Economical topic

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!

Linen bound HC with dust jacket, 26 x 25,5 x 4 cm., 384 pp., 110 color ills., text language: English

The book 'The Rest is History' is a commentary on the British Brexit decision in 2020. Alejandro ACÍN questions the construction of history through theatrically staged photos taken in London during the last 24 hours of British-European political relations

The out-of-print photo and text volume 'Fotoreportagen 1956-1965' on the work of Dirk ALVERMANN contains in addition to the black and white photographs an excellent article on his photo books penned by the photo book connoisseur Thomas Wiegand.

With reportages from Albania, Italy, Poland, Spain & UK, Dirk ALVERMANN reminds in 'Streiflichter 1956-65' of the richness and diversity of European culture and history. Like fairy tales from ancient times, the b/w images tell of Europe's political roots.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 42 x 30 x 2 cm., 80 pp., 167 ills., text language: English

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

The photo book 'Udachny/Lucky' by Hanne van ASSCHE contains portraits, landscapes and details of Udachny, a small mining town in a remote Russian region. Hospitality and optismism of the inhabitants turn the scenery into a vibrant and colorful community.

'Monsanto' illuminates in form of an investigative photographic study, the facets of a chemical company. In order to establish itself globally, it presents itself as a future-oriented and salvific omnipotence. On the shortlist of the First Book Award 2016

This photo volume, 'The Canary and The Hammer' by Lisa BARNARD, offers a fascinating insight into the troubled history of gold and its complex connections with the global economy. The series was created over four years and across four continents.

Open binded pb. with dust jacket, 23 x 32 x 1 cm., 72 pp., + 10 coloured quote cards, color ills., text language: English. Ltd. to 750 copies

The book 'Calcutta' contains photoworks by twenty-one photographers who, under the direction of Peter BIALOBRZESKI, have documented the disappearing, crumbling splendor of this incomparable cultural heritage as part of the 'Kolkata Heritage Photo Project'

Out of print volume 'Case Study Homes' by Peter BIALOBRZESKI contains color photos of accommodations made in Manila that consist of civilian garbage. The effects of globalization such as pandemic pollution and the reasons for migration become visible.

Out of print photo volume 'Informal Arrangements' by German photographer Peter BIALOBRZESKI' shows inside views of South African slum huts. The color photographs were taken in 2009 in Kliptown, a suburb of Soweto, before the coming 2010 Soccer World Cup.

In the book 'Lost in Transition' Peter BIALOBRZESKI examines the change in urban places, often located on the periphery of cities. The color photographs describe the appearance of this transition: from the old to the new, from the familiar to the abstract

In his atmospheric photo volume 'Nail Houses', Peter BIALOBRZESKI records buildings in China that are about to be demolished. For outsiders, the color photographs taken in the evening convey a feeling of homeliness, despite the cracks in the walls.

HC with foil stamped title and tipped-in image on back cover (no dust jacket, as issued), 30,5 x 24,5 cm., 168 pp., approx. 70 color ills., bilingual text: German / English

'Paradise Now' by Peter BIALOBRZESKI presents fragments of nature in the artificially illuminated infrastructure of major Asian cities. In the sun from car headlights and illuminated skyscrapers, the urban green alternates between hyperreal and surreal.

Spectacular images from all over the world: in 'The Raw and the Cooked' the photographer Peter BIALOBRZESKI presents some of his best color works, seductively beautiful tableaus from fourteen countries show a 'progress' that triggers discomfort and fear.

In 'Neon Tigers', the metropolises, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Jakarta, Singapore & Shenzhen, merge into a virtual megacity. Peter BIALOBRZESKI's photos do not seem to reflect a real world, but rather dream worlds from films or PC games.

'American Geography' by Matt BLACK marks the culmination of a long-running series on the U.S.A. The Magnum photographer created an inventory with meticulously composed photos, especially the cities in the periphery as well as the everyday precariousness.

