Koenig Books

The title of the out-of-print autonomous artist book 'Sindbad' by Gerhard RICHTER comes from a series of 98 colored lacquer paintings behind glass (2008). Already in his first installation he created the book's concept by putting them together as diptychs

Re-edit, Four slipcased HC, 32,5 x 45 cm., 828 pp., more than 5,000 color ills., on 809 tabloids, bilinguale text: German / English

With its generous image flow, this book, 'A Diary', celebrates important Japanese photographer Daido MORIYAMA as the 2019 Hasselblad Award winner and his highly influential, lifelong radical and authentic approach to photography.

Crossfading of human bodies in the karst coastal landscape of the Crimean peninsula. The protagonists were taken from contemporary history & the present. MIKHAILOV reproduces here the history of photographic image production in resolution and form finding

'I love you stupid' illustrates the fast life of young deceased artist Dash SNOW and his importance for the New York scene. The abundance of material as well as the 'appearances' of many people of the scene make this volume a document of US youth culture.

In 'Diary' Boris MIKHAILOV tells about his life: Historical, but above all private memories in notes, colorings, crossings out, scratches, stains & photo fixing adhesive strips. A poignant chronicle, often ruthless and cynical, carried by the love of life

Here, the work by Francesca WOODMAN is read for the first time in the context of the photographic 'Tableaux Vivant'. She used her body as a medium & as an actor and devoted herself to two with femininity associated genres: female nude and 'living image'.

'Ludwig Wittgenstein. Photography as Analytical Practice' contains his album, photographs of automata, and other self-portraits. In addition, the book places his photographs in a dialogue with the photographic practice and theory of contemporary artists.

Out-of-print catalog volume, 'Rineke DIJKSTRA. Wo Men' was published to coincide with the exhibition and award ceremony of the Hasselblad Award 2017. It was designed by the Dutch (photo) book designer Irma BOOM, who has won several awards for her work.

Out-of-print double photo volume on the work of German photographer Axel HÜTTE accompanied his exhibitions 'Night and Day', with works created between 1995 and 2017, and 'Frühwerk', which focused on his early work with photos taken between 1978 and 1995.

'A New American Picture' by Doug RICKARD contains color photographs of machine-generated images. He defines his own image section - in this way detaches them from the context of their automated origin to create snapshots of urban & rural decay in the U.S.

German photographer In the photo book '4100 Duisburg' you can see how the photographer Laurenz BERGEual language of silence and light that captures the visible present of places over which history seems to have passed as well as the echoes of former life.

The volume 'Höfe' by Bernhard FUCHS shows farms in the area around Helfenberg (Austria) that have been passed down from generation to generation. They are scattered in the hilly landscape of the Mühlviertel, where the climate is harsh and the soil barren.

The collection 'Margret. Chronik einer Affäre' (Chronicle of an Affair) is an emphatically sober and at the same time obsessive, authentic documentation, shows the changes in a couple's dealings with each other and is a moral portrait of the late 1960s.

For the first time, the author, M.Stoll, outlines a theory of the photo book as a school of vision, based on the theoretical, media-specific, political and artistic context of the photo books '60 Fotos' by Aenne BIERMANN and 'Das Watt' by Alfred EHRHARDT.

Facsimile of the first book by GILBERT & GEORGE, first published in 1971. 'Side by Side' it is a proclamation of their view of life and art in the form of poetic texts & pictures. The envelope was marbled by hand and every book is numbered and signed.

'Women' includes photographs by the famous photographers Peter LINDBERGH & Garry WINOGRAND: in addition to works from WINOGRAND's famous series 'Women are Beautiful', as well as previously unpublished pictures of LINDBERGH's fashion shoots on the street.

The out-of-print catalog for huge Michael SCHMIDT retrospective, took place in Berlin, includes well-known and rarely seen works as well as the very informative texts by renowned authors can already be considered a reference work about Berlin photographer

This out-of-print volume 'Maniera Moderna' is dedicated to the multifaceted work of Carlo MOLLINO. His surrealist roots can be seen in the black-and-white photographs and interiors of the 1930s to his later works as well as his staged erotic Polaroids.

The out-of-print photo volume 'Streets and Trails' by Bernhard FUCHS contains seventeen full-page color illustrations. The photographs by formerly Bernd-BECHER-student show quiet, deserted streets and trails in rural surroundings. Limited to 500 copies.

This out-of-print photo volume, 'Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel', in German with its numerous illustrations offers a remarkable overview of the altogether twelve years of joint work of the two American artists since the 1970s in San Francisco, California.

For his 'Tableaux chinois', Thomas RUFF has digitally processed Chinese propaganda images distributed worldwide by the Communist Party. In this large-format photo volume, the work transports the images of the 20th century into today's visual language.

