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Cafe Lehmitz Photobook Libraries shall enable collectors as well as institutions to acquire out-of-print titles at a price that can be paid. This library, the Paul GRAHAM Photobook Library, contains currently 19 photo volumes - mainly signed copies.

For 'Holy Bible', BROOMBERG & CHANARIN show photos of Archive of Modern Conflict with an eye toward Adi Ophir's tenet: that God reveals Himself through catastrophe, and power structures from the Bible correlate with those of modern systems of governance.

The book 'Showcaller' explores the work of Talia CHETRIT which is filled with a desire to control the physical and historical limits of the camera, to pursue its potential for manipulation, and to question the relationship between photographer and subject

Signed new edition. Paul GRAHAM's photo volume set 'A Shimmer of Possibility' is considered one of the defining photo books of the 21st century and was awarded the Paris Photo-Aperture Prize for the most important photo book of the last 15 years.

The out-of-print photographic volume 'Japan' by prominent British photographer Michael KENNA is the result of intensive travels to Japan. Printed in Triton, the volume has a red cloth cover and is also surrounded by a Japanese folding slipcase.

The catalog volume 'Arbeit / Work' accompanied the major Chris KILLIP retrospective exhibition 'Arbeit/Work. Photographs from 1969-2005'. It included early portraits for the first time and also included the projects made in Ireland and on the Isle of Man

In his book trilogy consisting of 'A1. The Great North Road', 'Beyond Caring' as well as 'Troubled Land' - Paul GRAHAM documents life in the United Kingdom during the 1980s. This series established and him as an important voice in contemporary photography

'She dances on Jackson' by Vanessa WINSHIP is the result of travelings across the United States - from California to Virginia, from New Mexico to Montana - always in search of the 'American Dream'. It contains her typical portraits & landscape photographs

SC with loose dust jacket & photograph, 17 x 24 cm., 120 pp. (+6 pp. insert), Ltd. to 500 copies

Boxed set of 10 photo volumes by Jessica BACKHAUS, Gerry BADGER, Harvey BENGE, John GOSSAGE, Todd HIDO, Rob HORNSTRA, Rinko KAWAUCHI, Eva Maria OCHERBAUER, Martin PARR as well as Alec SOTH

Pb. with plastic dust jacket, 19,5 x 24 x 1,5 cm., 96 pp., color ills., 460 gr., bilingual text: Italian / English

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

The photo volume 'Altered Ocean' by Mandy BARKER contains works created over the past ten years that address plastic pollution in the world's oceans. Numerous reproductions from sketchbooks offer a glimpse into the thought processes during the project.

Out-of-print book 'A Field Guide to Snow and Ice' by Paula McCARTNEY contains 48 b/w & color plates printed with UV inks on uncoated paper. Leporello binding with multiple panel widths and stiff front & back covers. The spine is printed on synthetic paper

Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 16,5 x 21 x 3 cm., 144 pp., color ills., text language: English

HC with dust jacket, 29,5 x 29,5 x 1 cm., 72 pp., 34 duotone b/w ills., text language: English

The volume 'Good Morning, America III' by Mark POWER is the 3rd of 5 - a visual narrative of a country in the midst of change. This project is a personal exploration of both the American cultural & physical landscape, and the divergence of reality & myth.

'One Sunday in Beijing' by Michael KENNA is the result of an artist-in-residence stay. The book was published in a small edition with two different colored covers (red and yellow), with print and also carries an inserted conundrum image on the book cover.

The book's title 'Beyond the Forest' corresponds to the translation for Transylvania. Clare RICHARDSON documents the everyday life of a farming community that relies on hard work to survive, as well as an environment that resembles pre-industrial England.

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.

'The River Winter' documents the subtle actors of change that change the landscape on the banks of the River Exe during the winter in 2010/11. The book is completed by an essay on how winter has been embedded in our cultural psyche since the last ice age.

