Michael W. Lemberger was the co-author and illustrator of more than two dozen books. As a teacher of photography, he created his own textbook (Focus on Photos). As a collector of historic images, he created themed volumes of photographs, presenting a catalog of The Lemberger Collection which provided additional information and presented the images in context.
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