Mack Books

The photo volume 'Archipelago' by US-American Matthew PORTER 'is a journey into an enigmatic hinterland. What interests him is the legacy of the photographic image, and its capacity to reach across history, to make intelligible to us what we already know.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 24 x 31,5 x 2 cm., 112 pp., 62 color ills., gatefold pages, text language: English

This edition of 'Chizu / The Map' by Kikuji KAWADA is an exquisite facsimile of the two-volume maquette, which also includes a booklet of texts and an interview with the Japanese artist revealing the evolution of one of the best photobooks of all time.

The book debut 'Olay' by Magnum photographer Emin ÖZMEN is a documentation of Turkey, on the edge of violence & grace. The retrospective of his work to date includes a detailed timeline, an introduction by Turkey correspondent Zalewski and personal texts.

The images in out-of-print debut book 'Another Language' by Mårten LANGE create a cryptic and heterogeneous index of nature with recurring forms, patterns & textures, whereby the clarity and simplicity of the images is juxtaposed with the enigmatic whole.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 296 pp., 98 color ills., text language: English

Photo volume 'Sleeping by the Mississippi' by Alec SOTH is the result of a series of road trips along the Mississippi River. He captures America's often neglected 'third coast'. The color photographs show an eclectic mix of people, landscapes & interiors.

The photographs of novice swimmers in the photographic volume 'Swimmers by Larry SULTAN', taken between 1978 and 1982, signify a departure from his conceptual work. These are colorful works characterized by unpredictable shapes and random abstractions.

BROOMBERG & CHANARIN have constructed a taxonomy of portraits in contemporary Russia. Echoing August SANDER’s seminal work, 'Citizens of the 20th Century' they have made a series of portraits with a new developed technology: in low resolution & fragmented