Society

In his photo book 'Ctrl-X', Kai LÖFFELBEIN explores the use of limited resources and documents the path of e-waste from Europe and the USA to the post-apocalyptic Agbogbloshie (Ghana), the e-waste city Guiyu (China) and the backyard workshops of New Delhi

'Common Dreams' by Kai LÖFFELBEIN reflects China's change and the existing contrasts. It critically examines its social and economic transformation with a focus on the lives of migrant workers who have to live in the outskirts of the large metropolises.

'Exteriors: Annie Ernaux and Photography' accompanies an exhibition project by Lou Stoppard, which combines texts by the Nobel Prize winner with images by Harry CALLAHAN, Claude DITYVON, Daidō MORIYAMA, Issei SUDA, Henry WESSEL, Bernard Pierre WOLFF a.o.

'Nationalfeiertag' by German photographer Katja STUKE, combines images from the Chinese National Day in Tiananmen Square with photographs from the commemoration of the 1989 massacre at the same place. Hidden are also texts from 1989 published in Hong Kong

Interested in the degradation of the world, Matthieu GAFSOU shows in his photo volume 'Vivants', a composite narrative that combines landscapes, sometimes tinted with a strange color, reportage portraits in black-and-white, or even reworked urban views.

It is thanks to Beate & Heinz ROSE that the German society in pairs from the 1970s was preserved in book form forever. This photo book allows various readings, depending on whether you are e.g. interested in role allocation or fashion - it's my pleasure!

HC, 17,5 x 23,5 cm., 145 pp., 108 color ills., bilingual text: German / English, Ltd. to 500 copies

The figures aren't arranged according to types, instead SIEBER combines images of different color series with b/w shots. In these juxtapositions of styles & locations he creates an 'Imaginary Club', a co-existence of diverse styles that define themselves.

Gebundene Bände im Schuber, 24 x 34 x 16,5 cm., 1436 S., S/W-Abb.,