'Die Amerikaner' is the German edition of this work that looked at the Americans from a new perspective and which revolutionized the aesthetics of the photo book. It was first published in 2008, on the occasion of the anniversary of the French original.
from 198,00 € Weight 0.8 kg
The book 'Magic Eye' offers an overview of the work of René GROEBLI. We discover his fascination for movement and speed. And we encounter the rich hues of his unique, innovative color photography, through which even commissioned works become timeless art.
0,00 € Weight 1.6 kg
This 13-volumes collection on the work of Swiss photographer Jakob TUGGENER, 'Books and Films' contains facsimile editions of the first twelve original book dummies from the years 1936 to 1982 as well as a selection of his 16 mm short films on DVD.
700,00 € * Weight 10 kg
From post-empire to the new Middle Kingdom. For his series 'The Pearl River', photographer Christian LUTZ went to the Chinese special economic zone Macao. His photographic gaze laconically and insistently scans the smooth surfaces of this brave new world.
52,00 € *
For 40 years the Swiss police officer Arnold ODERMATT captured accident scenes & property damage. What results from his official work is 'Karambolage', a selection of melancholic, sometimes funny & always strange atmospheric photos of our mobile society.
168,00 € Weight 3.5 kg
In 'Unresolved' Meinrad SCHADE examines how conflicts also show themselves in everyday life. The series, made in Israel & Palestine, is the continuation of his long-term project 'Krieg ohne Krieg' documenting landscapes and people in the grip of conflicts
from 29,80 € Weight 0.8 kg
'Ein gutes Bild muss scharf sein' closes a gap in the literature about Arnold ODERMATT, who as a self-taught photographer in the post-war period recorded accidents, police service, everyday life as well as his family with his 6x6 medium format camera.
16,80 € * Weight 0.4 kg
This photo volume set 'Seven Stories' by Robert FRANK is a collection of small volumes that represents a new stage in his practice. As always, his photographs and stories relate to life and milieu: houses in Mabou and New York or trips to China and Spain.
298,00 € *
HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24,5 x 30 cm., 216 pp., 128 color ills., English
45,00 € *
The out-of-print book 'Franz Gertsch 'The Seventies' shows the large-format key works by Swiss artist. His participation in the legendary 1972 documenta brought him international breakthrough. The photorealism paintings here date from this creative period
44,00 € * Weight 1.3 kg
The book 'Unseen Colour' contains around 200 images of color negatives by Werner BISCHOF, created in the first years after his graduation (1936) - in his studio for fashion and advertising photography, but also reportages of locations in war-torn Europe.
48,00 € * Weight 0.8 kg
HC (flexicover), 24 x 33 cm., 548 pp., 283 color & 186 b/w ills., text language: English
178,00 € Weight 1.6 kg
re-edit, HC with dust jacket, as issued, 21 x 27 x 2 cm., 168 pp., highly illustrated, text language: English
0,00 € * Weight 1 kg
2nd printrun, HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 19 x 25 cm., 156 pp., 53 color ills., language: 19 × 25 cm., language: English
52,00 € *
This out-of-print photographic volume 'London 1949' by René GROEBLI is the result of a two-week-staying in the bombed-out capital with his rolleiflex camera. The 2nd part of the book contains a series of images shot at London's Crystal Palace Park in 1951
120,00 € * Weight 0.6 kg
'Peru' is of great historical importance in the history of photography. Some images of this series were known, but previously the entire series had been seen by only a few people. The volume presents the complete sequence of images, based on the original.
50,00 € * Weight 0.5 kg
This out-of-print edition of 'The Americans' by Robert FRANK comes from Chrsitian Verlag and was published 30 years after the photographs were taken. The book has been published in various editions and languages (including Chinese, Greman and French).
0,00 € * Weight 0.8 kg
The photographic volume 'Inexplicata Volantes' by Swiss photographer Luciano RIGOLINI contains photographs found in a ufology center. Reproduced without any manipulation, the images serve the need to explore their poetic power.
98,00 € *
HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 20,5 x 30 cm., 208 pp., 123 color ills., English
65,00 € *
In out-of-print photo book 'Die Deutschen', René BURRI mainly depicts everyday life in Germany, where the bullet holes from the war can still be seen on the wall of the building. Hepursued his project for many decades. In 1986 and 1999, it was republished
0,00 € Weight 1.5 kg
HC with dust jacket, 24 x 25 x 4,5 cm., 196 pp., b/w ills., text language: English
0,00 € *
Slipcased pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 25,5 x 20,5 x 1,5 cm., 64 pp., 39 b/w ills., text language: English
35,00 € * Weight 0.6 kg
Slipcased pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 20,5 x 25 x 1 cm., 52 pp., 43 ills., text language: English
35,00 € * Weight 0.5 kg
The volume 'Die 4 Jahreszeiten' (The 4 Seasons) by Swiss photographerJakob TUGGENER is a completely new version of the unique books he created in the 1940s on the themes of spring, summer, fall and winter. It is a reflection on human life and transience.