2nd print run, linen bound HC with dust jacket, 26,5 x 24,5 x 1,5 cm., 120 pp., b/w ills., text language: German (the insert with three columns of text 'Berlin-Wedding' by Thomas Weski is bilingual: German / English)

Out-of-print 'Projects Done' shows works by Candida HÖFER in unusual formats: Small-format of 'Zoological Gardens', 'The Citizens of Calais', 'On Kawara', or large images such as 'Türken in D.' and slides of '80 Pictures', shown with black on the pages.

The selection in out-of-print volume 'Rome' by Anders PETERSEN ranges from the 1980s to 2012. With his uniquely personal approach, the Swedish photographer captures the soul of the Italian capital and its inhabitants while reflecting the city's evolution.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 19 x 24,5 x 1,5 cm., 108 pp., 49 (48 in color) fullpaged ills., bilingual text: German / English (English text as inlet)

US-American Artist and art collector Jim SHAW is constantly on the hunt for pop culture pieces. 'The Hidden World' gives the chance to dive into an overflowing world of paintings, sculptures, brochures, t-shirts, books, vinyls and educational material.

This catalog volume of the work of Swedish artist duo Klara KÄLLSTRÖM & Thobias FÄLDT between 2011 and 2021 invites us to critically consider the prevailing narratives about today's world and how photography is used in the creation of these narratives.

Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 19,5 x 26,5 x 1 cm., 40 pp., 12 color ills., bilingual text: English / German

The catalog 'Accra/London. A Retrospective' is dedicated to the body of work produced to date by Ghanaian photographer James BARNOR, tracing his photographic practice over six decades: both the work in his homeland and his work, from London in the 1960s.

In his out-of-print photo book 'Long Play', Arne REIMER looks back at the analog age: there are photographs of stacked vinyl records, views of record stores as well as record boxes. The whole is supplemented by archive material that shows the development.

Out-of-print 'Architectures of Waiting' by Ursula SCHULZ-DORNBURG shows bus stops in Armenia and stations of the Hejaz Railway in Saudi Arabia on a railroad line that once connected Damascus with Medina, but on which no trains have been running for long.

The most comprehensive publication so far of Helen LEVITT's photographs from the New York Subway contains many works that are being published here for the first time. These pictures began alongside Walker EVANS in 1938, in 1978 she to the underground.

In the out-of-print photographic volume 'Gaza Works', Kent KLICH documents the historical and current situation in the still contested territory beyond any sensationalist photography. Pictures from his volume 'Gaza Photo Album' are also shown in context.

The catalog, edited by art historian Cécile Bargues traces how HAUSMANN comprehensively reflected photography in this intensive decade and developed a highly individual practice, both documentarily and lyrically, inextricably linked to his thinking & life

This monograph, 'I am,' on Erwin OLAF chronologically traces his career from brash provocateur to official portraitist of the Dutch royal family. Between the series, his opinionated texts provide insights into the context and inspiration of his works.

'Gerhard Richter. Artists Books 1966-2021' is an annotated catalog raisonné by Uwe Koch, who has assigned a total of 56 numbers. Bibliographical data & manufacturers are listed and occasion and book concept listed, accompanied by detailed illustrations.

The catalog volume brings together the most important works by Jitka HANZLOVÁ as well as insightful texts, thus bridging the gap between works such as 'Rokotnik' & 'inhabitant' from the 1990s to their most recent, contemplative series, 'Vanitas' & 'Water'

This version of the book 'EIN-HEIT' (U-NI-TY) is a re-edit. Originally published in 1996, Michael SCHMIDT investigated the question of 'unity', tracing the symbolism & iconography of political systems, their propaganda & the images of people they project.

In 'Fotografiegeschichte der Abstraktion' (Photographic history of abstraction), Kathrin Schönegg traces the history of photography: from the experimental beginnings in the 1830s, through (pseudo)scientific, applied & artistic contexts, to digitalization.

In the volume 'Die Bücher' by Annette KELM, her precise photographic view of those books that were burned by Nazi students in the middle of Berlin on May 10, 1933, is representative of the persecuted authors and the possibilities of representing history.

The photo volume 'Versuch der Rekonstruktion einer vergangenen Zeit' presents for the first time b/w photos by free jazz pioneer Sven-Åke JOHANSSON taken in the 1960s & 1970s. They condense into a personal as well as laconic inventory of an analogue time.

This out-of-print black-and-white volume 'Pigalle' by German photographer Roswitha HECKE is the result of a long-term project. In the 1970s, the Hamburg photographer documented the lives of transvestites who lived and worked on the world-famous strip.

In the illustrated volume, 'Boris Mikhailov. Bücher / Books', the two artist books 'Krymskaya Fotomaniya' and 'Mountains' by the Ukrainian photo artist are presented in facsimile on 128 pages each, interrupted by an eighty-page illustrated text sequence.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 21,5 x 28 cm., 200 pp., 93 ills., bilingual text: English / French

Published in conjunction with a major exhibition, 'Wolfgang Tillmans: To look without fear' surveys four decades of his career. With essays on his multifaceted practice, and a new text by himself elucidates the methodology behind his system of presenting.