HC with dust jacket, 18 x 22,5 x 2 cm., 240 pp., highly illustrated, text language: English

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 17 x 22 x 1,5 cm., 128 pp., 137 color ills., text language: English

Boxed set of 27 picture cards, 20 x 20 x 5 cm. with booklet, b/w ills., text language: English

The out-of-print photo publication 'Stilled' by British photo artist Edward DIMSDALE shares something with the Haiku, which often presents three elements: something permanent, something ephemeral, and what happens in the moment when they come together.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 38 x 29 cm., 128 pp., 60 color ills., text language: English

Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 20,5 x 25,5 x 2 cm., 104 pp., color ills., text language: English

The out-of-print photographic volume 'Mont St Michel' by Michael KENNA contains a beautifully printed collection of 64 duotone plates of this island commune in the Normandy region of France. One of the more attractive books in his large body of work.

In 'Selected Works, 1973-1981', fifteen photographers, curators & authors - David Campany, Paul GRAHAM, Guido GUIDI, Takashi HOMMA, Hans U. Obrist, Ed RUSCHA, Britt Salvesen, Taryn SIMON, Thomas STRUTH - describe the work of Stephen SHORE she amazes why.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 64 pp., 28 color ills., text language: English

'The British Isles' by Jamie HAWKESWORTH documents over 13 years of life in the United Kingdom. The photographs paint an alternative history of this turbulent period in British history, a period marked by austerity, referendums, celebrations and conflict.

The volume 'Cyanotpes' presents for the first time in their entirety the album 'British Algae' by Anna ATKINS and 'Cyanotypes of British and Foreign Ferns', showing her pioneering technique of photographically documenting botanical species around 1850.

HC with print (no dust jacket, as issued), 24,5 x 29,5 cm., 128 pp., 90 ills., text language: English

Three part cloth bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 21,5 x 27 x 2,5 cm., 160 pp. +16 pp., saddle stitched booklet, 86 color ills., text language: English

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 29 x 22 x 3 cm., 280 pp., b/w & color ills., text language: English. Steidl, 2007.

HC with dust jacket,

The documentation of the domestic bird world in this self published book, 'The Pillar' by Stephen GILL, was designed by the Greger Ulf NILSSON to a high-quality volume, which pleases not only birdwatchers, but also photo book lovers with lasting effect.

Out-of-print 'Living Room' by Nick WAPLINGTON with ironic, clever color images of friends and neighbors of his grandparents in Nottingham run counter to the typical depiction of blue collar Englanders what he has referred to as downtrodden interpretation.

Out-of-print volume 'Missing Buildings' by Thom & Beth ATKINSON is the result of a project on buildings in London destroyed or damaged by bombing between 1940 and 1945. From the enigmatic gap to the mismatched post-war housing estate in the city center.

Published in a limited edition of 250 copies, small-volume photo book offers an unusual access to the world of sumo wrestlers. The fluidity and abstraction of these huge and graceful bodies in motion is both inspiration & religious experience for McDEAN.

'East End' consists of three hardcover books housed in a slipcase. Together the three volumes contain 620 photographs of the East End of London, each volume a collection of images taken by David BAILEY during a different decade, from the 60s up until now.

Val Williams' comprehensive monograph (in english) on the entire career of British photographer Martin PARR has been updated for the second edition with new images, a chapter on his recent work and on his filmmaking, curating, collecting and publishing.

Out-of-print book 'Michael Kenna. 1976-1986' contains nature, landscape and architecture photographs as well as urban scenes and power stations. His reduced formal language is already evident in the b/w images taken in the UK, Scotland, Ireland and Italy.

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 photo volume, 'Coming up for Air: Stephen Gill – A Retrospective', accompanied the exhibition about his 40-years-work including work from his classic long out of print books 'Hackney Wick', 'Hackney Flowers', 'Coexistence' and so much more.

The color photographs in the photo volume 'Photie Man' by Tom WOOD focus on the British average citizen: residents as well as day and night tourists, of his hometown New Brighton near Liverpool. The photo book has been out of print for a long time.

In his double volume called 'Delhi Dilemma', British photographer David BAILEY avoids depicting the cultural & economic differences between East and West. By showing colors, textures & people that characterize Delhi, he created a sensitive city portrait.

This photo book set by Nick BRANDT includes the volumes 'The Day May Break' (2021) and 'The Day May Break. Chapter Two' (2023).

HC with dust jacket, ca. 30 x 25 x 4 cm., 464 pp., text language: English

In the photo book 'The Way Home', British photographer Tom HUNTER tells stories from the London/Hackney between 1990 & 2011. Among the series featured are 'Travellers', 'Persons Unknown', 'Life and Death in Hackney' and 'Living in Hell and Other stories'.

