Russia

In his ongoing 'City Diary' project, Anders PETERSEN - awarded with the Dr.-Erich-Salomon-Award, DGPh - examines the less public side of urban life, in volumes #1 to #3, he photographed such different cities like Stockholm, Tokyo as well as St. Petersburg

The Anti-War book 'Kriegsfibel' (War primer) by Bertolt Brecht and Ruth Berlau processes press photos from the Second World War. Images of machines and gruesome scenes were given new captions, socialist-realist epigrams to give the scenes a primal meaning

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

2nd print run, pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 24,5 x 30 cm., 46 pp., b/w ills., bilingual text: English / Lithuanian

For her out-of-print book 'Sailboats and Swans', Michal CHELBIN portrayed prison inmates in Ukraine & Russia. The portraits oscillate between strangeness and reality. The title refers to the wallpaper that often adorns walls and hallways of these prisons.

Special ed. with Print, 'Stillleben mit Himbeeren und Birnen' (Fine art print, 24 × 30 cm.), folder with print and book, signed, Ltd. to 50 copies. Also available as trade edition without print

Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 26 x 2 cm., 91 pp., 46 b/w ills., text language: English. Ltd. ed. to 600 copies

'ABC', selected and designed by William KLEIN himself, offers a visual survey of his varied career. It includes his poetic street photography of New York, Moscow, Rome, Tokyo and Paris; his fashion photography; filmstills; and his painted contact sheets.

HC with dust jacket, 21 x 27,5 x 2,5 cm., 176 pp., 60 coloir & 35 duotone b/w ills., bilingual text: English / German

Linen bound HC with dust jacket, 29 x 33 x 3 cm., 344 pp., b/w ills., trilingual text: English / German / French

'Life and Work' about Andrei TARKOVSKY brings together film stills, Polaroids & documentary photos for each of his films, writings and private photos. A tribute to a great visionary who thought in poetic, often disturbing images of almost biblical force.

HC, 15 x 21 cm., 48 pp., Ltd. to 750 copies

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

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 31 x 21,5 x 2 cm., 176 pp., color ills., bilingual texts: Japanese / English

Pb. with American dust jacket, 24 x 28 cm., 184 pp., 94 color & 27 b/w ills., trilingual text: English, German, Russian Available Artist: Beat Schweizer Editor: Kanton Bern, WERK-BUCH / ŒUVRE D’ARTISTE Texts: Tanja Achlomova, Mischa Danov, Urs Mannhart,

'The Unknown' by Rob HORNSTRA shows previously unseen portraits taken in 2003, while travelling through the Russia, working on 'Communism & Cowgirls'. The negatives remained untouched for years -what has happened to the people he photographed years ago?

Unlike in his thematic stories, out-of-print book 'Jahrebuch' by Ulrich WÜST reveals something very personal & private. Here, the world seems to be surrounded by a melancholy veil that does not conceal anything, but rather reveals the precision of vision.

HC with dust jacket, 29 x 25 cm., 144 pp., b/w ills., text language: English

Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 29 x 24 x 1,5 cm., 72 pp., color ills., text language: English

Swiss bound HC with tipped-in photograph (no dust jacket, as issued), 26,5 x 29 x 2 cm., 102 pp., 50 ills. (11 in color, 39 b/w), English, Ltd. to 600 copies

Art historian Ian Jeffrey has sifted through WWII soldier albums and selected the most compelling photos to create a record of lives that have seen the unprecedented. Style & content of the photographs changed along with the collective mood after 1942.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 22 x 24 cm., 72 pp., 30 color ills., multi-lingual text: German / Russian / English

Pb., 7 x 8¾", 132 pp., 64 color ills., handwritten text, bilingual texts: English / Georgian, Ltd. to only 87 handmade copies

HC with dust jacket, 25,5 x 34 x 2 cm., 104 pp., b/w ills., text language: English

HC with dust jacket, 26,5 x 24 x 1,5 cm., 88 pp., 63 color ills., bilingual: German / English

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

'Ausgewählte Werke 1978-' by Sergej CHILIKOV shows Russian life of ordinary people in the countryside during the period of upheaval from the final phase of the Soviet Union to the post-communist present, far away from urban hustle & bustle and anonymity.

SC, 17 x 24 cm., 52 pp., 39 b/w ills., English, Ltd. to 1,000 copies

HC with dust jacket, 21,5 x 32 x 1 cm., 88 pp., 39 b/w ills.,

Gebunden, mit Schutzumschlag, 22,5 x 30 cm., 360 S., 220 Abb., deutsch-sprachig - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 25,5 x 29,5 x 2,5 cm. (10 x 11 5/8 in.), 172 pp. (incl. 16 fold-outs), index, text language: English, Ltd. to 1,000 copies

Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 35 x 29 x 2,5 cm., 192 pp., 106 color ills., bilingual texts: German / English

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24 x 22 x 1 cm., 88 pp., 43 color ills., bilingual texts: German / English

A state and its institutions are disintegrating. Mikhail Gorbachev loses control of the state. This was the last winter of the USSR. In the photo book 'Final Winter. 1990/91' Michael KERSTGENS describes everyday life in this difficult time in Moscow.

