Theory

The out-of-print photo book compendium 'Japanese Photobooks of the 1960s and '70s' by Kaneko & Vartanian presents relevant publications of that era. Some of the most influential works and forgotten gems are presented and placed in a sociological context.

18x linen bound HC with dust jackets (mostly), each book: 18,5 x 24 cm. (9,5 x 7 in.), with duotone b/w &/or color ills., text langiage: English

'Ludwig Wittgenstein. Photography as Analytical Practice' contains his album, photographs of automata, and other self-portraits. In addition, the book places his photographs in a dialogue with the photographic practice and theory of contemporary artists.

This catalog volume comes almost without text: the presence of Edward Hopper in famous American photographs is too obvious. As the publisher himself says was this collection inspired by the reference to Hopper's presence by the British author Geoff Dyer.

HC with dust jacket, 24 x 32 x 4 cm., 383 pp., color ills., text language: English

The focus of the catalog illuminating the early phase of the BECHER school is on the mutual influences between the image concepts emerging in Düsseldorf and the innovations of the 'New-Color Photography' and the 'New Topographics' movement in the U.S..

Actual printrun, HC with dust jacket, 25 x 29 x 3,5 cm., 320 pp., richly color illustrated, text language: English

For the first time, the author, M.Stoll, outlines a theory of the photo book as a school of vision, based on the theoretical, media-specific, political and artistic context of the photo books '60 Fotos' by Aenne BIERMANN and 'Das Watt' by Alfred EHRHARDT.

The 'Protest Box' compiled by British photographer as well as photo book expert Martin Parr contains five facsimile editions of out-of-print photo volumes by Enrique BOSTELMANN, Paolo GASPARINI, Dirk ALVERMANN, Kauz KITAI and Paolo MATIOLI & Anna CANDIANI

Facsimile of the first book by GILBERT & GEORGE, first published in 1971. 'Side by Side' it is a proclamation of their view of life and art in the form of poetic texts & pictures. The envelope was marbled by hand and every book is numbered and signed.