Set of 2 books, 1): Japanese fold binding with a magnetic white vinyl cover, tri-tone printed15,5 x 20,5 x 1 cm., 68 pp., 25 polaroid images on 68 pages, 2): Handmade layflat binded with ferrous metal cover, printed with UV inks on Lessebo uncoated paper,

The out-of-print volume 'A Maverick Eye. The Street Photography of John Deakin' contains b/w photographs taken on the streets of London, Paris and Rome in the 1950s and 1960s. They reveal a far broader spectrum than that for which he was previously known.

HC (with dust jacket), 24 x 20 cm., 96 pp., color ills., English

Book in spitral binding, 22,5 x 30,5 x 3 cm., 288 ills., b/w ills., text language: English

HC with dust jacket, 23 x 28 x 2 cm., 132 pp., 124 color ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 950 copies

This out-of-print catalog volume shows how Bill BRANDT - a German-British key figure in 20th century photography - was fascinated by the strange and dark aspects of life, from his earliest photographs from the 1930s to his late portraits and body studies.

Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 30 x 24 x 2 cm., 127 pp., color ills.

The photo volume 'LDN2', the trade edition of original artists's book by Antony CAIRNS presents a nocturnal expedition through the metropolis of London at night: oblique landscapes that flicker by like reflections in the windows of a moving train or car.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 29 x 21 x 1,5 cm., 88 pp., 80 color ills., text language: English

This beautifully designed catalog volume, 'And Time Folds', accompanied the great retrospective of the British photographer Vanessa WINSHIP and includes all of her important series as well as heretofore unpublished current works.

The new edition, its 'director's cut', of the out-of-print photo book 'Ray's a Laugh' by Richard BILLINGHAM recreates the original vision of his deeply personal work with numerous previously unpublished images and a particular approach to sequencing.

This book, 'The Station' by Chris KILLIP, documents an inclusive collective that offered refuge to young people threatened by unemployment in April 1985, shortly after the miners' strike. The British photographer was inspired by the spirit of the place.

In 'Road to Barking' David BAILEY documents the borough of Barking & Dagenham in London's East End and its inhabitants: musicians, flower sellers & butchers, passengers on the Underground, policemen & punks and abandoned boats on the banks of the Thames.

With 'Across the Ravaged Land' the trilogy by Nick BRANDT about the disappearance of animals in East Africa is ending. In addition to powerful animal portraits, people appear for the first time; essays summarize his odyssey that spanned more than a decade

Self-published photo book 'Please Notify the Sun by Stephen GILL is about the world inside a fish. We see places and spaces, caves and grottos, beaches and mountains, rock formations and oil slicks. It offers a huge panorama of the most diverse sceneries.

The out-of-print photobgraphic volume 'Landscapes 2001-2003' by British photographer Richard BILLINGHAM brought together his landscape photographs for the first time. The color photographs are introduced by Sacha Craddock, an art critic and broadcaster.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 20 x 25 x 1 cm., 48 pp., color ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 400 copies

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 25 x 29 x 2 cm., 160 pp., color & b/w ills.,English

The winner of the Book Award at Arles 2023, the photographic debut volume 'Witch Hunt Vol.1: the Banished of Balsapuerto' by Christo GEOGHEGAN is an investigation into the murder of a number of sorcerers in the Peruvian Amazon and the theories behind it.

HC (numbered & signed), 14,5 x 20,5 cm., 96 pp., color ills., in clamshell box + 1 numbered print (16,5 x 14 cm.), Ltd. to 250 copies

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 23 x 31,5 x 2 cm., 140 pp., 105 color ills., text language: English

Cloth bound HC foil debossed front and spine, 13 x 18,5 cm., 256 pp., text language: English, Ltd. to 323 numbered copies, on oldmill archival papes

'The Parallel State' by Guy MARTIN is the result of a multi-layered project that began as an investigation of the Turkish soap opera & film industry and evolved over the project's course into a semi-fictional study of truth, reality & lies in Turkey today

Gebundene Ausgabe ohne Schutzumschlag (wie erschienen), 17 x 24 x 3 cm., 420 S., 38 Farb- & 245 S/W-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

HC (no dust jacket,as issued), 26 x 26 cm., 112 pp., color ills., text language: English

Photo book 'The Silence of Dogs in Cars' by Martin USBORNE contains billboards of dogs silently peering through car windows. The staged photos evoke a mood of loneliness & longing. Yet they are less about dog portraits and more about separation in general

In the photo book 'The Day May Break. Chapter Two' by Nick BRANDT, people and animals seem to be trying to find their way in a new world. In the Senda Verde wildlife sanctuary in Bolivia, they are already entering the new phase that our world has reached.

