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In 'Pithead' Fatih KURCEREN directs his gaze at the Ruhr region and its inhabitants. To do so, he moves along the blurred edges of a society whose center seems just as unclear as the questions about its norms and about what is foreign to it or its own.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 26 x 31 x 3 cm., 228 pp., 178 color ills., English

The photo volume 'Sight' by Yoko ASAKAI contains portraits of people from all over the world watching a film at home. The relationship between looking and being looked at is explored. The concentrated-portrait subjects seem to be unaware of the camera.

In 'End of the Caliphate', Ivor PRICKETT focuses on the human struggles of the conflict against the IS state. His frontline footage, compellingly captures the experience of being caught 'in the crossfire'. He is also preoccupied with the post-war reality.

'The Winners' by Rafal MILACH, is dedicated to the winners of state and local competitions supported by the Belarusian authorities. The list of winners also includes the best of the best in competitions promoting the beauty or maintenance of public spaces

'La Puente' about women in a brothel in Ecuador by Charlotte SCHMITZ won the FotoEvidence competition to publish the series as a book. The polaroids were created in cooperation with the women, who chose their poses and painted the photos with nail polish.

'Negatives are Stored' by Vladyslav KRASNOSHCHOK is an object of a wooden box with 53 colored reproductions of cabinet portraits and business cards. The originals are from Kharkov, initially the photographer only wanted to save them from their destruction

The bilingual volume contains photo works by Juergen TELLER, Ute & Werner MAHLER, Pari DUKOVIC, Brigitte LACOMBE and Paolo PELLEGRIN. With silk-screened plastic dust jacket, 24 x 32 x 2,5 cm., 352 pp., 158 color ills (plus thumbnails at book's end)

Signed & numbered photo book 'White and Vinegar' by Daido MORIYAMA brings together images and selected essays he has written since his youth over 40 years ago. The b/w images were shot from nearly square instant prints and then cropped to 35mm film format

Published in limited edition, this book of photographs, 'America Revisited' by Swedish photographer Gerry JOHANSSON, consists of 83 images in black and white taken during his travels in the United States over the past forty years.