European photographer

Sewn Otabind (no dust jacket, as issued), 20 x 32 x 2 cm., 272 pp., b/w & color ills., bilingual texts: Dutch / English

The book, 'Shanghai' by Bettina RHEIMS, is the result of her search for the spirit of the women of Shanghai. But these staged photographs of women from all walks of life in the old city show a place so fast moving and evolving that her search became moot.

In banking circles, 'PIGS' means the states Portugal, Italy, Greece & Spain. For his book, photographer Carlos SPOTTORNO took on the design of the manager's magazine 'The Economist' and integrated his own recordings in order to unite prejudice and reality

The prominent Belgian photographer Stephan VANFLETEREN worked intensively in his daylight studio from 2010 to 2022. 'Atelier' - available here in three languages or can be pre-ordered - brings together these works and offers a great overview of his work.

Exploring stillness & introspection: images of contemporary women wearing historical dresses, modern girls wearing 18th century bonnets, and interiors of uninhabited manor houses create an universe, which is neither past nor present, fact nor fiction.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 17 x 24 cm., 112 pp., color ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 300 copies

'Early Times' is the first chapter of Vasantha YOGANANTHAN's Sanskrit-inspired long-term project 'Myth of Two Souls' and is about the youth and upbringing of Rama. The photo book series consists of a total of seven photo volumes, one volume per chapter.

'Splash' by Philipp KEEL contains bright, color-intensive images in which the photographer meticulously experiments with processes of image creation in the darkroom, as well as condensing shapes and tones so that everyday motifs take on abstract qualities