Industrial topic

Michael KENNA published 'The Rouge', a book on the Ford Rouge complex, back in 1995. The images on the same subject - the industrial complex built in Michigan in the early 20th century - published in 2016 are masterfully reproduced and superbly printed.

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 In the photo book 'On Coal Mining in Limburg' this work is presented as an important historical document of a glorious era in the style of New Objectivity.

The 1929 self-published publication '50 Years Leonhard Tietz 1879/1929' contains an illustrated description of the company history. At the end of the volume, Werner MANTZ is explicitly named as the author of the artistic black and white recordings.

This photo book contains the famous photo series, which is one of the classics of German industrial photography. As one of the most important representatives of 'fotoform' group KEETMAN created, due to their detailed composition, almost abstract pictures.

Gebundene Ausgabe, 30,5 x 22 x 1,5 cm., 128 S., S/W-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

The images in the photo volume 'Humo / Smoke by British photographer Adrian TYLER and the writer and photo historian Horacio Fernandéz, were taken in a disused tobacco factory. The texts come from the Stanford University archive of cigarette advertising.

'Architekturphotographie in Köln. 1926-1932' to the same named exhibition at Museum Ludwig, Cologne, contains b/w photographs by the photographer Werner MANTZ showing Cologne buildings from the 1920s and 30s - photographed in the style of New Objectivity.

Wiederauflage, gebundene Ausgabe (ohne Schutzumschlag), 24,5 x 30,5 cm., 336 S., farbige Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

Broschierte Ausgabe (ohne Schutzumschlag, wie erschienen), 22 x 27 x 1 cm., 109 S., S/W-Abb. (zumeist ganzseitig), deutsch-sprachig - TEXT ONLY IN GERMAN!

In the book 'Verlassene Ort' (Abandoned Places) various photographers document the beautiful and at the same time eerie atmosphere of places where decay has set in and nature has returned. The history & present of these places are explained in short texts

Broschierte Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschienen), 24,5 x 31 x 2 cm., 224 S., S/W-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - TEXT ONLY IN GERMAN!

'Pittsburgh Grease Plant 1944/46' contains previously unpublished photographs by Gordon PARKS, focusing for the first time on his work for the Standard Oil Company, an important chapter before his groundbreaking career as a photographer for Life Magazine.

'Wolfen' by Tobias ZIELONY combines several levels: images from Wolfen-Bitterfeld; their storage in archive film format and a text that oscillates between essay & science fiction. Darkness is thematized here on a biographical, physical & historical level.

In 'Steinwerke und Kalköfen', German photographers Bernd & Hilla BECHER document buildings in the stone processing industry in Europe. For 30 years they photographed the different variants of a building type from the early days of industrialization.

In 'Being there', Japanese photographer Eiji OHASHI examines the ubiquitous vending machines and their role in Japanese society. After the colored, out of print 'Roadside Lights', he photographed this series in black & white, published it in bound format.

Photo book 'Typologien industrieller Bauten'' by Bernd & Hilla BECHER was published in 2003 as a paperback edition. It is the bestseller among the BECHER titles. He contains individual images arranged in tableaus, supplemented by a text by Armin Zweite.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 30 x 20,5 cm., 44 pp., color ills., text language: English

Gebundene Ausgabe mit Schutzumschlag, 24,5 x 32,5 x 2,5 cm., 248 S., S/W Abb. in Duoton, deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

Softcover (ohne Schutzumschlag, wie erschienen), 23 x 29 x 1,5 cm., 128 S., reich bebildert, deutsch-sprachig - TEXT ONLY IN GERMAN!

'Gestaltete Welt' (Shaped World) accompanied the extensive retrospective on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Peter KEETMAN. It shows the life's work of the co-founder of the photographer group 'fotoform' and representative of 'Subjective Photography'

HC with dust jacket, 28 x 30 x 3 cm., 240 pp., b/w ills., English

The volume 'Fabrik' by Jakob TUGGENER conveys a critical view of the destructive potential of unchecked technological progress at a time when the arms industry was producing weapons for war. The uncompromisingly subjective photography underlines his view.

'Industrielandschaften' by Bernd & Hilla BECHER is a novelty: For the first time, your view of the whole opens up, including the settlement and residential buildings of the workers. The systems are presented in context and thus receive a narrative element

Eiji OHASHI's long-awaited photo book from his 'Roadside Lights' series of vending machines in winter landscapes. The volume published here as Leporello is a continuation of the highly acclaimed photo series of vending machines along the streets of Japan.

'Albert Renger-Patzsch. Industrial Photographs for SCHOTT' contains previously unpublished photographs, reproduced in high quality & original size, supplemented with contributions on the history of their origins and their importance in terms of technology

This First edition of photo volume 'Fabrikhallen' by Bernd & Hilla BECHER contains b/w photographs from the 1960s to 1990s. All factory halls were recorded in Germany, each recording is provided with the location and the date of the recording time.

Since 1957, Bernd & Hilla BECHER have compiled a wealth of examples of the industrial building type for 'Wassertürme' (Water Towers) photo book. Although they are functional buildings, the photographed specimens reveal an unprecedented variety of shapes.

The catalog 'Fortschritt als Versprechen' (Progress as promise. Industrial photography in divided Germany) places commissioned works in the context of their contemporary use for the first time. The focus is on the concepts linked in East and West Germany.

Photo works by Bernd & Hilla BECHER, Joachim BROHM, Jitka HANZLOVÁ and Rudolf HOLTAPPEL 4 slipcased pb, approx. 28 x 28 x 3 cm., 240 pp., Black & white and color photographs, GERMAN text only

The 1991 photo book 'Pennsylvania Coal Mine Tipples' by Bernd & Hilla BECHER contains B / W photos of small-scale mines in Pennsylvania, USA, from the 1970s. Each recording is provided with the location and the date of the recording.

This out-of-print photo volume 'Zeche Concordia' by Bernd & Hilla BECHER, which was published in 2006 as brochure, documents the coal mine in Oberhausen in black and white photos taken between 1967 and 1970.