Spanish photographer

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 16 x 24 x 1 cm., 108 pp., color ills.,

'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.

'Gaudi, Impresiones Intimas' by Aitor ORTIZ represents an artistic interpretation using the means of photography, poetry, book design & printing. The result: a Bible-like publication that is impressive in its minimalism, precisely designed and implemented

Catalan photographer Txema SALVANS' keen view of contemporary Spanish society. In the photo book 'My Kingdom' he combines black and white photos with quotes from the political rhetoric of the former King of Spain. This methodology makes emotions visible.

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.

HC, 20 x 24 cm., 104 pp., text language: French

Spiral binded HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 116 pp., 19 x 24,5 x 1,5 cm., highly illustrated

A humorous documentary film that shows how a photo book is created and watches 'real characters' at work: filmmaker Xarlos SAURA & publisher Gerhard Steidl.

This photo book 'The Saxons of Transylvania' by Spanish photographers MARTÍNEZ & SÀEZ uses archival footage, recent color photographs, illustrations, and storytelling to document the return of original German Saxons to Romania to preserve their culture.

'Galerna' is part of a long-term project in which Basque photographer Jon CAZENAVE questions his identity & territorial belonging. He makes a personal cut and frees himself from his insatiable thirst for black after a decade of uncompromising photography.

Staple bound pb. in plastic bag, 15 x 20 x 0,5 cm., 48 pp., 28 b/w ills., bilingual texts: Spanish / English

The photo book 'Vanished Spain. España Años 50' offers a comprehensive insight into the photography of Spanish filmaker Carlos SAURA, focussed on his b/w work of the 1950s: convincing images of landscapes, villages, bullfights & people from another time.

Perfect Day' by Txema SALVANS shows Spain's holidaymakers in unexpected corners of the post-industrial landscape.The pursuit of leisure time defies the built environment with a deeply human determination to find peace against all odds.

The photo book 'A les 8 al Bar Eusebi' pays tribute to the Eixample district in Barcelona and its people. Salvi DANÉS describes the atmosphere of a glorious time, surrounded by rust and mistrust, through gestures, glances and skilfully chosen details.

HC with dustjacket, 16,5 x 23 cm., 80 pp., color ills., Spanish / English, Ltd. to 300 copies

The third volume in the series 'Conversations' by Remi Coignet also contains interviews with participants from the international photo scene on the role of the photo book in the work of photographers, designers & publishers, as well as their book design.

'Imago Ergo Sum', with eight projects by of Joan FONTCUBERTA (Herbarium, Fauna, Sputnik, Securitas, Pin Zhuang, Miracles, Deconstructing Osama and Trepat) stake out an inquiry rightly known as the problematization of the 'regimes of truth' in photography.

SC (without dj, as issued)22 x 27 cm., 224 pp., highly b/w illustrated, Spanish / English (translation)

Ringbinded carton, 19 x 24 cm., 68 pp., approx. 24 color ills., Ltd. to 100 copies, bilingual text: Spanish / English

This small photo book with 'new' quotations - built on the foundation of Mao’s 'Little Red Book' - resulted from a first trip to China in 2012. DE MIDDEL reacted with her camera to whatever caught her attention, without any attempt to explain or analyze.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 30 x 24 cm., 96 pp., 50 color ills., text language: English

The poetic universe of Spanish photographer duo ALBARRÀN CABRERA is presented in this volume of the 'Des Oiseaux' photo book series in the form of a dreamlike journey to the land of birds. Each photo is like a story that seems to be stopped for a moment.

Pb. 17 x 23,5 cm., 32 pp., color ills., multi-lingual texts: English / Spanish / Basque, Ltd. to 500 copies

Pb., 17 x 24 cm., 288 pp., color ills., English

English ed., pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 17 x 22 x 1,5 cm., 120 pp., text language: Engish

Edition of 500 copies. Spanish. Early work featuring the 'real story of a fake prostitute' Paula P.

'Icaro' by Irene ZOTTOLA was created from leaves of a found encyclopedia, selected fragments of a novel and photographic prints made in the darkroom with liquid emulsion. The project aims to establish a parallel between bird flight and human life journey.

