Best of 2020

The third artist book by EGGLESTON, first published in 1978, as a facsimile. The focus is on flowers in all their everyday splendor - be it as a kitsch spray made of gladiolus & carnations in a glass vase or as an abandoned bouquet on a white marble tomb.

In 'Ciprian Honey Cathedral' Raymond MEEKS carefully examines the legibility of our material surroundings and the people who are closest to us. He is known for using photography to poetically distill the boundaries of sight, awareness, and understanding.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 14 x 22,5 x 1,5 cm., 160 pp., 101 b/w ills.,

This out-of-print catalog, 'Photobloc. Central Europe in Photobooks', contains interesting essays on various topics in the history of Central European photo books and - in addition to many photo book illustrations - an article on East German photography.

The idea for the volume 'The Dreaming' by Yasuhiro OGAWA arose when he, on the occasion of his 50th birthday, went through his archives from 27 years as a photographer & traveler. The retrospective contains moments, which has something dreamlike for him.

In this photo volume, 'I walk toward the sun which is always going down' by Alan HUCK, a nameless, monologuing narrator wanders photographically through an American city. The indeterminate in photography and written language becomes an attention exercise.

This publication by MORIYAMA, 'Okinawa s49', with photos from 1974, appears in a new format, large and narrow, in a very limited quantity and stands out from the mass production due to its innovative design & craftsmanship. The first title in this format.

In the 'Osaka Diary' photo book, Peter BIALOBRZESKI focuses on the traditional economic center of Japan and one of the largest metropolitan regions in the world. The pictures in the 10th volume of his 'City Diary' series show a city in constant change.

This photo compendium celebrates the fortieth anniversary of the Hasselblad Award and the influential work of all its winners to date. They are international artists, innovators, activists and legends who have shaped the modern history of photography.

Distortions, experiments and illusions characterize GUIDI's early work from the late 1960s and early 70s, which he further developed by introducing a 'fisheye' lens. In 'Lunario' he returns to the moon as a source of stylistic and thematic inspiration.