60s

The peroid 1965-1975 was marked by turbulence & transformation, also in the work of Japanese photograpers like Taiji ARITA, Eikoh HOSOE, Daido MORIYAMA, Masatoshi NAITO, Hajime SAWATARI, Issei SUDA, Yoshihiro TATSUKI, Shuji TERAYAMA and Katsumi WATANABE.

The out-of-print photo and text volume 'Fotoreportagen 1956-1965' on the work of Dirk ALVERMANN contains in addition to the black and white photographs an excellent article on his photo books penned by the photo book connoisseur Thomas Wiegand.

Photo volume 'BABY SUMO', the new edition on the occasion of Helmut NEWTON's 100th birthday. With more than 400 pictures, a booklet that documents the history of its creation and a specially designed book stand by French designer Philippe Starck.

'Theatre of Memory' by Eikoh HOSOE with photographs of Butoh dancers Tatsumi Hijikata (in 'Kamaitachi') as well as Kazuo Ohno ('Butterfly Dream') shows the ability to bring memories to life through the intersection of photography, dance theater & painting

'Invasion Prague 68' by Joseph KOUDELKA documents the invasion of Czechoslovakia by five Warsaw Pact countries at that time. Compiled from archive material on the 40th anniversary, it makes the atmosphere of those heroic days of Prague tangible again.

'Ohne Vorstellung. Circusfotografien von 1950 bis 1970' by Heinz NEUMÄRKER documents the so-called 'backstage area'. His photographic position lies between the affectionate approach of a CHARGESHEIMER and the precise recordings of a Henri CARTIER-BRESSON.

The photographs in 'First Pictures' by Joel STERNFELD were taken at a time when color photography had not yet been able to assert itself against the B/W tradition. They make this photo volume a revelation also in the history of contemporary photography.

Out-of-print monograph on William Eugene SMITH shows images from six series: 'Country Doctor', 'Spanish Village', 'Nurse Midwife', 'A Man of Mercy', 'Minamata', as well as 'Pittsburgh'. It contains texts by himself about his working methods and principles

This monograph on Magnum agency co-founder Henri CARTIER-BRESSON is about the decisive moment, humility and humanity in his work. The images reproduced in black and white range from the earliest works to landscape photographs from the 1970s.

The volume 'Seydou Keita. African photographer' contains over 200 portraits, capturing the personalities of his subjects. He utilized a wide variety of props to further this goal. What comes across most clearly in these photos is the beauty of the people.