California

The 2nd chapter of the 'Santa Barbara' trilogy - 'Santa Barbara Shame on US' - by Alejandro CARTAGENA on the social-political development of the USA, shows the current situation in the USA in an almost theatrical approach to show the core of the decline.

In this photo volume, 'Seventy-Two and One Half Miles Across L.A.', Mark RUWEDEL documents a drive through Los Angeles, crossing as many geographical, economic, political and cultural boundaries as possible. Books by Ed RUSCHA served him as inspiration.

The out-of-print photographic volume 'A Letter from Japan.' with its black-and-white photographs by U.S. wartime photographer John SWOPE, include shots taken mostly in war-torn Japan in 1945, contrasting with his work as a Hollywood photographer.

Out-of-print photographic volume 'Remaining Light' by Jordan SULLIVAN combines photographs taken on Skid Row and in an office building in downtown Los Angeles with text excerpted from Eugene Ionesco's novel 'The Hermit'. Laser-printed on uncoated paper.

In 'Rodeo Drive' Anthony HERNANDEZ not only documents the urban live, his photos also show the complexity of social spaces. In a single shopping street, which is a symbol of civic success, the socio-economic tensions between the classes become visible.

'1991' by Richard MISRACH documents the remains after the cataclysmic firestorm that struck Oakland & Berkeley Hills. He roamed the devastated area and also targeted the most intimate details. The book was published to commemorate the 20th anniversary.

HC (open spine, no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 27,5 cm., 124 pp., color ills., bilingual text: Italian / English, 80 gr., Ltd. to 350 numbered copies

The retrospective catalog about Anthony HERNANDEZ provides a comprehensive introduction to his career spanning more than forty years, tracing both his evolution and highlighting the continuities in his practice with many photographs previously unpublished

Published in conjunction with an exhibition featuring photographs by three remarkable photographers at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to show their work, their relationship to one another and their place in the history of photography in the 1970s.

1st printrun, pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 20 x 28 x 0,5 cm., 36 pp., 22 b/w ills., no text