Photographer as an editor

The very small photo book, 'Until death do us part', comes in an original box for cigarettes. It alludes to the role that cigarettes play in Chinese weddings: as a sign of appreciation, it is common for the bride to light a cigarette for every man invited

Loose-leaf publication in a metallic gold bag, 30,5 x 38 x 1 cm., 40 pp., color ills.,

'In almost every pictrue #9. How to shoot a black dog' by Erik KESSELS deals with one family’s attempt to solve one of the great mysteries of photography. Before the digital age there was a time when photographers actually had to take photos themselves.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 20,5 x 23 x 3,5 cm., 416 pp., b/w ills., text language: English

The photographic volume 'Reenactment' by Arwed MESSMER presents an artistic perspective on the legacy of the GDR secret police. It uses photos from the archives of the Ministry of State Security (Stasi) showing failed escape attempts at the Berlin Wall.

'Good Hope' by Carla LIESCHING, combines essays and found photographs with sources ranging from apartheid-era trade journals, tourist pamphlets, magazines to current newspapers and family albums. A critical examination of contemporary settler colonialism.

'New York 1972' contains everyday scenes taken by German writer Jürgen BECKER along the Broadway: anonymous faces of passers-by scurrying by, street crossings, cars. In 2012, the images were discovered in the archive and published for the first time.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 22 x 25 x 1,5 cm., 128 pp., 166 ills., bilingual: German / English

'The Many Lives of Erik Kessels' provides an overview of how to better understand and appreciate the hybrid way of working of the Dutch photographic artist Erik KESSELS, who defies any categorization. With more than twenty works as well as many essays.

'Shining in Absence', the twelfth issue of the journal AMC2 by KESSELS, addresses the disappearance of photography both as an idea and as a material object. Images of torn, vacant photo albums, empty frames and mounting corners fill this poignant volume.