45,00 € * Weight 1 kg
'London/Wales' by Robert FRANK combines two series of images whose contrast could not be stronger. With these photographs, he tells the timeless story of a society in transition. They are early testimonies to his search for new forms of poetic photography
58,00 € * Weight 0.9 kg
The volume 'Berner Blitz' by René BURRI is the first to focus on his photographs in color, in which he processed diverse motifs such as nature, religion, industry, politics and architecture. The photographic book was printed on polypropylene 'paper'.
from 68,00 € Weight 0.7 kg
The out-of-print volume 'frank films. The Film and Video work' offers a visually unique approach. Each film is introduced with a detailed analysis discussing the history and aesthetics of his film work, complemented by an interview with Allen Ginsberg.
from 18,00 € Weight 0.7 kg
The out-of-print volume 'Werner Bischof. Leben und Werk' was published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of the Swiss photographer, one of the most famous reportage photographers of the 20th century and member of Magnum photo agency.
60,00 € * Weight 2 kg
The volume 'After work' contains masterpieces by Arnold ODERMATT, who trained his craft & his eye significantly on the tasks of his police service. His photo archive would possibly have been disposed of if the photographer's son had not rediscovered it.
49,95 € *
HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 20,5 x 29,5 x 2,5 cm., 352 pp., 248 color ills., English / German
135,00 € *
This volume summarizes the early role of Balthasar BURKHARD as a chronicler of the art of his time, particularly as the principal photographer for curator Harald Szeemann, his conceptual redefinition of photography, and his emancipation as a photo artist.
from 48,00 € Weight 1.3 kg
For out-of-print book 'Ball nights 1934-1950', Jakob TUGGENER immersed himself in the world of luxury. He captured fleeting moments & details, facial expressions & gestures, which he condensed into cinematographically perceived image series & book layouts
0,00 € * Weight 1.2 kg
HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 25 x 32 cm., 160 pp., 106 color ills., 1.700 gr., trilingual text: German / English / French
50,00 € *
SC (no dust jacket, as issued), 840 pp., (40 text & pictures), 25,5 x 31,5 x 5 cm., German only
0,00 € *
Gebundene Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschienen), 24 x 30 cm.,m 196 S., 100 S/W-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY! Limitierte Auflage von 500 nummerierten Exemplaren
82,00 € *
HC (red leatherette with sticker image front and back - no dust jacket, as issued), 24,5 x 31 x 1 cm., 120 pp., b/w-ills.,
0,00 € *
'The Fabric of Reality' by Beat STREULI shows the way through his oeuvre. The result is a visually rhythmic image that is characterized by conceptual sobriety in observation. Essays on urbanism and sociology place his work in a discursive context.
35,00 € *
re-edit, Otabind pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 23 x 30,5 x 1,5 cm., 102 pp., 160 tritone b/w ills., text language: English
0,00 € *
In 'An Act of Unspeakable Violence' Matthias BRUGGMANN critically examines the representation of the horrors of war. In his book he questions the codes of photojournalism and shifts the dividing lines between documentary photography & plastic photography.
from 39,00 € Weight 1 kg
HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 19,5 x 26 x 2,5 cm., 304 pp., 380 color ills., English
52,00 € *
'Das Auge der Liebe' (The Eye of Love) by René GROEBLI owes its existence to a belated honeymoon. Sparsely furnished rooms, mirrors, beds, window views, wine, cigarettes - and his wife Rita. A love poem and a book for lovers, longing, seeking, desperate.
280,00 € Weight 0.5 kg
Re-edit, open thread-stitched pb., 17 x 23 x 1,5 cm., 128 pp., 74 b/w ills., bilingual texts: German / English
168,00 €
Pb. with poster as dust jacket, 22 x 28 x 1 cm., 76 pp., with 11 color & 23 b/w ills., bilingual texts: German / English
18,00 € *
Police officer Arnold ODERMATT documented accident scenes to which he was called. With his eye for the insignificant, he repeatedly captured outstandingly composed scenes - often unintentionally humorous and ironic. 'Meine Welt' contains 140 of his shots.
0,00 € *
In over 400 duotone images, out-of-print book 'Fotografien' on the work by Swiss René BURRI - edited & compiled by Hans-Michael Koetzle - shows his unique relationship to the major political events, key politicians, artists & cultural figures of his time.
