出版是将作品公之于众的一种行为,出版物是沟通作者和公众之间的桥梁。20世纪中期是美国出版业的黄金年代,纽约、费城、波士顿、华盛顿和洛杉矶是全球出版业的中心。今天,出版业呈现了明显的去中心化,不仅是小型独立出版社和自出版风靡各地,各类型的图书也愈发多元化。在摄影的草创时期,摄影书这一媒介便孕育而生,近十年来井喷式地发展更使得摄影书成为了全球范围的文化现象。 Publishing is an act of making a work public, and a publication is a bridge between the author and the public. The mid-20th century was the golden era of publishing in the United States. New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington and Los Angeles were the centers of the global publishing industry. Today, the publishing industry has shown a clear deconcentration. Not only small independent publishers and publishers have become popular all over the country, but various types of books have also become increasingly diversified. During the grassroots period of photography, the medium of photography book came into being. The rapid development in the past ten years has made photography a worldwide cultural phenomenon.