Ecological topic

'Fotografien 1980-2010' gives a perfect overview of the photographic work of Hans-Christian SCHINK, including his series around German unity and series created in Asia. The conflict between civilization and nature can be found in almost all his works.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 18 x 24 cm., 96 pp., 55 color ills., English

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 20 x 24 cm., 216 pp., 95 color ills., text language: English

SC, 23 x 29 cm., 216 pp., highly illustrated in color, English

Embossed linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued) with tipped-in image on back cover, 22 x 29 x 1,5 cm., 80 pp., color ills., text language:

'Mining Photography: The Ecological Footprint of Image Production' is dedicated to the material history of key raw materials in the context of photography, their dependence and establishs the connection to the history of mining, disposal & climate change.

Japanese bound pb., 24 x 30 cm., 92 pp., 57 color ills., bilingual text: English / French

SC (no dust jacket, as issued), 19,5 x 14 cm., 144 pp., color ills., German

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 27,5 x 22 x 4 cm., 344 pp., 213 color & 80 b/w ills., text language: English

In his haunting, fascinating photo essay about a dump in Ghana, South African photographer Pieter HUGO exposes the repressed downside of fast-moving consumption and tells of a community characterized by poverty and the will to survive of every individual.

In 'Natural Order', Edward BURTYNSKY captures a moment in spring 2020 when nature briefly caught its breath due to the corona lockdown. With his camera in his home, Gray County, Ontario, he documents the complexity, magic & resilience of the natural order

In 'Hinterland', Hans-Christian SCHINK tries to strike a balance between the brittle beauty of this landscape form and its melancholy atmosphere, which results from the endangerment of this landscape by the permanent exploitation of its resources.

HC with dust jacket, 21,5 x 32 x 1 cm., 88 pp., 39 b/w ills.,

'African Studies' by Edward BURTYNSKY is about the overexploitation of the planet in Africa. The series 'China in Africa' with interiors of newly built gigantic production facilities show the disturbing reality of the far-reaching depletion of resources.

Namie and Iitate, two cities that were exposed to extreme radioactivity after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Few returnees still live here. Thermal technology is used as a photographic medium to depict the landscapes in a surreal and inverted manner.

Our world is at a tipping point. In her book 'Rethinking Our World', leading economist Maja Göpel shows another path forward. She chooses enlightening examples to illustrate how we can leave behind our familiar ways of living to achieve a better future.

HC with dust jacket, 30 x 24,5 x 1,5 cm., 88 pp., color ills., text langiuage: English

In is photo volume 'Siberian Summer', Olaf Otto BECKER documents the inhospitable formations of earth and ice that tower like abstract sculptures above wet beaches in the permafrost zone, a group of researchers and the half-ruined port city of Tiksi.

Photo volume 'When it changed' is about climate change. Future generations will wonder what our generation did when it began. That's why Joel STERNFELD traveled to Montreal in 2005 to portray the participants of the eleventh UN Climate Change Conference.

'Dark Atlas' by Perttu SAKSA, combines documentary images with still lifes and abstract photographs that locate the subject of energy as a structural element of our society. Oil and fuel become as tangible as the problems caused by dependence on them.