0,00 € * Weight 2.8 kg
This photo volume, 'Alpen-Blicke.CH' by Swiss photographer Hans Peter JOST, is a presentation of controversial developments in the Alpine region. Home, energy, leisure, transit, economy and ecology are the topics in his photographs.
58,00 € *
For three years, Christian LUTZ accompanied a member of the Swiss Federal Council to official events worldwide. In the book 'Protokoll' he critics a deeply rooted system of representation and leaves the reader vacillating between laughter and astonishment
28,00 € *
In 'Cotton Worldwide', Hans Peter JOST documents on his travels to India, China, Brazil, America, Uzbekistan, Mali and Tanzania, the living and working conditions of cotton farmers as well as cultivation, harvesting, processing and marketing of cotton.
from 9,95 €
with photo works by Hans FINSLER, Albert RENGER-PATZSCH (among others, ed. by Paul WOLFF) - 140 pp., 103 b/w ills. (83 ills. in duotone), German only
0,00 € * Weight 0.5 kg
'The Encyclopedia of Kurt CAVEZIEL' is the result of monitoring publicly accessible webcams located all over the world. By taking screenshots the artist compiled an archive of more than 3 million images, categorizing them for recurring patterns & subjects
120,00 € * Weight 1 kg
'Waters in Between' by Lukas FELZMANN shows the diversity of areas in the USA: agriculturally used areas, modern provincial towns as well as transition zones. Photographs of water in all its facets runs through the volume, just as water flows through.
40,00 € *
In this book, 'Citizens,' Christian LUTZ documents places, movements, people of right-wing populist character across Europe. Far from the usual polarized reporting, he finds a multi-layered photographic approach to give expression to a deep-seated despair
52,00 € *
HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 32 x 25 x 1,5 cm., 164 pp., 76 color ills., text language: English
60,00 € *
HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 25 x 35 x 1 cm., 96 pp., over 75 b/w ills. on different papers, bilingual texts: Spanish / English
42,00 € *
HC + booklet & poster (no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 28 cm. (booklet: 16 x 28 cm., poster: 41 x 53 cm.), 144 pp., highly illustrated, English, Ltd. to 800 copies
60,00 € *
English Ed., pb., 23 x 29 x 2 cm., 196 pp., color ills., text language: English (also available in French)
from 40,00 € Weight 1 kg
HC (no dust jacket,m as issued), 22,5 x 30,5 x 2,5 cm., 240 pp., 165 color & b/w ills., English
65,00 € *
HC, 28 x 31,5 cm., 240 pp., 172 color ills.
85,00 €
The volume 'Fabrik' by Jakob TUGGENER conveys a critical view of the destructive potential of unchecked technological progress at a time when the arms industry was producing weapons for war. The uncompromisingly subjective photography underlines his view.
65,00 € * Weight 1 kg
The 80 b/w images in the book 'Paris' by Robert FRANK indicate how his experiences in the 'new world' have sharpened his eye: the city streets as a stage for human activity. The work clearly refers to Eugene ATGET and invokes the tradition of the flâneur.
50,00 € * Weight 0.7 kg
HC, 22 x 27 cm., 264 pp., 161 color ills., bilingual text: English / German
54,00 € *
HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 31 x 30 x 2,5 cm., 64 pp., color & b/w ills., bilingual: German /English
0,00 € *
The book 'On Duty' by the Swiss police officer and self-taught photographer Arnold ODERMATT is an impressive document of a vanished and yet familiar time. It contains images in distant colors that greet us from the past like the smells of our childhood.
from 65,00 € Weight 3 kg
The late 1970s and 1980s represented a period of upheaval in photography history: the photo-theoretical discourse questioned the 'truth of the moment'. This catalog contains photographs by FISCHLI & WEISS, Candida HÖFER, Stephen SHORE, and many more.
19,00 € *
Small ed., gebundene Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschienen), 19 x 17,5 x 1,5 cm., etwa. 120 unpaginierte S., 72 S/W & Farb-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!
28,00 € *
The out-of-print photographic volume 'Light of Other Days' by Nico KREBS and Taiyo ONORATO consists of a selection of photographed curious acts and objects, accompanied by the short story 'Eighteenth Voyage' by Russian Science Fiction writer Stanislaw LEM
65,00 € * Weight 0.6 kg
'Parallel Encyclopedia #2' by Swiss photographer Batia SUTER is the sequel to 'Parallel Encyclopedia'. Basic themes in the book are the 'iconification' and 'immunogenicity' of old photographs and the circumstances in which they are charged with new values
0,00 € * Weight 1.8 kg
In the out-of-print book 'Nacktwanderer' by Swiss photographer Roshan ADHIHETTY we look into a world unknown to many. The photos show majestic green landscapes where European men and women hike naked through Germany, Switzerland as well as through Austria
from 68,00 € Weight 0.8 kg
Out-of-print volume 'Raise the Bar' by Taiyo ONORATO & Nico KREBS deals with the distortion of perception by constructing outlines and frames of buildings in Berlin from reclaimed wood, which at the same time connects them with buildings in the distance.
from 78,00 € Weight 0.3 kg
The photo book 'Divided we Stand' by duo Mathias BRASCHLER & Monika FISCHER brings together 82 portraits of citizens of the United States and their honest opinions and views on the deep divisions that permeate the United States of America and its society.
from 39,00 €
SC, 24 x 32 cm., 144 pp., 45 color ills.
