Photographer from Africa

In the photo volume 'Avenue Patrice Lumumba' the South African photographer Guy TILLIM deals with the urban architecture of colonial and post-colonial society in Africa. His focus is on their changes due to multiple shifts in power over the past 50 years.

The comprehensive publication 'The How we See: Photobooks by Women' is an invaluable reference. Sien contains current and historical photo books by women photographers, a chronology and essays on the history and practice of photo books by women.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 19 x 25,5 cm., 184 pp., 100 b/w ills,, text language: English

SC, 24 x 28 cm., 140 pp., b/w & color ills., text language: English

HC, 30 x 30 cm., 108 pp.

The b/w photographs in 'It's too funky in here' dance like the photographed dancers, twinkle like the eyes of the portrayed youth. Malick SIDIBE is the catcher of joy. Omnipresent at decisive moments that really needed to be caught - the memory of Bamako.

SC, 25 x 32,5 cm., 168 pp.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 24 x 32 cm., 96 pp., text langauge: English

'Life & Afterlife in Benin' opens a new chapter in the history of photography in Africa. Portraits of the photographers in Benin are marked by dark dramas and deep mysticisms; they show a people caught between a pre-colonial past & a post-colonial future.

by Hans-Michael Koetzle. Hardcover in slipcase, 25,5 x 30 x 12 cm., 512 pp. - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!