Austrian photographer

In out-of-print photo volume 'Matriarchs', Austrian photographer Maria HAAS focuses on the investigation of cultures in which women have a special status. She opens these cultures to the viewer and captures their beauty and vitality in sensitive portraits

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 24 x 30 x 1,5 cm., 128 pp., 80 color ills., bilingual texts: English / German

'Kafkanistan' by Lukas BIRK explores the world of present day tourism to conflict areas such as Afghanistan, Pakistan as well as Iran. The paperback formast contains more than 300 photos & illustrations plus a free DVD with two films and special features.

The volume 'The Polar Silk Road' by Gregor SAILER deals with the economic use of the Arctic regions as well as territorial claims of the riparian states. The consequences are geopolitical tensions and expansion of military structures and research stations

The volume 'Höfe' by Bernhard FUCHS shows farms in the area around Helfenberg (Austria) that have been passed down from generation to generation. They are scattered in the hilly landscape of the Mühlviertel, where the climate is harsh and the soil barren.

HC, 25 x 29 cm., 152 pp., 120 duotone b/w ills., text language: English

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued),

Pb. with dust jacket, 22,5 x 30 cm., 280 pp., color ills., bilingual text: German / English, Ltd. to 600 copies

'Der Blick auf zwei Welten' by Robert HAAS contains touching everyday and social studies of interwar Vienna as well as fascinating shots of the American way of life with sensitive portraits of great personalities and 'Street photography' from New York.

Gebundene Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschienen), 24 x 30 x 2 cm., 116 S., 60 Farbaufn., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT FOR THIS ED. ONLY! - English ed. also to pre-order as long as availbale!

HC with dust jacket, 23,5 x 30,5 cm., 46 pp., 400 duotone b/w ills., text language: English

The dualistic principle of the chiaroscuro design forms in the large-format photo book 'Visual Dualism. Dolomites' by Austrian photographer Peter MATHIS is an essential focus and leaves us speechless when looking at the Dolomites in black and white.

In 5th volume of his 'Deeper Shades' series, Andreas BITESNICH examines one of the most fascinating and diverse cities in Europe. After several years of work, this limited edition of 960 individually numbered copies with obi volume was published in 2017.

'Wait until the night is silent' by Iris ANDRASCHEK is about the natural and alternative way of life of a group of people in Canada. The pictures show an almost fairytale communitas as a utopian alternative to the constraints of industrial societies.

Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 35 x 29 x 2,5 cm., 192 pp., 106 color ills., bilingual texts: German / English

The photo volume 'Chongqing Souvenir' Lukas BIRK is about how to bring impersonal images of violence to discussion. The people depicted in the book are dissidents who have been mounted in a book designed in the manner of private memory albums of the time.

'Die ersten 30 Jahre - Photographie' presents the 'Schule Friedl Kubelka für künstlerische Photographie', the private school for photography in Austria, which is still influential. With photographs and an interview with the founder & the current director.

In 'Gülistan' Lukas BIRK tells the story of Kenan & Filiz from Istanbul, who celebrated their lives in the city's best establishments in the 1960s and 1970s. The basis for the graphic design of the volume was the photo service offered in the institutions.

In this book, 'Schnee' (snow) photographer Peter MATHIS captures the essence of snow. These breathtaking duotone images transform a traditional alpine landscape into picturesque canvases that are alternately otherworldly, sensual, haunting and heavenly.

The color images of Vienna by Klaus BOCK in his out-of-print 'Wien im Lichte der Nacht' offer the viewer a mischievous look at the former imperial grandeur. Undiscovered during the day, inconspicuous corners shine at night and develop an irresistible pull

The photographic volume 'Cinéma / On set', considers the film stills ofAustrian Magnum photographer Ernst HAAS, one of the most accomplished photographers of the 20th century, transgressing the borders between still photography and the moving image.

