Artist

'Masahisa FUKASE' introduces one of the most radical and original Japanese photographers of his generation, famous for 'The Solitude of Ravens'. It also includes lesser known works from his multi-layered corpus such as collages, self-portraits, Polaroids.

'Henry Rox Revue' edited by Wolfgang Vollmer could also be a children's book. Artistic feats as well as bizarre everyday occurrences are depicted here with the help of fruits and vegetables, which the photographer has arranged in imaginative arrangements.

'In My Room' contains nude studies in black and white that Saul LEITER made indoors in his studio in New York, often illuminated by the lush natural light. In the 1970s he planned to turn them into a book, which was never realized during his lifetime.

The out-of-print photo book 'Die Poesie der Form' (The Poetry of Form) contains around 75 b/w images by Imogen CUNNINGHAM, neither strictly chronologically nor thematically organized: Bodies, plants, still lifes and portraits, including with August SANDER

What emerges in 'Golden Apple of the Sun' by Teju COLE, is a surprising portrait of a kitchen table in a home at a time of social, cultural as well as political upheaval. A written essay whose themes are as broad as the photos are broad in their subjects.

In 'Workshop. S/W-Fotografie nach dem Zonensystem', Andreas WEIDNER, a representative of fine art photography in the tradition of f/64 group around Ansel ADAMS, Edward WESTON & Imogen CUNNINGHAM, shows its consistent application with large format camera.

In out-of-print book 'Nichtraum' Nicole AHLAND depicts the interplay of light, space & tim showing deserted spaces, shifted into darkness or overexposed by light. Using analog photography, she creates effects of transparency, superimposition & soft focus.

In this out-of-print photo book 'Lines, Marks, and Drawings. Lines, Marks and Drawings. Through the Lens of Roger Ballen', this volume examines his work from a new perspective, from distinctive portraits and complex photographic tableaux to YouTube films.

The winner of the First Book Award 2014 includes staged family photos. 'FROWST' refers to Bert Hellinger’s therapeutic method 'Family Constellations'; the title' takes up the paradoxical nature of the family: Frowsty rooms are both cozy and claustrophobic

This 2nd volume, 'Conversations 2', by Rémi Coignet contains a set of 15 talks he did with players in contemporary photography to investigate the role of the volumes in the work of photographers, designers & publishers - and how their books are designed.