Photography - Mary Warner Marien
Photography: A Cultural History - Mary Warner Marien
Photography: A Critical Introduction - Liz Wells (ed)
How We Are: Photographing Britain - Val Williams, et al
What Makes Great Photography - Val Williams