In the images in the book 'Horse' Jitka HANZLOVÁ transmits the essence and instinctive qualities of those animals, because horses communicate through a clear body language - the act of photographing unites the dialogue between man & animal in its entirety

Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 23 x 29 x 2 cm., 96 pp., color ills., Text language:

In Sahara, numerous people make a living from the laborious digging, processing, forging & selling of fossils. 'A Guide to Trees' contains photos of the region as well as a fake guide. In 'A Guide to Fossils' Yto BARRADA documents the region & its people.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 21,5 x 30 cm., 300 pp., highly illustrated with many coloured pages, text language: English

'Bottom of the Lake' by Christian PATTERSON is a book within a book that combines the original family's phone book with the artist's highly subjective re-imagination of his hometown; a deeply personal other book.by juxtaposing different documentary forms.

The catalog 'Carrie Mae Weems. Hasselbald Award 2023' honors the award winner with a series of photo works, including 'Family Pictures and Stories' (1978-84), 'The Kitchen Table Series' (1990) and 'From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried' (1995-96).

Works by Tina BARA, Sibylle BERGEMANN, Kurt BUCHWALD, Lutz DAMMBECK, Thomas FLORSCHÜTZ, Ute MAHLER, Eva MAHN, Sven MARQUARDT, Barbara METSELAAR-BERTHOLD, Helga PARIS, Manfred PAUL, Rudolf SCHÄFER, Gundula SCHULZE-ELDOWY, Gabriele STÖTZER and Ulrich WÜST

The catalog accompanies the exhibition SUBJECT AND OBJECT. PHOTO RHINE RUHR and contains many illustrations, current texts and photo-historically significant articles. It examines relationships between different photographic positions that have developed.

'Die Farbe Grau' combines photographs by Michael SCHMIDT - the series 'Berlin-Wedding' (1976-1978) and 'Waffenruhe' (1985-1987) with several pictures by famous artist Gerhard RICHTER from the years 1965 to 1974 as well as the work 'Siegel/Grau' from 1991.

This extensive, also in English available catalog volume, 'Werkstatt für Photographie 1976-1986', presents the history of German photography in the 1970s and 1980s, its international relationships, protagonists & networks, e.g. to the 'New Topographics'.

Pb. with plastic dust jacket, 22 x 30 x 2 cm. 180 pp., 151 b/w ills., bilingual texts: German / English

HC with dust jacket, 20,5 x 25,5 x 1 cm., 72 pp., b/w ills., text language: English

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 26 x 2 cm., 192 pp., highly illustrated, English

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 16 x 24 x 3 cm., 392 pp., 217 b/w & 36 color ills., text language: English

English edition. The text and picture book 'Andy Warhol. EXHIBITS a glittering alternative' explores the exhibition strategies of the American artist Andy WARHOL. It presents probably the most famous icon of Pop Art as an installation artist and curator.

The out-of-print photo book 'Apophenia' by Lukas FELZMANN is a combination of two archives: one of postcards sent to the artist's father and another with unpublished works by the artist. The juxtaposition leads to a surprising sequence of vertical images.

The catalog 'Übermalte Fotografien' (Overpainted Photographs) contains 72 standard photographs taken by prominent photo artist Gerhard RICHTER and developed in an ordinary laboratory - snapshots of family celebrations, people, landscapes or architecture.

The series from 1989 is the artist's first conceptual work in which he grapples with his hometown. In keeping with the tradition of the BECHER school, his photographs show a sober documentary and sometimes humorous view of the small town in Lower Saxony.

The photographic volume 'Berlin. Wilhelmstrasse 44' by Candida HÖFER deals with an icon of 'architecture brute', which was built in the middle of the 1970s in the former GDR and is now shared by the Embassy of the Czech Republic and a Max Planck Institute

The German-language edition of the text and photo book about the exhibition strategies of Pop Art icon Andy WARHOL.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 15 x 24 cm., 142 pp., 172 color ills., text language: English

'SX-70. 1975-2000 'by Anna & Bernhard BLUME contains around 240 Polaroids. Four texts by the couple themselves introduce the individual groups of works, they interpret the works from various perspectives and incorporate the work in terms of art history.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 18 x 25,5 x 4 cm., 416 pp., 69 (61 in color) ills., text language: English

SC, 23 x 27 cm., 216 pp., bilingual texts: German / English

re-edit, Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 22,5 x 19 x 1,5 cm., 96 pp., b/w ills., text language: English

'Facing Britain', contains the most comprehensive show of work to date on British documentary photography, which is famous for its socio-political themes such as unemployment, migration, racism, consumer society, gender justice and warlike conflicts.