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

Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 30 x 25 x 2,5 cm., 144 pp., b/w ills., text language: English

'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

For 39 years, British photographer David BAILEY has photographed his wife Catherine on Polaroid film. The result, '117 Polaroids', has evolved organically over the decades. It is a visual poem, a testimony of collaboration and personal experience.

With the photo series 'A1', Paul GRAHAM created a new form of engaged photography, mixing elements of social documentary, 'New Color' and reportage. It was published as a photo volume and, their coveted new edition shows that his work endures to this day.

The book 'Troubled Land' by Paul GRAHAM looks at the small but unmistakable signs of political division in the landscape of Northern Ireland. Along with 'A1. The Great North Road' & 'Beyond Caring' it completes a remarkable trilogy of the 1980s in the UK.

This out-of-print photo volume 'This empty world' by Nick BRANDT contains dramatically staged photographs that bring together and reveal animals and people in East Africa as victims of environmental destruction in an emotionally powerful, cinematic way.

HC with dust jacket, 20,5 x 30 x 2,5 cm., 412 pp., 354 color ills., text language: English

The book 'A Partial Eclipse' by Martin BOYCE brings together images of trees & foliage, ellipses, fractures & spider webs. Hundreds of photos were edited to create the form of a book that creates a sense of stillness & distance between viewer & photograph

Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 30 x 25 x 2,5 cm., 144 pp., b/w ills., text language: English

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 19,5 x 25 x 2,5 cm., 264 pp., highly color illustrated, text language: English

This photo volume, 'Matilda' by David BAILEY, is a love letter to Australia, but not a rosy portrait, rather a gritty, yet loving vision of rural and small-town Australia in the early 1980s. He enhances technical errors with his own doodles and cutouts.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 28,5 x 28,5 cm., 88 pp., 47 color ills., text language: English

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 14 x 22 cm., 68 pp., 34 mostly colored ills., English/Ind.

'Anchor in the Landscape' by Adam BROOMBERG & Rafael GONZALEZ portraits olive trees in the territories of Palestine occupied by Israeli settlers. Each bears witness to the presence & resilience of the Palestinian people and their relationship to the land.

'The Day May Break' by Nick BRANDT portrays people with animals affected by environmental impacts. Due to climate change, people have been displaced e.g. by hurricanes or droughts. The rescued animals could be photographed in one picture with humans.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 37 x 28 x 2 cm., 96 pp., 65 color ills., English

The photographic volume 'The Nuclear Sublime' by Michael COLLINS is about an operating British nuclear reactor. The color images inside document the contrast between the scientific efforts and the reality of the sometimes dusty, worn & outdated equipment.

Slipcased pb. with dust jacket, 8.5 x 10.5 in., 148 pp., 87 color & 9 b/w ills., text language: English

The nearly 40 year old color film material for the classic photo book 'A1 - The Great North Road' by Paul GRAHAM is a photo-historical document of the 1980s' Great Britain - Margaret Thatcher's reign and the declining industrial base.

Michael KENNA published 'The Rouge', a book on the Ford Rouge complex, back in 1995. The images on the same subject - the industrial complex built in Michigan in the early 20th century - published in 2016 are masterfully reproduced and superbly printed.

Gebundene Ausgabe mit Schutzumschlag, 25 x 17,6 x 3,6 cm., 384 S., 379 Abb. (davon 26 in Farbe), deutsch-sprachiger Text - GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

Thirty of the most significant & beautiful Coffee Houses throughout Indiawhich simultaneously speak of a Post-Independence optimism and a now-faded grandeur. For decades acted simultaneously as political & artistic salons as well as simple eating places.