'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.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 16,5 x 28 cm., 138 pp., 54 color ills., Ltd. to 440 copies

HC, 22,5 x 28,5 cm., 106 pp., 57 ills., Ltd. ed. of 750 copies

SIGNED COPY! Limited volume 'Under the Apple Tree' by Regina ANZENBERGER shows portraits of family members taken with an analog Rolleiflex. The apple tree is both a real setting anchored in her biography and a place of longing to which there is no return.

The photo volume 'Gspell' by South Tyrolean photographer Roland REINSTADLER not only gives an insight into the once meager and extremely deprived life in the mountains, but also contains very successful color photographs from an aesthetic point of view.

The out-of-print photographic volume 'Foto. Modernity in Central Europe 1918-1945' by Witkovsky & Demetz gives a thematically, visual survey of modernist photography which creations exemplify the region's potential between the First and Second World Wars.

'FOTO.BUCH.KUNST. Umbruch und Neuorientierung in der Buchgestaltung' (Upheaval and Reorientation in Book Design) presents examples of the interaction between books and photography that have since fallen somewhat into oblivion but are well worth looking at

The 'The Arsenic Eaters' by Simon BRUGNER explores the historical belief that eating arsenic was healthy. It consists of contemporary photographs as well as archival material and traces the poison eaters to make a connection between history and present.

The photo volume 'Fathom' ('Lot' in the German version) by Bernhard FUCHS contains full-paged portraits. Once again we feel the prevailing atmosphere of closeness and distance, which is unique to him, was already visible and tangible in his other series.

The out-of-print photo volume 'Streets and Trails' by Bernhard FUCHS contains seventeen full-page color illustrations. The photographs by formerly Bernd-BECHER-student show quiet, deserted streets and trails in rural surroundings. Limited to 500 copies.

The out-of-print 'Deeper Shades #4. 'Vienna' by Andreas BITESNICH is about his hometown Vienna. In over 70 b/w images, mostly taken at night, he captures the town's character as if to his volumes on New York, Tokyo, Paris, Berlin and most recently Lisbon.

SC, 21 x 27 cm., 192 pp., 85 ills., bilingual text: German / English

The monograph 'spacious' on Margerita SPILUTTINI's work depicts her enormous archive, a comprehensive chronicle of Austrian architecture as well as worldwide buildings by international star architects. Her free works also prove her artistic standing.

In the photo book 'Zwischen Brücken' (Between Bridges), Christopher MAVRIC documents spontaneous encounters with residents of Vienna's 20th district Brigittenau. Recorded in a single picture the portrayed give information about themselves in short stories

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 30 x 24,5 x 2 cm., o.pp., color ills., Englsh

SC (no dust jacket, as issued), 19,5 x 25 cm., 40 pp., 37 color ills., text language: English (no text but details), Ltd. to 500 copies

A goose is the inspiration and main character of the limited photo volume 'Goosewalk' by Austrian photo artist Regina ANZENBERGER. The book is the second part of a trilogy that includes the volumes 'Roots & Bonds' (2015, 2022) and 'Shifting Roots' (2020).

'Der Kälte entfliehen (To Escape the Cold). Gerda Maleta's Bernhard Photographs' documents excursions & travels with the reclusive writer Thomas Bernhard to Sicily, Portugal & Mallorca. An introduction is followed by scenes on trips from 1974 to 1982.

Out-of-print book 'Autos' by Bernhard FUCHS gives the photographs the apparent character of general pictorial plates, but on closer inspection they reveal themselves to be sensitive recordings of everyday situations and individual portraits of vehicles.

HC with dust jacket, 31 x 28,5 x 2 cm., 128 pp., color ills., German (?)

The photo book 'Wolf Suschitzky - Work' shows a selection of his photographs on the subject of 'work' by the Viennese born Wolf SUSCHITZKY.

In 'A Spanish Festival', Kurt KAINDL documents the 'Romería del Rocío', to which the pilgrims arrive every year at Whitsun from all over Spain to celebrate the cult of the Holy Spirit and pay homage to the Virgin Mary. These b/w photos were made in 2000.

