China

The photo volume 'Edit Beijing' by Guy TILIM is the result of his artist residency in China. Other renowned photographers whose works have been published in this series of photo books with original prints are Pieter HUGO, Michael KENNA and Hannah MODIGH.

In out-of-print photo volume 'Matriarchs', Austrian photographer Maria HAAS focuses on the investigation of cultures in which women have a special status. She opens these cultures to the viewer and captures their beauty and vitality in sensitive portraits

In his photo book 'Ctrl-X', Kai LÖFFELBEIN explores the use of limited resources and documents the path of e-waste from Europe and the USA to the post-apocalyptic Agbogbloshie (Ghana), the e-waste city Guiyu (China) and the backyard workshops of New Delhi

In the photo book 'China Dream', which bears the name of a patriotic calendar, we take part in the study by exiled Chinese photographer Teresa ENG about the contrast between cultural knowledge about China and the reality of a country in constant change.

In China DE MAAR made photographs of the ephemeral world of the home, of being rooted. The trained sociologist seeks out those striking and magical places where families have come together for generations-where life has 'worn itself into' a house.

Cloth bound (no dust jackets, as issued)

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 20,5 x 26,5 cm., 120 pp. + 40 pp. booklet, English, Ltd. to 300 copies

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24,5 x 30 cm., 216 pp., 128 color ills., English

In 'Hong Kong Flora', Michael WOLF turns his attention to plants and flowers in the urban jungle of the Asian metropolis. Each leaf, each branch, each flower a visible sign of the power of nature and people´s single-mindedness, to customize their habitat.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 15,5 x 21 x 1 cm., 80 pp., 64 color ills., no text, details in English, Ltd. to 500 copies

'Discover' by Francois DAIREAUX contains the story of a journey into the future, revealing the contrasts of a contemporary China in constant construction, with cities growing out of the ground as if by magic. With texts by sinologist Emmanuel Lingot.

This monograph on Magnum agency co-founder Henri CARTIER-BRESSON is about the decisive moment, humility and humanity in his work. The images reproduced in black and white range from the earliest works to landscape photographs from the 1970s.

The photo volume 'Two Rivers' by Magnum member Carolyn DRAKE deals about the two most important rivers in Central Asia, Amu Darya and Syr Darya. The self-published, unconventional book was designed by prominent Dutch photo book designer Sybren KUIPER.

HC with dust jacket, 21,5 x 28 cm., 112 pp., 57 b/w ills., Chinese/English, Ltd. to 600 numbered copies

'Common Dreams' by Kai LÖFFELBEIN reflects China's change and the existing contrasts. It critically examines its social and economic transformation with a focus on the lives of migrant workers who have to live in the outskirts of the large metropolises.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 19 x 28 cm., 124 pp., color ills., text language: text language: English

The photographic volume 'Approximate Joy' by Christopher ANDERSON offered here is from the 1st edition and is signed by the Magnum photographer. Collector's edition (1 of 30) with a signed C-print on metallic paper. Book with print and yellow slipcase.

Photo & text book 'Man redet immer zu viel' (You always talk too much) contains twelve interviews with Henri CARTIER-BRESSON from almost fifty years. In view of the flood of secondary literature, he provides authentic information about his life and work.

The very small photo book, 'Until death do us part', comes in an original box for cigarettes. It alludes to the role that cigarettes play in Chinese weddings: as a sign of appreciation, it is common for the bride to light a cigarette for every man invited

This monograph, 'I am,' on Erwin OLAF chronologically traces his career from brash provocateur to official portraitist of the Dutch royal family. Between the series, his opinionated texts provide insights into the context and inspiration of his works.

2nd print run, HC with dust jacket, 28 x 35 x 2 cm., 112 pp., color ills., text language: English

Cloth bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 23 x 30 cm., 168 pp., bilingual texts: German / English

This small photo book with 'new' quotations - built on the foundation of Mao’s 'Little Red Book' - resulted from a first trip to China in 2012. DE MIDDEL reacted with her camera to whatever caught her attention, without any attempt to explain or analyze.

