Mack Books

'Paul's Book' by Collier SCHORR is about a model who she visited at home for a shooting. The idea was to experience photography as a social space, a conversation in which his body and her eyes try to understand the fascinations and fantasies of the other.

The volume 'lick of tongue, rub of finger, on soft wound' by Keisha SCARVILLE unfolds as an hypnotic visual essay impressively weaving together b/w & archival images, book passages, collages, personal texts, and film stills. With a text by Harmony Holiday

The out-of-print photographic volume 'Picture Summer on Kodak Film' by US-American photographer Jason FULFORD presents a dreamlike journey through a fictional place, where the sun as well as the shadows it casts play the main role in his playful narrative

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.