Narrative photography

'Town of C' by Richard ROTHMAN is a meditation on what lies beneath the surface of U.S. culture, seen through the lens of a small southern Colorado town. it is in the tradition of socially critical photo books by Walker EVANS, Robert FRANK & Robert ADAMS.

'Allerseelen' by Alexander BINDER brings together a phantasmagoria of mystical images. He has seamlessly managed to blend crystal rainbows with even the most arcane and dark twilights and thus once again constructing a world of haunting beauty & mysticism

'Family Car Trouble' plays with the form of the novel, both material and narrative, to illustrate the inner workings of the photographer. The recordings document arrival and departure as well as the maintenance of a difficult 1993 Volvo 940 station wagon.

HC, 16 x 24 cm., 112 pp., 61 color ills.

2nd print run - Screen printed, handmade HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 15,5, x 21,5 x 2 cm., 125 pp., 70 color ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 700 copies

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

'Krystyna's World', includes 37 color photographs by Todd HIDO, both published and previously unpublished material, from intimate photos to succinct large format images. The Khrystyna model can always be seen in the various scenes, hence the book title.

'Jenny, Jenny' is not documentary: ZIELONY avoids the journalistic impetus for certainty & truth. To him, the authenticity of the subject is as relevant as the question of the objectivity of the documentary image: both are never free of dramatic elements.

Sewn pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 28 cm., 128 pp., 30 b/ & color ills., bilingual text: German / English

In the book 'Tokyo Debugger', Shinya ARIMOTO intersperses photos of abandoned architectures as traces of past human activities, expanding the scope of his insect series - another world within Tokyo, dominated by the most successful creatives on the planet

In his photo volume 'Songbook', the US-American Magnum photographer Alec SOTH shows images detached from their news context and in them reveals the longing for connection to one's own roots. The photo book title was printed in three editions.

Adolescence is the subject of the photographic volume 'Bärenmädchen' (Bear Girls) by German photographer Ute BEHREND. She tells the story of a fictional 'Indian tribe' that separates its adolescent girls and draws parallels to our society.

'Things here and things still to come' by José Pedro CORTES is interspersed with landscape and detailed views of the city of Tel Aviv - old cars, overgrown palm trees, colonnades, puddles of water. The book is included in 'Photobook: A History, VOL.III'.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 19 x 26 x 2 cm., 188 pp., b/w ills., bilingual texts: French / English

From the point of view of Hartford graduate Matt EICH, photography is the only antidote to amnesia against the knowledge of the damage we cause ourselves. The photo book 'Carry Me Ohio' is his love song for the exploited Apalachian state of Ohio.

In addition to a personal reappraisal, 'The Last Son' by Jim GOLDBERG is a story about perseverance, family dynamics and the struggle to exceed expectations. To do this, the photographer sifts through his archive, which consists of various image sources.

The photo volume 'Niagara' by Alec SOTH is less about the natural wonder than the human desires associated with this place. They were taken with a large-format 8x10 camera over the course of two years on both the American and Canadian sides of the Falls.

In the out-of-print 'Gathered Leaves' box contains long unavailable Alec SOTH titles 'Sleeping by the Mississippi', 'Niagara', 'Broken Manual' & 'Songbook' as miniature volumes. In addition, 28 color prints with the most famous images are also a part.

'The Wedding' by Boris MIKHAILOV contains a photo series of a simulated wedding between two homeless people, in the midst of their own environment. It is bound in imitation of a traditional wedding album, with imitation leather and gold embossed lettering

The book 'Between Maple and Chestnut' by Terri WEIFENBACH is about the idyllic home - starting point in the 'American somewhere'. Through the use of selective focus & shallow depth of field, the photographer enters a space between painting & photography.

This fictional story by the Belgian photographer immerses the reader in a nocturnal, mysterious atmosphere and shows childhood from an unusual perspective: not carefree and light-heartedness, but gravity and secrets, which also contain this phase of life.

'Two Rivers' offers an extended view on the works of Joachim BROHM & Alec SOTH. In addition to the juxtaposition of 'Ruhr' & 'Sleeping by the Mississippi', it also contains also groups 'Ohio', 'Dessau Files' & 'Culatra' as well as 'Songbook' & 'Niagara'.

Out-of-print 'The Disappearance of Joseph Plummer' by Amani WILLETT, explores our human desire to escape to find peaceful solitude, far from the burdens of modern society. The series is completed by collages made of historical portrait & landscape images.

