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.

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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HORNSTRA, Rob - The Naval Base. De Marinebasis
HORNSTRA, Rob - The Naval Base. De Marinebasis
The book 'The Naval Base' is about a Dutch town that was built, bombed and rebuilt by the government. Rob HORNSTRA documents how people live in and with the naval base. The photos are accompanied by text and commentary; the design is by KUMMER & HERRMAN.
from 14,50 € Weight 0.4 kg More information
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 More information
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 More information
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
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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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 € * More information
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 More information
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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STUKE, Katja - Supernatural 2021
STUKE, Katja - Supernatural 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
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  • Format: Stapled photobook housed in a silkscreened custom blue card envelope, 21,5 x 27,5 cm., 48 pp., 25 color ills., Limited edition of 50 + 5APs
18,00 €
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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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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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GULYAY, Bogdan - Scratchy days
GULYAY, Bogdan - Scratchy days
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.
from 35,00 € Weight 0.2 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 More information
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
'Photobooks &. A Critical Companion to the Contemporary Medium'
'Photobooks &. A Critical Companion to the Contemporary Medium'
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
22,50 € * Weight 0.5 kg More information
ELVARSDÓTTIR, Katrín - Songbirds
ELVARSDÓTTIR, Katrín - Songbirds
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.
34,00 € Weight 0.2 kg
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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 More information
BANGERT, Christoph - Rumors of War
BANGERT, Christoph - Rumors of War
'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.
35,00 € Weight 0.6 kg More information
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