Soul South (2022)
African-American Portraits in the Deep South, 1977 (English)
Photo Love
Foto rabu (フォト ラブ)
Tokyo: Gentōsha, 1999. ISBN 4877282742. Essays on Kei Orihara’s life and career in photography. (Japanese)
Children of the World – Thailand
Tai: Mana to midori no taichi (タイ マナと緑の大地). Tokyo: Kaisei-sha, 1988. A book for younger readers about children in Thailand. (Japanese)
English version text by David K. Wright and MaryLee Knowlton. Milwaukee: Stevens, 1988. ISBN 1555322239. (English)
Water Tanks in New York
Kujō no tongari bōshi (屋上のとんがり帽子). September 2002 issue of the magazine Gekkan Takusan no fushigi (月刊たくさんのふしぎ). Tokyo: Fukuinkan Shoten, 2002. Reissued, 2008. ISBN 978-4-8340-2300-8. Photographs and text by Kei Orihara. For younger readers. About the rooftop water towers of New York City. (Japanese)
Jana – The New York Girl
(ジャナ The New York Girl). Tokyo: Shueisha, 1983. ISBN 4087724573. Photobook, with essays, about a girl in New York, Atlanta, and Half Moon Bay. (Japanese)
Child with Visual Impairment
Me ni shōgai no aru ko to issho ni (目に障害のある子といっしょに)
Text by Tsuneyuki Takeuchi (竹内恒之).
Tokyo: Kaisei-sha, 2000. ISBN 978-4-03-543210-4. Book for younger readers about blind people. (Japanese)