Photographer as an editor

'The Disappeared' by ambitous photo book editor contains portraits of people who disappeared in Argentina. It is a political bond that wants to keep the memory of these people alive. Printed on thin paper, it is primarily an inexpensive photo book item.

'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.

'Let’s get shitfaced, it’s free.' contains photographic recordings, Erik KESSELS' answer to the idea of ​​a sketchbook - brought into a form that examines image contexts, themes, colors and textures; not to give answers, but to provoke and to question.

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.,

Open binded HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 16,5 x 24 x 2,5 cm., bilingual: English / Japanese, Ltd. to 500 numbered copies

In 'Gülistan' Lukas BIRK tells the story of Kenan & Filiz from Istanbul, who celebrated their lives in the city's best establishments in the 1960s and 1970s. The basis for the graphic design of the volume was the photo service offered in the institutions.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 15 x 21,5 x 2 cm., 224 pp., richly illustrated, text language: English

'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.

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.

'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.

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.

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

The out-of-print photographic volume '10 Days in Krakow' by Yuan-yuan YANG is a travelogue and scrapbook in one. It is structured in three chapters and consists of snapshots, diary entries and found or taken during the stay in the (Polish) city of Krakow.

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

Based on a pocket edition of the Gospel of Matthew published in 1930, Javier VIVER recreates an illustrated Bible and uses photographs of the Spanish Civil War and the reorganization of archive images to investigate the desecration of religious models.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 16 x 21 x 1,5 cm., 128 pp., b/w (intro) & color (main part) ills., English

'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.

'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.

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

'Father - Photographer' shows images by Henry FRANK - Alps & lakes in Switzerland, views of Venice, Pisa & Florence, and depictions of his family & friends. Designed by Robert FRANK, it reveals his father to be both a talented photographer and a traveller