Kehrer Verlag

For her photo book 'Betweenness', Israeli photographer Lili ALMOG was inspired by the veiling practices of an extremist Jewish sect. In a novel representation of the veil, she raises questions about freedom and faith and how these truths can coexist today

In this volume, 'Blood Orange / Naranja de Sangre', Liza AMBROSSIO, infected by the aesthetics of Japanese counterculture and Aztec rituals of human sacrifice, she mixes psychological techniques of manipulation, with science, fiction, eruro & witchcraft.

HC with dust jacket, 23,5 x 31 cm., 116 pp., 54 color ills., text language: English

The photo volume'Tokyo Jazz Joints' by Northern Irish photographer Philip ARNEILL and James Catchpole documents the culture of disappearing jazz pubs and cafes in Japan / Tokyo, the Jazu Kissa, where jazz records are played and time seems to stand still.

The compendium 'Augen auf!' offers an art and cultural history of the Leica from the 1920s to the present day. With essays on the technical genesis of the Leica, its influence on modern photojournalism and its significance for the photographic avant-garde

'Where the World is Melting', is the first compilation by Ragnar AXELSSON himself of his 40-year life's work.It includes his highly acclaimed series 'Faces of the North', 'Glacier' and 'Last Days of the Arctic' as well as a previously unpublished series.

'Arctic Heroes' by Ragnar AXELSSON takes a moving look at the fate of the Greenland sled dog. Where the melting ice sheet is irrevocably destroying the traditional way of life of the hunters, global warming is an immediate threat to their daily survival.

In 'Cut Outs' Jessica BACKHAUS consequently continues her path of abstraction already taken in photo volume 'A Trilogy' - using analog methods she creates and documents visual experimental arrangements, poetic choreographies of intense, sunlighted colors.

Jassica BACKHAUS shows in 'Jesus and the Cherries' people in their apartments, at work, and in the untouched Polish landscape. The pictures are neither intrusive nor tactless; she encounters people with dignity and full of admiration for the way of life.

This new edition of 'Once, Still and Forever' (original released in 2013) is limited to 1,000 signed copies. BACKHAUS proves her infallible instinct for picture compositions that open up a cosmos of unforeseen meanings in the midst of loving familiarity.

SIGNED COPY! Out-of-print 'One Day in November' by Jessica BACKHAUS is a tribute to Gisèle FREUND on what would have been her one 100th birthday in Dec. 2008, a testament to the friendship between a great photographer and a student in Paris during the 90s

Colorful studies of form & light in the book 'Plein Soleil' by Jessica BACKHAUS are the logical continuation of her 'Cut Outs', in exploring the photographic possibilities of abstraction and crossing the boundary between documentary & poetic photography.

At first unconsciously, then more and more purposefully, the photographer sets out to find her own origin. Jessica BACKHAUS' color photographs have metaphorical potential and work against the grain of classic social documentary photography.

This photo book combines three series with around forty colored works each. The photographer Jessica BACKHAUS is breaking new ground in 'Trilogy' and integrating components from mixed media, painting and collage that expand and deepen these abstractions.

SIGNED COPY! 'What Still Remains' contains fifty color photographs created since 2006 in various locations. Jessica BACKHAUS examines why things that have been forgotten or left behind pop up in specific places and then seem to take on a life of their own

The atalogue cvolume 'Roger Ballen. Call of the Void' combines color & b/w images from the photo series 'Asylum of the Birds' and 'Roger's Rats' as well as a three-dimensional, walk-in multimedia work that forces the viewer to confront their own emptiness

'Hello Camel' by Christoph BANGERT documents the bitter absurdity of war in Afghanistan, Gaza, Darfur, Lebanon and Iraq. He contrasts the clichéd notion of modern war as a fast-paced, dramatic and heroic event with calm and tidy, strange and alien images.

'Rumors of War' by Christoph BANGERT is a personal diary of a former war photographer. He describes his inner conflict between the egoism driven feeling of doing something meaningful and the concern of his family & friends going through hell emotionally.

'Am I exploiting the people in my pictures? Is it moral to work as a war photographer? Why are we attracted to images of other's misery? Am I producing war pornography?' In 'War Porn' Christoph BANGERT dares to experiment with turning off self-censorship.

The colourful 'Desert Birds' series by Werner BARTSCH was taken at aircraft storage areas in the USA, which are normally sealed off from the outside world. This photographic volume is a tribute to countless hours in the skies as well as to long journeys.

