Mack Books

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

The book 'Showcaller' explores the work of Talia CHETRIT which is filled with a desire to control the physical and historical limits of the camera, to pursue its potential for manipulation, and to question the relationship between photographer and subject

'MARVEL' by Marvel HARRIS describes the journey of his personal battles with mental illness, self-love, acceptance, and gender identity, all told through a searing collection of self-portraits spanning the course of five years. MACK First Book Award 2021.

The out-of-print photo volume 'Confabulations' by Torbjörn RODLAND shows analog photographs that subtly distort fractured memories as well as childhood fantasies in order to arrive at the truth. Fragmentation serves as a starting point for new connections

In his 'Trails', Takashi HOMMA traces blood trails of some deer, considered sacred, that were released for shooting in Shiretoko National Park on the island of Hokkaido. The images take on calligraphic compositions: abstract and symbolic at the same time.

'A Pound of Pictures' by Alec SOTH, brings together newest works. It reflects the desire to capture and crystallize experiences, especially memories in paper form. A thoughtful photographic journey, complemented by his own notes in the detailed afterword.

New Edition of a classic photo volume. Masahisa FUKASE returned home regularly and used the family studio, the large-format 'Anthony View Camera' and the changing family set-up as the basis for the 'Family / Kazoku' series, first published in 1991.

'AMERICAN POLYCHRONIC' includes the works of Roe ETHRIDGE created from 2000 to 2021. Artistic & personal work is arranged chronologically and interwoven with his commercial photography in reverse order creating a vivid sequence of harmonies & dissonances.

'Pandora's Camera' by Joan FONTCUBERTA gathers essays in which he considers the technological changes photography has experienced since the 2000s: between loss & hope, the disappearance of silver gelatin photography as well as the possibilities of digital