Middle east

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.

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

For his volume 'Wall and Peace', Kai WIEDENHÖFER has documented walls and barrier fences all over the world: in Berlin, Belfast, Mexico, Ceuta & Melilla, in Baghdad and the wall on the border line with the West Bank, with the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Egypt.

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.

'Kafkanistan' by Lukas BIRK explores the world of present day tourism to conflict areas such as Afghanistan, Pakistan as well as Iran. The paperback formast contains more than 300 photos & illustrations plus a free DVD with two films and special features.

Portraits of some of the largest cities in the world. The metropolises conceived and built as vessels of human activity are transformed into monuments of silence: empty, sometimes eerie places for activity and relaxation that still have to take place.

In his out-of-print book 'Legitimacy of Landscape' Yaakov ISRAEL explors the Arab, Bedouin & Druze villages in Israel ( Palestine. It follows in the footsteps of the in the Holy Land in the 19th century active photographers Félix BONFILS & Francis FRITH.

'Polis' - 'the city', as the Greeks simply called Istanbul became 2015 an experience that went far beyond the purely geographical division. SCHWERTFEGER shows the scars of the city and her roughness - a portrait of the metropolis beyond the usual clichés.

Pb., 236 pp., 115 b/w & 100 color ills.,

In the out-of-print photographic volume 'Gaza Works', Kent KLICH documents the historical and current situation in the still contested territory beyond any sensationalist photography. Pictures from his volume 'Gaza Photo Album' are also shown in context.

HC, 25,5 x 25,5 cm. in Clamshell (28 x 28 cm.), 92 pp., color ils., text language: English, Ltd. to 1,000 numbered copies

The book 'Iran. Interupted" by Beatrice MINDA makes visible and tangible how private spaces reflect the contemporary mentality of their inhabitants as well as cultural-historical & social contexts and thus subtly articulate the socio-political dimension.

The special of the title 'The Bird Project' by Eril BERGLIN lies in its realization as a high-gloss book. The contrast between the natural, colorful plumage and the cold colors of the urban space in which the birds find themselves is particularly striking

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 29 x 34 x 2 cm., 96 pp., 80 color ills., text language: English

The topic in 'Embed in Egypt' is the Arab Spring in Egypt. Young Turkish photographer tells the complex everyday life against the background of the escalating historical development. The diary-like volume was on the shortlist of the First Book Award 2014.

Swiss bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 30 x 30 x 1,5 cm., 108 pp., 66 duplex b/w ills., text language: English

HC, 15 x 21,5 cm., o.pp., b/w ills, Ltd. to 700 copies

Paperback (no dust jacket, as issued), 16,5 x 23,5 cm., 88 pp., highly illustrated, bilinguale texts: Spanish / English