Nature

With his book with analogue color photographs, 'Enter the Forest', Alexandre Miguel MAIA continues a tradition that sees the forest as a recurring theme in photography. The book was printed on certified recycled paper and produced entirely in Germany.

US photographer Edward WESTON kept a diary in which he recorded his struggle to understand himself, society and his art. 'The Daybooks of Edward Weston' were edited by Nancy Newhall in two volumes: one for his time in Mexico and one for Californian time.

In 'Sea Stories', the photos by Robert ADAMS describe the cycles of nature with a new naturalism. It contents a sequence of three visual narratives: among alder and maple trees, along the beachand back through meadows and what remains of the inland forest

'Allerseelen' by Alexander BINDER brings together a phantasmagoria of mystical images. He has seamlessly managed to blend crystal rainbows with even the most arcane and dark twilights and thus once again constructing a world of haunting beauty & mysticism

97 unique images made from the same photographic negative. A photo book about the oldest living organism known to man and a book about the instability of the photographic image and the enigmatic intertwinement of time, reality and perception.

Photo artist Jaakko KAHILANIEMI owns 100 ha of forest. With his conceptual project '100 Hectares of Understanding' he tries to better understand his forest area and to show new ways of thinking and methods of how one can experience and feel the forest.

Magnum photographer Sebastião SALGADO traveled the Brazilian Amazon for six years and photographed the incomparable beauty of this unique region: the rainforest, the rivers, the mountains as well as the people living there - irreplaceable for mankind.

The book 'Turning Back' by Robert ADAMS documents and observes the results of greed so unrestrained that they are indistinguishable from those of nihilism. It reflects what was lost, what is retained, and what we value as a people with a common history.

'Ephemere' by Paul CUPIDO emphasizes the volatility of existence in the process of creation, metamorphosis and disappearance. It's about the fragility of life, the interconnectedness of human / non-human and the silence on which every expression is based.

'Cloud Physics' by Terri WEIFENBACH explores the photographic ability to capture the transience of natural phenomena. Tiny variations of light and humidity, golden clouds, plant life rustling with moisture, animal presence in the depths of the forest.

The birds of French photographer Bernard PLOSSU in this volume of 'Des Oiseaux' series sometimes seem very familiar. And when they play with their wings spread out with the winds whistling in the air, they awaken in us the wish that we humans could fly.

Photography exists because of the light, but the landscapes in VAN DER MOLENS photographs stand out from the darkness. Her monochrome photographic works arise out of the desire to penetrate deep into the core of the isolated world in which she photographs

In 'Sakura', Yoshinori MIZUTANI attempts to visualize the movement of his observing eyes as well as distill the visual experience of meditating & wandering over the blossom tree. He shows that photography is also capable of capturing the passage of time.

German edition. Sebastião SALGADO has created a world of images that show nature, animals and indigenous peoples in intense beauty. The volume 'Genesis' is the result of an epic 8-year expedition to regions where the planet has remained untouched before.

'Looking at Ansel Adams' is an immersive study that explores his life as an artist by illuminating the stories behind twenty of his most significant images. Lesser-known but equally important photographs provide unexpected insights into his personal life.

This edition contains b/w photos taken between 1973 and 1991, a six-page interview with as well as a two-page biography. It was published in the 'Photographers at Work' series by the American Smithsonian Institute - like EGGLESTON's 'Horses and Dogs'.

The b/w photographs from the 1970s in 'Watarasegawa. Time goes by' by Mitsuru FUJITA show mountains, fields, roads and abandoned places in a place where a disaster occurred in a copper mine in 1880.- testimonies of a past struggle between nature and man.

With 'Piedmont', Josef KOUDELKA continues his exploration of the landscape. From the shores of Lake Maggiore to the mountain passes of the Alps, from agricultural valleys to the construction sites of Turin, from cement plants to the historical remains.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 22,5 x 27 x 1 cm., 62 pp., color ills., text language: English

The dualistic principle of the chiaroscuro design forms in the large-format photo book 'Visual Dualism. Dolomites' by Austrian photographer Peter MATHIS is an essential focus and leaves us speechless when looking at the Dolomites in black and white.

For 'Tree, Stone, Water', Gerry JOHANSSON captured the environment surrounding the Japanese, not the people. He took photographed rocks & mountain streams of the Nametoko Valley, deep inside forests teeming with the energy of life and the Seto inland Sea.

A figure of the younger Japanese photo scene, Yoshinori MIZUTANI, he examines the urbanity of his city Tokyo, documenting scenes bordering on the fantastic. His birds in 'Des Oiseaux' give the city back its secret.

In 'Natural Order', Edward BURTYNSKY captures a moment in spring 2020 when nature briefly caught its breath due to the corona lockdown. With his camera in his home, Gray County, Ontario, he documents the complexity, magic & resilience of the natural order

This book, '1416 Anholt' by Jäger ARÉN, shows the everyday life on the Danish island between Denmark and Sweden. With a sensitive eye and his Leica cameras, he has roamed nooks and crannies of the island, which has been his summer retreat since childhood.