The black and white photographs of this photo essay, 'Valparaiso' by Alberto GARCIA-ALIX, were taken between July 13 and August 2, 2015, during a residency for the International Festival of Photography in the Chilean town of Valparaiso.

Spiral bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 23 x 32,5 x 2,5 cm., 96 pp., color ills., English

The out-of-print photographic volume 'Blackcelona' by Salvi DANÉS records a journey into the gray tones of urban polychromy, leading us through that chiaroscuro that engulfs the morphology of the city. It is an invitation to an aesthetic experience.

'The Photography of Nature & The Nature of Photography' was published on the occasion of the Hasselblad Award to Joan FONTCUBERTA. It contains 6 of his most famous series, revealing his ingenious work as a photographer, essayist, humorist & fantasy artist

For 'Al Escondite' the Spanish photographer Cristóbal HARA searched his archive and found for his second of currently six 'Trivial Essays' some photographs in B&W and colorful from the years 1969-2013, which revolve around the theme of hide&seek.

The story is amusing, but only at first glance, because it is based on the fact that no one believes that Africa will ever reach the moon. Around fifty years later, Spanish photographer Cristina DE MIDDEL brought history back to light ...

Small spiral bound 'Paloma al Aire' is an ethnographic documentary in which groups of men run through the countryside behind their male pigeons, observe their mating achievements, discuss the rules & decisions. From this CASES has made a photographic gem.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 19,5 x 27,5 x 1 cm. 56 pp., color ills., + print (18 x 27 cm.) + silkscreen (73 x 45 cm.). Ltd. to 15 copies

The unusual 'PBM_Catalog Box' contains leporellos, brochures and posters for the 33 exhibitions and projects shown during the PhotoBookMuseum pop-up in Cologne. The shape of the box alludes to the exhibitions shown in traditional shipping containers.

The photo book 'Wealth Management' by Carlos SPOTTORNO is about the world of the ultra-rich and their agents: about an allegedly better life in which money does not always bring happiness and in which the greatest luxury is invisible & inaccessible to all

In his photo volume 'Autobiography' Cristóbal HARA uses images from today's Spain and filters them through the emotional memories of his childhood. The result is a deep insight into Spanish culture and the cultural breeding ground of a whole generation.

SC, 24 x 32 cm., approx. 60 pp., 33 b/w. + 6 color ills., Spanish, Ltd. to 750 copies

'Pandora's Camera' by Joan FONTCUBERTA gathers essays in which he considers the technological changes photography has experienced since the 2000s: between loss & hope, the disappearance of silver gelatin photography as well as the possibilities of digital

HC with acetate dust jacket, 14,5 x 20 x 1,5 cm., 128 pp., color ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 600 copies

This monograph, 'Cristóbal Hara. Spanish Colour 1985-2020', brings together the color photographs of the legend, who sees himself in the tradition of Spanish painting. His subjects are everyday life, bullfighting, and again and again the Catholic religion

Paperback, 24 x 33 cm., 52 pp., Ltd. to 300 numbered copies

The images of ALBARRÁN CABRERA in 'Remembering the Future' speak to us of memory and experience. At first glance, their very clarity is moving. After a time, rather than real scenes, they begin to seem the settings for dreams about to vanish into the mist

The out-of-print book 'Barcelona 1957' by Leopoldo POMÉS is a journey through a vanished world as well as a narrative. The images are characterized by timelessness and aesthetic beauty, which lie in the spontaneity as well as seemingly simple compositions

Pb. (two different covers - in white or black - no dust jacket, as issued), 20 x 27 x 2 cm., 120 pp., approx. 54 color ills., bilingual: Catalán / English, Ltd. to 500 copies

This volume presents the photographic work of the Spanish documentary photographer Cristina de MIDDEL, who became internationally known in 2012 for her self-published photo book 'The Afronauts' and is now a member of the Magnum photographers agency.

'Archipelago' is the first photo volume of the 'Los Ensayos Banales' series by Spanish photographer Cristóbal HARA. His essays allow him to address individual aspects of his work, illustrating them with images that show a sample of his work over 40 years.

The out-of-print volume 'Almost There' by Aleix PLADEMUNT presents a challenging constellation of images: the vastness of landscapes, archaeological images of Neanderthal remains and other findings. It is an exploration of what is closest and farthest.

