Neon sign from a bar in Jackson Hole, Wyoming © Ana Leal/shotbywomen

Kayaks on a lake in Alaska during the summer © Ana Leal/shotbywomen

An old lady walks on the streets of Old Havana, Cuba © Ana Leal/shotbywomen

Salman Rushdie at Edinburgh Book festival, Edinburgh, Scotland on 26 August 2019 © Antonia Reeve/shotbywomen

A deer skull sitting on a book on a wooden background © Tracy Collyer/shotbywomen

deer skull sitting on a book on a wood background © Tracy Collyer/shotbywomen

bowl of strawberries sitting on a vintage book © Tracy Collyer/shotbywomen

A grandmother sits on a bed, reading a book to her granddaughter, whilst their cat looks on. One in a series of portraits of Grandparents and Grandchildren. © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

A girl sitting barefoot while reading a book that is glowing with light in a dark forest © Kicca Tommasi/shotbywomen

A man with hat and trench coat reading a book next to a window, light streaming in and into the wall with 2 frames © Kicca Tommasi/shotbywomen

London, UK, 16th April 2022. Jaspreet Kaur, author and poet, at the festival sighing copies of her book "Brown Girl Like Me".Vaisakhi Festival, a celebration of Sikh and Punjabi tradition and culture... © Christine Ongsiek/shotbywomen

Beloved books and vintage teawares evoke cozy library feelings © Quin Engle/shotbywomen

Open journal with blank pages waiting to be written in © Tracy Smith/shotbywomen

Image of a tatty grey book from a corner view showing the pages are loose and torn. © Tracy Smith/shotbywomen

2022 diary, planner flatlay with glasses and pen on a white wood background © Sian Tyrrell/shotbywomen

Baroness Cox signs a copy of her book for Saffron Walden MP Kemi Badenoch, who both attended the Holocaust Commemoration Service at St Mary's Curch, Saffron Walden, UK on Friday 27th January 2023. Cre... © Celia Bartlett/shotbywomen

The remains of a classic building facade in Old Town Havana, Cuba, contrast with the blue sky © Ana Leal/shotbywomen

High angle view of black children's swing in snow covered playground, shoe prints in snow. © Viviana Delidaki/shotbywomen

Close up of barbed wire under clear blue sky. © Viviana Delidaki/shotbywomen

Lifeguard station on sandy beach overlooking calm sea and stormy sky. © Viviana Delidaki/shotbywomen

witches spell book laying on a forest floor © Tracy Collyer/shotbywomen

witches spell book laying on a forest floor © Tracy Collyer/shotbywomen

witches spell book laying on a forest floor with toadstools © Tracy Collyer/shotbywomen

Edinburgh, UK. 19 August 2019: Suzanna Arundhati Roy is an Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things, which won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction in 1997 and became the best-sellin... © Antonia Reeve/shotbywomen

Salman Rushdie at Edinburgh Book festival, Edinburgh, Scotland on 26 August 2019 © Antonia Reeve/shotbywomen

Salman Rushdie at Edinburgh Book festival, Edinburgh, Scotland on 26 August 2019 © Antonia Reeve/shotbywomen

Rabbit skull sitting on a vintage book with a red tone © Tracy Collyer/shotbywomen

Open book on a table in front of a book shelf © Nancy Conley Pinkerton/shotbywomen

Open book floating in front of a book shelf © Nancy Conley Pinkerton/shotbywomen

Cup of tea and open book on a wooden surface © Nancy Conley Pinkerton/shotbywomen

Cup of tea, open book and closed book on a wooden surface © Nancy Conley Pinkerton/shotbywomen

The Standard of St Mark, San Marco, the flag of the Republic of Venice, Venezia, featuring the Lion with its paw on a book, signifying peacetime. © Annie Green-Armytage/shotbywomen

A pink rose laying on a leather bound vintage book with a black background © Tracy Collyer/shotbywomen

Crocheted web with the word 'humble' above open book with a spider crawling on the pages © Nancy Conley Pinkerton/shotbywomen

Photo of Dancer on vibrant backdrop © Kate Winterbotham/shotbywomen

Photo of Dancer on vibrant backdrop © Kate Winterbotham/shotbywomen

London, UK. 15th Apr, 2022. A woman takes advantage of the of the quiet in St James Park and enjoys a book as temperatures reach 22c in the capitol. Credit: Penelope Barritt / shotbywomen © Penelope Barritt/shotbywomen

Vintage book with lit candle in holder in front on black background © Tracy Collyer/shotbywomen

Partial view of a vintage book with a pink rose layng on top © Tracy Collyer/shotbywomen

Open book with glasses on a red background © Tracy Collyer/shotbywomen

Long haired model / lady reading a book © Tracy Collyer/shotbywomen

Victorian / American Cival War Lady holding fan and book © Tracy Collyer/shotbywomen

Female school teacher face partialy hidden behind a book © Tracy Collyer/shotbywomen

