Photobooks (Genre/Form Term)

The photobook : a history, 2004: v. 1, introd. (a book, with or without text, where the work's primary message is carried by photographs)

Art & architecture thesaurus online, July 29, 2014 (photobooks. UF photo books; photo-books. A book with or without text where the essential information is conveyed through a collection of photographic images. This may be authored by one or more artists or photographers, or arranged by an editor. Generally the images in a photobook are meant to be viewed in context, as parts of a larger whole. Most often used to refer to mechanically reproduced and commercially distributed works. For albums made up of mounted photographic prints, with or without identifying information, use "photograph albums.")

LCSH (Photobooks. UF Photo-books. BT Illustrated books. RT Photograph albums)

Works illustrated by reproduced or original photographs, with or without text, in which the essential information is conveyed by the images.