Documentary photography

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.

'Hidden Islam' by Nicoló DEGIORGIS shows Muslim places of prayer in Northern Italy. First architectural documentation until the interiors are 'discovered'. Important in connection with '9/11' and the consequences for the Christian-Muslim relationship.

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

HC with dust jacket & obi, 26,5 x 26,5 x 3 cm., 324 pp., b/w ills., bilingual texts: Japanese / English

'Living Apart' by Magnum member Ian BERRY includes work from the 1960s for Drum magazine as well as key moments from the 1990s during the collapse of apartheid: the rise of Mandela, reconciliation, & the alarming escalation of urban problems and violence.

'Die Amerikaner' is the German edition of this work that looked at the Americans from a new perspective and which revolutionized the aesthetics of the photo book. It was first published in 2008, on the occasion of the anniversary of the French original.

Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 16 × 22 cm., 224 p., more than 140 color ills., English

With his book with analogue color photographs, 'Enter the Forest', Alexandre Miguel MAIA continues a tradition that sees the forest as a recurring theme in photography. The book was printed on certified recycled paper and produced entirely in Germany.

In her out-of-print volume 'LAND', Dutch photographer Laura van SEVEREN expands the concept of landscape photography to include abstraction; In addition, their work includes an industrial-economic-critical aspect. This makes the work a relevant photo book

Out-of-print 'Dauerparker' by Christoph ENGEL encourages reflection on the aesthetics of transience as well as the transience of the aesthetics of the car. The photographs unite the opposites of light & shadow, permanence & transience, technology & nature

The photographs in the book 'Hey! Hattori' by Yasushi MORI illustrate the love spun together by the Japanese photographer and his pet cat Hattori-kun, who fled Futaba, a town in Fukushima when the Great East Japan Earthquake devastated the region in 2011.

Robert CAPA is considered to be the founder of photojournalism. His impressive photos of the Spanish Civil War made the passionate opponent of war world over night famous. In addition to most famous works, this portfolio also presents rediscovered images.

In her photo volume titled 'Veiled. Too busy being awesome', Saskia AUKEMA deals with the niqab: the face veil. Here she shows a world that remains forever hidden from most. Interview fragments add depth to the photos, for which she was awarded in 2016.

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.

This book, 'Fotogeschichten Sülz und Klettenberg. 1855-1985', shows the neighborhoods from the end of 19th century to 1980 and the people who lived and worked here. Images, texts & commentaries make this contribution to Cologne's urban history so valuable

Special accordeon folded, 22 x 28 cm., • 24 pp., 15 color ills. (offset printed), English text. Ltd. to 250 numb. copies (=181, numb. from 70 to 250, the rest went as special ed. with print)

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.

The photo catalog for the exhibition at the Zollverein Essen shows 75 haunting portraits of Holocaust survivors. In view of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, it is an attempt to preserve the incomprehensible for future generations....

This chronologically arranged monograph on the work of Eugène ATGET shows a photograph and includes the commentary of the editor, John Szarkowski. However, it is less about an exact analysis than about capturing the context and describing the attributes.

Photo volume 'Land' is a result of Lorenzo CASTORE's artist's stay in Gliwice, which witnessed events that erupted with the Second World War II. 'Land' is a summary of his wanderings, a photographic travel diary that focuses on the history of the people.

In 'Sea Stories', the photos by Robert ADAMS describe the cycles of nature with a new naturalism. It contents a sequence of three visual narratives: among alder and maple trees, along the beachand back through meadows and what remains of the inland forest

This photo volume, '10 Jahre Hambacher Forst', tells the stories of the people who fought for the preservation of Hambach Forest, Germany, in a combination of artistic as well as activist positions, photographs, original sounds and archive material.

Cloth bound (no dust jackets, as issued)

After the discovery in 1979, the Serra Pelada awakened a longing for the legendary gold country 'El Dorado'. This book contains the complete portfolio in large format reproductions and museum quality, a foreword by Sebastião SALGADO and an essay by Riding

'Fotografien 1980-2010' gives a perfect overview of the photographic work of Hans-Christian SCHINK, including his series around German unity and series created in Asia. The conflict between civilization and nature can be found in almost all his works.

HC, 24,5 x 31 cm., 104 pp., 91 color ills., text language: English

SC (no dust jacket, as issued), 14 x 20 cm., 64 pp., color illustrated in risograph quadtone printing., English, Ltd. to 250 copies

The photographers collektive SPUTNIK consists of: Agnieszka RAYSS, Rafal MILACH, Jan BRYKCZYNSKI, Adam PANCZUK, & Michal LUCZAK. All this photographers are included with their own photo book titles a paperback format in this box.

'JFK. A photographic memoir by Lee FRIEDLANDER is the first to show archive photos of the public reaction to the election and assassination of President John F. Kennedy. A moment in US history that enchanted the nation and continues to impress today.

Photo volume 'Private Views. A Highrise Panorama of Manhattan' by Andi SCHMIED provides views from the tallest buildings in Manhattan, for example over Central Park, or from the bathroom in Calacatta Tucci marble with a view of the Empire State Building.

