Economical topic

'Labour book. 2014-2015' by Ukrainian photographer Kirill GOLVCHENKO is to be understood as a criticism of the economic situation in his home country. Against the background of the original document of his father, he shows the true situation of pensioners

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.

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.

The out-of-print photo and text volume 'Fotoreportagen 1956-1965' on the work of Dirk ALVERMANN contains in addition to the black and white photographs an excellent article on his photo books penned by the photo book connoisseur Thomas Wiegand.

HC, 30 x 25 cm., 200 pp., English

The last part of an unintended trilogy on the lives of refugees and migrants. 'Rooted' returns to a phenomenon that was already noted in 'Ville de Calais': the many refugee camp residents who find hope, consolation and dignity in nurturing a few plants.

The volume 'The Polar Silk Road' by Gregor SAILER deals with the economic use of the Arctic regions as well as territorial claims of the riparian states. The consequences are geopolitical tensions and expansion of military structures and research stations

HC, 24 x 29 cm., 104 pp., 49 color ills., text language: English

In the Soviet era, Ukrainian waiters asked 'tea or coffee?' The addition is an expression of the economic changes that MIKHAILOV examines using the example of his hometown Kharkov. Have the promises of salvation of the 'Orange Revolution' been fulfilled?

'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.

Reissue of nearly-thirty-years-out-of-print volume. 'Rich and Poor' by Jim GOLDBERG builds upon the classic combination of photographs & handwriting and adds a surplus of vintage material & contemporary photos that have never been published or exhibited.

In his photo book 'Tales from the City of Gold'Jason LARKIN shows life in out-of-place legacies of the former gold mines in South Africa. He documents as well as illuminates the stubbornly ignored reality of those places & their denied ecological legacies

The out-of-print and hard-to-find volume 'In Search of Dignity and Justice. The untold story of Conservancy Workers in Mumbai' by Sudharak OLWE shows the fate of workers in Bombay. It contains fourty-six mostly full-paged b/w images and six pages of text.

The book 'Calcutta' contains photoworks by twenty-one photographers who, under the direction of Peter BIALOBRZESKI, have documented the disappearing, crumbling splendor of this incomparable cultural heritage as part of the 'Kolkata Heritage Photo Project'

Pb. with dust jacket (as poster), 21 x 27,5 x 3 cm., 320 pp., 1800 gr., text language: English

Lars TUNBJÖRK's images of an aimless journey through Sweden as a whole - supermarkets, parties, amusement parks, petrol stations, TV shows, food - show the dark & ​​hysterical view of modern Western society during the economic recession in the early 1990s

The out-of-print photo book 'Tengelmann 1896-1968. Ausblick' is an elaborately designed company publication, which was realized in the late 1960s by the collective of Rolf BÜNEMANN (layout), Karl-Heinz KLUBESCHEIDT (photos) and Karl-Heinz WEBER (graphics)

Gebundene Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschienen), 18 x 24,5 x 2,5 cm., 224 S., S/W-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

Open binded pb. with dust jacket, 23 x 32 x 1 cm., 72 pp., + 10 coloured quote cards, color ills., text language: English. Ltd. to 750 copies

The objects in the photo volume '¥ € $ U $' by Pawel JASZCZUK are sometimes so screaming & grotesque that the meaning of religion can at least be examined not only for the people in Poland. The photographs are printed on paper with a high-gloss varnish.

SC (no dust jacket, as issued), 19,5 x 14 cm., 144 pp., color ills., German

'Einheit, Arbeit, Wachsamkeit. The GDR in Mozambique' by Malte WANDEL is about African workers who lived in the GDR until German reunification. Many live in poverty, because the money withheld from their wages, intended for their pensions, has disappeared

The special edition of self published photo volume 'Wet City / Islak Kent' by turkish photographer Yusuf Murat SEN comes in a special box including a numbered & signed copy plus one limited edition fine art print. This edition box is limited to 100 copies

In his haunting, fascinating photo essay about a dump in Ghana, South African photographer Pieter HUGO exposes the repressed downside of fast-moving consumption and tells of a community characterized by poverty and the will to survive of every individual.

