PARIS 2021

This category, 'PARIS 2021'

lists the shortlisted titles for the Aperture Foundation Paris PhotoBook Award 2021 that are still available and worth recommending. (in progress)

Additionally I put photo book titles in this category which will be signed at Polycopies or during Paris Photo, e.g. by AMBROSSIO, BANGERT, HEINISCH, MARSHALL, ZAIDI a.o. (in progress)

The categories of the Aperture Foundation Paris PhotoBook Award

  • First PhotoBook
    PhotoBook of the Year
    Photography Catalogue of the Year

The winning titles of the PhotoBook Award 2021

will be announced during Paris Photo on Friday, November 12, 2021 and will be sorted into the appropriate category of 'excellent' at Cafe Lehmitz Photobooks afterwards. Here you will also find the winning titles of the Aperture Foundation Paris PhotoBook Award of the past years.

PERESS, Gilles - Whatever you say, say nothing
PERESS, Gilles - Whatever you say, say nothing
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
from 398,00 € Weight 17 kg
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BACKHAUS, Jessica - Cut Outs
BACKHAUS, Jessica - Cut Outs
In 'Cut Outs' Jessica BACKHAUS consequently continues her path of abstraction already taken in photo volume 'A Trilogy' - using analog methods she creates and documents visual experimental arrangements, poetic choreographies of intense, sunlighted colors.
198,00 € Weight 0.9 kg
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CARTAGENA, Alejandro - Suburban Bus
CARTAGENA, Alejandro - Suburban Bus
Photo book 'Suburban Bus' by Mexican photographer Alejandro CARTAGENA tells the story of people who want a better life in a city that lacks everything: decent roads, enough buses and safety on buses. It is shortlisted for the Paris PhotoBook Award 2021.
158,00 € * Weight 0.8 kg
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BIALOBRZESKI, Peter - Dhaka, Yangon, Minsk, Belfast & Linz Diary-Set
BIALOBRZESKI, Peter - Dhaka, Yangon, Minsk, Belfast & Linz Diary-Set
Five new volumes of the long-term book-project 'City Diary' by Peter BIALOBRZESKI were published for Paris Photo 2021. The documented cities are Dhaka, Yangon, Minsk, Belfast as well as Linz. They are offered here in one set, there are still predecessors!
138,00 € *
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FORTUNE, Rahim - I can't stand to see you cry
FORTUNE, Rahim - I can't stand to see you cry
This photo book, 'I can't stand to see you cry' by Rahim FORTUNE, analyzes the relationships between family, friends and strangers during the pandemic. The photographer uses his personal experiences to explore the friction between public and private life.
120,00 € * Weight 0.8 kg
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HEINISCH, Damian. Earth Fire Wind Water
HEINISCH, Damian. Earth Fire Wind Water
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.
100,00 € Weight 4.7 kg
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MARUSCHAK, Lesia - Maria
MARUSCHAK, Lesia - Maria
'Maria' deals about 1932-33 famine in Soviet Ukraine. Lesia MARUSCHAK has transformed her knowledge of this period by creating an artbook, as metaphor for memory as elaborate mental function by which information is stored, organized, changed and retrieved
68,00 € Weight 0.6 kg
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BRODOVSKA, Maryna - My Dear Vira
BRODOVSKA, Maryna - My Dear Vira
68,00 € Weight 0.5 kg
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BACHMEIER, Florian - In Limbo. Ukraine 2013
BACHMEIER, Florian - In Limbo. Ukraine 2013
Signed! 'In Limbo' by Florian BACHMEIER, describes a state of numbness & insecurity against the backdrop of the Ukraine conflict. The images, taken over the last 8 years, make historical processes visible, as well as their psychological & social effects.
64,00 € * Weight 1 kg
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ZAIDI, Tariq - Sin Salida
ZAIDI, Tariq - Sin Salida
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
from 55,00 € Weight 1 kg
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'Photobooks. Art Page by Page'
'Photobooks. Art Page by Page'
The catalogue 'Photobooks. Art Page by Page' accompanies an exhibition with a selection of 45 photo books from recent decades, focusing on unusual concepts, designs & forms of presentation that reveal the potential of the photo book as an artistic medium.
48,00 € * Weight 0.3 kg
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PATEL, Kaamna - Dori
PATEL, Kaamna - Dori
In 'Dori' Kaamna PATEL tries to link questions about love and family by documenting the relationship of her grandparents, which is eminently important to her. This self published volume was short listed for the Paris Photo Aperture Photobook Award 2021.
from 45,00 € Weight 0.5 kg
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GUIDI, Guido & Gerry JOHANSSON - Verso Nord
GUIDI, Guido & Gerry JOHANSSON - Verso Nord
The book 'Verso Nord' is the result of a collaboration between Guido GUIDI & Gerry JOHANSSON during a campaign in Castelfranco. The former focused on the historic city center with his large format camera and the latter on the suburbs in his medium format.
from 45,00 €
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HARTMANN, Jana - Mastering the Elements
HARTMANN, Jana - Mastering the Elements
'Mastering the Elements' by Jana HARTMANN juxtaposes alchemical writings, scientific treatises & ethical viewpoints and initiates an interdisciplinary dialogue between visual-artistic, allegorical-alchemical, philosophical as well as scientific viewpoints
42,00 €
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BROOMBERG & CHANARIN - Glitter in My Wounds
BROOMBERG & CHANARIN - Glitter in My Wounds
'Glitter in My Wounds' by Adam BROOMBERG includes portraits of transgender activist Gersande Spelsberg. Together they took 100 photos shot on 4x5-inch negatives and lit only with the sun and mirrors - as for 'Metamorphosis through Light' by Helmar LERSKI.
from 40,00 € Weight 0.5 kg
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BON, Wiosna van - Family Stranger
BON, Wiosna van - Family Stranger
On the shortlist for Arles Author Book Award 2021. With the photo volume 'Family Stranger', Dutch photographer Wiosna van BON shows the different ways families whose relative had to go to prison for a committed crime deal with the situation.
40,00 € *
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LAWSON, Deana - Deana Lawson
LAWSON, Deana - Deana Lawson
'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.
40,00 € * Weight 0.9 kg
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MARSHALL, Karen - Between Girls
MARSHALL, Karen - Between Girls
The book 'Between Girls' by American photographer Karen MARSHALL shows a group of teenagers in New York and documents the emotional bonds between 16-year-old girls to show as well as their symbolic relationships. The book design is by Teun van der HEIJDEN
from 39,90 €
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ARENA, Gianpaolo - A Folktale from Vietnam
ARENA, Gianpaolo - A Folktale from Vietnam
'A Folktale From Vietnam' by Gianpaolo ARENA is the result of a long-term project that captures fragments of diverse rituals of the society, offering a glimpse into its present and future cities in decay, culture and capitalism, folklore and propaganda.
from 38,00 € Weight 0.5 kg
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AMBROSSIO, Liza - Blood Orange / Naranja de sangre
AMBROSSIO, Liza - Blood Orange / Naranja de sangre
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.
38,00 € Weight 0.5 kg
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