more 2nd Hand photo books

In this out-of-print photo volume, 'Nude', American photographer Ralph GIBSON shows a collection of nudes, his best works. His mysterious, dreamlike images pay homage to such greats as MAN RAY and Edward WESTON, while continually pursuing new frontiers.

Out-of-print photographic volume 'Liebes Leben' (Dear Life) by Roswitha HECKE consists of 94 images documenting the everyday life of street prostitute Irene. The b/w photographs were taken partly in Germany and partly in Italy (Rome?) in the mid-1970s.

The images in the self-published volume 'da denk ich, dass ich fliegen kann' by Conny HÖFLICH give insight into the parallel world of children and the loss of immediate access. The pictures also tell of this in their ambivalence of closeness and distance.

For her erotic volume 'Wicked', Ellen von UNWERTH has compiled 40 images of the highest art of seduction. With the Brazilian beauty Adriana Lima she stages a small intimate witches' sabbath, lets her romp, dance and ride through the pictures of the book.

In 'Invisible City', Ken SCHLES documents New York's East Village neighborhood during its heyday in the 1980s. Using scans of original negatives and the five-plate technique, this reprint surpasses the original and brings the classic into the 21st century

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.

Out-of-print 'Werner Bischof. Pictures' presents the work, which is in the area of tension between art and reportage and was created in a short time because of the early death of the photographer. It also contains the color photographs he took in the USA.

The out-of-print photo publication 'Umbra' by Viviane SASSEN delves into the world of shadows. A seductive and deceptive darkness that lies in every human soul, like a silent black lake with a surface as flat as a mirror that can only be broken.

Out-of-print photo book 'Amerikabilder by Gerry JOHANSSON' contains photographs from 1962 and 1963. His black-and-white shots of New York and Chicago breathe the aura of famous American photographers such as Robert FRANK, Lee FRIEDLANDER and Walker EVANS.