Compendium

With b/w works by Antoine D'AGATA, Trent PARKE, Anders PETERSEN, Roger BALLEN, Jacob Aue SOBOL, Keizo KITAJIMA, Kim THUE, Marco VERNASCHI, Margaret M. DE LANGE, Michael ACKERMAN, Olivier PIN FAT, Giancarlo CERAUDO and Daisuke YOKOTA

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

Eight remarkable women war photographers who have documented crises and combat around the world for the past eighty years: Lee MILLER, Catherine LEROY, Susan MEISELAS, Anja NIEDRINGHAUS, Carolyn COLE, Françoise DEMULDER, Christine SPENGLER, and Gerda TARO

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 28 x 29 x 6,5 cm., 636 pp., highly color & b/w illustrated, text language: English. Steidl, 2015.

'The Bitter Years: Edward Steichen and the FSA Photographs' contains all the photos from the original exhibition in the structure & sequence as conceived for the show. An important contribution, as there was no proper catalog for the show at the time.

Pb. with dust jacket, 24,5 x 29,5 x 2,5 cm. (10 x 11,5 x 1 in.), 288 pp., 218 b/w & color ills., 1,600 gr., text language: English

Boxed Set of 10 softcover books, 16 x 23 cm., 28 pages each, bilingual: English / Russian, Ltd. to 1,000

With photo books by Bernd and Hilla BECHER, Ad VAN DENDEREN, Paul GRAHAM, Michael SCHMIDT. Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 17 x 22 x 2 cm., 196 pp., text language: English. Art and Theory, 2013.

This out-of-print catalog volume 'FSA. The American Vision by Gilles Mora set the standard for photojournalism for years with this unusual collection of documentary photographs by Walker EVANS, Dorothea LANGE, Arthur ROTHSTEIN, Jack DELANO & Gordon PARKS

The compendium 'Augen auf!' offers an art and cultural history of the Leica from the 1920s to the present day. With essays on the technical genesis of the Leica, its influence on modern photojournalism and its significance for the photographic avant-garde

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

by Thomas Seelig & Urs Stahel (eds.) Gebundene Ausgabe mit Schutzumschlag, 25 x 30,5 x 5cm., 400 S., reich bebildert,deutsch-sprachiger Text - here: GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

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.

Out-of-print 'A Vision Shared' features the work of the 11 photographers who worked for the Farm Security Administration (FSA). 1st published in 1976 it was named one of the 100 most important books of the decade by the Association of American Publishers.

'Shining Lights: Black Women Photographers in 1980s-90s Britain' by Joy Gregory is the first critical anthology to bring together the work of black women photographers, providing an overview of a significant and overlooked chapter in photographic history.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24 x 29 x 4,5 cm., 416 pp., 346 color & 58 b/w ills., bilingual text: German / English

Art historian Ian Jeffrey has sifted through WWII soldier albums and selected the most compelling photos to create a record of lives that have seen the unprecedented. Style & content of the photographs changed along with the collective mood after 1942.

The compendium includes many international photographers of diff. groups & schools of 20th century (New Vision, Straight Photography, New Topographics, New Color, Becher School), collected by Gallery Kicken in Berlin to celebrate their 30's birthday.

'Venedig' (Venice) is a city portrait by prominent photographers: Martin PARR, PELLEGRIN, PINKHASSOV, POWER and VOIT - four MAGNUM members and one Thomas Ruff student. The photos of Venice, its waters & its people allow us to look into the heart of a myth

'Norwegian Journal of Photography (NJP)' afforded 10 Norwegian photographers an opportunity to present their long-term projects. The book is featuring different types of paper, adapted to the stories told by the photographers. The series will be continued

The compendium 'New Queer Photography: Focus on the margins' presents over fifty contemporary photographic positions, including already established names as well as numerous talents little noticed by the public or still unknown.

'Kiosk. A History of Photojournalism 1839-1973' by Robert LEBECK & Bodo von Dewitz (ICP Infinity Award 2002) leads you in nine chapters through the eras of international photojournalism and offers an overview of the topics of past decades and centuries.

'But Still, It Turns', a photo and text book edited by prominent British photo artist Paul GRAHAM, brings together collected dynamic and diverse works that tell open stories. These are brought together in this volume - in harmony and revealing dissonance.

Earthquake, Tsunami and nuclear meltdown of the Fukushima. As the immediate effects of the triple disaster in March, 2011 began, photographers were the first artists to respond to these experiences of the challenges in Japan after the catastrophic events.

