Photo journalism

'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.

'Ikonar. Archival Constellations' contains a large number of materials by Josef KOUDELKA from the years 1960 to 2012 as well as important series from his photographic work together with seven thematic constellations derived from the logic of his archive.

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.

'Post script' by Laura EL-TANTAWY, designed by Sybren KUIPER in accordeon format, contains previously unpublished images & written reflections in which she takes the reader behind the images and into the thoughts and emotions that led to their creation.

'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.

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.

The US report in out-of-print book 'Heartland' by Thomas HOEPKER is a prime example of committed photojournalism personally interpreted, of photography as reportage at the highest level of formal aestheticism. Photo history and at the same time up to date

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.

For this out-of-print photo volume, 'Roma', Joseph KOUDELKA has revised and expanded 'Gypsies'. This book contains all black-and-white photographs taken between 1962 and 1971 from Bohemia, Moravia, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, France as well as from Spain.

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.

by Fred Ritchie and Carole Naggar (eds), HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 21,5 x 29 x 3 cm., 272 pp., 1,600 ills., text language: 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.

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.

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

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

The out-of-print catalog 'Mirror Mirror. Portugal as seen by Magnum photographers' was published on the occasion of the 2004 exhibition in Lisbon. A look at Portugal from the 1950s to the present through the eyes of thirteen leading Magnum photographers.

The b/w illustrated book 'Soviet Union. Henri Cartier-Bresson's photographic notes' contains scenes from everyday life and the world of work in factories, shops & offices in Leningrad, Moscow, USSR, Estonia, Caucasus & Central Asia - geographically sorted

Out-of-print 'Moments in History' focuses on those works Margaret BOURKE-WHITE made in the 1930s and 40s in Czechia, Germany, Italy, the Soviet Union as well as in the UK. It shows photographs and excerpts from letters as well as publications in magazines

This so far only monograph on Sid GROSSMAN, a comprehensive survey of his life and work, includes early social documentary work (1930s), more personal and dynamic street photography (1940s), and late experiments with abstraction in b/w and in color.

'The Book of Everything' celebrates Mary Ellen MARK's extraordinary life, work and vision in over 600 images and in various texts. From 1963 until her death in 2015, the Magnum photographer told brilliant, intimate, provocative stories.

'Istanbul' by Miron ZOWNIR contains b/w pictures taken before and during the coronavirus pandemic. It shows how diverse the realities of life in Turkey's capital are and depicts a social reality that also includes ever-increasing poverty & social taboos.

'A Play of Light and Shadow' offers a view of the work by Ara GÜLER providing the opportunity to explore iconic and unknown parts of it. He created reportage photography, portraits and his versatility can also be seen in experimental collages in color.

Out-of-print 'A World in Ruins. Vienna 1945-1948' by Ernst HAAS tells history as a psychic collage. The images of the deep depression in the rubble of bombed-out history contrast with the optimistic awakening. A little-documented part of Austria's history

Over 150 photo books from a private collection for sale. Signed titles, some in their original packaging and collector's editions with print from 2010 to 2016. Also to find next days with detailed description in the 'other second-hand photo books' section

German edition. Sebastião SALGADO has created a world of images that show nature, animals and indigenous peoples in intense beauty. The volume 'Genesis' is the result of an epic 8-year expedition to regions where the planet has remained untouched before.

Photo & text book 'Man redet immer zu viel' (You always talk too much) contains twelve interviews with Henri CARTIER-BRESSON from almost fifty years. In view of the flood of secondary literature, he provides authentic information about his life and work.

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.

The volume 'Good Morning, America III' by Mark POWER is the 3rd of 5 - a visual narrative of a country in the midst of change. This project is a personal exploration of both the American cultural & physical landscape, and the divergence of reality & myth.

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 Making of an Argument' contains the 1st project by Gordon PARKS for the 'Life' magazine. Featuring contact sheets, proof prints and the published article, it traces the editorial process and parses out the motives behind the production of the essay.

This Anniversary Edition of 'American Photographs' makes Walker EVANS' landmark book available again. Digital technologies aid in emulating the finely tuned balance of the 1938 reproductions, capturing as never before the look of the first edition.