Pb. in unopened plastic bag (no dust jacket, as issued), 17,5 x 20,5 x 2,5 cm. (6 7/8 x 8 in.), 172 pp., color ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 1,000 copies

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 17,5 x 24,5 x 2 cm, digital printed color ills., text language: English - Ltd. to 27 numbered copies

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24 x 30 x 3 cm., 288 pp., 350 ills. (50 in color & 300 duotone), bilingual text: English / German

In is photo volume 'Siberian Summer', Olaf Otto BECKER documents the inhospitable formations of earth and ice that tower like abstract sculptures above wet beaches in the permafrost zone, a group of researchers and the half-ruined port city of Tiksi.

For 'Arrivals and Departures' Jacob Aue SOBOL photographed twins in their home in Moscow, chased hunters in the mountains of Ulan-Bator and hurried pedestrians in busy Beijing. A photographic journey whose common thread are only the rails of the Transsib.

'Aloe' describes the spirit of a youth subculture community. In addition to many photos, the artist book contains many hand-glued inserts and stickers. The nostalgic book design takes up school questionnaires for friends, as they were popular in the 2000s

The photo volume 'Romareisen' by Joakim ESKILDSEN is the result of a long-term project and a very personal document of Roma encounters in seven countries. Together with the music CD as a supplement, it gives a deep insight into their everyday life & life.

The out-of-print volume, 'Später Sommer. Letzter Herbst', follows in sequence & format the handmade leporello 'Später Sommer/Letzter Herbst' by Ulrich WÜST, transforming it into a book and brings together series as well as some individual images from 1989

SC, 22,5 x 30 cm., 96 pp., 53 color ills., German & English, Ltd. to 150 signed copies

The out-of-print book 'Escape' by Danila TKACHENKO is about men who have turned their backs on society to live alone in the wilderness of the Russian and Ukrainian forests. It raises the question of their own personal freedom and the possible consequences

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 17 x 21,5 x 2 cm., 160 pp., 123 color & b/w ills., bilingual text: English / Belorussian

'CCCP Underground' by Frank HERFORT shows metro systems of the Soviet era. From Moscow to Bucharest, Baku to Tbilisi, they come together to form a holistic, comprehensive representation of socialist art which relates to people's everyday lives to this day

3 x SC in slipcase, 20,5 x 28 x 6 cm., 580 pp.

Linen bound HC with dust jacket, 21,5 x 30 x 2 cm.,

Linen bound HC with dust jacket, 30,5 x 26 x 2,5 cm., 262 pp., 200 color iils., text language: English

Boxed Set of 10 softcover books, 16 x 23 cm., 28 pages each, bilingual: English / Russian, Ltd. to 1,000

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24 x 20 x 2 cm., 104 pp., 96 color ills., text language: English

DAMAGED BERTELSMANN EDITION 1954

The plan for the '12 Months of Winter' book set by Danish photographer Jacob Aue SOBOL was to make one issue and one print each month. Delivery of the complete box set of twelve issues and prints was scheduled for December 2018. but has been delayed.

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.

'Interrogations' is the result of a search for the hidden meaning of the bloody 20th century. Donald WEBER addresses his questions to both the living survivors and the ghosts of the state's countless victims: cops, laborers, thugs, dissidents and goons.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), approx. 28 x 18 x 1,5 cm., 76 pp., 33 color ills.,

The 'Soviet Union' left behind a huge legacy of design that is largely unknown in the West. For the first time, this opulent volume offers a richly overview of Soviet interior architecture from constructivism to Art Deco and back to Avantgarde & Bauhaus.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 17 x 24 x 2 cm., 208 pp., color ills., text language: English

SC (no dust jacket, as issued), 22,5 x 26 cm., o.pp., no text, Ltd. to 20 numb. copies

In impressive b/w shots between documentary and art photography, Jacob Aue SOBOL sketches the preserved love of the two protagonists in the photo volume 'Onse and Axel' full of warmth. The thin large-format is wonderfully suited for this little insight.

'Kriegsfibel' (War Primer) by Bertolt Brecht is THE anti-war book. It was first published a year before his death and a few times reissued. This edition was published by his daughter, Barbara Brecht-Schall, in memory of book's creation in exile in Denmark

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 30,5 x 21,5 cm., approx. 90 color ills., no text, Ltd. to 5 copies

In out-of-print 'Down and Out in Moscow', Miron ZOWNIR documents the (over)life of homeless and desperate people in sometimes unbearable images. He thus illustrates the decline of the former USSR; an unsparing look at street life in the Russian capital.

The book 'River Under Earth' by Dmitry ERMAKOV shows some essence of the original beauty of the European part of Russia - from Baltic Sea to Western Siberia - where real pagans live and Orthodox Russia is a silent agreement of the people with the rulers.