The color photographs in the book 'Lana' by Terri WEIFENBACH were taken in same named small Italian village in the mountains of South Tyrol. The American photographer creates images that breathtakingly, dream-like & enchanting memories of hazy summer days

No. 467/500 & 466/500, HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 1 signed print, 14,5 x 18,5 x 1 cm., 16 pp., 14 four-color plates, no text, Ltd. to 500 numbered copies

2nd printrun, linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 20 x 26,5 x 1,5 cm., 96 pp., 41 color ills., bilingual texts: English / German

HC with dust jacket, 22 x 23 cm., 96 pp., color ills., text language: English

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 22,5 x 156 cm., 204 pp., 101 color ills., text language: English

HC (open spin, no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 28 cm., 112 pp., 86 b/w ills.,

No. 262/500, HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 1 signed print, 14,5 x 18,5 x 1 cm., 16 pp., 4 four-color plates, no text, Ltd. to 500 numbered copies

In 'Stakeout Diary', Yukichi WATABE follows the investigation of a murder that occurred in 1958. Parts of the series already appeared that time in a magazine, others in the book 'A Criminal Investigation'. The photos were new selected for this publication

English ed., linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 18 x 21 x 1,5 cm., 104 pp., color ills., text langauge: English

Pb. 21,5 x 33 x 1 cm., 112 pp., 45 tritone b/w ills., text language: English

The thirty-four color photographs in the photo volume 'Sven' by Swedish photographer Peter de RU show his daily routine of an eighty-eight year old surrounded by nature, fishing and his wooden house. Past, present and future seem to exist simultaneously.

The photo book 'Nausea' by Ron JUDE follows the assumption that philosophical inquiry can be filtered through photographs. The monotonous spaces & objects captured visually serve as a task for exploring the connection between narratives and consciousness.

In 'Don't Fade to Grey', Olaf UNVERZART creates images that raise subtle, melancholic questions. His coarse-grained b/w images, taken with analog cameras, associate both transience & openness. It was designed by the award-winning designer Andreas TÖPFER.

The story is amusing, but only at first glance, because it is based on the fact that no one believes that Africa will ever reach the moon. Around fifty years later, Spanish photographer Cristina DE MIDDEL brought history back to light ...

American photographer Todd HIDO's out-of-print photography book 'Excerpts from Silver Meadows' unfolds a fictional cosmos in real images of his own home in Kent, Ohio, consisting of atmospheric landscape shots and buildings in an American somewhere.

For 'Hundert', Olaf UNVERZART returns to his Upper Palatinate home to portray the one hundredth year of his grandmother's life. The photographer unfolds the reality of his protagonist's life in intimate close-ups of the centenarian and landscape images.

Out-of-print book 'Afghanistan' by Steve McCURRY shows photos taken since 1979, when he traveled there to report on the fight of the Mujahideen against Soviet occupiers and troops loyal to the government. For that he received the 'Robert Capa Gold Medal'.

'Devil's Promenade' by DOLEZAL & SHIPLEY is about returning to their home region in the Midwest of the USA, a journey into the dense forests where anything can happen: either bathing in the light of salvation or facing the devil in the deepest darkness.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24,5 x 23,5 x 2 cm., 176 pp., 99 color ills., text language: English

'A Pound of Pictures' by Alec SOTH, brings together newest works. It reflects the desire to capture and crystallize experiences, especially memories in paper form. A thoughtful photographic journey, complemented by his own notes in the detailed afterword.

The photo book 'The Seven Cities' by American photographer Matt EICH is the third volume in the series that casts an unshakable look at the people and places that America seems to have forgotten. After Ohio and Mississippi, it focuses on Virginia here.

Spiral bound 1st Ed. (green one), 17,5 x 22 cm., 118 pp., 68 color ills., text language: English

Wire-O Binding (spiral binding) with Wrap Around Cover,21,5 x 28,5 x 1 cm. (8.5 x 11.25"), 62 pp., 38 color ills., English, Ltd. to 500 copies

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 28 x 2 cm., 80 pp., color ills., bilingual: French / English (8 pp. booklet), Ltd. to 600 copies

The photos in 'InselWesen' by Mila TESHAIEVA are reminiscent of old paintings. They depict Föhr island as a dream world and emphasize the fragility of its real existence. Föhr's inhabitants feel connected to traditions & nature in an almost sacred way.