The 'Qu Jing' (Shrew) is about the speed of growing up and contains photos taken by the young photographer Lin SHU during his life as well as his travels, as an expression of his personal experiences of loss & gain, letting go & possession, sadness & joy.

Cloth bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 15,5 x 21 x 2 cm., 152 pp., color ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 500 copies

The German-language photo volume 'Bericht aus China. 1957-1980' by Magnum photographer Marc RIBOUD - simultaneously published as 'Visions of China' - contains around 100 documentary black-and-white photographs from the years 1957, 1965, 1971 and 1979.

HC with dust jacket, 26,5 x 24 x 1,5 cm., 88 pp., 63 color ills., bilingual: German / English

Colth bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 29 cm., 400 pp, dutone b/w ills., ext language: English

Linen bound HC (tipped in photograph, no dust jacket, as issued), 15 x 20,5 x 1 cm., 80 pp., 60 color ills., text language: English

SC in plastic envelope, 3 x 42 x 1,5 cm., 48 pp., 28 color ills., English

Selected as one of the Photo-Eye Best Photobooks of 2013, this special designed selection of full-length portraits, made in Chinese photo studios between the 1930s and the 1980s, reveals fragments of the history of Chinese society and ideology.

'Nationalfeiertag' by German photographer Katja STUKE, combines images from the Chinese National Day in Tiananmen Square with photographs from the commemoration of the 1989 massacre at the same place. Hidden are also texts from 1989 published in Hong Kong

In 'The Land of Promises', Youqine LEFÈVRE traces her own fate when she documents the China journeys of six adoptive families. As a result of China's one-child policy, she was one of the many girls separated from their families and put up for adoption.

The photo volume 'Chongqing Souvenir' Lukas BIRK is about how to bring impersonal images of violence to discussion. The people depicted in the book are dissidents who have been mounted in a book designed in the manner of private memory albums of the time.

Card board covered pages, 15 x 21,5 x 2 cm., 48 string-holded pp. (6 fold out pp.), 30 color ills., no text, Ltd. to 250 copies

In his atmospheric photo volume 'Nail Houses', Peter BIALOBRZESKI records buildings in China that are about to be demolished. For outsiders, the color photographs taken in the evening convey a feeling of homeliness, despite the cracks in the walls.

'Mouvement' about René BURRI gives an overview about his work which has written history. Removed from sensationalism yet no less striking are his images of the theater of war, of people suffering in poverty & with equal intensity to the spheres of beauty.

HC (with dust jacket), 32,5 x 26,5 x 2,5 cm., 221 pp., color ills., text language: English

Gebundene Ausgabe mit Schutzumschlag, 25,5 x 30 x 2,5 cm., 192 S., Farbabbildungen, deutsch-sprachiger Text - TEXT ONLY IN GERMAN!

HC, 34 x 28 x 2,5 cm., 144 pp., color ills., text language: English

The photo volume 'Hong Kong Lost Laundry' by Michael WOLF shows laundry carried away by the wind, which lands on cables, roofs and billboards and has thus become wondrous sculptures of everyday life. The final volume of the series 'Informal Solutions'.

This photo volume by Sebastião SALGADO documents traditional methods of sustainable coffee farming across the globe, revealing rituals deeply steeped in history & pride. 'Scent of a Dream' spans nearly a decade of research into the hidden world of coffee.

The volume 'Photographien', compiled by Henri CARTIER-BRESSON himself, combines the highlights of a life in the service of photojournalism and photographic art - the very combination for which it has repeatedly set new standards since the 1930s.

In the out-of-print photo book 'Landscapes', Chinese photographer Chen ZHUO explores the landscape and the changes and interactions between humans and nature. The artist's alienation from himself is also explored through the creation of natural scenarios.

Two slipcased HC, 31 x 24 x 4 cm., 352 pp., color ills., text language: English

Out-of-print 'Hong Kong Umbrella' by Michael WOLF shows umbrellas in the Back Alleys. The cover also refers to the yellow umbrella as a symbol of protest against Chinese appropriation; images of the 'Umbrella Revolution' by Lam Yik FEI can also be seen.