In 'No Land called Home', Wolfgang BELLWINKEL combines pictures taken in Asia meet war and post-war photographs from Afghanistan, the Middle East and the Balkans. He demonstrates a biographically oriented photography - author & global events are a unity.

This monograph on the work of the German photographer Sibylle BERGEMANN, published on the occasion of her 75th birthday, documents a representative exhibition of her work that was shown simultaneously at three locations in Berlin in spring 2017.

In her photographic volume 'Inventur' Mira BERGMÜLLER gives insight into rooms of the collegiate church St. Margarethen, describing the church from its everyday use and thus sharpens the view for art and architecture as witnesses of a history of faith.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 18,5 x 24 cm., 268 pp., 175 color ills., English

HC, 24 x 17,5 x 2 cm., 120 pp., 87 duotone b/w ills., text language: English

The volume 'My Sylt. Neues aus dem Archiv des Inselfotografen' with works by Bleicke BLEICKEN represents a journey into the past of Germany's most popular vacation island and contains previously unpublished treasures. He captured life on Sylt for decades.

The photo volume 'Sylt. Meine Insel' shows b/w images by Bleicke BLEICKEN from the first half of the 20th century. Family pictures alternate with experimental light studies, social documentary photography stands next to contemplative landscape scenes.

In 'We Share the Meal' by Lars BORGES, the complex relationship with food is explored through a personal relationship. A fictional journey, because all forms of social coexistence are connected by narratives that not infrequently emerge at dinner table.

'Outside Room 8' by Lotte BRONSGEEST presents a documentary of the life of Geert Broertjes after his cancer diagnosis. It visualizes the patient experience with common cancer treatments by subjecting film reels and negatives to the same healing procedures

Children photobook 'Menschen und andere Tiere' by BROOMBERG & CHANARIN looks at the world into a witty, playful photo ABC. The imagery, coupled with photos makes an alternative reading experience. Redesigned German edition, adapted to German sign language

The autobiographical documentation 'Fucking Carpe Diem' by Finnish photographer Elina BROTHERUS deals with the highly taboo topic of unwanted childlessness. Intelligently designed, the volume takes the viewer on an emotional journey into the human soul.

Elina BROTHRUS found points of departure for the book 'Seabound' in the collection of Sørlandets Kunstmuseum. Some works are based on 19th century Romantic paintings, others on performative scores, for example by Yoko Ono, Valle Export or John Baldessari.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 17 x 24 cm., 488 pp., 273 color & 34 b/w ills., bilingual text: English / French

This photographic catalog, which accompanied the Harry CALLAHAN retrospective exhibition, presents the full range of his diverse photographic work, the result of his tireless and prolific creative activity over the course of some sixty years.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 28 x 28 x 2 cm., 144 pp., 71 color ills., bilingual text: French / English

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 27 x 27 cm., 144 pp., 117 color ills., bilingual texts: German / English

Half cloth bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24 x 30,5 cm., 184 pp., 114 color ills., bilingual: German / English

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24 x 30,5 cm., 284 pp., 128 color ills., bilingual texts: German / English

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24 x 30,5 x 2 cm., 240 pp., 184 color & 1 b/w ills., bilingual text: German / English

This photo volume, 'Critical Mass' by Michael DANNER, allows a rare glimpse inside the power plants. Sybren KUIPER's book design refers to historical overlays as well as the confrontation between opponents of nuclear power plants and the state authorities

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 30 x 24 cm., 96 pp., 50 color ills., text language: English

In 'Land ohne Eltern', Andrea DIEFENBACH describes the situation of migrant workers from Moldova. The photos illustrate the distance between two spatially separated worlds: that of the children left behind at home and that of the parents in the distance.

In her photo volume 'Summer Heart', Cologne based photographer Thekla EHLING accompanies the growing up of her own children. She documents situations and moods and the viewer finds himself entangled in associations and memories of his own childhood.

Open bound pb. in box, 11,5 x 15 x 2 cm., 104 pp., 79 color ills., bilingual text: German / English, Ltd. to 500 numbered copies

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 19,5 x 24 cm., 252 pp., 127 color & 30 b/w ills., blingual: German / English

In discreet and yet intimate photographs, Sibylle FENDT tells in 'Gärtners Reise' a love story of growing apart, finding each other again, and then disappearing. The images are not documents of the trip but symbols for a journey into unknown territory.

The long-time project by the Ostkreuz photographer documents the emptiness of the refugee accommodation H8 - not a place, but only a street and a stream in the middle of the forest. Three years behind closed curtains - outside the beautiful Black Forest.