The catalog 'Zeitgenossen' documents the art scene of the 1920s in the Rhineland around the portrait photographer August SANDER as a central figure. He spans the arc between artists of all disciplines as well as the two art metropolises Berlin and Cologne

Aktualisierte Ausgabe, 25 x 34 cm., 400 S., über 550 Abb., deutsch-sprachige Ausgabe - TEXT ONLY IN GERMAN (but you can here also order other editions for the same price!)

'Fotogeschichten Kölner Südstadt' tells the story of the Severinsviertel. In addition to photographs by CHARGESHEIMER, it contains private photos by Wolfgang NIEDECKEN, who grew up here, as well as pictures taken between 2019 and 2023 by Eusebius WIRDEIER

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 21,5 x 25,5 cm., 368 pp., 229 b/w & color ills., text language: English

77 photographers in this compendium, 'Contemporary Korean Photography', observe the social and cultural changes in Korea from a personal perspective and capture them as portraits, land- or cityscapes, everyday scenes or digitally created places and times.

The illustrated book 'Photography Now: Fifty Pioneers Defining Photography for the Twenty-First Century' by Charlotte Jansen includes works by D'AGATA, CREWDSON, GOLDIN, McGINLEY, MEISELAS, PARR, RUFF, SHERMAN, SUGIMOTO, TELLER, TILLMANS, WALL and YOKOTA.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 26 cm., 464 pp., 600 b/w & color ills.,

'Structures of Dominion and Democracy' reconstructs the history of some publications of series by David GOLDBLATT and illuminates his work in the context of South Africa's political, cultural history, as well as his contribution to photographic history.

by Hannah DARABI (ed.) Thread-sewn pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 24 x 33 cm., 540 pp., approx. 750 b/w & col. ills.,

HC, no dust jacket, 25 x 30,5 x 5 cm., 400 pp., text language: English

With Photoworks by Michael ACKERMAN / Morten ANDERSEN / Thorsten KIRCHHOFF / Peer KUGLER / André LÜTZEN / Hisashi MURAYAMA & Filippo ROMANO

Out-of-print book 'Um/Around 1979' examines the topicality of documentary photography. Including works by R. ADAMS, D. BENNETT, J. BROHM, D. GOLDBLATT, C. HÖFER, M. ISHIUCHI, U. KLOPHAUS, K. C. KUGEL, B. MIKHAILOV, G. & H. NOTHHELFER, Th. RUFF & R. SINGH.

The catalogue 'Photobooks. Art Page by Page' accompanies an exhibition with a selection of 45 photo books from recent decades, focusing on unusual concepts, designs & forms of presentation that reveal the potential of the photo book as an artistic medium.

English or German. Based on Helmar LERSKI's series 'Metamorphosis', this compendium, 'Faces. The power of the face', brings togehter portraits from the time of the Weimar Republic. Experiments, feminist role-playing games and political ideologies collide.

Richly illustrated compendium with many readable and interesting essays. The extensive field of amateur or commercial photography is examined: pictures that were created for bureaucracy, commerce & for personal commemoration - in contrast to artistic use.

'Queer Tattoo' by Rudolph, Wolbergs & Polinsky is the first comprehensive presentation of the vibrant, diverse queer tattoo community. Presented are 50 international tattoo artists:inside, introduced through extensive portraits, texts, and picture spreads

For the volume 'Fashion Photography for America 1999-2016', German photographer Juergen TELLER photographed original W magazines and Barneys catalogs from his archives, a low-fi approach that emphasizes the physical process of reviewing his past work.

Compendium and catalog from Lagos Photo Festival with works by by Cristina DE MIDDEL and Ricardo CASES - among others.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 22 x 28 x 2,5 cm., 240 pp., 150 ills., text language: English

They have developed into status symbols and have become the source of diverse experiences. 'Swimming Pools' shows their different layers of meaning in photographs by Martin PARR, Harry GRUYAERT, ABBAS, Deanna TEMPLETON, LARTIGUE, Slim AARONS among others.

