Self portrait

'Masahisa FUKASE' introduces one of the most radical and original Japanese photographers of his generation, famous for 'The Solitude of Ravens'. It also includes lesser known works from his multi-layered corpus such as collages, self-portraits, Polaroids.

Out-of-print (German language?) volume 'Autoportrait' by Robert MAPPLETHORPE showcases 65 self portraits, many previously unpublished and culled from his earliest works, that offer insight into the photographer's complex personality and self-explorations.

Here, the work by Francesca WOODMAN is read for the first time in the context of the photographic 'Tableaux Vivant'. She used her body as a medium & as an actor and devoted herself to two with femininity associated genres: female nude and 'living image'.

The photo volume 'Somnyama Ngonyama. Hail the Dark Lioness', the monograph by Zanele MUHOLI, one of today's most powerful visual activists, contains radical statements on identity, race and resistance, as well as a direct response to all forms of racism.

The out-of-print photo volume, 'Francesca Woodman: Portrait of a Reputation', explores how the young artist found her creativity and unique approach to photography. The works range from studio portraits to self-portraits in the idyllic Colorado landscape.

Catalog volume for the exhibition in Stockholm. The American photographer Francesca WOODMAN created a corpus of fascinating photo works a few intensive years before her early death. Her photographs deal with gender, representation, sexuality and body.

'MARVEL' by Marvel HARRIS describes the journey of his personal battles with mental illness, self-love, acceptance, and gender identity, all told through a searing collection of self-portraits spanning the course of five years. MACK First Book Award 2021.

Out-of-print 'Älskling' by Jenny ROVA contains self-portraits, but from the perspective of others. The total of 55 portraits taken by friends & lovers can be read as a biographical account, but also as an indirect portrait of the people behind the camera.

The catalog 'I need to live' captures the depth of Juergen TELLER's photographic achievement, the unconventional fusion of personal experience and his commercial work, realized in portraits, landscapes, nudes, still lifes and ever-changing self-portraits.

SC with loose dust jacket & photograph, 17 x 24 cm., 120 pp. (+6 pp. insert), Ltd. to 500 copies