The Guide by John Myers draws from all three of Myers's previous books published by RRB Photobooks—The Portraits, Looking at the Overlooked and The End of Industry—and combines the best of those images with Myers's own unique prose, providing what reviewer Brad Feuerhelm called the only definitive answer to his question: 'there are images in this book that I just cannot see being made ever, let alone when they were—And THEY WORK. How does one come up with taking those images?' Myers demonstrates his remarkable self-awareness with a wry wit in describing his pictures; like the best of teachers he is neither dry nor academic, but draws the reader into conversation. The book is very much a photobook, and its large format gives Myers's images the size and space they deserve. Each story stands on its own page among its companion images, allowing the text to be dipped into at will as the eye takes in the rich visuals. Also featured are five previously unpublished images, including two rare self-portraits contemporaneous with the rest of Myers's work; together with the prose, they provide a window into the man himself.