HC with dust jacket, 20,5 x 25,5 x 2 cm., 172 pp. color iills., text language: English + DVD

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 23 x 28,5 x 1 cm., 56 pp., color ills., bilingual texts: French / English

For out-of-print volume 'Schrott', two photographers each documented an industrial site in the Ruhr region: Joachim BROHM in the port of Duisburg (1993), Ralf KREUELS took night shots in Duisburg-Rheinhausen as well as in the port of Dortmund (1996/1997).

'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.

In 2005, Edward BURTYNSKY gave in out-of-print book 'China' the industrial change in China a visual form for the first time. If the earth's resources were besieged by western colonialism, China was at the beginning of a comprehensive attack on the planet.

'Extraction/Abstraction' by Edward BURTYNSKY presents lucid & informed documentations of large-scale extractive processes, and how those transform landscapes of industry into complete abstractions. It features also behind-the-scenes photographs at work.

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

'Salt Pans' by Edward BURTYNSKY explores industrial landscapes all over the world. The book consists of 31 aerial color photographs of the salt pans in the Little Rann of Kutch. These striking geometric images were created over 10 days from a helicopter.

Out-of-print 'Water' by Edward BURTYNSKY documents water management infrastructures in the USA as well as in China. His images show the flourishing that civilization has achieved through water, but also how we depend on this increasingly scarce resource.

'Fastidiosa' by CAIMI & PICCINNI is the result of 6 years of photojournalism by the duo on the plight of local farmers and environmental degradation in the Puglia region of southern Italy. A very personal and intense account of the Xylella plant epidemic.

Using the Dolomite mountains as an example, Marina CANEVE asks the viewers in her volume 'Are They Rocks or Clouds?' to consider the risks people take in an effort to live comfortably while exploring the limits of how they interact with the natural world.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 23,5 x 19,5 x 2 cm., 128 pp., 74 ills., text language: English

'A Guide to Infrastructure and Corruption' is the result of a long-term observation by Alejandro CARTAGENA of the right to public space. It shows how changes do not come from those affected themselves, but from investors interested in urban development.

This photo volume by Alejandro CARTAGENA brings together his long-term project, in which he documented the suburbanization in Monterey (northern Mexico) and the changes - from urban planning to everyday challenges to the ecological consequences of growth.

Self-published book 'Carpoolers' by Alejandro CARTAGENA draws attention to the sociological and economic aspects of the Mexican-American economy. We look from above directly onto the loading area of Mexican pickups that transport very different 'loads'.

Photo book 'Suburban Bus' by Mexican photographer Alejandro CARTAGENA tells the story of people who want a better life in a city that lacks everything: decent roads, enough buses and safety on buses. It is shortlisted for the Paris PhotoBook Award 2021.

SC (no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 29 x 2 cm., 240 pp., 167 color ills., text language: English

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 16,5 x 24 x 1,5 cm., 112 pp., color ills., text language. English. Ltd. to 500 copies

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 32,5 x 27 x 2 cm., 172 pp., color ills., 1,600 gr., text language: English

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 19,5 x 27,5 x 1 cm. 56 pp., color ills., + print (18 x 27 cm.) + silkscreen (73 x 45 cm.). Ltd. to 15 copies

The photo volume 'Odysseia' by Antoine D'AGATA deals with the undignified migration practices of European governments. It contains depressing photos and images from videos, as well as statistical data and texts by Bruno Le Dantec and Rafael Garido.

In the photo book 'Migration as Avantgarde' - from an Hannah Arendt essay (1943) - Michael DANNER combines his own photos and texts with historical recordings to create a multi-layered narrative that is repeatedly broken up in terms of design and content.

HC with dust jacket, 40 x 28 x 2 cm., 112 pp., b/w ills., text language: English

Deutsche Ausgabe, broschiertes Exemplar ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschcenen), 21,5 x 27 x 2,5 cm., 256 S., S/W & Farbbabb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - HERE GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

'Realitatea' by Andrea DIEFENBACH is the result of a long-term project and contains vignettes from Moldova, a country in a state of limbo, and facsimiles of newspapers and texts that place them in the context of the political events of the past ten years.

