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The images in the 18th volume of the book series 'In Almost Every Picture', edited by Dutch photo artist Erik KESSELS, show changing faces, the sights of a Romanian city in its heyday of the 1960s and 1970s and a photogenic German shepherd with no name.

This photo volume, 'Bunt: Farbige 1970er Jahre' (Colored. Colorful 1970s) by early BECHER student Volker DÖHNE, shows photographs of colorful cars in groups as well as stand-alone gazebos. The book is rounded off by a German-language introductory text.

HC with dust jacket, 28 x 30 x 3 cm., 240 pp., b/w ills., English

Zanele MUHOLI became known for pictures that show the lives of black lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transsexuals, queers and intersex people beyond deviance and victimhood. This catalog contains images from her most important as well as unpublished works.

In her book of photographs 'Empty Nests' Atsuko Murano ABALOS does not show the nothingness, but rather she confirms the existence of a bright and wonderful world that can be found in these 'empty nests'. The volume shows stork nests in the French Alsace.

The book 'River Under Earth' by Dmitry ERMAKOV shows some essence of the original beauty of the European part of Russia - from Baltic Sea to Western Siberia - where real pagans live and Orthodox Russia is a silent agreement of the people with the rulers.

Pb. with four-color printed PVC dust jacket, 22,5 x 31 x 1,5 cm., 144 pp70 color ills. + index of sourced reference materials, text language: English

'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

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

'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.