'About Us. Young Photography in China' presents a selection of around 150 works by 40 Chinese artists. In b/w aesthetics or as dramatic stagings in color, created from the 90s to the present day, the focus is primarily on people in all thematic variations

The compendium 'KONTINENT', published on the occasion of same named exhibition in Berlin, contains color and b/w photographs of the participating Ostkreuz photographers. It addresses the most important issues currently preoccupying the European population

'Here We Are Today. Das Bild der Welt in Foto- & Videokunst' shows moving facets of our world. Factual-documentary, emotional, highly explosive - characteristic positions of the artistic examination of the central questions of globalized society are shown

This anthology contains 160 pictures by ninety female photographers to answer the question of whether there is a 'female gaze' in photography. The focus is on the four major subject areas of social reality, family, female body and virtual reality.

The catalog accompanies the exhibition SUBJECT AND OBJECT. PHOTO RHINE RUHR and contains many illustrations, current texts and photo-historically significant articles. It examines relationships between different photographic positions that have developed.

Photo montage is mostly associated with avant-garde modernism as an aesthetic design principle. Here, for the first time, there is a comprehensive reminder that assemblies by TALBOT, DAGUERRE & ENSLEN already existed before HAUSMANN, HEARTFIELD & HÖCH.

'Cologne and its photo books. Cologne in the photo book from 1853 to 2010 'by Werner Schäfke shows the city as a large puzzle. Whether published in-house, on behalf of the city or industry, they document the diversity of this old & young Rhine metropolis.

This compendium of South African photography, 'Figures & Fictions', offers a first overview of contemporary photography in this part of the African continent and brings together well-known photographers.

'Exteriors: Annie Ernaux and Photography' accompanies an exhibition project by Lou Stoppard, which combines texts by the Nobel Prize winner with images by Harry CALLAHAN, Claude DITYVON, Daidō MORIYAMA, Issei SUDA, Henry WESSEL, Bernard Pierre WOLFF a.o.

The out-of-print photo volume 'Nude in Polaroid' with its variety of photo artists and their visual languages by Barbara Hitchcock and Andy Grundberg gives a great overview of nude photography in the Polaroid age and the very different Polaroid material.

Including images from the series 'Evidence', 'The Valley' and more, this catalogue - comparing the exhibitions at Kunstmuseum Bonn and SMAK in Gent (in spring 2015) - gives a comprehensive overview of Larry SULTAN's career as a conceptual photographer.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 26 x 31,5 cm., 320 pp., English

'Female View' traces the transformation of the fashion photo image from the 1940s to today through exemplary positions: from the fashion magazine to the exhibition and the coffee table book to video staging and digital self-representation in social media.

'Das Jahr 1990 freilegen' (Uncovering the Year 1990) deals with various aspects of the year 1990 and its topicality. It combines visual documents & voices with essayistic reflections & stories that look back on the year from the perspective of the present

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

For 'Harter Blick, stille Stadt und ein Fotoraf, der zur Rakete wird', jounalist & critic Freddy LANGER has selected 150 titles from a trove of reviews that he believes will endure. Among them are classics and a selection of little-noticed young talents.

The out-of-print catalog volume 'Soviet Photography of the 1920s and 1930s' shows the great creative wealth: photographers of Pictoialism and Soviet avant-garde developed in parallel with each other until Stalinist ideology gave a direction.

'Facing Britain', contains the most comprehensive show of work to date on British documentary photography, which is famous for its socio-political themes such as unemployment, migration, racism, consumer society, gender justice and warlike conflicts.

'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.

For his photobook compendium 'Canon. On African Photobooks', Johannes Wohnseifer selected titles from his private collection that focus on the African continent. These photobooks, published between 1948 and 2011, are presented here in chronological order.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 17 x 24 x 1,5 cm., 160 pp., b/w & color ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 600 copies

'Gallery of Honours of Dutch Photography' contains nearly one hundred photographs, each remarkable for its artistic, aesthetic and social qualities. Together, the images tell the story of 180 years of photography in the Netherlands and its colonies.

'Transgalactic. Photography. Gender. Transition' highlights works by trans and/or queer artists and their authentic testimonies that break gender stereotypes. Texts and images explore the diversity of perspectives on photography, gender and transition.

Sewn Otabind (no dust jacket, as issued), 20 x 32 x 2 cm., 272 pp., b/w & color ills., bilingual texts: Dutch / English

The author Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa argues that the photobook is one of the most dynamic sites of artistic invention in photographic practice in the last decade. Therefore, in this volume, 'Dark Mirrors', he evaluates artistic works created in this form.

