Documentary photography

The b/w photographs Fie JOHANSEN published in her recently published photo book 'All the Things You Are' were taken during a period of two years at Copenhagen Zoo. They show a strong, non-verbal connection between the zoo inhabitants and the photographer.

In French! 'Voir Paris' is conceived as a poetic, visual stroll that, based on photos by Eugène ATGET (with the edges left unchanged), leads through courtyards and rooms, alleys, cafes, urban gardens and along the banks of the Seine.

The book 'Von Ort zu Ort / The 12 Year Walk) by Thorsten BAENSCH is a long-term project documenting a trek through seven countries. This illustrated travelogue takes the reader on a journey marked by various leitmotifs such as danger, death, and nature

Japanese bound, screwed fixed pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 23 x 26 x 1,5 cm., 58 pp. (RecyStar Natur 130g), 57 color ills., no text, Ltd. to 50 copies

For this photo volume, 'Orange', the Turkish writer, artist and photographer Orhan PAMUK photographed metropole Istanbul's nocturnal urban landscape for decades and preserved a special atmosphere in his pictures that is gradually disappearing.

In his book 'Metaphor Vietnam' Swiss photographer Ernst SPYCHER documents painful insights. He portrays participants in the war, photographs former sites - still symbols of horrific war crimes - and juxtaposes them with images of everyday life in Vietnam.

Photo volume 'Club & Courts' by Miyako ISHIUCHI contains grainy, deeply resonant B&W photographs depicting (mostly) abandoned and run-down interiors of a U.S. military entertainment club and apartment buildings in the area where the photographer grew up.

In 1987, a long labor dispute began over the announcement of the closure of the steel and ironworks in Rheinhausen. The b/w photographs in the photo book 'Aufruhrgebiet' Michael KERSTGENS shows the strong cohesion and solidarity of various social groups.

Cristina DE MIDDEL's photo book Sharkification imagines the favelas of Brazil as a coral reef where the battle between the police and drug gangs can be seen as if sharks in pursuit of small fishes.