Social portrait

In his out-of-print photo volume 'Seacoal' British photographer Chris KILLIP records life, work as well as the struggle for survival on a beach in the northeast of England in the early 1980s. Some shots were also part of his legendary book 'In Flagrante'.

'Paul Strand in Mexico' contains the photos, he has taken in the early 1930s, reflecting the development of his idea of the 'collective portrait' in which he depicted the region through individuals, still lifes, architecture as well as religious themes.

SC (no dust jacket, as issued), 22,5 x 26 cm., o.pp., no text, Ltd. to 20 numb. copies

This already out-of-print catalog from Mapfre pays tribute to the remarkable career of the American Emmet GOWIN and his influence on the medium. He took intimate portraits of his wife, continuing the photographic tradition of his mentor Harry CALLAHAN.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 27 x 32 cm., 44 color ills., 8 spreads with maps and texts, English

'Realitatea' by Andrea DIEFENBACH is the result of a long-term project and contains vignettes from Moldova, a country in a state of limbo, and facsimiles of newspapers and texts that place them in the context of the political events of the past ten years.

SC, 22,5 x 30 cm., 96 pp., 53 color ills., german & English, Ltd. to 30 signed & numbered copies, accompanied by an original Ilford baryta silk pigment print (appr. 21 x 27 cm) in a slipcase.

The book combines the original story of the Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola with the reality of a country suffering from the heavy burden of African stereotypes. MAGNUM photographer Cristina DE MIDDEL creates a gray area between documentation and fiction.

SC (without dust jackte, as issued), 18 x 13 cm., 120 pp., more than 100 color & b/w ills., Japanese/English poem at the end.

In 'Voyeur 6', Hans-Peter FELDMANN's carefully composed sequencing and design invites you to interpret the photos as a narrative - a photo book as a comic strip. Including celebrities like Mohammed Ali, Isabella Rossellini or Henry Miller.