In 'The Perfect Man' Cristina de MIDDEL uses the film 'Modern Times' by Charlie Chaplin as the starting point for the narrative structure, reflecting on the peculiar idea of masculinity in India - tracing the relationship between man, machine and labor.

'Ama Lur' by Jon CAZENAVE challenges the notion of the frontier. By revealing an area charged with history and magic, he wants to (re)connect us with the ancient spirit of humanity as well as remind us of our balance with nature that leads us to this day.

While in Txema SALVANS' first photo book the waiting characters are always prostitutes, it is the protagonists anglers who have infinite resilience. Working on the subject of 'waiting' required more complexity for subthemes as light, distance & THE moment

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 15 x 19 x 2,5 cm., 128 pp., 67 color ills., text language: English

The book 'The Rest is History' is a commentary on the British Brexit decision in 2020. Alejandro ACÍN questions the construction of history through theatrically staged photos taken in London during the last 24 hours of British-European political relations

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 17 x 24 cm., 176 pp., color ills.,

Cristina DE MIDDEL questions street photography as well as the language and truthfulness of photography itself. In the shimmering streets of New York City, she playfully works with visual tropes to illuminate the surreal quality of space in the city.

Graphic novel 'The Fault Line' by Spaniards SPOTTORNO and Abril across the border between Austria and Italy, North Tyrol and South Tyrol as a leporello as well as a report in word and picture moves at the interface of journalism, literature and photo art.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 18 x 22 x 1,5 cm., 64 pp., b/w ills., Ltd. to 200 copies

'Raval' by Joan COLOM combines the modernist avant-garde of the 50s with the 'dark', pessimistic tradition of Franco-era Spain. For years he explored the Raval neighborhood in Barcelona, now 'Barrio Chino', sawing himself as a witness to a social theater.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued) in two different papers, 16 x 24 x 0,5, cm., 88 pp., color ills., no text, Ltd. to 750 copies

Slipcased double pb., 13 x 18 x 1,5 cm., 80 pp., b/w ills., numbered copies, Spanish

'Photographs', published to accompany the Alberto GARCÍA-ALIX retrospective, contains B&W photographs from 1975 to 1997. In addition to included chronology, bibliography, and a selection of critical texts, it is supplemented by a series of reflections.

The photo volume 'On Abortion' by Spanish photographer Laia ABRIL documents the dangers and harms that result from the lack of legal, safe and free access for women to abortion and uncovers a harrowing series of stigmata and taboos around the topic.

The leporello photo book 'Prosopagnosia' by Joan FONTCUBERTA & Pilar Rosado shows portraits from the 1930s, which serve as the basis of the project. On the back are images produced with artificial intelligence - as a wonderful sequence of failed attempts.

In 'Photographic Syntax', ALBARRÁN CABRERA explains why they produce their own images using different photographic processes, why they use the medium of photography as a learning tool, and the thoughts behind images, many of them previously unpublished.

This series in 'Waiting Game' was taken along the Spanish Mediterranean coast. To achieve his goal, Txema SALVANS approached disguised as a surveyor - the only way to carry out this halfway project between sociological dissection & naturalistic narrative.

Open binden HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 16,5 x 24 x 1,5 cm., 96 pp., 49 color ills., text language (of the inlet): English (Spanish version also here to order), Ltd. to 500 copies

Unbound Pb in printed plastic bag (no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 30 x 1 cm., 64 pp., +1 post card (with back side informations about designer and publisher), 21 small b/w ills., no text

Out-of-print 'The Tree of Life is Eternally Green' by photographers MARTÍNEZ & SÁEZ is intimate notebook about their journey through Romania and at the same time exploration of the integral connection of Romanians to nature in the seasons winter to summer

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.

Unbound Pb. with dust jacket, 19,5 x 29,5 x 2 cm., 144 pp., 84 b/w ills., no text

'The World's First Photobook Was Blue', by ALBÁRRAN CABRERA shows their work as well as explains their artistic process. The title is a reference to Anna ATKINS, the spiral binding to BRASSAI and the book itself is a tribute to photography's complexity.

