Aperture

US photographer Edward WESTON kept a diary in which he recorded his struggle to understand himself, society and his art. 'The Daybooks of Edward Weston' were edited by Nancy Newhall in two volumes: one for his time in Mexico and one for Californian time.

In his work, here in 'Figure & Ground', Richard RENALDI melds two classic photographic genres - portrait and landscape - into a single descriptive frame that speaks as much to a sense of the individuals before the lens as it does to the space they inhabit

'The Many Lives of Erik Kessels' provides an overview of how to better understand and appreciate the hybrid way of working of the Dutch photographic artist Erik KESSELS, who defies any categorization. With more than twenty works as well as many essays.

This book, 'Sketch of Paris' by JH ENGSTRÖM, presents his very personal view of Paris, with about 250 photographs taken between 1991 and 2012 - a lyrical account of misadventures, affairs and chance encounters in the streets, bars as well as artist lofts.

In his photo volume, 'KIN', South African photographer Pieter HUGO explores instead on his family the failure of South African colonization and his sense of being 'colonial driftwood', reflecting on the nature of conflicting personal collective narratives

'Intimate Distance' is the first comprehensive monograph chronicling the career of renowned photographer Todd HIDO. Author David Campany introduces the work, he specifically addresses the cinematic influences and the type of viewership his work requires.

2nd print run, HC with dust jacket, 28 x 35 x 2 cm., 112 pp., color ills., text language: English

This new edition of the photo book classic 'Nicaragua. June 1978 - July 1979' by American documentary photographer and Magnum member Susan MEISELAS is a groundbreaking contribution to the literature of committed photojournalism with bonus material on DVD.

With Photo essays by Henri CARTIER-BRESSON, Walker EVANS, Nan GOLDIN, W. Eugene SMITH, Mary Ellen MARK, Sebastiao SALGADO and James NACHTWEY

This out-of-print new edition of the 1965 monograph 'The Flame of Recognition' about American photographer Edward WESTON contains a cross-section of his work, with portraits and nature photographs as well as texts from his diaries and letters.

'Petrochemical America' by Richard MISRACH contains haunting photographs of the region and Kate Orff's 'Ecological Atlas' - a richly researched and concretely visualized study of the petrochemical industry and American culture that are closely interwoven.

In 'Selected Works, 1973-1981', fifteen photographers, curators & authors - David Campany, Paul GRAHAM, Guido GUIDI, Takashi HOMMA, Hans U. Obrist, Ed RUSCHA, Britt Salvesen, Taryn SIMON, Thomas STRUTH - describe the work of Stephen SHORE she amazes why.

Book in spitral binding, 22,5 x 30,5 x 3 cm., 288 ills., b/w ills., text language: English

A terrific introduction to the work of Lisette MODEL, one of the most important photographers of the 20th century - original format reissue. With 50 of her best images: rich idlers in the Southern France & sad, funny, often eccentric residents of New York

by Verna Posever Curtis, HC, 25 x 30,5 cm., 288 pp., text language: English

The photo volume 'Somnyama Ngonyama. Hail the Dark Lioness', the monograph by Zanele MUHOLI, one of today's most powerful visual activists, contains radical statements on identity, race and resistance, as well as a direct response to all forms of racism.

With works by Robert FRANK, Garry WINOGRAND, Joel STERNFELD, William EGGLESTON, Alec SOTH, Victor BURGIN, Taino ONORATO & Nico KREBS and many more

'Paz Errázuriz: Survey', accompanied the major retrospective of the photographic work of the Chilean photographer spanning more than forty years and includes more than 170 photographs and texts by Juan Vicente Aliaga, Gerardo Mosquera and Paulina Varas.

'Josef Koudelka. Next: A Visual Biography' by Melissa Harris - not a photo volume - is the definitive and only authorized biography of Josef KOUDELKA, an intimate portrait of the life and work of one of photography’s most renowned and celebrated artists.

This version of 'Gypsies' by Joseph KOUDELKA represents the first realization of the original maquette, which was created by the photographer together with graphic artist Milan Kopřiva in 1968 and was originally intended to be published in Prague in 1970.

'Violent Legacies' by Richard MISRACH is the third publication in the artist's ongoing 'Desert Cantos' series and depicts different aspects of the American West and the destructiveness of human nature. With a 4-page allegorical narrative by Susan Sontag.

Linen bound HC with dust jacket, 30 x 37 x 3,5 cm., 206 pp., 152 (+21 small) b/w ills., text language: English

The out-of-print photo volume 'Stepping Through the Ashes' by US Magnum photographer Eugene RICHARDS is a commemoration, a reflection on the events of 9/11 and an elegy to those who lost their lives. With a text by Janine Altongy.

