50s

by Colin Westerbeck (ed.). HC with dust jacket, 29 x 29 x 2 cm., 120 pp., 100 b/w & color ills., text language: English

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

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 25 x 30,5 x 5 cm., 418 pp., Color & b/w ills., text language: German - GERMAN TEXT ONLY! Hirmer Verlag, 2011.

With photo works by: Ansel ADAMS, ÁLVAREZ BRAVO, BISCHOF, BOURKE-WHITE, BRANDT, BRUNNER, Robert CAPA, CARTIER-BRESSON, FRANK, GRÖBLI, HAAS, HORVAT, KALISCHER, Dorothea LANGE, SANDER, Gotthard SCHUH, William Eugene SMITH TUGGENER, VISHNIAC among others.

This volume illustrates one hundred years of district history in Harlem with photographic works by Eve ARNOLD, Richard AVEDON, Cornell CAPA, Roy de CARAVA, Henri CARTIER-BRESSON, Bruce DAVIDSON, Leonard FREED, Helen LEVITT, Aaron SISKIND and WEEGEE, a.o.

The book 'It's A Gas! The Allure of the Gas Station' explores the amazingly world of gas stations: Whether functional high-tech temple, transit zone, film set, abandoned ruin or converted residential building - the world of gas pumps is full of surprises.

'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.

This portrait photo compendium, 'Mapping. Sitting' by Karl Bassil, Zeina Maasri and Akram Zaatariin cooperation with Walid RAAD contains 905 photographs from Lebanon, Egypt, Iraq, Palestine and Jordan, taken between 1920s and 1970s.

'Mauvais genre' presents views of men and women at the intersection of private life, the history of homosexuality, and feminist activism. Christine Bard and Isabelle Bonnet shed light on this often-silenced aspect through photos from Lifshitz collection.

Edited by Walter M. Weiss. Hardcover with dust jacket, 28,5 x 31 cm., 320 S., S/W- & Farb-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

'Photography. The Whole Story' by Juliet Hacking celebrates the most beautiful photos. Works of key photographers are assessed to reveal what motivated them, who influenced whom, and what each was striving to achieve. Timelines clarify historical context.

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

The book 'Vivian Maier und der gespiegelte Blick' (V.M.and the Mirrored Gaze) by Nadja Köffler, approaches the images in an analytic way and, as a counter-response to the media mystification, searches for the feminist tenor and artistic self-understanding

The 50s and 60s were the most exciting time for car enthusiasts. The expertly researched German-language book '111 Oldtimer-Stories der 50er und 60er Jahre, die man kennen muss' by Martin Nusch contains the 111 best stories - illustrated with photographs.

'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.

Out-of-print book 'A George Grosz Montage. Collages 1917-1958' presents previously unpublished material, portraits by Arnold NEWMAN and Irving PENN and 4 essays (one by Klaus STAECK). The German-language book comes with a 16-page English-language booklet.

The out-of-print, paperback edition "Berenice Abbott. Changing New York 1935-1939" is a compact, German-language catalog volume about the famous black-and-white photo series of the US American.

Out-of-print book 'Berenice Abbott. Changing New York. The Complete WPA Project' is divided into 8 geographical sections, which trace her odyssey through New York. The duotone images are accompanied by a text that also explains the compositional choices.

The works in out-of-print set 'Documenting Science' by Berenice ABBOTT illustrates that science photographs can be beautiful AND educational. Her photographs have fundamentally changed the way thousands of students visualize complex principles of physics.

This monograph provides an excellent view of the work of the US-American photographer Berenice ABBOTT, who not only made Eugène ATGET's work about Paris world-famous, but also pursued her own project about changing New York and did science photography.