'Cirren' by Angela SCHWANK contains photos showing the diversity of cirrus clouds and other high-altitude cloud forms and man-made changes in their appearance caused by air traffic. The negatives were taken over Vienna & surroundings and the Netherlands.

The volume 'Die 4 Jahreszeiten' (The 4 Seasons) by Swiss photographerJakob TUGGENER is a completely new version of the unique books he created in the 1940s on the themes of spring, summer, fall and winter. It is a reflection on human life and transience.

In 'Shikawatari' (Deer Crossing), Chieko SHIRAISHI focuses a herd of deer. The shy animals roam through the snowy landscape of wintry Dōtō (Eastern Hokkaido), across frozen lakes and sparse forests. Both keep distance from another, and watching each other

'Eternal U' by Hubert HUMKA - 3rd part of his book trilogy, together with 'Eden (2014) and 'Death Landscapes' (2018) - is about death and eternity. It's main axis are forest photographs (life), negatives (death) and embossed texts (traces we leave behind)

'Arctic Heroes' by Ragnar AXELSSON takes a moving look at the fate of the Greenland sled dog. Where the melting ice sheet is irrevocably destroying the traditional way of life of the hunters, global warming is an immediate threat to their daily survival.

In this book, 'Schnee' (snow) photographer Peter MATHIS captures the essence of snow. These breathtaking duotone images transform a traditional alpine landscape into picturesque canvases that are alternately otherworldly, sensual, haunting and heavenly.

Re-edit. SC, 13,5 x 17,8 cm., 192 pp., English

The photographs in 'After Us the Flood' give the abstract processes and complex interrelationships of the climate crisis a visual form. The international works of the last ten years was often the result of intensive research & cooperation with scientists.

In is photo volume 'Siberian Summer', Olaf Otto BECKER documents the inhospitable formations of earth and ice that tower like abstract sculptures above wet beaches in the permafrost zone, a group of researchers and the half-ruined port city of Tiksi.

The images of ALBARRÁN CABRERA in 'Remembering the Future' speak to us of memory and experience. At first glance, their very clarity is moving. After a time, rather than real scenes, they begin to seem the settings for dreams about to vanish into the mist

In 'Amazônia' Paul CUPIDO explores the ephemeral correspondences between body & earth. There is probably no place on earth more imbued with spirituality than the Amazon rainforest. With his camera, he enters into a dialogue with this mystical environment.

The out-of-print volume 'Aus der Werkstatt der Natur' brings together the most beautiful photographs by Karl BLOSSFELDT as well as an unpublished text by the master. It follows his traces in contemporary art e.g. in the comic fantasies by Benoît Peeters.

For 'Wald' (forest) Gerhard RICHTER chose photos from an extensive collection, which was created since 2005 in the forest near his house. It follows a dramaturgy developed together with text pages and opens up analogies to the overall work of the artist.

In photo volume 'Trance' Diana MICHENER reaches for the changing manifestations of the horizon: as an elegant line, drawn by the setting sun, dissolving in haze, almost covered by majestic boulders or only implied as a close-up of undulating rock deposits

The tree studies in this out-of-print photo volume, 'Trad' by Gunnar SMOLIANSKY, are social journalism in photographic form where people have left the scenery. The footage of fallen trees, however, is too vulnerable to please avid conservationists.

The atmospheric images in Michael LANGE's photo book 'Cold Mountain' combine the quiet majesty of mountain landscapes with fleeting moments of nature perception.
 How do we perceive what we see, and how do we find ways to express feelings in pictures?

Out-of-print photo book 'Vier mal vier. Photographs from Bargfeld' contains a selection of color photographs that Arno SCHMIDT took in Bargfeld and the surrounding area until his death in 1979. They show a trained eye for structures, nuances and details.

'Ama Lur' by Jon CAZENAVE challenges the notion of the frontier. By revealing an area charged with history and magic, he wants to (re)connect us with the ancient spirit of humanity as well as remind us of our balance with nature that leads us to this day.

HC with dust jacket, 20,5 x 25,5 x 1 cm., 72 pp., b/w ills., text language: English

In her book 'bath in brilliant green' Nina RÖDER shows a poetic perspective on various forms of helplessness and loss. The photographs, taken in Italy, Iceland, Ireland, Spain as well as in France, capture the different color atmospheres of the countries.

'Skyfish' by Japanese photographer Munemasa TAKAHASHI, born and still working in the metropolis of Tokyo, refers to his urgent desire to encounter nature. This photo book is interesting and understandable for everyone who's taking photographs in nature.

The documentation of the domestic bird world in this self published book, 'The Pillar' by Stephen GILL, was designed by the Greger Ulf NILSSON to a high-quality volume, which pleases not only birdwatchers, but also photo book lovers with lasting effect.

'Die Natur der Natur' by Norbert SCHOERNER contains photographs of bonsais from a rearing near Fukushima from seeds of tree species found in the shadow of the volcanic mountain Azuma-Kofuji. The pictures show them in constructed diorama-like environments.

This limited photo volume, 'Island Hoping' by Christina DIMITRIADIS, contains images of Greek islands and groups - taken while thousands of asylum seekers were crossing the Mediterranean Sea. The book asks whether the islands represent goals or obstacles.