English ed. Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 15,5 x 22 x 1 cm., 70 pp. (+ 20 inserted pp. of texts), color ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 200 copies

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 17,5 x 24 x 1 cm., 144 pp., 87 color ills., offset, bilingual text: English/Spanish

The book combines the original story of the Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola with the reality of a country suffering from the heavy burden of African stereotypes. MAGNUM photographer Cristina DE MIDDEL creates a gray area between documentation and fiction.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 14,5 x 23 x 1,5 cm., 144 pp., color photography, text language: English

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 20,5 x 31 x 1 cm., 64 pp., approx. 60 b/w ills., no text, product details in Spanish, Ltd. to 250 numbered copies

Pb., 17 x 23,5 cm., 32 pp., color ills., bilingual texts: English / Spanish, Ltd. to 500 copies

In their photo volume 'On Listening to Trees', ALBARRÁN CABRERA show their special relationship with trees. However, they are mainly concerned with exploring man's relationship with nature, for example by using the writings of the novelist Hermann Hesse.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 26 cm., 464 pp., 600 b/w & color ills.,

'Costa Tropical' by Pablo CASTILLA HEREDIA with pictures taken between 2010 and 2016 is a journey to a new territory, both original & sovereign, located somewhere between fiction & reality, record & invention, documentary evidence & subjective perception.

Reproduced on super glossy paper, the color photographs in the out-of-print volume 'Karma' by Spanish photographer Óscar MONZÓN show details of cars of nocturnal drivers in Madrid. The photo volume won the Paris Photobook Award in 2013.

For his now out-of-print photo book 'Mediodía' (the former name of Madrid's 'Atocha' subway station), David HORNILLOS has created his own little cosmos against the backdrop of the bright orange brickwork, which makes the photographs look like paintings.

Slipcased pb., 17 x 24 x 1,5 cm., 110 pp., color ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 750 copies

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 22,5 x 15 cm., 102 pp., bilingual text: English / Spanish

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.

'Der Riss' is an unusual graphic novel: a photo & travel report with authentic images as a comic. The photographer Carlos SPOTTORNO and the journalist Guillermo Abril traveled to the external border of the EU, to Melilla, the Spanish enclave in Morocco.

'Transmontanus' is a black and white photo book by Salvi DANÉS, which deals with a poetic story of the return to the landscape he got to know as a child. The title alludes to the wind coming from the Pyrenees that characterizes this region, teh Empordà.

Laia ABRIL has been working on projects dealing with the so-called 'world epidemic of eating disorders' since 2010. The volume 'The Epilogue' tells the story of the Robinson family and the consequences of the loss of their 26-year-old daughter to bulimia.

'Casa de Campo' is a photographic fable by Antonio M. XOUBANOVA rooted firmly in the realities of Madrid’s largest public park. He wandered the paths of this urban woodland examining the people, animals and objects he saw as if he was on uncommon ground.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 16 x 20 x 0,5 cm., 48 pp., 11 b/w ills., 100 gr., text language: English

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 23 x 30 cm., 110 pp., 100 ills., Spanish / English

3rd print run. Spiral bound, 16 x 25 x 2 cm., 80 pp., b/w ills., text language: Spanish, Ltd. to 50 copies (250 copies in total with 1st and 2nd printrun)

The out-of-print photo book 'From Where There Is No Return' on the work of Alberto GARCÍA-ALIX reproduces over 250 images that compose the ambitious project on which the Spanish photographer has been working for several years in Madrid, Paris and Beijing.

Pb with dust jacket, 23 x 32 x 1,5 cm., 176 pp., color & b/w ills., text language: English

In banking circles, 'PIGS' means the states Portugal, Italy, Greece & Spain. For his book, photographer Carlos SPOTTORNO took on the design of the manager's magazine 'The Economist' and integrated his own recordings in order to unite prejudice and reality

In 'Cucurrucucú', photographer Cristina DE MIDDEL deals with everyday violence in Mexico in a very unique way, artistically alienated. She transfers signed photographs to the world of comics; Lyrics of Mexican rancher songs fill the usual speech bubbles.

Cristina DE MIDDEL's photo book Sharkification imagines the favelas of Brazil as a coral reef where the battle between the police and drug gangs can be seen as if sharks in pursuit of small fishes.

Two slipcased pb., 12,5 x 18 cm., b/w ills., bilingual text: Spanish / English