Photobook theory

'Beyond Caring' by Paul GRAHAM, published in 1986, is considered one of the key works of British New Color photography. As part of the Errata book series on famous photo books, this volume presents each page of the book together with a contemporary essay.

HC with dust jacket, 18,5 x 24 x 2,5 cm. (9,5 x 7 in.), 190 pp., 120 duotone b/w ills., text language: English

The author Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa argues that the photobook is one of the most dynamic sites of artistic invention in photographic practice in the last decade. Therefore, in this volume, 'Dark Mirrors', he evaluates artistic works created in this form.

'The Italian Photobook 1931-1941' by Giorgio Grillo traces the short, intense history of (photo)graphic modernism in Italy - as a medium between autonomous visual research and a 'functional' use in the often overlapping areas of advertising & propaganda.

'Francesca Woodman: The Artist's Books' brings together all pages of her artist books in one book. The books convey her sophisticated relationship to narrative & sequence and offer a new understanding of the breadth of her engagement with the book format.

'Dutch Photo Publications 1918-1980' is an homage to photographers, artists, writers, designers, printers, paper importers & publishers. Across more than 500 pages, texts and more than 1,000 reproductions, the work and vision of them is explored in detail

The catalogue 'Photobooks. Art Page by Page' accompanies an exhibition with a selection of 45 photo books from recent decades, focusing on unusual concepts, designs & forms of presentation that reveal the potential of the photo book as an artistic medium.