Linen bound HC with dust jacket, 32 x 27,5 x 2 cm., 120 pp., 87 color ills. + 3 panorama views, English

In out-of-print photo book 'Die Deutschen', René BURRI mainly depicts everyday life in Germany, where the bullet holes from the war can still be seen on the wall of the building. Hepursued his project for many decades. In 1986 and 1999, it was republished

The photo volume 'Mary Ellen Mark - Encounters' focuses on five iconic series from the 1970s & 80s which contributed significantly to her reputation. It contextualizes these works within her œuvre alongside original magazine spreads and archival material.

An exploration the 'Rainbow Nation', over two decades. For South Africa, Democracy is a hard won freedom that brought both rewards & struggles. The wealth for a new black elite fostered a frenzied aspirational spirit amongst the poorer urban classes, too.

Open bound Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 27 cm., 268 pp., 121 color & b/w ills., text language: English. Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2018.

The volume 'Chronicle' features photos by Sergiy LEBEDYNSKYY & Vladyslav KRASNOSHCHK taken in the Ukraine between 2010 and 2015. The scenes at the front-line Kharkiv, the revolutionary Kiev, Donetsk and Lugansk regions determinated the future of Ukraine.

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.

This out-of-print photo volume, '40 let fotoreportérem', offers a comprehensive overview of the work of Emil FAFEK. Starting with photos from the Second World War and the Liberation, through the Reconstruction to the Czech politics of the 1950s to 1980s.

The photo book 'Hyena Men', first published in 2007, made the South African photographer Pieter HUGO known outside the photo book scene. There is something disturbing about the images of wandering fairmen who entertain people with their animals.

Out-of-print 'Werner Bischof. Pictures' presents the work, which is in the area of tension between art and reportage and was created in a short time because of the early death of the photographer. It also contains the color photographs he took in the USA.

This new edition of the photo book classic 'Nicaragua. June 1978 - July 1979' by American documentary photographer and Magnum member Susan MEISELAS is a groundbreaking contribution to the literature of committed photojournalism with bonus material on DVD.

In addition to the famous photos by war photographer Robert CAPA, this catalog volume 'Retrospective' shows some unpublished photos such as those from the Tour de France, 1939. Numerous artist portraits round off the picture of a surprisingly diverse work

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

Re-edit, pb. 21 x 29,5 x 1,5 cm.,

The German-language photo volume 'Bericht aus China. 1957-1980' by Magnum photographer Marc RIBOUD - simultaneously published as 'Visions of China' - contains around 100 documentary black-and-white photographs from the years 1957, 1965, 1971 and 1979.

In German language 'Hinter der Kamera', Juliet Hacking portrays 38 of the most important personalities in the history of photography. By working out contexts, the portraits add to an overview of great innovations, trends and developments in photography.

'The Dutch Photobook' deals with the recent history of the Dutch photobook. Selected titles were placed in the context of developments in photography & society on the basis of the themes of landscape, youth, travel, urbanity, and the autonomous photobook.

This volume, 'Gerda Taro. The Inventing des Robert Capa' by Jane Rogoyska, traces the life of Gerda TARO and reveals the depth of her relationship with Robert CAPA. Charismatic & very special they embodied one of the most turbulent periods of the century.

Spanish edition. Chilean photographer Sergio LARRAIN stayed in London for a few months between 1958 and 1959. In the unique atmosphere between cold and humidity, he made the shadows of the city his own. At that time he also became member of Magnum Photos.

The out-of-print volume 'Buzzing at the Sill' by Peter van AGTMAEL is a collection of reflections on war, militarism, identity, family and landscape, among other things. It is both an examination of the limits of photography and a tribute to its power.

3 booklets, bound together, Claudia HEINERMANN - Wolfskinder / Wolf children, Michal IWANOWSKI - Clear of People & Indre SERPYTYTE - Forest Brothers

In her German-language volume 'Das Leiden anderer betrachten,' Susan Sontag recapitulates the historical development of war photography from Spanish Civil War to Afghanistan, and asks: what does the sight of a suffering human being trigger in the viewer?

The volume 'Berner Blitz' by René BURRI is the first to focus on his photographs in color, in which he processed diverse motifs such as nature, religion, industry, politics and architecture. The photographic book was printed on polypropylene 'paper'.

