Hartmann Books was founded by Angelika & Markus Hartmann with Nadine Engler to show and publish works that are convincing and relevant to the topics of our time. The project is based on the belief that the book is still a relevant medium of human culture.

'Gaudi, Impresiones Intimas' by Aitor ORTIZ represents an artistic interpretation using the means of photography, poetry, book design & printing. The result: a Bible-like publication that is impressive in its minimalism, precisely designed and implemented
128,00 € Weight 1 kg
HC (no dust jacket, as issued but with Obi belt), 22,5 x 30 x 1,5 cm., 96 pp., color ills., bilingual text: German / English, Ltd. to 300 copies
35,00 € *
'Ein gutes Bild muss scharf sein' closes a gap in the literature about Arnold ODERMATT, who as a self-taught photographer in the post-war period recorded accidents, police service, everyday life as well as his family with his 6x6 medium format camera.
16,80 € * Weight 0.4 kg
Special ed. with Print, 'Stillleben mit Himbeeren und Birnen' (Fine art print, 24 × 30 cm.), folder with print and book, signed, Ltd. to 50 copies. Also available as trade edition without print
180,00 € *
HC (two different cover colors, no dust jacket, as issued), 16,5 x 20,5 cm., 64 pp., 20 color ills., bilingual text: German / English
24,00 € *
Open binded HC, 29 x 29 x 1 cm., 64 pp., 42 color ills., text language: English
38,00 € *
HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 22 x 24 cm., 72 pp., 30 color ills., multi-lingual text: German / Russian / English
28,00 € *
In 'Hinterland', Hans-Christian SCHINK tries to strike a balance between the brittle beauty of this landscape form and its melancholy atmosphere, which results from the endangerment of this landscape by the permanent exploitation of its resources.
from 45,00 € Weight 1.3 kg
The book, 'War of Whispers' by John WILLHEIM is about what was later called 'the CIA's secret war' conflict in Laos in the 1960s/1970s. The photographer's sympathies were with the Hmong who fought this proxy war. The book design is by Sybren (SYB) KUIPER.
49,00 € *
'Sibylle' showcases photographers, fashion- & graphic designers, models, writers as well as its political & sociocultural background of almost 50 year long publishing history as the definitive publication on an important chapter of German media history.
0,00 €
Photo book 'Autobahn' by Berlin based Ostkreuz photographer Jörg BRÜGGEMANN contains color photographs of German motorways that were taken between 2014 and 2019. It questions the present and future significance of the achievement from the Weimar Republic.
from 38,00 € Weight 1.2 kg
'Give my regards to Elizabeth' is Peter BIALOBRZESKI's first photo book - clearly influenced by British color photography of the 1980s. Now, 27 years after the hand-made copies, the Trade Edition followed as facsimile in the original layout.
from 34,00 €
Threadknotted pb. with dust jacket, 17 x 24 cm., 56 pp., 40 color ills., bilingual text: Englisch / Deutsch
18,00 € *
Photo volume 'Nowhere' by Frank van der SALM - designed by Irma BOOM - shows a world that is mainly about Instagrammability. Architecture, design and cityscape driven by the mechanisms of global big business - everywhere the same antiseptic beauty.
from 55,00 €
'Berlin 1966-70' by Arwed MESSMER shows the student protests from the perspective of the Berlin police. For this he digitized over 1000 negatives. Edited in a film-like sequential narrative structure, he breaks down the boundaries between photo and film.
45,00 € *
HC (tipped-in image, no dust jacket, as issued), 22,5 x 28,5 cm., 96 pp., 39 color ills., bilingual text: English / German
38,00 € *
The atmospheric images in Michael LANGE's photo book 'Cold Mountain' combine the quiet majesty of mountain landscapes with fleeting moments of nature perception.
 How do we perceive what we see, and how do we find ways to express feelings in pictures?
48,00 € *
Leporello, 11 × 13,5 x 1,5 cm., 17 post cards on one printed sheet, English, Ltd. to 800 copies
12,00 € *
The photo volume 'Tree and Soil', combines their own landscape photographs from Fukushima with historical material from a naturalist. Robert KNOTH and Antoinette de JONG underline the value of nature by interpreting changes documented in photographs.
from 55,00 € Weight 0.6 kg
HC with foil stamping (no dust jacket, as issued), 23 x 29 cm., 104 pp., 84 duotone b/w ills., bilingual texts: German / English
0,00 € *