Industrial topic

In the book 'Verlassene Ort' (Abandoned Places) various photographers document the beautiful and at the same time eerie atmosphere of places where decay has set in and nature has returned. The history & present of these places are explained in short texts

Broschierte Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschienen), 24,5 x 31 x 2 cm., 224 S., S/W-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - TEXT ONLY IN GERMAN!

'Pittsburgh Grease Plant 1944/46' contains previously unpublished photographs by Gordon PARKS, focusing for the first time on his work for the Standard Oil Company, an important chapter before his groundbreaking career as a photographer for Life Magazine.

'Wolfen' by Tobias ZIELONY combines several levels: images from Wolfen-Bitterfeld; their storage in archive film format and a text that oscillates between essay & science fiction. Darkness is thematized here on a biographical, physical & historical level.

In 'Steinwerke und Kalköfen', German photographers Bernd & Hilla BECHER document buildings in the stone processing industry in Europe. For 30 years they photographed the different variants of a building type from the early days of industrialization.

In 'Being there', Japanese photographer Eiji OHASHI examines the ubiquitous vending machines and their role in Japanese society. After the colored, out of print 'Roadside Lights', he photographed this series in black & white, published it in bound format.

Photo book 'Typologien industrieller Bauten'' by Bernd & Hilla BECHER was published in 2003 as a paperback edition. It is the bestseller among the BECHER titles. He contains individual images arranged in tableaus, supplemented by a text by Armin Zweite.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 30 x 20,5 cm., 44 pp., color ills., text language: English

Gebundene Ausgabe mit Schutzumschlag, 24,5 x 32,5 x 2,5 cm., 248 S., S/W Abb. in Duoton, deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!