'Two Rivers' offers an extended view on the works of Joachim BROHM & Alec SOTH. In addition to the juxtaposition of 'Ruhr' & 'Sleeping by the Mississippi', it also contains also groups 'Ohio', 'Dessau Files' & 'Culatra' as well as 'Songbook' & 'Niagara'.

Small, out-of-print photo book on the occasion of an exhibition in the Museum Ludwig, Cologne. It contains the series 'Drift' exhibited there with b/w photographs of a sequence that is made during an eruption of the Stomboli volcano on an Italian island.

For his photobook compendium 'Canon. On African Photobooks', Johannes Wohnseifer selected titles from his private collection that focus on the African continent. These photobooks, published between 1948 and 2011, are presented here in chronological order.

The volume 'Labor Anonymous' is the first to dedicate itself to a series that Walker EVANS published in a magazine under the same title in 1946: Passers-by, mostly workers, in Detroit - photographed in the 'documentary' style typical of this photographer.

'At the Edge of Pictures' is the first monographic study of life and work of John STEZAKER. By using the eventful decades of the 1970s and 80s as a prism, Yuval Etgar offers a new reading of his mode of operation and a mapping of the strategies of collage

The out-of-print volume 'Accept the Expected' provides an overview of works by the Iranian photographer Shirana SHAHBAZI from the years 2000 to 2005: Genres (portraits, landscapes, still life) and figures (mother & child, cities, birds etc.).

In the volume 'Raum und Bild' (Space and Image), a dialog between applied & artistic photography unfolds from the comparison of images by Candida HÖFER with interiors from the over 150-year-old photography collection at the Museum für Fotografie in Berlin

'It is as it is' shows numerous letters, photos & documents, as well as pictures from the time when Gerhard RICHTER's early work in Dresden ended with his flight from the GDR in 1961 and his official work in the West was not to begin until the end of 1962

'Die Natur der Natur' by Norbert SCHOERNER contains photographs of bonsais from a rearing near Fukushima from seeds of tree species found in the shadow of the volcanic mountain Azuma-Kofuji. The pictures show them in constructed diorama-like environments.

This photo compendium celebrates the fortieth anniversary of the Hasselblad Award and the influential work of all its winners to date. They are international artists, innovators, activists and legends who have shaped the modern history of photography.

For her photographic volume 'Belgisches Haus', Candida HÖFER visited the 1950 opened building at Cologne several times and documented it in her impressive photographs. An essay by Marcus Trier is dedicated to the history of the traditional house.

The photo book 'Waffenruhe' (Truce) by Berlin photographer Michael SCHMIDT, reissued after 30 years - here in the English-language version - contains a subjective view of his hometown in the 1980s and is one of the most important photo books of all time.

The photo volume 'Asleep in Dirt' by Yair OELBAUM contains photographs taken with a Macro 5 Polaroid camera. By experimenting with the camera, which was originally intended for dental and crime scene photography, he created abstract, emotional images.

The illustrated book 'A Lack of Clarity' by Danish filmmaker Stefan KRUSE transfers his documentary film onto paper. The film stills offer an alternative view of evolving digital technologies and what is visible (and controllable) in the contemporary city

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24 x 30 x 2 cm., 232 pp. (many fold outs), color & b/w ills., bilingual texts: German / English

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 23,5 x 28 x 2 cm., 252 pp., Color & b/w ills.,text language: German - GERMAN TEXT ONLY! Koenig, 2017.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 22,5 x 22,5 x 2 cm., 208 pp., 84 color ills., multilingual: German, English, Norwegian, Hebrew

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 27 x 2 cm., 272 pp., 136 color & 61 b/w ills., text language: English

Broschierte Ausgabe mit Schutzumschlag, 21 x 28 x 1,5 cm., 148 pp., b/w ills., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 23 x 22 x 1,5 cm., 96 pp., 97 color ills., bilingual text: German / English

In his tireless search, LEMPERT has already created a large image archive. His interest in nature is complemented by his extensive research into the properties and materiality of the photographic image. His photographs are resistant to any categorization.

The volume 'Gedruckt und erblättert' deals about the photobook as a medium of aestethic articulation and contains recent contributions from art scholars on the subject, discussing the photobook as a cultural-historical, social as well as political medium.

In the volume 'Atelier Man Ray', Herbert Molderings captures the artistic environment as well as those objects that the latter collected and produced himself in order to compose lifelike arrangements from them - an impressive view of an imaginative cosmos

Publication for the exhibition of the Brandenburg Gate Foundation (Atelier Liebermann). The digitized and scaled-down version of 'Atlas overview 1: 2' from 2016 printed on aluminum dibond was edited again by Gerhard RICHTER.

HC (without dust jacket, as issued), 17 x 22,5 cm., 128 pp., English