Hudson Street Library

Collections

Every collection in the art and photography wing, listed by theme, medium, genre, format, place, era, person, series and decade of publication. The collections put together by hand come last.

126 collections
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AFM Magazine

A biannual magazine dedicated to fashion, art, and contemporary culture.

3 books

Apartamento Magazine

Today's most influential, inspiring, and honest interiors publication. Exploring the intimate relationship between people and their private spaces since 2008.

34 books

Black Photographers

Photography books by and about Black photographers, exploring their unique perspectives, communities, and contributions to visual culture.

7 books

BUTT Magazine

Legendary independent gay culture and lifestyle magazine known for its distinctive photography, intimate interviews, and honest storytelling. Published from 2001 to 2011, relaunched in 2023.

35 books

Disaster

Photobooks documenting catastrophe, violence, and human tragedy. From Goya's pioneering protest etchings to forensic photography and photojournalism capturing accidents, emergencies, and war.

10 books

Ephemera

Everything in the library tagged Ephemera: the invitations, stickers, postcards and other printed matter of the Ephemera wing, alongside the books and magazines in the art wing that are tagged the same way.

32 books

Esopus

An award-winning arts annual published from 2003 to 2018 by the Esopus Foundation. Each issue featured six long-form contemporary artists' projects alongside personal essays, artist portfolios, visual essays, interviews, poetry, fiction, and a themed audio compilation.

7 books

Le Petit Voyeur

A curated photography magazine featuring exceptional contemporary photographers. Published 2013-2021.

7 books

Matsuda Fashion Catalogues

A collection of rare and influential fashion catalogues from Japanese designer Mitsuhiro Matsuda (published between 1984–1993)

36 books

Music Photobooks

Capturing the energy, aesthetic, and personalities of music scenes and artists through the lens of photography.

35 books

Purple Magazine

An influential French fashion and contemporary culture magazine founded in Paris in 1992 by Elein Fleiss and Olivier Zahm. Purple emerged as a reaction against the superficial glamour of the 1980s, pioneering the "anti-fashion" aesthetic and becoming synonymous with the new realism in fashion photography through collaborators like Juergen Teller, Terry Richardson, Wolfgang Tillmans, and Mario Sorrenti.

46 books

Queer Culture

Queer photography, artists' books, zines, and visual culture from the collection — physique photography and its archives, the West Side piers, Fire Island, drag and nightlife, erotica, appropriation, and queer art history. A growing collection.

140 books

Record Culture Magazine

A magazine celebrating vinyl culture, album art, and the rich history of recorded music.

11 books

Slanted Magazine

A magazine about type, graphic design, and visual culture from around the world.

4 books

Surveillance Index

Photography books about watchers and the watched: photobooks and artists' books, all from the art wing. The index is kept in two editions, and the first was published as a printed guide to one hundred of the books.

156 books

Surveillance Index Edition Two

The second edition of the Surveillance Index: the photography books in the index that are not in Edition One. Edition Two is in production, and this list is incomplete.

53 books

TISSUE Magazine

Independent art and media magazine published from 2011 to 2022, devoted — in its own words — to life and death. Across five print issues, TISSUE mixed photography, nightlife, sexuality, and contemporary culture with a restless, collaged design language. The library holds the complete print run, N°1 through N°5.

5 books

Toilet Paper

An artists' magazine created by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari, featuring provocative photography and surreal imagery. Since 2010, Toilet Paper has combined commercial photography with twisted narrative tableaux, challenging the limits of the contemporary art economy.

22 books

Useful Photography

The complete run of Useful Photography, the influential Dutch annual publication devoted to functional, everyday, and anonymous photography.

12 books

Collage Collections

Exploring the art of assemblage and juxtaposition through photographic collage, cut-and-paste techniques, and related visual works. The works below are part of an actively curated collection of books on collage in the Hudson Street Library.

78 books

Comme des Garçons Related

Exploring the influential and avant-garde world of Rei Kawakubo and Comme des Garçons through books, publications, and related materials.

3 books

Magazines

Independent and art magazines exploring photography, design, and visual culture.

161 books

One Picture Book Two

Nazraeli Press's celebrated series of limited edition photography books. Each volume is limited to 500 numbered copies and includes a removable, signed, original 5x7 inch print by the artist. Featuring work by masters like Daido Moriyama, Michael Kenna, Todd Hido, Alec Soth, and Carrie Mae Weems.

53 books

Richard Prince

A barely comprehensive, not even close to complete collection of publications by and about Richard Prince, the influential American artist known for his appropriation photography, cowboys, jokes, and social media work.

85 books

Wombat Artist Boxes

Limited edition photography portfolios produced by Wombat Paris. Each box contains museum-quality numbered prints on Hahnemühle paper, printed by Processus lab, and unpublished portfolios from contemporary photographers. Hand-assembled, numbered, and stamp-dated in limited editions.

17 books