Out-of-print five-books collection 'Collected Works' on Gordon PARKS is the most comprehensive publication on the most influential African-American photographer, who combined a documentary and artistic style with a profound commitment to social justice.

Out-of-print 'Berlin' by Raymond DEPARDON contains images, made between 1961 and 2013: the construction of the Berlin Wall, the arrival of Robert Kennedy / Queen Elisabeth, the fall of the Wall, and the reconstruction of two sides of an abandoned frontier

The out-of-print 'Causes and Spirits' about William CARTER is both an autobiography and a study of people. Beginning in 1960it documents his travels around the world, from New York to Kurdistan, Dublin to Gaza, with landscapes that often yearn for people.

In 'End of the Caliphate', Ivor PRICKETT focuses on the human struggles of the conflict against the IS state. His frontline footage, compellingly captures the experience of being caught 'in the crossfire'. He is also preoccupied with the post-war reality.

The book 'Walker Evans. America Leben und Kunst' by Svetlana Alpers about the photograph & heroe traces the phenomenon of a work whose author claimed that photography was the most literary of the visual arts. Afterword and translation are by Wolfgang Kemp

In the volume 'Mujercitos' Susan Vargas analyses photographs of men dressed as women published in the Mexican newspaper ¡Alarma! between 1963 and 1986. It shows how these images extensively influenced a national imaginary of non-normative sexualities.

2nd print run, HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 32 x 2 x 24.5 cm. (9¾ x 12½ inch.), 232 pp. (28 double gatefolds), b/w ills., text language: English

HC with dust jacket, 26 x 32,5 x 2 cm., 176 pp., b/w ills., text language: English (German text booklet included)

This part of the two-volume work, 'Autopsie. Volume 1', by photo book expert Manfred HEITING presents the German-language titles of the interwar period in all their variety. The focus lies on the German-speaking countries and the period from 1918 to 1945.

The out-of-print volume 'Werner Bischof. Leben und Werk' was published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of the Swiss photographer, one of the most famous reportage photographers of the 20th century and member of Magnum photo agency.

Vol.2 of the 'Books on Books' series deals with the classic photo book 'American Photographs' by Walker EVANS. With its legendary 87 black and white photos that defined the documentary aesthetic, it is arguably the most important photo book ever published

New edition of the classic photo book 'Falkland Road.' about the notorious Srasse in Bombay. The pictures by Magnum photographer Mary Ellen MARK were taken while she spent three months there in the late 1970s on assignment for GEO. First published in 1981

The out-of-print photo volume 'Luc Delahaye 2006 2010' indicate an approach, where the unromantic clarity of the documentary style contradicts the dramatic intensity of the 'tableau' form, to reflect on the relationship between art, history & information.

'Mouvement' about René BURRI gives an overview about his work which has written history. Removed from sensationalism yet no less striking are his images of the theater of war, of people suffering in poverty & with equal intensity to the spheres of beauty.

With works by EISENSTAEDT, ERFURTH, FINSLER, FLACH, JACOBI, Paul W. JOHN, KRANZ, MANTZ, MUNKACSI, RENGER-PATZSCH, ROH, SALOMON, SANDER, SCHAFGANS, SEIDENSTÜCKER, STANKOWSKI, UMBO & more

Gebundene Ausgabe (hier: ohne Schutzumschlag) 20 x 25 x 2 cm., 271 S., S/W-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - TEXT ONLY IN GERMAN!

American photographer Lee MILLER was one of the few women to be accredited as war correspondents in the 1940s. 'Krieg. Mit den Alliierten in Europa' (with the Allies in Europe) contains for the first time all of her war reports & many of her famous photos

In the photo volume 'Avenue Patrice Lumumba' the South African photographer Guy TILLIM deals with the urban architecture of colonial and post-colonial society in Africa. His focus is on their changes due to multiple shifts in power over the past 50 years.