In 'American Power', Mitch EPSTEIN examines the concept of power. In the accompanying essay, he talks about how making these photographs led him to think more deeply about the role of the artist in a country teetering between collapse and transformation.

Who owns the land, by who nature itself. 'Property Rights' by US photographer Mitch EPSTEIN examines other forms of trespass and destruction. It includes the voices of activists he interviewed while making this deeply personal and political work.

'Recreation' by Mitch EPSTEIN captures the vitality of the US from 1970s to the 1990s. The new edition is an extension: more than a third of the photos have never been published before, all have been faithfully re-edited to match the former image quality.

This catalog contains two significant photo projects from American photographer Mitch EPSTEIN: 'Recreation' documents the openness of a pluralistic society. 'American Power' draws attention to one of America's central power factors, the energy industry.

The photo volume 'Mitch Epstein. Work' offers a look at major projects from the 1970s to the 2000s: 'Common Practice,' 'Vietnam,' 'The City,' 'Family Business,' and 'American Power.' He begins each chapter with an essay or excerpt from earlier writings.

Out-of-print photo volume 'American Realities' by Joakim ESKILDSEN features people in New York, California, Louisiana, South Dakota & Georgia who live below the poverty line. For many of them there is no longer an 'American Dream' - just American reality.

HC (with dust jacket), 30,5 x 31 x 1,5 cm., 193 pp., b/w ills., text language: English

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 21,5 x 34 x 1,5 cm., 168 pp., 62 ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 750 copies (+150 A.P.E.-copies)

HC (with dust jacket), 32,5 x 26,5 x 2,5 cm., 221 pp., color ills., text language: English

4 slipcased pbs., 21,5 x 16,5 x 3 cm., 240 pp., color & b/w ills., text language. English

Reissue of nearly-thirty-years-out-of-print volume. 'Rich and Poor' by Jim GOLDBERG builds upon the classic combination of photographs & handwriting and adds a surplus of vintage material & contemporary photos that have never been published or exhibited.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 21,5 x 25,5 x 2 cm., 144 pp., color ills., text language: English

'Labour book. 2014-2015' by Ukrainian photographer Kirill GOLVCHENKO is to be understood as a criticism of the economic situation in his home country. Against the background of the original document of his father, he shows the true situation of pensioners

This self-published volume 'Obval' by Ukrainian photographer Kirill GOLOVCHENKO refers to a development in his home country. There, the currency 'Hryvnia' lost so much value in two decades that this amounted to a crash/crash. This volume is his answer.

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.

SC (without dust jacket, as issued), 19 x 24 cm., unpaginated 104 pp., 54 b/w ills., text language: English, td. to 250 copies

Out-of-print 'The Whiteness of the Whale' brings together the American series by Paul GRAHAM which reflect on the social fabric of contemporary USA while attempting to find something closer to the experience of being and seeing in the contemporary world.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 14,5 x 23 x 1,5 cm., 144 pp., color photography, text language: English

Gebundene Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschienen), 17,5 x 24,5 x 2 cm., 142 S., S/W-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

Re-edit, broschierte Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschienen), 24 x 30,5 x 2 cm., 224 S., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

The out-of-print photo book 'Keiko' by World Press photo awarded photographer Tomasz GUDZOWATY documents the life of ship scrappers in Chittagong, Bangladesh, where 30 to 40 percent of all 700 ocean-going vessels decommissioned each year are cannibalized.

HC, 30 x 25 cm., 200 pp., English

Gebundene Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschienen), 18 x 24,5 x 2,5 cm., 224 S., S/W-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

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

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

'Forever' photographs the movements of homeless people in L.A. from the perspective of the homeless. Instead of traces of material - chair or sleeping place, HERNANDEZ photographed between 2007 and 2012 what could be seen & observed from the street itself

Pb., 14 x 19,5 x 4 cm., 544 pp., b/w ills., trilingual text: English, German & French

The images taken during the 'Great Depression' in the USA in the out-of-print book 'When Innovation Was King' by Lewis HINE and the message they contain are particularly relevant today in the face of high unemployment in a rapidly changing global economy.

