Insiders tip

The images in the out-of-print photography book 'Deep Springs' by US photographer Sam CONTIS capture the strange beauty in macro and microcosmic views in a remote desert valley east of the Sierra Nevada. The focus is on a small, college founded in 1917.

'The People’s Trust' by Michael VAHRENWALD shows the changing financial institutions, specifically the repurposed remains of 19th & 20th century banks across the USA. The monumentality of these neo-classical facades stands in contrast with their new roles

'Sin & Salvation' is the result of a seven-year project with residents of the Baptist Town district. Matt EICH tells the long, twisted and complicated history of Baptist Town in a contemporary context using documentary portraits as well as landscapes.

The long-time project by the Ostkreuz photographer documents the emptiness of the refugee accommodation H8 - not a place, but only a street and a stream in the middle of the forest. Three years behind closed curtains - outside the beautiful Black Forest.

In a sequential narrative punctuated by contrasting moments of violence and beauty, Ron JUDE follows in his out-of-print photo volume 'Lick Creek Line' the rambling journey of a fur trapper, methodically checking his trap line in a remote area of Idaho.

The small sized photo volume 'The Great Eastern' by Scott CONARROE examines the changing landscapes of China with a view to the massive expansion of a high-speed line, the domestic part of the Belt & Road Initiative, also known as the 'New Silk Road'.

In 'Photobooks &' researcher Matt Johnston explores trends & practices based on research, interviews & his own experiences. He proposes a critical framework for looking at photo book use and calls for a reorientation to address its communicative potential

'Prix Elysée. Édition 2016-2018' celebrates the nominees with a set consisting of 8 individual monographs plus 1 text volume. The Prix Élysée Award is intended to encourage creativity and to realize new photographic works by promising photographic artists

'The Fourth Wall', a self-published photo book printed on newsprint by Belgian photographer PINCKERS, examines the Indian film world in combination with a collection of contemporary photos. It was nominated for the Paris Photo Aperture Book Award 2013.