HC (hotfoil printed on canvas, no dust jacket, as issued), 22,5 x 33 x 2 cm., 188 pp., 84 color ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 600 copies

In out-of-print photo volume 'A Criminal Investigation', Yukichi WATABE documents investigations into a gruesome murder. The images unfold in the style of 'film noir' and involve the viewer. Image by image, the mystery engulfs the one who has to solve it.

DVD-Dokumentarfilm/ documentary, PAL / Regionalcode:2, 32 min., language: English

HC, 24 x 28 cm., 74 pp., 61 b/w iIls., English, Ltd. to 600 copies

SIGNED COPY! In his volume 'The Longest Way Round' Chris DORLEY-BROWN mixes historical archive material not intended for the family album and new images. He creates an alternative narrative about the course of events that shaped the late 20th century.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), approx. 12 x 19 x 1 cm., 56 pp. (with text,) color ills., text language: English

In 'In Your Dreams' Terri WEIFENBACH creates images based on scenes that are familiar to every viewer, with results that are dreamlike. Her photos are profoundly beautiful, not superficial. Included in: Parr & Badger - 'The Photobook: A History, Volume 2'

The strictly limited volume 'How Sasha Litvinov buried the gun' by Kristina SERGEEVA is about the relationship between memory and the present and future. Sasha Litvinov was the grandfather, whom she never really got to know because of his untimely death.

'From Here to There' presents the complete spectrum of Alec SOTH's work. The book contains also critical essays that offer information on the working process, photographic historical tradition that underlies his practice, and reflections on recent series.

Terri WEIFENBACH's photos, taken in her private garden, reveal the secret world of nature inhabited by birds that nest in urban gardens. The American photographer immerses us in the infinitely small, 'Des Oiseaux' takes us into a living & wonderful world.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24,5 x 30,5 cm., 160 pp., 90 color ills., text language: English

Linen bound HC with gold embossing, in swiss binding & gilt edged (no dust jacket as issued) wrapped in paper, 35,5 x 27,0 x 3,0 cm, 144 pp., color ills., 1310 gr., multi-lingual texts: English / German / French, Ltd. to 300 numbered copies

The images included in the photovolume 'Bright Black World' by Todd HIDO were taken in Northern Europe and Japan. Previously focused on North America, this is the first significant foray into photography outside of his home country for the photographer.

Photo volume 'Wunden' by Gerald von FORIS, a self published book with color photographs is a very tasteful compendium full of calm and peaceful still lifes: the photographer has traveled around the world collecting motifs that are disturbed in their calm.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 15,5 x 21,5 1cm., 180 pp., color ills., text language: English

This series reflects the reputation of the sensory perception of life. It corresponded to the worldview of the Soviet of the 1960-70s, which began to recognize the duality of life. This was accompanied by changes in society and democratization in the USSR

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 25 x 27 x 1,5 cm., 104 pp., 48 color ills., bilingual text: English / Russian

'Sans moi' convinces above all as a book object, in that the sensual unison is always preserved in an excellent way. Even when Olaf UNVERZART's gaze descends from the sky to a desert landscape, the high quality of the photographs cushions the visual break

The war-relics presented here offer an immersive narrative on the theme of social memory. The book shows D-Day artifacts, WWII spy-craft and old Hollywood movies, dioramas and drone-mounted cameras, private post-war memoirs & wistful seaside photographs.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 13,5 x 19 x 2 cm., 208 pp., 99 color ills., text language: English

Slipcased pb., 21 x 15 cm., 352 pp., color ills., text language: English

The images in self-published book 'False Friends' by Dominic TURNER play with the idea of information gaps & misunderstandings. They explore shadows & veils of a familiar but not quite recognizable world and challenge us to rethink our own interpretation.

This photo book, 'I Know How Furiously Your Heart Is Beating,' by Alec SOTH, is a lyrical exploration of the personal. Regardless of where the phorographs were taken - in Odessa or Minneapolis - they are always about intimate encounters in private spaces.

In 'Deleted Scene', Yury TOROPTSOV arranges archival documents, old photographs, views, fragments or 'deleted scenes' as a narrative. They appear as tracks that invite the viewer to lose himself and encourage the hunter to continue his relentless pursuit.

