Urban & Countryside

'Anchor in the Landscape' by Adam BROOMBERG & Rafael GONZALEZ portraits olive trees in the territories of Palestine occupied by Israeli settlers. Each bears witness to the presence & resilience of the Palestinian people and their relationship to the land.

In his book 'FRG', Georg KUSSMANN describes a place caught between the weight of the past & the demands of the present. Evoking German histories of work ethics, dictates, & acronyms, he takes a subtle approach to how Germany struggles to understand itself

The volume 'Die 4 Jahreszeiten' (The 4 Seasons) by Swiss photographerJakob TUGGENER is a completely new version of the unique books he created in the 1940s on the themes of spring, summer, fall and winter. It is a reflection on human life and transience.

'Ausgewählte Werke 1978-' by Sergej CHILIKOV shows Russian life of ordinary people in the countryside during the period of upheaval from the final phase of the Soviet Union to the post-communist present, far away from urban hustle & bustle and anonymity.

Out-of-print 'A Vision Shared' features the work of the 11 photographers who worked for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). 1st published in 1976 it was named one of the 100 most important books of the decade by the Association of American Publishers.

The photo book '42nd Street, 1979' by Langdon CLAY contains photos of a typical strip of 42nd Street near New York's Times Square, showing its gloomy neon charm. The US photographer recalls the gloomy & dusty atmosphere of New York City in the late 1970s.

In her out-of-print book 'Medebach. Photographs 2009-2011', Petra WITTMAR captures the apparent dreariness of her home community: the everyday face of a small rural town in the German provinces with a few stores as well as absurdly strange building forms.