'My Mind's Eye' about Peter FINK shows his b/w photographs from Japan, France, Portugal, North Africa as well as the Middle East. Art, culture & social issues are his themes - along with portraits, fashion, surreal still lifes & architectural reflections.

Cloth bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), approx. 22 x 29 cm., 100 pp., color & b/w ills., text language: English

'Conversations on Photography' setzt sich in Gesprächen zwischen Fotograf:innen mit dem schnell wachsenden, zukunftsorinetierten Medium Fotografie aus der Sicht der nordischen Länder auseinander sowie Rolle und Aufgabe der Kunst innerhalb der Gesellschaft

Swiss bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 30 x 30 x 1,5 cm., 108 pp., 66 duplex b/w ills., text language: English

The book 'Ralph Gibson. Secret of Light' brings together key series of the photographer's work and describes his artistic development from the 1960s to the present day. The playful use and design of light is an essential part of his unmistakable signature

The name of this photo volume by Bruce GILDEN, 'Hey Mister, throw me some beads!', comes from a phrase of the famous Mardi Gras of New Orleans. Between 1974 and 1982, the American photographer documented the spectacle in his typical street photographs.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24,5 x 30 cm., 216 pp., 128 color ills., English

Gebundene Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschienen) 23 x 33 x 2 cm., 76 S., 59 Farb-Abb.., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

'Kachalka' is the name of a Ukrainian open-air fitness center in Kyiv, which consists of archaic-looking, mostly self-made exercise equipment. Bodybuilders of all ages act as a powerful and ironic visual metaphor for the spirit of optimism of those years.

'Ha Aretz' by Roger GRASAS is carefully researched and shows photos from all the territories that belong to the Holy Land, documenting the settings of the most important narratives of the Holy Scriptures, whose relevance is also described in a booklet.

'Twentysix Houses Along Waldeggstrasse' by Otto HAINZL quotes the artist book 'Twentysix Gasoline Stations' by Ed RUSCHA. The b/w images by the Austrian show the empty buildings of a street in Linz as well as the social dramaturgy of urban development.

Salvador Dalí is shown roped off a helicopter by his famous mustache, or in a rain of popcorn and baguettes. French Magnum photographer Philippe HALSMAN and the painter created a body of work over three decades that was in many ways ahead of its time.

The volume 'Roadside Meditations' by Rob HAMMER contains color images taken while driving through the USA. He does not depict people at all - it is the structures and lines of road architecture, landscapes, road signs and lane markings that fascinate him.

This out-of-print catalog on the work of Jitka HANZLOVÁ gathers together her most important series from 1990 until those from the early 2020s. The photographs by the Czech photographer are equally captivating for their objectivity and their empathy.

This four-volume photo book set, 'Erde, Feuer, Wind, Wasser' by Damian HEINISCH, explores the cultural & collective heritage of Central Europe through his own family history. In addition to the photographs, the set includes bilingually reproduced texts.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 28 x 24 cm., 112 pp., 72 color ills., English

In her debut 'Sworm Virgins', Pepa HRISTOVA deals with the last man-women of Europe. These so-called sworm virgins are respected, acquire the status of men and they fill their role so perfectly that they are hardly recognizable as women outside the family

The b/w photographs Fie JOHANSEN published in her recently published photo book 'All the Things You Are' were taken during a period of two years at Copenhagen Zoo. They show a strong, non-verbal connection between the zoo inhabitants and the photographer.

In 'Growing Up Travelling. The Inside World of the Irish Traveller Children' Jamie JOHNSON documents her fascination with the resilience and optimism of children of 'travelling people', an extremely poor population group affected by social discrimination.

Photo artist Jaakko KAHILANIEMI owns 100 ha of forest. With his conceptual project '100 Hectares of Understanding' he tries to better understand his forest area and to show new ways of thinking and methods of how one can experience and feel the forest.

The images contained in 'Abandoned Moments' by Ed KASHI show fleeting yet unique moments full of exuberant energy - the chaos of everyday life. In contrast to his journalistic approach, here he abandons himself entirely to the untamed energy of the moment

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 25 x 33 x 2 cm., 152 pp., 74 color ills., text language: English

In out-of-print photo book 'Illuminance', Rinko KAWAUCHI continues her investigation of the particular in the everyday, magically drawn to the fundamental cycles of life and the seemingly unintentional, fractal-like order of nature in formal structures.

