PARIS 2021

'Supernatural' by Katja STUKE is the result of a long-term project and limited to 150 copies. The work shows portraits of artistic gymnasts and high diving athletes photographed from a TV screen during the Olympic Games in Sydney, Athens, Beijing & London

The second photo volume by Tariq ZAIDI, 'Sin Salida', is the result of three years of documentation and shows the struggle of the state of El Salvador against two brutal gangs that have sophisticated extortion and domination networks throughout the region

In this volume, 'Blood Orange / Naranja de Sangre', Liza AMBROSSIO, infected by the aesthetics of Japanese counterculture and Aztec rituals of human sacrifice, she mixes psychological techniques of manipulation, with science, fiction, eruro & witchcraft.

This artist volume, 'Scratchy Days' by Ukrainian Bogdan GULYAY, contains artistic black and white shots from his personal environment, reflected everyday moments in a world he perceives as oversaturated, in which people are only fleeting, fragile shadows.

This four-volume photo book set, 'Erde, Feuer, Wind, Wasser' by Damian HEINISCH, explores the cultural & collective heritage of Central Europe through his own family history. In addition to the photographs, the set includes bilingually reproduced texts.

'Deana Lawson' accompanies her first comprehensive museum survey exhibition. A singular voice, she has been investigating and challenging conventional representations of black identities in the African American and African diaspora for over fifteen years.

In 'Photobooks &' researcher Matt Johnston explores trends & practices based on research, interviews & his own experiences. He proposes a critical framework for looking at photo book use and calls for a reorientation to address its communicative potential

This self published photo volume, 'Songbirds' by Katrín ELVARSDÓTTIR, consists of grainy, imperfect color photographs which show (mainly) canaries in Cuban cages. Besides in room cages, two-thirds-pictures - as negatives - show urban views of Havana.

Held back for 30 years, ambitious photo book 'Whatever You Say, Say Nothing' by Magnum photographer Gilles PERESS takes the language of documentary photography to the extreme and then asks the reader to pause and solve the riddle of meaning for themselves

'Rumors of War' by Christoph BANGERT is a personal diary of a former war photographer. He describes his inner conflict between the egoism driven feeling of doing something meaningful and the concern of his family & friends going through hell emotionally.