From a Female Perspective

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 21,5 x 29 x 2 cm., 96 pp., 55 color ills., bilingual text: French / English

The monograph 'Associated Nostalgia' by Eugenia MAXIMOVA consists of highly staged scenes of the kitsch so popular in her Eastern European homeland. At the same time, the photo book provides an authentic insight into Bulgarian home aesthetics.

The photo book 'Women at Work' by Helga PARIS shows 49 portraits taken in 1984 for the series 'Women in the clothing factory VEB Treff-Modelle Berlin'. From the close familiarity of the women workers in their environment, touching portraits were created.

Gebundene Ausgabe (ohne Schutzumschlag, wie erschienen), 24 x 21 x 1,5 cm., 96 S., Farbabb., deutsch-sprachig - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

'Ellen Thorbecke - From Peking to Paris', features rare photographs of everyday life in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Paris and the Middle East in the 1930s/40s. The photos have a lively, candid style and demonstrate an eye for the vitality of street life

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 39 x 28 x 2 cm., 136 pp., 30 b/w ills., text language: English

The documentary photo volume 'Aids in Odessa' by German photographer Andrea DIEFENBACH, which is out of print, documents the living situation in Odessa, where the AIDS epidemic spread particularly quickly after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Since 1957, Bernd & Hilla BECHER have compiled a wealth of examples of the industrial building type for 'Wassertürme' (Water Towers) photo book. Although they are functional buildings, the photographed specimens reveal an unprecedented variety of shapes.

The color images made by Raissa VENABLES show soul spaces that tell of the deeds, dreams and nightmares of their inhabitants. On the computer, she weaves detailed shots of living rooms, hallways, staircases, elevators, or tents into mysterious tableaus.

In her photo volume 'Shadows in Paradise', Marianna ROTHEN delves into a complex meditation on femininity. In the opaque narrative in the aesthetics of the 1960s, the presence of a gun visually combines with fear and melancholy in carefully staged scenes.