Africa

The last part of an unintended trilogy on the lives of refugees and migrants. 'Rooted' returns to a phenomenon that was already noted in 'Ville de Calais': the many refugee camp residents who find hope, consolation and dignity in nurturing a few plants.

In the out-of-print monograph titled 'Chasing Shadows', Santu MOFOKENG, who documented the fight against apartheid and the living conditions of the South African population in his photographs, describes his approaches and approach in an interview.

'Omo Change' by Fausto PODAVINI deals on Omo River & The Gibe III dam which disrupts the balance of one of the most incredible areas in Africa in the name of development, by diverting a local resource for profit of local elites & international investors.

Actual print run, HC, 25 x 29 x 3,5 cm., 336 pp., text language: English

For his photobook compendium 'Canon. On African Photobooks', Johannes Wohnseifer selected titles from his private collection that focus on the African continent. These photobooks, published between 1948 and 2011, are presented here in chronological order.

In his photo book 'Tales from the City of Gold'Jason LARKIN shows life in out-of-place legacies of the former gold mines in South Africa. He documents as well as illuminates the stubbornly ignored reality of those places & their denied ecological legacies

In his photo volume, 'KIN', South African photographer Pieter HUGO explores instead on his family the failure of South African colonization and his sense of being 'colonial driftwood', reflecting on the nature of conflicting personal collective narratives

HC (no dust jacket, as issued),  21 x 25,5 cm., 160 pp., 119 color ills., bilingual texts: French / English

German edition. Sebastião SALGADO has created a world of images that show nature, animals and indigenous peoples in intense beauty. The volume 'Genesis' is the result of an epic 8-year expedition to regions where the planet has remained untouched before.