China

pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 18 x 22 x 1,5 cm., 88 pp., approx. 60 b/w (+1 colored) ills., short bilingual text: Ukrainian / English

HC, 27 x 36,5 cm., 120 pp., 71 color ills., text language: English

In his 'Wuhan Diary', Peter BIALOBRZESKI turns his gaze on the Chinese city of Wuhan. His pictures - taken between February 22 and March 12, 2017 - show a pulsating city with over 19 million inhabitants, which has to cope with its own rapid development.

The situation of the Huai River is exemplary for the serious environmental damage in China as a result for the enormous economic growth. In some sections this is so heavily contaminated with toxicity that it is not advised to even touch the water.

HC with dust jacket, 20,5 x 30 x 2,5 cm., 412 pp., 354 color ills., text language: English

In his 'Polaroids from the Middle Kingdom', Lukas BIRK shows photographs taken between 2008 and 2010 in the People's Republic of China using expired film stock from the 1980s. The instant images capture the present through a filter of nostalgia & longing.

'Monkey to Monkey' consists of photos taken in northern China, Beijing as well as Shanghai. The monkey is the 9th animal of the 12 zodiac signs in Chinese astrology. It stands for discovery, activity, intelligence, curiosity & all-things-possible-thinking

The book 'Silk Road. 1956-1974' deals with the journeys of Emilia 'Milli' BAU with a wealth of images and text material from three decades. She traveled the Middle and Far East; the pictures and the diary-like texts describe what she saw and experienced.

Pb. with plastic dust jacket, paper & plastic pages, 23 x 20 x 1,5 cm., 84 pp., b/w ills., bilingual text: Ukrainian / English, Ltd. to 100 copies

In the book 'For my Mother' Ren HANG tells in a playful way about feelings, fears as well as the loneliness of the young generation in China. His works stand for the rebellion against conventions, where nudity and sexual freedom are subject to censorship.