Best of 2020

Found negatives from the Photo Kandiye archive are the basis for the self-published volume 'Fading Away' by the Turkish photographer Murat Yusuf SEN. The two texts contained therein also name the political aspect of the disappearance of people.

The poetic universe of Spanish photographer duo ALBARRÀN CABRERA is presented in this volume of the 'Des Oiseaux' photo book series in the form of a dreamlike journey to the land of birds. Each photo is like a story that seems to be stopped for a moment.

The photo booklet 'By the Sea' - a narrow and large-format - contains a collection of landscape photos that the OGAWA took during various stays on the Japanese coast in winter. In addition to works in b/w, like in 'Shimagatari', we see here works in color

In this photo volume, 'Seventy-Two and One Half Miles Across L.A.', Mark RUWEDEL documents a drive through Los Angeles, crossing as many geographical, economic, political and cultural boundaries as possible. Books by Ed RUSCHA served him as inspiration.

British photographer Jack DAVISON shoots like a painter and in this way brings out the surreal and sensual from the stuff of everyday life. With their deep shadows and tight frames, his photographs have a cinematic quality.

The German-language text volume 'About my artists' contains speeches, lectures, texts about German and international photographers, artists, friends, books and works on the 75th birthday of the publisher's founder and director Lothar Schirmer.

'La Puente' about women in a brothel in Ecuador by Charlotte SCHMITZ won the FotoEvidence competition to publish the series as a book. The polaroids were created in cooperation with the women, who chose their poses and painted the photos with nail polish.

Limitierte Ausgabe mit Print! Gebundene Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag, wie erschienen, 21,5 x 26,5 x 2,5 cm., 192 S., Farbabbildungen, deutsch-sprachiger Text - ONLY GERMAN!

The self-published photo volume 'Wet City / Islak Kent' Murat Yusuf SEN's contribution to the urban change in Istanbul. He contrasts the rapid development with the slow process of the collodion wet process from the beginnings of photography.

Pb. with cloth spine (no dust jacket, as issued, offset litho printed on coated FSC, uncoated FSC, bible paper and recycled coloured paper), 31 x 23 x 2 cm, 180 pp. with many foldouts, 46 color & 37 b/w photographs, 8 ills., 9 press cuttings, text languag