Gebundene Ausgabe mit Schutzumschlag, 28,5 x 31 x 3,5 cm., 320 S., S/W-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

SC, 112 pp., 40 color ills.

'Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea' on the work of Pieter HUGO contains 'Rwanda 2004', 'Looking aside', 'The Hyena Men...', 'Permanent Error', 'There's A Place in Hell For Me and My Friends', 'Nollywood', 'Kin', '1994' & 'Californian Wildflowers'.

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.

'Seeds' by Jos JANSEN focuses on the aspect of how new food crops that are resistant to pests and diseases are bred, and therefore contribute significantly to our future food supply. Why would natural things be better for us than less natural things?

The glossy photo publication 'High Fashion' by Polish photographer Pawel JASZCUK, reminiscent of a fashion magazine, contains color photographs of drunken salesmen in chic work clothes on their way home. Now these lie asleep in the streets of Tokyo.

The objects in the photo volume '¥ € $ U $' by Pawel JASZCZUK are sometimes so screaming & grotesque that the meaning of religion can at least be examined not only for the people in Poland. The photographs are printed on paper with a high-gloss varnish.

This photo volume, 'Alpen-Blicke.CH' by Swiss photographer Hans Peter JOST, is a presentation of controversial developments in the Alpine region. Home, energy, leisure, transit, economy and ecology are the topics in his photographs.

In 'Cotton Worldwide', Hans Peter JOST documents on his travels to India, China, Brazil, America, Uzbekistan, Mali and Tanzania, the living and working conditions of cotton farmers as well as cultivation, harvesting, processing and marketing of cotton.

Cased pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 20,5 x 30,5 cm., 48 pp., 46 b/w ills., Ltd. to 300 copies

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 35 x 28 x 2,5 cm., 188 pp., 77 color ills., text language: English

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 29 x 24 x 1,5 cm., 786 pp., 34 color ills., text language: Polish

HC with dust jacket, 28,5 x 31 x 3,5 cm., 320 pp., b/w ills.., text language: German - GERMAN TEXT ONLY! Emons Verlag, 2013.

The underlying thesis of the out-of-print, sought-after volume 'Generation Dubai. Exit, Voice and Loyalty' by Bijan KHEZRI is that the world is defined by economics, not laws. And there is hardly any other place in the world than Dubai to illustrate this.

The out-of-print photo book 'Tengelmann 1896-1968. Ausblick' is an elaborately designed company publication, which was realized in the late 1960s by the collective of Rolf BÜNEMANN (layout), Karl-Heinz KLUBESCHEIDT (photos) and Karl-Heinz WEBER (graphics)

'Koks und Cola. Das Ruhrgebiet der 1950er Jahre' (the Ruhr Area in the 50s) offers a moving look at the region that was once the engine of the economic miracle, selected from 100s of thousands of photos, in large format and new, high-resolution technology

'Platinum' by Jason LARKIN and writer Jack Shenker explores the Marikana massacre and the physicality and context of South Africa's platinum industry. The photo volume breaks with the common rules: it combines large format posters with a concise essay.

In his photo book 'Tales from the City of Gold'Jason LARKIN shows life in out-of-place legacies of the former gold mines in South Africa. He documents as well as illuminates the stubbornly ignored reality of those places & their denied ecological legacies

Swiss bound paperback with flaps, 22 x 29 x 1,5 cm., color ills., text language: English

HC, 34 x 28 x 2,5 cm., 144 pp., color ills., text language: English

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

'Common Dreams' by Kai LÖFFELBEIN reflects China's change and the existing contrasts. It critically examines its social and economic transformation with a focus on the lives of migrant workers who have to live in the outskirts of the large metropolises.

From post-empire to the new Middle Kingdom. For his series 'The Pearl River', photographer Christian LUTZ went to the Chinese special economic zone Macao. His photographic gaze laconically and insistently scans the smooth surfaces of this brave new world.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 30 x 24 x 2 cm., 96 pp., color ills., text language: English