Abstract: Methods of and apparatus for photographing pages of a book, which is stitched and bound so as to form a seam separating adjacent sequential pages, enable one to photograph the book on a strip of film with the pages sequentially ordered and oriented in the same direction. Essentially, the apparatus for practicing the method includes a camera which is mounted on a housing that has a hollow member with an aperture or opening that fits over a single page of the book. The camera is mounted for rotation relative to the housing so that after one page is photographed, the camera may be rotated 180.degree. to maintain the orientation of the film strip in the same direction as the first page when the housing and book are rotated relative to one another through 180.degree. to register a subsequent page with the housing. Rotation of the housing and book relative to one another may be accomplished by holding the housing still and rotating the book 180.degree. or by holding the book still and rotating the housing 180.