A year in words and images, from the best shows to the most vital photojournalism

Travel from quiet gardens to the world’s financial capitals in entries from Loose Joints, Dewi Lewis and Photo Editions
The independent curator, editor, and researcher selects five photographers who caught her eye this year
Photobooks, exhibitions and a podcast: the founder of Self Publish, Be Happy picks out five highlights from a year in photography
Helen Jennings and Sara Hemming, co-founders of Nataal, the global media brand celebrating contemporary African art, pick out their top projects of 2019
The Guardian’s photography critic selects his top photobooks and exhibitions of 2019
Since founding their publishing house in 2014, Cécile Poimboeuf-Koizumi and Vasantha Yogananthan have worked with global artists to produce carefully curated and designed “book-objects”. Here, they select their favourite photobooks of the year
Melbourne-based curator, writer, educator and photographer Daniel Boetker-Smith shares his top photobooks and exhibitions of the year