Staged Photography

Out-of-print 'Small Wars' by Vietnamese-born photographer An-My LÉ in 1960 brings together 3 series in 1 book that are both documentary & staged: Images from her homeland processing the Vietnam War, battle compositions and military exercises in the desert

This photo book set by Nick BRANDT includes the volumes 'The Day May Break' (2021) and 'The Day May Break. Chapter Two' (2023).

The volume 'Walter Hege and Herbert List. Griechische Tempelarchitektur in photographischer Inszenierung' by Matthias Harder examines two basic photographic convictions on the basis of images from the 1920s and 1930s: contextual accuracy versus alienation

This monograph, 'I am,' on Erwin OLAF chronologically traces his career from brash provocateur to official portraitist of the Dutch royal family. Between the series, his opinionated texts provide insights into the context and inspiration of his works.

Photo book 'The Silence of Dogs in Cars' by Martin USBORNE contains billboards of dogs silently peering through car windows. The staged photos evoke a mood of loneliness & longing. Yet they are less about dog portraits and more about separation in general

In the photo book 'The Day May Break. Chapter Two' by Nick BRANDT, people and animals seem to be trying to find their way in a new world. In the Senda Verde wildlife sanctuary in Bolivia, they are already entering the new phase that our world has reached.

The works by Jeff WALL collected here include large-format slides, b/w images & color photo prints. More recent images enter into a dialog with works from the time of his artistic beginnings and reveal a variety of references in terms of content & form.

This out-of-print photo volume 'This empty world' by Nick BRANDT contains dramatically staged photographs that bring together and reveal animals and people in East Africa as victims of environmental destruction in an emotionally powerful, cinematic way.

'White Shoes' by Nona FAUSTINE is a collection of self-portraits taken in locations around New York. She depicts herself at the sites of slave auctions & coastal locations where slave ships docked, posing nude apart from a pair of white high-heeled shoes.

'The Drawer' by Vince Aletti, Winner of the PhotoBook Award in Paris 2023, contains collaged photos from magazines & books, gallery posters and other ephemera since the 1970s, which until this publication were stacked in a briefcase in the East Village.