In 'Tierra' Espe PONS invites us to delve deeper into memory, through places that have been marked by the trauma of the Spanish Civil War. The images urge us to examine the surroundings we pass by every day, to see them ias a repository of silent pain.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24 x 30,5 x 2 cm., 240 pp., 184 color & 1 b/w ills., bilingual text: German / English

From post-empire to the new Middle Kingdom. For his series 'The Pearl River', photographer Christian LUTZ went to the Chinese special economic zone Macao. His photographic gaze laconically and insistently scans the smooth surfaces of this brave new world.

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

Handsewn pb., 21,5 x 28 cm., 44 pp., 25 b/w ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 1,000 COPIES

Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 20 x 23,5 x 1,5 cm., 156 pp., 70 color ills., text language: English

'Public Matters' by documentary photographer Janet DELANEY gathers images from sunny Reagan-era San Francisco, capturing the spirit of protests & parades, and people shaken by the turn to conservative government as their 1960s demands now came to a halt.

Hardbound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 26,5 x 31 x 3,5 cm., 384 pp., 396 b/w ills., text language: English

HC 19,5 x 22 cm., 122 pp., b/w ills., bilingual text: English / German

This black-and-white photo volume, 'Beautiful America. 1968-1980', by American photographer Jerry BERNDT documents an important, troubled transitional period in America's recent history and illuminates the literal and ironic aspects of its 'beauty'.

'Am I exploiting the people in my pictures? Is it moral to work as a war photographer? Why are we attracted to images of other's misery? Am I producing war pornography?' In 'War Porn' Christoph BANGERT dares to experiment with turning off self-censorship.

The out of print photo book 'Outposts. Kandahar Province' by Irish magnum photographer Donovan WYLIE shows color photographs of the Forward Operating Bases that were set up in the Afghan province of Kandahar to support the ISAF mission.

HC with a special "jacket", 16 x 22,5 x 1,5 cm., 88 pp., color ills., Spanish / English / Turkish

Out-of-print 'Leipzig. Photographs 1956-1959' by Günter BLUTKE shows the saxonian city in the mid-fifties, taking us back to that time and the people living this time of new beginnings, 10 years after the war and before Germany was divided in two states.

In 'Unresolved' Meinrad SCHADE examines how conflicts also show themselves in everyday life. The series, made in Israel & Palestine, is the continuation of his long-term project 'Krieg ohne Krieg' documenting landscapes and people in the grip of conflicts

Inspired by military manuals, American ex-soldier Ben Brody's diary-like photo book 'Attention Servicemember' is a passionate exploration of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Slipcased HC with dust jacket, 30 x 38 x 2 cm. (12 x 15 in.), 48 pp., 28 four color & b/wills., text language: English, Ltd. to 350 copies

HC (without dust jacket, as issued), linen, 23 x 28,5 cm., 120 pp., 100 color ills., Japanese

HC (no dust jacket, as issued) 19,5 x 22,5 x 1,5 cm., 88 pp., 54 color ills., text language: Swedish

The photographic volume 'Yajiri' by the Japanese photographer Akihide TAMURA, limited to 300 signed and numbered copies, contains fifteen color photographs of flying military aircraft at a U.S. air base near Tokyo.

Bilingual catalog volume. This slim photo publication about Eugéne ATGET is catalog number 4 of the Cologne-based gallery Rudolf Kicken, which was published on the occasion of the sales exhibition.

Pb., 21,5 x 28,5 x 2 cm., unpaginated, b/w ills, text language: English

Gebundene Ausgabe (ohne Schutzumschlag, wie erschienen), 24,5 x 18,5 cm., 144 S., 150 Farb-Abb.., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 26 x 2 cm., 91 pp., 46 b/w ills., text language: English. Ltd. ed. to 600 copies

The powerful black-and-white images in out-of-print photographic volume 'London 1958-59' by Chilean Magnum photographer Sergio LARRAÍN present a vivid portrait of a coal-fired, smoke-filled London long gone.

Out-of-print volume 'Berlin 1978-1987' by Boris BECKER shows early works of the photographer of the Düsseldorf Photo School, taken on 35mm and medium format. In the course of history and the change of our perception, these have gained in importance.

The volume 'Byker revisited' is the result of a long-term project lasting over 40 years: the Finnish photographer Sirkka KONTTINEN returned again and again to the poor residential area of Newcastle, where she herself lived in the late 1970s/early 1980s.

HC, 31,5 x 28,5 cm., 168 pp., color ills., text language: English

HC with gold-colored edge, 13,5 x 19 x 3 cm., 368 pp., 200 color ills., text language: french, 750 gr. - TEXT ONLY IN FRENCH!

This catalog contains two significant photo projects from American photographer Mitch EPSTEIN: 'Recreation' documents the openness of a pluralistic society. 'American Power' draws attention to one of America's central power factors, the energy industry.

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

In out-of-print volume 'This is War' Moises SAMAN shows what war really means: pain, destruction, darkness. The images are far from that reality that today's media present in the form of hypertechnical video games, as shiny and manipulated TV productions.

