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In the context of 2016 in the USA, photographer Alejandro CARTAGENA in the photo book 'Santa Barbara Return Back Jobs to US' appears to be a lone shooter who watches his next victim through a telescopic sight in order to pull the trigger the next moment.

For 'Afterlife, My 20th Century' Ruth MARTEN selected photographic originals from the 19th and 20th centuries. Overpainting resulted in pictures full of psychoanalytic riddles, from the depths of her artistic subconscious.

'One Tree', the third monograph by Machiel BOTMAN, contains a collection of images that are dark & hopeful, as well as challenging & inviting. It ends with BOTMAN's short story, 'The Hawk & the Cat', which plays beautifully with the preceding images.

Open bound Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 27 cm., 268 pp., 121 color & b/w ills., text language: English. Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2018.

Roswitha HECKE's b/w shots of transvestites from the 'Pigalle' district in Paris in their diagonally cut blouses, bell bottoms and cheap Charleston dresses from Monoprix are blown with an aura of shabby glamor, poverty, melancholy and a zest for life.

The special edition of self published photo volume 'Wet City / Islak Kent' by turkish photographer Yusuf Murat SEN comes in a special box including a numbered & signed copy plus one limited edition fine art print. This edition box is limited to 100 copies

The topic in 'Embed in Egypt' is the Arab Spring in Egypt. Young Turkish photographer tells the complex everyday life against the background of the escalating historical development. The diary-like volume was on the shortlist of the First Book Award 2014.

The book 'Unimachi 1997' by Koji ONAKA was created in 2012 under the impression of the devastating tsunami in Japan. The b/w photographs show the urban everyday life of the region at the end of the 1990s. The series was later published again as a volume.

2nd print run, HC with dust jacket, 17,5 x 23 x 1 ,5 cm., 80 pp., b/w ills., text langaueg: English

The dualistic principle of the chiaroscuro design forms in the large-format photo book 'Visual Dualism. Dolomites' by Austrian photographer Peter MATHIS is an essential focus and leaves us speechless when looking at the Dolomites in black and white.