The mono.kultur issue #37 is dedicated to US-american photojournalist & war reporter James NACHTWEY. One issue consists of photographs, the other of an interview, reproduced in English, about the reality of wars and how images can bring about resistance.

by Matz / Vollmer. Huge presentation box, within ONE book (HC, 24 x 29 cm., 392 pp., 440 color ills., German) + ONE OF THREE Digital-PhotoPrints from analog negativ (29 x 42 cm.) - Ltd. to 250 copies! Greven Verlag, 2014.

This book runs completely under the radar; for me it belongs in every good sorted photo journalistic library. While researches for a new image motif in art/photography of the early 20th century the editor collected interesting, often unknown material.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 28 x 1 cm., 136 pp., b/w ills., text language: English

'Hello Camel' by Christoph BANGERT documents the bitter absurdity of war in Afghanistan, Gaza, Darfur, Lebanon and Iraq. He contrasts the clichéd notion of modern war as a fast-paced, dramatic and heroic event with calm and tidy, strange and alien images.

The out-of-print 'Zeitblende' was published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the famous photo agency Magnum. The picture & text book provides an overview of the impressive field of reportage photography that is commensurate with its significance

'Josef Koudelka. Next: A Visual Biography' by Melissa Harris - not a photo volume - is the definitive and only authorized biography of Josef KOUDELKA, an intimate portrait of the life and work of one of photography’s most renowned and celebrated artists.

HC in accordeon style, 13 x 18 x 3,5 cm., 127 pp., 120 color ills., text language: English

In 'An Act of Unspeakable Violence' Matthias BRUGGMANN critically examines the representation of the horrors of war. In his book he questions the codes of photojournalism and shifts the dividing lines between documentary photography & plastic photography.

The photo book 'Message from the Interiror' is a large-format, paperback volume consisting of twelve masterpieces by Walker EVANS: black and white photographs, carefully reproduced using the gravure printing process, show views of American interiors.

This out-of-print catalog volume shows how Bill BRANDT - a German-British key figure in 20th century photography - was fascinated by the strange and dark aspects of life, from his earliest photographs from the 1930s to his late portraits and body studies.

This new edition of the photo volume 'Made in Germany' by Leonard FREED, first published in New York in 1970, has been accompanied by a booklet containing previously unpublished images, documents as well as texts from 50 years of his Germany photography.

HC with dust jacket, 32 x 29 cm., 208 pp., b/w ills., multi-lingual texts: English / German / French

This version of 'Gypsies' by Joseph KOUDELKA represents the first realization of the original maquette, which was created by the photographer together with graphic artist Milan Kopřiva in 1968 and was originally intended to be published in Prague in 1970.

This long out-of-print self-published photographic volume 'Euromaidan' by Vladyslav KRASNOSHCHOK and Sergiy LEBEDINSKYY was completed during the Ukrainian revolution. It documents the dramatic events on Maidan Square in the Ukrainian capital Kiev in 2014.

'MAGNUM's first' reproduces the first MAGNUM show with 83 black-and-white images by the Magnum photographers Werner BISCHOF, Henri CARTIER-BRESSON, Robert CAPA, Ernst HAAS, Erich LESSING, Jean MARQUIS, Inge MORATH & Marc RIBOUD, reproduced in large format

The new edition of the book 'Segregation Story' by Gordon PARKS includes several never-before-published photographs as well as enhanced reproductions. In addition, it includes a new essay by photo artist Dawoud BEY, alongside texts from the first edition.

Photo and text volume 'Magnum Manifesto' is a richly illustrated story of an idea that has long since become a myth. The volume contains not only - but also - the famous pictures from the Magnum archive, an 'inexhaustible reservoir of memories'.

This small edition of 'Gypsies' is based on the original maquette, prepared by KOUDELKA with Milan KOPRIVA in 1968. Will Guy, author of the text that accompanied the 1st ed. of 'Gypsies', contributes an entirely new essay tracing the migration of the Roma

The book 'Persil and Petticoat. Cologne from 1949 to 1959. Photographs by Fred Jaeger' offers insights into everyday life, mood & zeitgeist of an era. The pictures tell of the new joie de vivre and the longing for variety: A decade of Cologne comes alive.

In over 400 duotone images, out-of-print book 'Fotografien' on the work by Swiss René BURRI - edited & compiled by Hans-Michael Koetzle - shows his unique relationship to the major political events, key politicians, artists & cultural figures of his time.