more 2nd Hand photo books

Out-of-print 'A World in Ruins. Vienna 1945-1948' by Ernst HAAS tells history as a psychic collage. The images of the deep depression in the rubble of bombed-out history contrast with the optimistic awakening. A little-documented part of Austria's history

Out of print since a long time, this photo volume, 'Death Valley' by French photographer Jeanloup SIEFF, contains sixty black-and-white photographs, mainly landscapes of California's Death Valley.

The photographic volume 'Approximate Joy' by Christopher ANDERSON offered here is from the 1st edition and is signed by the Magnum photographer. Collector's edition (1 of 30) with a signed C-print on metallic paper. Book with print and yellow slipcase.

The volume 'Genesis' by Magnum photographer Sebastiao SALGADO is the result of 8 years of intensive travel. It contains images of the last natural spaces that have escaped the grasp of our modern civilization, and the people and animals that live in them.

In his photo volume 'LA', Hans-Christian SCHINK generates - based on the precise investigation of the no man's land of Los Angeles - a contrast of nocturnal panoramic shots with extreme cropped enlargements that only hint at traces of urban action spaces.

The book 'For your pleasure' shows works by Johannes BRUS. Since the 1970s, he plays with the medium of photography by reversing, violating or ignoring its rules. By reworking, collaging, destroying & breaking the rules, he creates new photographic images

In 'Mädchen' Diana SCHERER portrays both young girls & dresses for girls in an endearing but troubling reflection on innocence and the fostering of gender roles. Doll-like dresses accentuate the contrast between stylised appearances & child’s disposition.

Open spined pb. (wrap around dust jacket), 21 x 26 cm., 184 pp., 49 color & 22 b/w ills., text language: English

'Das Positiv' shows the concept of visualization, in which photographers imagine the final image in all its tonal gradation even before taking the picture. Ansel ADAMS points out all the possibilities that make the work on the positive a creative process.