Photobooks have only recently been recognized as an important part of the history of photography and art. Certain exhibitions and publications have contributed to this international appreciation.

Among the first are Fotografía Pública / Photography in Print 1919-1939, an exhibition organized by Horacio Fernández at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, in Madrid, in 1999; and the Open Book from 1978 to the Present, prepared by Andrew Roth at the Hasselblad Center, in Göteborg, in 2005; and in the two volumes of The History of Photobooks by Martin Parr and Gerry Badger, published by Phaidon in 2004 and 2006.