'Ernst Haas. Color Correction' intends to correct the somewhat blurred image of his color work. Criticism overlooks the astonishing sensibility of his personal work, which constantly accompanied his commissioned photography, being more radical & ambiguous

HC, 30 x 25 cm., 144 pp., 55 color ills.

In this book, 'Snow', Austrian photographer Peter MATHIS captures the essence of snow. These breathtaking duotone images transform a traditional alpine landscape into picturesque canvases that are alternately otherworldly, sensual, haunting and heavenly.

Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24 x 28,5 x 2 cm., 120 pp., color ills., Ltd. to 1,000 copies

HC with dust jacket, 22,5 x 17,5 cm., 192 pp., 190 ills., text language: English

The color images by Ernst HAAS in 'The American West' are both a moving national portrait as well as a celebration of analog color photography. The color-saturated images are the perfect medium for capturing America’s geographic and cultural landscapes.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 15,5 x 21,5 x 1 cm., 120 pp., 53 b/w & color ills., English

In his photographic volume 'Stars of Albania', Austrian photographer Matthias ASCHAUER's images draw attention to a very special phenomenon in Albania.

This photo volume, 'X-ray', by Austrian photographer Werner SCHUSTER invites you on an exciting journey of discovery into the world of artistic X-ray photography. The book begins with an introduction to the most important representatives of this art form.

'Ernst Haas. New York in Color' shows a tremendous virtuosity & confidence with Kodachrome film and the technical challenges of color printing. Depth & richness of color as well as the dramatic tension, revealing a photographer at the top of his career.

HC with dust jacket, 31 x 30 cm., 249 pp, 190 b/w & 40 color ills., 2,300 gr., English

SC (no dust jacket, as issued), 17,5 x 27 cm., 64 pp., b/w ills., no text, Ltd. to 160 copies

The photographic volume 'Waldungen' by Austrian photographer Bernhard FUCHS contains fifty landscape photographs taken in the 2010s in his home country, which he had left in the 1990s to study with Bernd BECHER at the Düsseldorf Kunstakademie.

German Edition. HC, 25 x 29 x 2 cm., 127 S., 152 S/W-Aufnahmen im Duplex-Verfahren, deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

The book 'Archives of Spaces' by the architectural photographer Margherita SPILUTTINI does not contain spectacular views, but rather pictures in the context of everyday surroundings. The photographic perception of architecture as a built space and place.

'Abstrakt' by Ernst HAAS contains diverse abstractions in color - from street clutter to torn posters and other found objects - spanning his entire career from 1952 to 1984. HAAS himself considered the project the culmination of his photographic work.

In his volume 'Abschied mit einem leisen "Klick"' Klaus BOCK comprehensively examines how the Austrian illustrated magazines during the First World War fulfilled the task of stirring up and channeling emotions with photographs: to collectivize them.

In his photo book 'Alpen' (engl. Alps) Peter MATHIS shows the mountain world in sensitive portraits that show the artist's deep connection with his subject. The black and white photographs invite the viewer to experience the Alps from different angles.

Box with HC, 38 x 36 cm., 480 pp., 250 ills., English

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 23,5 x 28 x 2 cm., 252 pp., Color & b/w ills.,text language: German - GERMAN TEXT ONLY! Koenig, 2017.

'Gstettn' is a piece of land that is waiting to be developed and has meanwhile been taken possession of by nature. With her photos in 'Gstettn', consisting of 8 booklets in a linen slipcase, Regina ANZENBERGER has documented this place in seven chapters.

In 'Du, meine konkrete Utopie' (You, my concrete utopia), Zara PFEIFER documents life in a housing project created in Vienna in the mid-1970s. In 'Alterlaa' people realize their utopia of living in real communities with fresh air, water and greenery.

The images in the volume 'Mühl' by Bernhard FUCHS, taken between 2014 and 2019 in the Mühlviertel in Upper Austria, show nature details on long walks. Colors and different angles of view give the seemingly small and inconspicuous its great significance.