In 'Natural Order', Edward BURTYNSKY captures a moment in spring 2020 when nature briefly caught its breath due to the corona lockdown. With his camera in his home, Gray County, Ontario, he documents the complexity, magic & resilience of the natural order

Re-edit, broschierte Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschienen), 24 x 30,5 x 2 cm., 224 S., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

Pb., 14 x 19,5 x 4 cm., 544 pp., b/w ills., trilingual text: English, German & French

HC with dust jacket, 21,5 x 32 x 1 cm., 88 pp., 39 b/w ills.,

Linen bound HC with tipped in image (no dust jacket, as issued), 16,5 x 24 cm., 144 pp., 62 color ills. & 5 info graphics, text language: English

'A Guide to Infrastructure and Corruption' is the result of a long-term observation by Alejandro CARTAGENA of the right to public space. It shows how changes do not come from those affected themselves, but from investors interested in urban development.

with photographs by Rudolf HOLTAPPEL, Brigitte KRAEMER, Bettina STEINACKER - Gebundene Ausgabe, 22,5 x 31 x 2 cm., 208 S., Farb- und S/W-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

In the photo book 'Ruins of Detroit', photographers Yves MARCHAND & Romain MEFFRE use structures that were once a source of civic pride to show the decline of the auto city of Detroit, which was harder hit economically than any other major American city.

'African Studies' by Edward BURTYNSKY is about the overexploitation of the planet in Africa. The series 'China in Africa' with interiors of newly built gigantic production facilities show the disturbing reality of the far-reaching depletion of resources.

HC, 31 x 26,5 x 2,5, 160 pp., color ills., text language: English

'Platinum' by Jason LARKIN and writer Jack Shenker explores the Marikana massacre and the physicality and context of South Africa's platinum industry. The photo volume breaks with the common rules: it combines large format posters with a concise essay.

The self-published photo volume 'Wet City / Islak Kent' Murat Yusuf SEN's contribution to the urban change in Istanbul. He contrasts the rapid development with the slow process of the collodion wet process from the beginnings of photography.

Our world is at a tipping point. In her book 'Rethinking Our World', leading economist Maja Göpel shows another path forward. She chooses enlightening examples to illustrate how we can leave behind our familiar ways of living to achieve a better future.

Out-of-print 'Twenty-six Gasoline Stations' is an artist book icon. The black & white photographs inside show gas stations between Ed RUSCHA's house in Los Angeles and his parents' house in Oklahoma City. His first volume in a series of photo artist books

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.

'Greek Dog Days' by Ilja NIEDERKIRCHNER portrays Greece wild and dim with a touch of affection, foggy and yet razor-sharp in black-and-white photographs. The small, strictly limited photo book invites you to embark on an enchanting and ominous journey.

Out-of-print photo volume 'American Realities' by Joakim ESKILDSEN features people in New York, California, Louisiana, South Dakota & Georgia who live below the poverty line. For many of them there is no longer an 'American Dream' - just American reality.

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

HC with dust jacket, 30 x 24,5 x 1,5 cm., 88 pp., color ills., text langiuage: English

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 23,5 x 19,5 x 2 cm., 128 pp., 74 ills., text language: English

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

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 19,5 x 27,5 x 1 cm. 56 pp., color ills., + print (18 x 27 cm.) + silkscreen (73 x 45 cm.). Ltd. to 15 copies

In the photo book 'Migration as Avantgarde' - from an Hannah Arendt essay (1943) - Michael DANNER combines his own photos and texts with historical recordings to create a multi-layered narrative that is repeatedly broken up in terms of design and content.

HC with dust jacket, 28,5 x 31 x 3,5 cm., 320 pp., b/w ills.., text language: German - GERMAN TEXT ONLY! Emons Verlag, 2013.

The photo book 'Wealth Management' by Carlos SPOTTORNO is about the world of the ultra-rich and their agents: about an allegedly better life in which money does not always bring happiness and in which the greatest luxury is invisible & inaccessible to all