The following booklist was selected by Tyler Mitchell to provide visitors with insight into photographic publications that have impacted him and his artistic practice.

Picturing the South: 1860 to the Present by Ellen Dugan

Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers 1840 to the Present by Deborah Willis

Commitment: Fatherhood in Black America by Arvarh E. Strickland

Greater Atlanta by Mark Steinmetz

Grace Wales Bonner: Dream in the Rhythm by Grace Wales Bonner

The Drawer by Vince Aletti

To the Realization of Perfect Helplessness by Robin Coste Lewis

Image Matters: Archive, Photography, and the African Diaspora in Europe by Tina M. Campt

In Our Terribleness by Imamu Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones) and Fundi (Billy Abernathy)

Dark Knees by Mark Cohen