Albania

In out-of-print photo volume 'Matriarchs', Austrian photographer Maria HAAS focuses on the investigation of cultures in which women have a special status. She opens these cultures to the viewer and captures their beauty and vitality in sensitive portraits

2nd printrun, linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 20 x 26,5 x 1,5 cm., 96 pp., 41 color ills., bilingual texts: English / German

Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 35 x 29 x 2,5 cm., 192 pp., 106 color ills., bilingual texts: German / English

Linen boind HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 28 x 21 x 1,5 cm., 120 pp., b/w ills., trilingual text: Italian / English / Albanian, Ltd. to 500 copies

This out-of-print catalog, 'Photobloc. Central Europe in Photobooks', contains interesting essays on various topics in the history of Central European photo books and - in addition to many photo book illustrations - an article on East German photography.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 21,5 x 34 x 1,5 cm., 168 pp., 62 ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 750 copies (+150 A.P.E.-copies)

In her debut 'Sworm Virgins', Pepa HRISTOVA deals with the last man-women of Europe. These so-called sworm virgins are respected, acquire the status of men and they fill their role so perfectly that they are hardly recognizable as women outside the family

In his photographic volume 'Stars of Albania', Austrian photographer Matthias ASCHAUER's images draw attention to a very special phenomenon in Albania.

29 cards in a box, 15,5 x 21 x 1 cm., Ltd. to 100 copies