Insider Tipps

The b/w photographs from the 1970s in 'Watarasegawa. Time goes by' by Mitsuru FUJITA show mountains, fields, roads and abandoned places in a place where a disaster occurred in a copper mine in 1880.- testimonies of a past struggle between nature and man.

The visual document 'Psychodemié' by Antoine D'AGATA reveals human vulnerability during the Covid 19 pandemic. It questions global social and political dynamics in the context of the pandemic against the glowing backdrop of a city confined to hospitals.

The volume 'Modern Alchemy' contains a series of eighty photographic works by Dutch photographer Viviane SASSEN and a philosophical essay by Emanuela Coccia. When they meet, they create a space in which seeing and thinking are to be redesigned and renewed

For his photo volume '101 Movies. A Survey of American Drive-in Theatres 1976', Herman VAN DEN BOOM documented the remains of Drive-In movie theatres in the US-states of Nevada, Texas, California, Oklahoma, Colorado and Arizona in black and white photos.

The photographs in the self published volume 'Reserved Mr. Memory' by Patrick MURPHY were taken over a 50 year period in and they are from the southern states of the United States of America. Image subjects include portraits, landscapes and religion.

'After' by Martin KOLLAR was created after the death of his partner. It is a careful sifting through his archive - a crystallization of contexts and themes that he had not seen before. The aim of the book is to show how the before merges into the after.

'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.

'Good Hope' by Carla LIESCHING, combines essays and found photographs with sources ranging from apartheid-era trade journals, tourist pamphlets, magazines to current newspapers and family albums. A critical examination of contemporary settler colonialism.

In 'Photobooks &' researcher Matt Johnston explores trends & practices based on research, interviews & his own experiences. He proposes a critical framework for looking at photo book use and calls for a reorientation to address its communicative potential

Photo book 'Suburban Bus' by Mexican photographer Alejandro CARTAGENA tells the story of people who want a better life in a city that lacks everything: decent roads, enough buses and safety on buses. It is shortlisted for the Paris PhotoBook Award 2021.