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.

HC, 22 x 27 cm., 264 pp., 161 color ills., bilingual text: English / German

HC, 17 x 25 cm., 242 pp., b/w ills., text language: English

HC with dust jacket (poster), 22 x 27 cm., 64pp., 48 color ills., Russian / English, Ltd. to 300 copies

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 28 x 29 x 6,5 cm., 636 pp., highly color & b/w illustrated, text language: English. Steidl, 2015.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issiued), 23,5 x 27,5 x 2,5 cm., 280 pp., b/w ills., English

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 35 x 28 x 2 cm., 120 pp., 48 ills., text language: English

Photo book 'Aufbruch ohne Ziel' (Departure without a goal) is exclusively devoted to the photographic work of Annemarie SCHWARZENBACH. Essays locate their images in the history of photography and analyze the relationship between photography and literature

The out of print, self-published and black & white photo book 'Wonderland. A Fairy Tale Of The Soviet Monolith 'by Jason ESKENAZI - is a photographic exploration that depicts both reality under the guise of a utopian USSR and the affirmation of hope.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 22 x 28 x 2 cm., 148 pp., color ills., text language: English

SC, 22,5 x 30 cm., 96 pp., 53 color ills., german & English, Ltd. to 30 signed & numbered copies, accompanied by an original Ilford baryta silk pigment print (appr. 21 x 27 cm) in a slipcase.

The catalog on Sergey BRATKOV, titled 'Glory Days', contains images from 1997 to 2007- an idiosyncratic mix of reportage & staged photography. It places his work in the context of recent photographic art and the social environment in Russia and in Ukraine

BROOMBERG & CHANARIN have constructed a taxonomy of portraits in contemporary Russia. Echoing August SANDER’s seminal work, 'Citizens of the 20th Century' they have made a series of portraits with a new developed technology: in low resolution & fragmented

Swiss bound pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 23 x 26 x 1 cm., 132 pp., b/w ills., bilingual texts: Lithuanian / English - Ltd. to 500 copies

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24 x 27 cm., 120 pp. (+8 pp. booklet), b/w ills., English

This self published volume, 'Twentysix Ceramic Fountains' by French photographer Franck LANDRON, shows 26 b/w photographs of urinals from all over the world in the style of the cult book 'Twentysix Gasoline Stations' by American (photo) artist Ed RUSCHA.

Folder enveloped on valve A4 + application, 21 x 32 cm., 84 pp., 67 color ills., bilingual text: Russian / English, Ltd. to 90 numbered copies

The documentary photo volume 'Aids in Odessa' by German photographer Andrea DIEFENBACH, which is out of print, documents the living situation in Odessa, where the AIDS epidemic spread particularly quickly after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

'Tolyatti' is a visual and scientific exploration of society and common spaces in post-Soviet cities. This is about Tolyatti, the largest planned industrial city in the Soviet Union and the most typical example of a mono-industrial city in today's Russia.

Handmade artist book, 14 x 18 cm., o.pp., Ltd. to 100 numbered copies!

The catalog from Gropius Bau exhibition on Alexander RODCHENKO offers a broad overview of the many facets of his photographic oeuvre. It includes previously unpublished works from his estate and a readable essay on the photographic avant-garde in Russia.

PB. (no dust jacket, as issued) 23 x 23 cm., 116 pp., color ills., English, Ltd. to 20 copies +5 AP

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24 x 33 x 2 cm., 214 pp., 130 color ills., text language: English

Embossed cloth bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 25 x 22,5 xm., 160 pp., 116 color ills., bilingual: Russian / English, Ltd. to 420 copies

The out-of-print catalog volume 'Soviet Photography of the 1920s and 1930s' shows the great creative wealth: photographers of Pictoialism and Soviet avant-garde developed in parallel with each other until Stalinist ideology gave a direction.

SC (no dust jacket, as issued), 16,5 x 21 cm., 160 pp., unpaginated, 120 color ills., French

Gebundene Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschienen) 23 x 33 x 2 cm., 76 S., 59 Farb-Abb.., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

HC, 21,5 x 16 cm., 60 b/w ills., offset, English, Limited to 300 copies!

Layer by layer, the book reveals the complex life of the Chechen capital. Chechen suicide bombers attack public places and Chechen police detain civilians for their involvement with the radical Islamic underground. Shortlisted for First Book Award 2017.

In 'Summer Shore', Vitaly SEVEROV examines how memories affect perception. The accordion format represents time, rhythm and continuity in music. The photos are from the years 2016-2018 and were taken at the White Sea, in the Arkhangelsk region, Russia.

Pb. with dust jacket, approx. 24 x 30 x 1,5 cm., color ills., English, Ltd. to 400 numbered copies

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 22 x 28 x 2,5 cm., 238 pp., 148 color and 30 b/w ills., 1,400 gr., text language: English