Cologne based Emons Verlag has made a name for itself with its regional AND international photo books. Renowned contemporary photographers are represented here as well as modern classics like August Sander, Lewis Hine or Annelise Kretschmer.

This book, 'Fotogeschichten Sülz und Klettenberg. 1855-1985', shows the neighborhoods from the end of 19th century to 1980 and the people who lived and worked here. Images, texts & commentaries make this contribution to Cologne's urban history so valuable
35,00 € *
'Nachtfahrt. A Taxi Blues' by Josef ŠNOBL shows the happiness & misery of the cab business in poignant pictures, unbelievable events and observations. A unique insight into the phenomenon of the big city between drunks, celebrities and business travelers.
25,00 €
'Cologne and its photo books. Cologne in the photo book from 1853 to 2010 'by Werner Schäfke shows the city as a large puzzle. Whether published in-house, on behalf of the city or industry, they document the diversity of this old & young Rhine metropolis.
38,00 € * Weight 2 kg
'Annelise Kretschmer. Photographien 1922-1975' shows her special sensorium for the depiction of men & women. Her portraits of children were distinguished from other examples of this genre in the history of German photography by a great deal of sensitivity
10,00 € *
The many unpublished pictures in this volume illustrate the social change from a clerical to a cosmopolitan, modern society. A photo book about the growth and development of the Saarland between crisis and restructuring.
0,00 € *
HC with dust jacket, 28,5 x 31 x 3,5 cm., 320 pp., b/w ills.., text language: German - GERMAN TEXT ONLY! Emons Verlag, 2013.
0,00 € *
The 50s and 60s were the most exciting time for car enthusiasts. The expertly researched German-language book '111 Oldtimer-Stories der 50er und 60er Jahre, die man kennen muss' by Martin Nusch contains the 111 best stories - illustrated with photographs.
30,00 € *
The photo book 'Cologne as it was. 408 photographs from 1920 to 1939 'by August SANDER, shows the images for the first time as the photographer created them. The German language volume also contains an introduction to its history and editorial corrections
from 34,00 € Weight 4.5 kg
The book 'Persil and Petticoat. Cologne from 1949 to 1959. Photographs by Fred Jaeger' offers insights into everyday life, mood & zeitgeist of an era. The pictures tell of the new joie de vivre and the longing for variety: A decade of Cologne comes alive.
from 35,00 €
This report, 'Garzweiler' (or how the lignite connection burns up an entire region), with b/w photographs by Eusebius WIRDEIER, reveals the machinations of a powerful lignite connection of business, politics and trade unions in the fight for Garzweiler II
from 48,00 € Weight 0.6 kg
'Fotografen sehen Köln' contains works by Cologne photographers such as August Sander, Werner Mantz, August Kreyenkamp, Karl Hugo Schmölz, Heinrich Ewertz a.o., which show the historical upheavals and the rapid development of the medium of photography.
55,00 € *
HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 30 x 21 x 1,5 cm., 101 pp., b/w ills., 990 gr., German text only
24,00 € *
In 'Köln in Wirtschaftswunderzeiten' (economic miracles), Heinz HELD portrays the city of Cologne its residents from the 'rubble times' to the mid-1970s. The era of acceleration & expansion is reflected in its views of buildings, everyday life & portraits
29,80 € *
Gebundene Ausgabe mit Schutzumschlag, 28,5 x 31 cm., 320 S., etwa 300 S/W- & Farb-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!
0,00 € *
Broschierte Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschienen), 18 x 26 x 1 cm., 121 S., 111 S/W-Aufnahmen, deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!
28,00 € *
'Kino in Köln' (Cinema in Cologne) offers an in-depth look at the cinema city. From the 1st cinema, to boarding houses, film palaces & box cinemas, to multiplex. Owners & employees report on stars & premieres, the great crisis and the boom of mainstream.
38,00 € * Weight 1.2 kg
'Chargesheimer fotografiert Jazz' contains portraits of musicians and their Cologne performances, as well as studio shots that also served as models for posters and record covers. Of around 600 negatives, a large part is published here for the first time.
35,00 € * Weight 1.9 kg
B/w photographs from the 1920s to 1950s, some of which were published for the first time, create a small custom painting of a time when not only the region, which is still rural, has crossed the threshold of modernity, but also the photography itself.
0,00 € * Weight 2.7 kg
'Fotogeschichten Kölner Südstadt' tells the story of the Severinsviertel. In addition to photographs by CHARGESHEIMER, it contains private photos by Wolfgang NIEDECKEN, who grew up here, as well as pictures taken between 2019 and 2023 by Eusebius WIRDEIER
49,95 € *
The out-of-print photographic volume 'Kölner Lieblingsorte' by Britta SCHMITZ contains a selection of Cologne city pictures - precisely observed and with surprising views, because it is a lively city with character, brittle charm and a special atmosphere.
28,00 € * Weight 0.8 kg
In his photo volume 'Praga Obscura' Czech photographer Josef ŠNOBL intimately recounts his youth in a city that was gray and depressing for him, accompanied by haunting black-and-white photographs from the 1970s and the period from 1990 onwards.
25,00 € * Weight 0.7 kg
'Koks und Cola. Das Ruhrgebiet der 1950er Jahre' (the Ruhr Area in the 50s) offers a moving look at the region that was once the engine of the economic miracle, selected from 100s of thousands of photos, in large format and new, high-resolution technology
148,00 € * Weight 1.8 kg
Edited by Walter M. Weiss. Hardcover with dust jacket, 28,5 x 31 cm., 320 S., S/W- & Farb-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!
0,00 € *
This out-of-print volume, 'Kirmes Südstadt 1961' with photographs by Erik SCHWARZ, documents - like the early photo book classic 'Unter Kranenbäumen' by CHARGESHEIMER - Cologne local color and the living conditions of ordinary people in post-war Cologne.
from 28,00 € Weight 0.5 kg
Gebundene Ausgabe mit Schutzumschlag, 28,5 x 31 x 3,5 cm., 320 S., S/W-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!
20,00 € *