'The Helsinki School. The Nature of Being' shows a Nordic feel for emotional sensations and give insight into the complex emotional horizons that shape our individual view of nature. The photos do not show landscape per se, but the world in which we live.

with photographs by Rudolf HOLTAPPEL, Brigitte KRAEMER, Bettina STEINACKER - Gebundene Ausgabe, 22,5 x 31 x 2 cm., 208 S., Farb- und S/W-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

'125th Street. Photography In Harlem' reflects the history of New York's Harlem neighborhood, marked by consumerism, gentrification, glamour as well as political revolt. With images by Berenice ABBOTT, Dawoud BEY, Katsu NAITO, Gordon PARKS, Jamel SHABAZZ.

This photo compendium celebrates the fortieth anniversary of the Hasselblad Award and the influential work of all its winners to date. They are international artists, innovators, activists and legends who have shaped the modern history of photography.

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.

This book is a thoughtful guide for photographers through today’s complex landscape of images, with the ultimate goal of understanding how to make images that matter: Understanding Photographs, Making Photographs, and Moving in Pursuit of Unique.

This photo volume, '10 Jahre Hambacher Forst', tells the stories of the people who fought for the preservation of Hambach Forest, Germany, in a combination of artistic as well as activist positions, photographs, original sounds and archive material.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 18,5 x 25,5 cm., 128 pp., 118 ills., bilingual texts: English / German

Out-of-print book 'Fotografie und das Unsichtbare' shows how scientists immediately combined newly invented camera with microscope & telescope, and later with X-ray apparatus. They discovered many previously hidden areas & fascinating new worlds of images

'Conversations on Photography' setzt sich in Gesprächen zwischen Fotograf:innen mit dem schnell wachsenden, zukunftsorinetierten Medium Fotografie aus der Sicht der nordischen Länder auseinander sowie Rolle und Aufgabe der Kunst innerhalb der Gesellschaft

Text and photo works by Dona ABBOUD, Christoph BANGERT, Lars Bauernschmitt, Adam Broomberg & Oliver CHANARIN, Edmund CLARK, Ad VAN DENDEREN and many more

The photographs in 'After Us the Flood' give the abstract processes and complex interrelationships of the climate crisis a visual form. The international works of the last ten years was often the result of intensive research & cooperation with scientists.

'Real/Ideal. Photography in Mid-Nineteenth-Century France' accompanied an exhibition at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. The catalog explores the early history of photography in France. It focuses on the photographers who worked with paper negatives.

The anthology 'The Polaroid Project. The Conquest through Art' shows 300 works by internationally renowned artists from the unique Polaroid Collection. Text contributions complement the richly illustrated compendium.

In German language 'Hinter der Kamera', Juliet Hacking portrays 38 of the most important personalities in the history of photography. By working out contexts, the portraits add to an overview of great innovations, trends and developments in photography.

Presenting work from the earliest to contemporary photographers, out-of-print 'Making It Up: Photographic Fictions' puts paid to the fallacy that ‘the camera never lies’. These photographic fictions find new relevance in our so-called ‘post-truth’ age.

In 'Das Perfekte Bild' (Perfect Picture), Paul Lowe uses famous photographs to explain the most important tricks of the trade and covers every genre In addition, the book offers helpful tips on career planning and self-marketing for aspiring photographers

Broschierte Ausgabe, 23,5 x 30,5 x 2 cm., 206 S., S/W- & Farb-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

This catalog 'Architecture in Photographs', edited by Gordon Baldwin and published at the same time as the exhibition 'In Focus: Architecture' in 2013/14, covers the history of the medium and includes works from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. Century.

Timm RAUTERT accompanied his teaching activities at the HGB with publications, in which mainly works by his students were shown. Kalte Herzen' contains photos and videos by Ulrich GEBERT, Florian EBNER, Aymeric FOUQUEZ and Johanna DIEHL, among others.

The volume 'Through the Looking Brain' examines one of the best and most comprehensive collections in the field of conceptual, mainly serial photography. Their spectrum ranges from the 1970s to the present day and includes major works and central groups.

Photographs by Nina BERMAN, Peter BIALOBRZESKI, Guillaume BONN, Mikhael SUBOTZKY and many more

With photo works by Gregory CREWDSON, Bruce DAVIDSON, William EGGLESTON, Elliot ERWITT, Paul FUSCO, Nan GOLDIN, Philip JONES GRIFFITHS, Jan GROOVER, Sally MANN, Robert MAPPLETHORPE, Martin PARR, Cindy SHERMAN a.o.

Fadengehefteter HC, 24,5 x 23 cm., 96 S., S/W-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!