Mack Books

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 15 x 21,5 x 2 cm., 224 pp., richly illustrated, text language: English

Boxed set of 10 photo volumes by Jessica BACKHAUS, Gerry BADGER, Harvey BENGE, John GOSSAGE, Todd HIDO, Rob HORNSTRA, Rinko KAWAUCHI, Eva Maria OCHERBAUER, Martin PARR as well as Alec SOTH

This photo book, 'Speak the Wind' by Hoda AFSHAR, takes the reader to the islands in the Strait of Hormuz. In pictures from landscapes, people & rituals, the photographer tries to trace the wind and its psychic entanglements to make the invisible visible.

This voluminous monograph 'Doug Aitken. Works 1992-2022' traces the US american multimedia artist's path from his earliest works in the 1990s to the present, reflecting the way he has approached the present in his conceptual, cross-media work.

The winning title of the First Book Award 2017. 'Nothing's in Vain' is a journey through Dakar, a metropolis in constant change. It is the photographer's answer to the experience of being uprooted and disoriented in the vibrant Senegalese capital in 2011.

Pb. with dust jacket, 16 x 22 x 1 cm., 76 pp., 43 color ills., text language: English

'What the Living Carry' tells about a small town in Southern USA. Based on his own memories of the rural surroundings in which he grew up, Morgan ASHCOM combines photos, typed letters and a hand-drawn map into a fictional story about a foreboding place.

'Shirley BAKER' presents a uniquely female portrayal of life from the 1950s to 2000. Edited by Lou Stoppard it features better known photographs from Manchester, Salford & Blackpool combined with previously unseen material from UK, France, Italy & Japan.

In 1972, at the beginning of his career, Lewis BALTZ conducted an insightful interview in which he describes the nature of his work and his position in the world of photography. First publication of the previously unpublished interview.

This photo volume, 'The Canary and The Hammer' by Lisa BARNARD, offers a fascinating insight into the troubled history of gold and its complex connections with the global economy. The series was created over four years and across four continents.

HC (linen bound, silkscreen), 21 x 27 cm., 128 pp., highly illustrated, text language: English

The photo book 'Street Portraits' by Dawoud BEY contains portraits taken with a large format camera and a unique positive/negative Polaroid film. The photos depict the self-expression & performance of a cross-section of the population in an urban setting.

In his book trilogy consisting of 'A1. The Great North Road', 'Beyond Caring' as well as 'Troubled Land' - Paul GRAHAM documents life in the United Kingdom during the 1980s. This series established and him as an important voice in contemporary photography

The new edition, its 'director's cut', of the out-of-print photo book 'Ray's a Laugh' by Richard BILLINGHAM recreates the original vision of his deeply personal work with numerous previously unpublished images and a particular approach to sequencing.

Open spined pb. (wrap around dust jacket), 21 x 26 cm., 184 pp., 49 color & 22 b/w ills., text language: English

The book 'A Partial Eclipse' by Martin BOYCE brings together images of trees & foliage, ellipses, fractures & spider webs. Hundreds of photos were edited to create the form of a book that creates a sense of stillness & distance between viewer & photograph

'An Archeology of Fear and Desire' by Frédéric BRENNER is an attempt to recontextualize Israel, exploring longing, belonging & exclusion. It is part of a project, were participating Joseph KOUDELKA, Gilles PERESS, Stephen SHORE, Nick WAPLINGTON a.o.

In out-of-print 'Typology 1979', Joachim BROHM, one of the first European photographers to systematize the use of color from the 1980s onwards, captures allotment garden huts in Ruhr area. A work between inventory and graphic view of the geometry of color

'Glitter in My Wounds' by Adam BROOMBERG includes portraits of transgender activist Gersande Spelsberg. Together they took 100 photos shot on 4x5-inch negatives and lit only with the sun and mirrors - as for 'Metamorphosis through Light' by Helmar LERSKI.

For 'Holy Bible', BROOMBERG & CHANARIN show photos of Archive of Modern Conflict with an eye toward Adi Ophir's tenet: that God reveals Himself through catastrophe, and power structures from the Bible correlate with those of modern systems of governance.