HC, 21 x 24,5 x 1,5 cm., 168 pp., b/w ills., text language: English

Linen bound HC with dust jacket, 21,5 x 30 x 2 cm.,

'Manhattan Sunday' by Richard RENALDI is a tribute to a slice of New York nightlife of the 1980s - the photographs reflect the evolving identity of the city. In addition, he describes his experiences as a young man who had just embraced his gay identity.

HC with dust jacket, 25,5 x 33,5 x 2,5 cm., 192 pp., b/w ills., 1.600 gr., text language: English

The out-of-print photographic book 'Paul Strand: The World on my Doorstep' contains, in addition to his best pictures from his late years - 1950 to 9176 - an intimate biographical essay, as well as an essay by Ute Eskildsen on his portraits & landscapes.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 38 x 29 cm., 128 pp., 60 color ills., text language: English

In 'Todd HIDO on Landscapes, Interiors & the Nude,' the photographer, whose focus is on images from a personal perspective and a sense of intimacy, shares insights into his practice, discussing themes such as creating powerful stories of emotional weight.

'Paul Strand in Mexico' contains the photos, he has taken in the early 1930s, reflecting the development of his idea of the 'collective portrait' in which he depicted the region through individuals, still lifes, architecture as well as religious themes.

'Border Cantos' by Richard MISRACH is a unique melding of the artist as documentarian and interpreter. It includes several suites of photographs drawn from a number of distinct series or 'Cantos,' some made with a large-format camera as well as an iPhone.

During the work on the book 'As it may be', Bieke DEPOORTER gradually became aware of her status as an outsider - culturally and as a photographer. So she traveled back to Egypt with a book dummy and invited people to write comments directly on the photos

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 25 x 30 x 1 cm., 128 pp., b/w ills., text language: English

For out-of-print book 'Ghana. An African Portrait', Paul STRAND collected and found motifs - landscapes, architecture, portraits, street scenes - that were suitable for documenting the transition to modernization of Ghana, who had declared as independent.

This already out-of-print catalog from Mapfre pays tribute to the remarkable career of the American Emmet GOWIN and his influence on the medium. He took intimate portraits of his wife, continuing the photographic tradition of his mentor Harry CALLAHAN.

Re-edit, HC with dust jacket, 25 x 33 x 2,5 cm., 112 pp., b/w ills., text language, English

HC with Obi (no dust jacket, as issued), 23 x 32 x 1,5 cm., 96 pp., color ills., text language: English

In the volume 'On Landscape and Meaning' Richard MISRACH explains his creative process and discusses a wide range of topics: color photography as language, the play of light & atmosphere, to overcoming place & time through metaphor, myth, and abstraction.

HC with dust jacket, 25 x 30 x 4,5 cm., 412 pp., 200 ills., text language: English

In 'Satellites', Jonas BENDIKSEN takes us to the little-known worlds of Transnistria, Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, the Ferghana Valley, the Jewish Autonomous Region and spaceship accidents in the Kazakh steppe - the story of the Soviet collapse continues.

HC with dust jacket, 14 x 22 x 1,5 cm., 247 pp., b/w ills., text language: English

'Paul Strand. Southwest' reconstructs a previously largely unexplored period of his distinguished career through b&w photographs shown for the first time, including dramatic landscapes and decaying ghost towns, as well as a collection of notes & ephemera.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24,5 x 28,5 x 3,5 cm., 320 pp., b/w ills., text language: English. Aperture, 2016.

HC in Japanese binding, 24,5 x 34,5 x 1,5 cm., 80 pp., 40 color ills., text language: English

'What’s Ours' by Myriam BOULOS is a diaristic portrayal of a city & society in revolution, casting an unflinching eye on the revolution with protests against government corruption & austerity - culminating with the aftermath of the Beirut port explosion.

HC with dust jacket, 31 x 26,5 cm., 120 pp., color ills., text language: English

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 22,5 x x 27,5 x 3 cm., 392 pp., highly color illustrated, text language: English

'The Chinese Photobook. From the 1900s to the Present' covers titles from China, titles published in Europe about China as well as the propaganda production after the Chinese Revolution and self-published artist volumes from the turn of the millennium.

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.

Cloth bound HC with dustjacket, 25,5 x 31 x 2,5 cm., 184 pp., b/w ills., English

HC with dust jacket, 26 x 28 x 1,5 cm., 112 pp., b/w ills., text language: English

HC, 30,5 x 27,5 cm., 131 pp., text language: English

HC with dust jacket, 23,5 x 26,5 x 2 cm., 136 pp., approx. 72 color ills., 12 pp. text language: English

re-edit, linen bound HC with dust jacket, 30,5 x 29 cm., 108 pp., 52 b/w ills., text language: English

Out-of-print 'Small Wars' by Vietnamese-born photographer An-My LÉ in 1960 brings together 3 series in 1 book that are both documentary & staged: Images from her homeland processing the Vietnam War, battle compositions and military exercises in the desert