0,00 € *
This out-of-print photographic volume, 'Blackout New York' by René BURRI, is a meditation on light and its absence, a reflection on seeing - and thus on photography itself. It tells the story of how people lose something they take for granted: light.
0,00 € Weight 0.9 kg
HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 30 x 24 x 2 cm., 96 pp., color ills., text language: English
0,00 € *
Box with DVD-ROM, 13,5 x 18,5 x 4 cm.
0,00 € *
In Halbleinen gebundenes Exemplar, 22 x 28 x 1,5 cm., 88 S., 80 Duoton-S/W-Aufnahmen, 600 gr., deutsch-sprachiger Text - TEXT IN GERMAN ONLY
24,00 € *
'Off Duty' by Arnold ODERMATT is an impressive document about the staging of a life in the village world, where a police officer's evening is not private, but civil. So wife, son, daughter wait patiently to annoyed, because a proper picture takes its time
from 48,00 € Weight 3.1 kg
The book 'Colombia. On the Brink of Paradise' by Luca ZANETTI describes a life between tradition and modernity, between catastrophe and paradise in front of your eyes. The sociologist Alfredo Molano explains the historical, political and social background
38,00 € *
'New York to Nova Scotia' evoked the career of Robert FRANK with letters, pictures, reviews and essays as well as 18 images by him. With letters written by W. Eugene SMITH, Louis FAURER, Gotthard SCHUH, as well as curators Hugh Edwards and Robert Delpire.
65,00 € * Weight 0.7 kg
HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24 x 33 x 2 cm., 214 pp., 130 color ills., text language: English
78,00 € *
This book, 'Landfall' by Lukas FELZMANN, shows roads silting up in the middle of nowhere, buildings without sense, flotsam: these photos open up their profound symbolism in the field of tension between longing and memory, hope and pain, dream and reality.
28,00 € *
In 'The Great Unreal' Taiyo ONORATO & Nico KREBS deal with reality and its invention. They created narrative image sequences that address the theme of being on the road and also reveal associative connections to the over-medialized American landscape.
from 62,00 € Weight 1.1 kg
Pb. in an envelope, 20,5 x 27,5 x 1 cm., 48 pp., b/w ills., text language: English
198,00 €
HC, 21x 28 x 2,5 cm., 152 pp., color ills. & drawings, bilingual text: German / French 152 pages
55,00 € *
The book 'Brasilia' by René BURRI documents growth & development of this urban utopia with Niemeyer’s buildings which become icons of 20th-century architecture. He visited the city for the first time in 1958 and returned many times over the next 30 years.
75,00 € * Weight 1.2 kg
The images in 'In Bevrijd Nederland. November - December 1945', taken by Werner BISCHOF give a concise view of the ruins and the suffering of the cold months, when the euphoria of liberation slowly subsided and the massive reconstruction had not yet begun
28,00 € * Weight 0.6 kg
"Books and Films' examines Robert FRANK's photo book production using spreads and explanatory texts for the volumes he has published, as well as interviews, essays and documentary photographs. A homage to the diversity and influence of his photo volumes.
0,00 € * Weight 0.6 kg
'Splash' by Philipp KEEL contains bright, color-intensive images in which the photographer meticulously experiments with processes of image creation in the darkroom, as well as condensing shapes and tones so that everyday motifs take on abstract qualities
from 36,00 €
In his book 'Metaphor Vietnam' Swiss photographer Ernst SPYCHER documents painful insights. He portrays participants in the war, photographs former sites - still symbols of horrific war crimes - and juxtaposes them with images of everyday life in Vietnam.
33,00 € * Weight 0.8 kg
The out-of-print volume 'Standpunkt' shows the life & work of Werner BISCHOF from a new perspective: with his own words as well as previously unpublished photos, drawings, letters & diary entries, he tells of his life story, photographic credo and travels
25,00 € * Weight 2.2 kg
The black-and-white photographic in the volume 'Valencia' by Robert FRANK show daily life in a fishing village. His depiction is so natural and clear that further verbal explanations seem superfluous; they simply reflect 'the humanity of the moment'.
55,00 € * Weight 0.6 kg