In a sequential narrative punctuated by contrasting moments of violence and beauty, Ron JUDE follows in his out-of-print photo volume 'Lick Creek Line' the rambling journey of a fur trapper, methodically checking his trap line in a remote area of Idaho.

For 'Afterlife', the sixth volume of his long-term photo book project on India's saga, 'A Myth of Two Souls', France based photographer Vasantha YOGANANTHAN created collages of multiple image layers to put the viewer in a state of disorientation.

This self-published volume, 'Ich hatte zwar eigentlich Lamm bestellt, aber kein Problem' has the subtitle 'A walk through my soul'. As in his other, self-published book titles, Gerald v. FORIS has its own, highly inspiring imagery. Limited to 300 copies.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24 x 30 x 2 cm., 124 pp., 61 color ills., text language: English

HC with dust jacket, 22,5 x 17,5 cm., 192 pp., 190 ills., text language: English

The Chinese artist uses the backdrop of commercial photoshoots to create new, unexpected narratives through the manipulation of bodies & objects in space. The series also speaks of the relationship between Western capitalist motifs and the global contexts

HC with color Type C print tipped in the front cover), green matt paper-covered boards with title printed on cover, 35 x 46,5 cm., 68 pp., with 33 four-color & 53 duotone plates offset with matt lacquer (printed on 157 gsm Japanese White A Matt Art paper

The werewolf, about which the nifty photo book 'Lobismuller' by Laia ABRIL is about, was a woman who lived in the 19th century. lived in Spain. The story of Spain's most enigmatic and bloodthirsty serial killer is reconstructed from a female perspective.

English ed. Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 15,5 x 22 x 1 cm., 70 pp. (+ 20 inserted pp. of texts), color ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 200 copies

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 42 x 30 x 2 cm., 80 pp., 167 ills., text language: English

A collection of various photo book titles by the South-African photographer Pieter HUGO (b.1976). The titles listed in this set are out of print and / or signed. This complete offer can include various editions of the same title.

The photo volume 'Leichtes Gepäck' by Olaf UNVERZART is a strikingly different photo book, which one gladly takes in hand to accompany the German photographer on his 27 journeys made over a period of ten years throughout the world.

In 'Eight Days A Week' Andreas TROGISCH lets the world come into being by putting the motifs into a kind of natural-historical order. After the original creation is finished punctually to the Sabbath every time, the Anthropocene breaks on the day 7+.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 17 x 21,5 x 1,5 cm., 40 pp., 15 b/w ills., bilingual text: Swedish / English

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 42,5 x 35 x 2 cm., o.pp., color ills., text language: English

Photo volume 'Sleeping by the Mississippi' by Alec SOTH is the result of a series of road trips along the Mississippi River. He captures America's often neglected 'third coast'. The color photographs show an eclectic mix of people, landscapes & interiors.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 26 x 24 x 3 cm., 280 pp., color ills., no text

A collection of various photo book titles by the US-american photographer Todd HIDO (b.1968). The titles listed in this set are out of print and / or signed. This complete offer can include various editions of the same title.

HC, 17 x 24 cm., 216 pp.

'The Space Between Us' by Alec SOTH accompanies his first solo exhibition of the same name at the Shanghai Center of Photography. The photographs specially selected for this volume come from all series. It also contains five essays by well-known authors.

In his self-published debut 'Saluti da Pinetamare' Salvatore SANTORO deals with the economic stagnation of his homeland. He documented ruined buildings along the coast between Naples & Caserta, which he juxtaposes with the postcard idyll of his childhood.

The photo volume 'Domesticated Land' by Susan LIPPER is the enigmatic finale in a trilogy of books that began with 'Grapevine' (1994), followed by 'trip' (1999), a female portrayal of a male-driven country as a new, fictional take on a well-worn narrative

'Les Chants de L'Asphodele' by Mathias BENGUIGUI draws from history to approach the migration crisis on Lesbos: in 1922 Orthodox Greeks came to the island fleeing Atatürk's Turkey. A space opens up in which landscapes and portraits dialogue with texts.

In 'We Share the Meal' by Lars BORGES, the complex relationship with food is explored through a personal relationship. A fictional journey, because all forms of social coexistence are connected by narratives that not infrequently emerge at dinner table.

'Broken Manual' by Alec SOTH is the result of a long-term project. The Magnum photographer explores here those places where people retreat to escape civilization: Monks, survivalists, hermits as well as runaways. And yet this is no ordinary documentary.