The photo book 'New Life. Russen - Juden - Deutsche' by documentary photographer Michael KERSTGENS is the printed version of his long-term project on Jewish life in Germany. It contains reports on Jewish families that were photographed in the early 1990s.

'Tito' by Friso KEURIS and designed by Teun van der HEJDEN, deals with the self-image of the then Yugoslav President Tito, using photos of the preserved, shielded summer residence. The inside part establishes a connection to the later committed war crimes

'The Children of Bergen-Belsen' Maria KLENNER deals with the fates of children who were born in Bergen-Belsen shortly after the end of the World War. The study sheds light on questions of history & migration, identity & belonging, trauma & new beginnings.

In 'Nemurushima. The Sleeping Island', Kentaro KUMON documents Teshima, an island of the Shiwaku archipelago. Once playing an important role in maritime trade, Teshima has only about a dozen inhabitants to date. Listen to the silent sleep of this island.

The photo volume '1078 Blue Skies / 4432 Days' by Anton KUSTERS contains limited edition Polaroid photos of the abstract blue skies above European concentration camps of the German Nazi regime. It is the result of a long-term project lasting six years.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 18 x 24 x 1,5 cm., 112 pp., 83 b/w duplex ills., bilingual text: French / English

In his photo book 'Tales from the City of Gold'Jason LARKIN shows life in out-of-place legacies of the former gold mines in South Africa. He documents as well as illuminates the stubbornly ignored reality of those places & their denied ecological legacies

HC (no dust jacket, as issued) 16,5 x 23 cm., 144 pp., 8 b/w-, 11 duotone- and 40 color ills., trilingual: English, French, German

The catalog 'Saul Leiter. Die Große Retrospective' sheds new light on one of photography's most enigmatic figures. It shows New York street scenes, fashion & nude photographs and makes archive material, contact prints & notebooks accessible to the public.

The accompanying catalog of the retrospective of the work by Saul LEITER features his early black-and-white as well as color photographs and, for the first time, his fashion photography, also the overpainted nudes, his paintings as well as his sketchbooks

'The Unseen Saul Leiter' shows for the first time 76 rediscovered works from an extraordinary photographic treasure trove of more than 40,000 color slides left by the American photographer at his death, only a fraction of which ever saw the light of day.

'Take Me to Live with You' by Sonia LENZI is a declaration of love to Italy and its people. She visited elderly people who have transmitted cultural, political as well as moral values in their lives, in order to preserve these for future generations.

English catalog (2nd) for the Helen LEVITT retrospective exhibitions in London & in New York, containing around 130 of the most famous works, some of which are shown for the first time. She's one of the earliest representatives of 'New Color Photography'

German catalog edition, published in the occasion of the Helen Levitt retrospective in Vienna.

HC, 24,5 x 20,5 cm., 105 pp., text language: English

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 21,5 x 31 x 1,5 cm., 112 pp., 50 color ills., bilingual text: English / fFench

'Common Dreams' by Kai LÖFFELBEIN reflects China's change and the existing contrasts. It critically examines its social and economic transformation with a focus on the lives of migrant workers who have to live in the outskirts of the large metropolises.

In this photo book of the collective 'MAANANTAI' - Anne GOLAZ, Jonna KINA, Tanja KOLJONEN, Jaana MAIJALA, Juuso NORONKOSKI, Mikko RIKALA, Maija SAVOLAINEN & Anne YLI-IKKELÄ - the escaping horizon stands for the impossibility of reaching absolute goals.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 22 x 28 cm., 72 pp., 42 color ills., text language: English

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 30,5 x 28 cm., 180 pp., 57 duotone ills., trilingual text: English / French / Portuguese

With his book with analogue color photographs, 'Enter the Forest', Alexandre Miguel MAIA continues a tradition that sees the forest as a recurring theme in photography. The book was printed on certified recycled paper and produced entirely in Germany.

The book 'Between Girls' by American photographer Karen MARSHALL shows a group of teenagers in New York and documents the emotional bonds between 16-year-old girls to show as well as their symbolic relationships. The book design is by Teun van der HEIJDEN

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), approx. 24 x 32 cm., 128 pp., approx. 80 color ills., bilingual text: English / French Available soon ISBN 978-3-86828-924-4 2019 Artist: Ann Massal Design: João Linneu

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 20 x 24 cm., 216 pp., 95 color ills., text language: English

Gebundene Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschienen), 21,5 x 26,5 x 2,5 cm., 1,000 gr., deutsch-sprachiger Text - TEXT ONLY IN GERMAN!