In 2015, World Press Award winner Peter BIALOBRZESKI returned to his hometown Wolfsburg to document the changes that the city has undergone since he left many years ago. 'Wolfsburg Diary' is part of the ongoing international 'Diary' photo book series.

Open spined HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 17 x 23 x 2 cm., 166 pp., 75 color ills., trilingual text: Spanish / German / English, Ltd. to 250 copies

Slipcased HC, 30,5 x 38 x 2 cm. (12 x 15 in.), 48 pp., 40 duotone b/w ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 350 numbered copies

Zine (no dust jacket as issued), 14 x 20 x 0,5 cm., 24 pp., b/w ills., digital printing, English. Ltd. to 500 copies

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 30 x 24 x 2 cm., 96 pp. 72 color ills., text language: English

'ABC', selected and designed by William KLEIN himself, offers a visual survey of his varied career. It includes his poetic street photography of New York, Moscow, Rome, Tokyo and Paris; his fashion photography; filmstills; and his painted contact sheets.

HC (without dj, as issued), 15,5 x 21,5 pp., color ills., bilingual text: Italian / English, Ltd. to 750 copies

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.

German-language anniversary edition of the classic photo book. Walker EVANS put together 'American Photographs' himself. It became a sober, yet highly aesthetic description of the United States in the 1930s that influenced generations of photographers.

Thirty of the most significant & beautiful Coffee Houses throughout Indiawhich simultaneously speak of a Post-Independence optimism and a now-faded grandeur. For decades acted simultaneously as political & artistic salons as well as simple eating places.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 23,5 x 26,5 x 2 cm., 126 pp., 44 color ills., text language: English

This 2nd volume, 'Conversations 2', by Rémi Coignet contains a set of 15 talks he did with players in contemporary photography to investigate the role of the volumes in the work of photographers, designers & publishers - and how their books are designed.

In 'Conversations', Rémi Coignet explores in interviews the question of what role the photo book plays in the work of photographers, designers & publishers and how their titles are conceived. Two more volumes with interviews have been published until now.

Photo book 'The Silence of Dogs in Cars' by Martin USBORNE contains billboards of dogs silently peering through car windows. The staged photos evoke a mood of loneliness & longing. Yet they are less about dog portraits and more about separation in general

HC with dust jacket, 28,5 x 36 x 4,5 cm., 336 pp., 40 color & 125 b/w ills., bilingual text: German / English

Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 22 x 28,5 x 2,5 cm., 192 pp., 90 color ills. + 72 b/w ills., text language: English

The photo book 'Street Portraits' by Dawoud BEY contains portraits taken with a large format camera and a unique positive/negative Polaroid film. The photos depict the self-expression & performance of a cross-section of the population in an urban setting.

The photo and text book, 'Side Walk', combines very personal photographs & writings by Italian photographer Frank HORVAT, taken during his time in New York in the late 1970s and the 80s. Through different papers, 'Side Walk' depicts both sides of his work

SC, 15,5 x 21 cm., 112 pp., German (also available in English!)

'In Color' by Bruce DAVIDSON presents his personal selection from his lesser-known color archive. These images date back 56 years and represent the photographer's color career from various fields such as magazines & commercial projects as well as fashion.

Silk-screen printed hardback clothbound with blind letterpress (no dust jacket, as issued), 23 x 28 x 2,5 cm., 174 pp. (incl. foldout pp.), 128 ills. (incl. archives) + Memory Book, 44 pp., + Newspaper, 24 pp., bilingual text: Latvian / Englis

In the 1930s, Werner MANTZ was commissioned to produce an extensive photographic documentation. In the photo book 'On Coal Mining in Limburg' this work is presented as an important historical document of a glorious era in the style of New Objectivity.

In 'Beautiful, Still,' US-american photographer Colby DEAL documents overlooked communities and cultural traits that are gradually being erased by gentrification, as well as communities of color whose members are often portrayed with negative connotations

Cloth bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), approx. 30 x 28 x 2 cm., o.pp., b/w ills., bilingual: Swedish / English, Ltd. to 500 copies

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 18 x 24 cm., 96 pp., 55 color ills., English

After projects drawing from archives, Arwed MESSMER turns for 'Clearing the Dephts' to his own archive, which contains many problematic aspects of German history. Previously unpublished images are re-edited and series are set in relation to each other.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 19,5 x 27,5 x 1,5 cm., 64 pp., color ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 400 copies

HC with dust jacket, 21 x 23 x 2 cm., 207 pp., 96 b/w ills., text language: English

German photographer In the photo book '4100 Duisburg' you can see how the photographer Laurenz BERGEual language of silence and light that captures the visible present of places over which history seems to have passed as well as the echoes of former life.

HC (flexicover), 24 x 33 cm., 548 pp., 283 color & 186 b/w ills., text language: English

'Theatre of Memory' by Eikoh HOSOE with photographs of Butoh dancers Tatsumi Hijikata (in 'Kamaitachi') as well as Kazuo Ohno ('Butterfly Dream') shows the ability to bring memories to life through the intersection of photography, dance theater & painting