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The volume 'A Dozen Failures' by John GOSSAGE is both a unique statement as a photo book and a commentary on life in which failures are far more confusing than successes. They show us a love that has been lost through lack of skill and misunderstanding.

'Transparencies' by Stephen SHORE offers an alternative representation of that legendary episode on which 'Uncommon Places' is based. These parallel made 35mm works reimagine his signature themes through experiments with composition, attitude and color.

Out-of-print book 'South and West' by Charkles BRITTIN documents the American beat generation of the 1950s as well as the civil rights movement and the Black Panther Party at the end of the 60s. These two very different social revolutions are at its heart

The Essays from the 1970s and 80s in 'Photography Against the Grain' by Allan SEKULA show how he criticized photography, the circumstances of its production and consumption, and revealed from the perspective of an insider what the medium did not depict.

The out-of-print photo book compendium 'Japanese Photobooks of the 1960s and '70s' by Kaneko & Vartanian presents relevant publications of that era. Some of the most influential works and forgotten gems are presented and placed in a sociological context.

Self-published photo volume 'YAKUZA' by Belgian photographer Anton KUSTERS is a haunting reportage from the inner circle of organized crime in Japan. With a foreword by the US Magnum photographer David Alan HARVEY. It has already been reprinted twice.

In his black-and-white photo volume 'Night Walk' US-American photographer and New Yorker Ken SCHLES tells of his lost youth in Brooklyn. Twenty-five years after this groundbreaking volume of photographs 'Invisible City' the series were newly published.

Daido MORIYAMA's photo book 'Kanban' is the direct successor to 'KURA chan' in the series of hand-bound volumes with screen-printed envelopes. It contains photographs of billboards that can be found in large numbers on the streets of his favorite cities.

Zweite Auflage. Gebundene Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschienen), 24,5 x 30,5 x 3 cm., 338 S., S/W-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - TEXT ONLY IN GERMAN!