War photography

The out of print photo book 'Outposts. Kandahar Province' by Irish magnum photographer Donovan WYLIE shows color photographs of the Forward Operating Bases that were set up in the Afghan province of Kandahar to support the ISAF mission.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 20 x 26 x 2 cm., 239 pp., highly color & b/w illustrated, text language: English

Tony VACCARO'S visual diary a young GI from and after World War II. The photos in black and white of the later fashion photographer - e.g. the famous image of the dead soldier covered with snow - are combined with the war experiences described by himself.

In her German-language volume 'Das Leiden anderer betrachten,' Susan Sontag recapitulates the historical development of war photography from Spanish Civil War to Afghanistan, and asks: what does the sight of a suffering human being trigger in the viewer?

Actual print run. HC with dust jacket, 18,5 x 24 x 2 cm. (9.5 x 7 in.), 96 pp., 89 four-color ills., text language: English

With photo works by Roger FENTON, Robert CAPA, Lewis HINE, Larry BURROWS, James NACHTWEY, Mary Ellen MARK, Sebastian SALGADO, Frank HURLEY and many more

The book 'Farewell to Bosnia' by Gilles PERESS is a 'non-edit', the direct presentation of the images - entire villages in ruins, refugees fleeing, mass graves uncovered - hits the viewer with a force that is both quietly disturbing and violently brutal.

In this photo book on the war in former Yugoslavia, Gilles PERESS meticulously examines the massacres at Srebrenica and Vukovar. The shockingly factual photographs show the forensic team and what they discovered, 'Graves' is a passionate plea for justice.