Middle east

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

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.

Published in newspaper format, '40 Jahre laif. 40 Positionen dokumentarischer Fotografie' is both an exhibit and a catalog of the exhibition of the same name, which celebrates the anniversary of the German photographers agency from Cologne.

Pb (no dust jacket, as issued), 17,5 x 0,8 x 11,3 inch., 188 pp., text language: English

This out-of-print monograph on the work of the Iraqi photographer Latif al ANI gives a very good impression of international life in the 1960s and 1970s in a metropolis in the Middle East. 112 b/w photographs in almost page-filling square format.

'Hello Camel' by Christoph BANGERT documents the bitter absurdity of war in Afghanistan, Gaza, Darfur, Lebanon and Iraq. He contrasts the clichéd notion of modern war as a fast-paced, dramatic and heroic event with calm and tidy, strange and alien images.

'Rumors of War' by Christoph BANGERT is a personal diary of a former war photographer. He describes his inner conflict between the egoism driven feeling of doing something meaningful and the concern of his family & friends going through hell emotionally.

The book 'Silk Road. 1956-1974' deals with the journeys of Emilia 'Milli' BAU with a wealth of images and text material from three decades. She traveled the Middle and Far East; the pictures and the diary-like texts describe what she saw and experienced.

HC, 15 x 21,5 cm., o.pp., b/w ills, Ltd. to 700 copies

In 'No Land called Home', Wolfgang BELLWINKEL combines pictures taken in Asia meet war and post-war photographs from Afghanistan, the Middle East and the Balkans. He demonstrates a biographically oriented photography - author & global events are a unity.

The special of the title 'The Bird Project' by Eril BERGLIN lies in its realization as a high-gloss book. The contrast between the natural, colorful plumage and the cold colors of the urban space in which the birds find themselves is particularly striking

Swiss bound pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 14 x 21 x 1 cm., 112 pp., color ills., Ltd. to 450 copies, 50 signed copies

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 '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.

'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.

Volume No.6 of the book series 'Grosse Photographern unserer Zeit' (Great Photographers of Our Time) presents the work of Swiss Magnum photographer Werner BISCHOF (1916-1954) in over 80 b/w images - works in the area of tension between art and reportage.

HC (without dust jacket, as issued), 24 x 21,5 cm., 176 pp., b/w ills., English, Ltd. to 500 copies

The self published photographic volume 'Exit Ghost' by German photographer Kai BORNHÖFT is a well editied artist book with black-and-white photographs between hard book cover form industrial building production. It deals about the Arabian city Dubai.

Special Edition. It comes in a folder, approx. 24 x 32 cm, hand bound + 1 signed & numbered print (ed. of 30)

'An Archeology of Fear and Desire' by Frédéric BRENNER is an attempt to recontextualize Israel, exploring longing, belonging & exclusion. It is part of a project, were participating Joseph KOUDELKA, Gilles PERESS, Stephen SHORE, Nick WAPLINGTON a.o.