Principal ballet dancer at the New York Ballet Charles Askegard lifts his bride, author and celebrity Candace Bushnell marries American, at the time of their wedding in 2002, in Siasconset, Massachuse... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Matthew Carter, British type designer, with the logo he designed for the Museum of Modern Art, at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Born 1937, he is an important font designer who has designed Ver... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Brian Sullivan, the former Harvard University archivist who discovered, transcribed and edited the 19th century diaries of Francis Ellingwood Abbot, published in the book, "If Ever Two Were One". © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Thomas Eidson, author of The Last Ride and a Fidelity Vice President, had his book made into the movie "The Missing" directed by Ron Howard. Thomas Eidson (born 1944) is an American author best known... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Matthew Carter, British type designer, with the logo he designed for the Museum of Modern Art, at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Born 1937, he is an important font designer who has designed Ver... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Matthew Carter, British type designer, with the logo he designed for the Museum of Modern Art, at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Born 1937, he is an important font designer who has designed Ver... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

James holds up cookbook and DIY tools in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, UK, May 23, 2020 James, television production manager, husband, dad and D.I.Y. maven "My role changed in that I normally wor... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

James with his daughters and their power washer in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, UK, May 23, 2020 James, television production manager, husband, dad and D.I.Y. maven "My role changed in that I no... © Suzanne Plunkett/shotbywomen

Self-portrait in an orange chair with a decaying book © Teresa Meier/shotbywomen

Vintage teawares and old books to evoke a cozy afternoon in © Quin Engle/shotbywomen

Celebrating vintage teaware and beloved books © Quin Engle/shotbywomen

Close-up of women's hands holding a Jewish prayer book with biblical Hebrew writings © Corinna Kern/shotbywomen

A young Caucasian boy sits on a white wooden chair to quietly read a book. © Clare McEwen/shotbywomen

A blind child reads from a book written in Braille © Linda Scuizzato/shotbywomen

Notes of Coronavirus symptoms alongside a Paracetamol pill packet. We fought the symptoms with Paracetamol, isolation, and absolute rest. This is a little notebook that we used to write the develop... © Romy Fernandez/shotbywomen

A woman with a blue waterproof coat and hood looks at routes in a climbing guide during a WomenClimb trip to Catalonia Spain, November 2018. © Natasha Hirst/shotbywomen

On a table lies a bible, a fresh mango and an ointment. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

The quiet room on Spiekeroog Island is nestled between sand dunes and provides shelter against the elements.People utilising this space are respectfully asked to keep the noise level to a minimum as n... © Svenja Block/shotbywomen

Diezyocho (XVlll) Gang member "El Body" with an album of photographs of his "homies". He is in the photograph on the right, pointing at his homie who is holding a gun. © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen

Closed book or journal, viewed from the base of the book. © Tracy Smith/shotbywomen

Brown book or journal taken in a studio setting seen from a corner angle. © Tracy Smith/shotbywomen

Prof Meena Upadhyaya OBE speaks at the launch of the book 'Seventy Years of Struggle and Achievement: Life stories of ethnic minority of women living in Wales' at the Butetown Community Centre, 20th N... © Natasha Hirst/shotbywomen

Vintage book with a vintage necklace laid on top © Tracy Collyer/shotbywomen

Yasmin Le Bon whilst judging at Salon Privé 2018 © Stella Scordellis/shotbywomen

Low light portrait of an Ethiopian Orthodox holy man in white robes and hat reading a religious book in Lalibela. © Linda Wride/shotbywomen

Local office workers take a lunch under a blossoming Cherry tree. They book their space on the tarpaulin and out of respect take their shoes off to eat their prepacked lunch together under the blossom... © Vicki Couchman/shotbywomen

Karafa Jabang, one of the museum attendants, in the doorway of the Maurel Freres building in Albreda/Juffureh (aka Juffure), now a museum dedicated to the Transatlantic slave trade. in Albreda. In 198... © Annie Green-Armytage/shotbywomen

Models of slaves in the scaled-down replica of a slave ship in the grounds of the Slavery Museum in Albreda/Juffereh (aka Juffure). In 1986 African-American Alex Haley traced his ancestral roots back... © Annie Green-Armytage/shotbywomen

The Children's Centre, a former school-house next to the Slavery Museum in Albreda. Now used as a gift shop. In 1986 African-American Alex Haley traced his ancestral roots back to Kunta Kinteh, a youn... © Annie Green-Armytage/shotbywomen

Western reef herons (Egretta gularis) perched on traditional pirogues (Gambian fishing boats) moored in the bay on the River Gambia outside Albreda and Juffureh (aka Juffure). In 1986 African-American... © Annie Green-Armytage/shotbywomen

Mural of a slave girl with ball and chain, with skulls at her feet. Situated on a building adjcent to the Museum commemorating the slave trade (Maurel Freres Building). In 1986 African-American Alex H... © Annie Green-Armytage/shotbywomen

Historic Cham texts, including their unique prayer books which blend Islam and Cham history are being preserved after having survived the period of the Khmer Rouge, when the were threatened with extin... © Jodi Hilton/shotbywomen