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'Hidden Islam' by Nicoló DEGIORGIS shows Muslim places of prayer in Northern Italy. First architectural documentation until the interiors are 'discovered'. Important in connection with '9/11' and the consequences for the Christian-Muslim relationship.

This issue, #10 of the magazine 'Toiletpaper', 'December 1944', by Maurizio CATTELAN and Pierpaolo FERRARI, is a special edition with signatures printed in gold ink on the cover. It was published in a limited edition of only 500 copies numbered by hand.

Photo volume 'Land' is a result of Lorenzo CASTORE's artist's stay in Gliwice, which witnessed events that erupted with the Second World War II. 'Land' is a summary of his wanderings, a photographic travel diary that focuses on the history of the people.

This selection of 94 photographs in 'Tra l'altro. 1976-81', taken with 35mm cameras, stand for the transition from GUIDI's visual thinking and the progressive shift to color photography, which he began in the early 1980s with the large format 8x10 camera.

2nd print run - Screen printed, handmade HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 15,5, x 21,5 x 2 cm., 125 pp., 70 color ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 700 copies

HC (without dj, as issued), 15,5 x 21,5 pp., color ills., bilingual text: Italian / English, Ltd. to 750 copies

The images shown in this volume, 'Puglia. Tra Albe e Tramonti', reveal relationship of Luigi GHIRRI with the Puglia region. Mostly little known and unpublished, they capture textures of urban life and delight with visual coincidences and tactile details.

The photo and text book, 'Side Walk', combines very personal photographs & writings by Italian photographer Frank HORVAT, taken during his time in New York in the late 1970s and the 80s. Through different papers, 'Side Walk' depicts both sides of his work

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 18 x 24 cm., 96 pp., 55 color ills., English

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 19,5 x 27,5 x 1,5 cm., 64 pp., color ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 400 copies

Second edition. The photo book 'Eternal London' by Giacomo BRUNELLI contains black and white photographs of London at night, in which the Italian photographer seems to follow passers-by at every turn to pass the sights of the city to document them.

SC (no dust jacket, as issued), 23 x 29 x 1 cm., 42 pp., 22 color ills., 300 gr., no text

'The Complete Essays' contains 68 texts by Luigi GHIRRI in which he discusses returning themes in his photographic work. It is also an unintentional, yet comprehensive treatise on the history and theory of photography, as well as a special autobiography.

Pb., 17 x 24 cm., 72 pp., 60 ills., color & b/w ills., bilingual text: English / Italian

'Omo Change' by Fausto PODAVINI deals on Omo River & The Gibe III dam which disrupts the balance of one of the most incredible areas in Africa in the name of development, by diverting a local resource for profit of local elites & international investors.

Paola de PIETRI's photographs in the photo book 'New Istanbul Stories' document the effects of the changing urban landscape of Istanbul on people. Posture and language reflect the unstable state of mind of a new, very mixed class of native migrants.

'An Attic Full of Trains' contains a selection of 8000 previously unpublished pictures by the Italian photographer Alberto di LENARDO. The color photos from the 1960s to 80s complement your Luigi GHIRRI or Guido GUIDI collection perfectly.

Gebundene Ausgabe mit Schutzumschlag, 16,5 x 24 x 1,5 cm., 200 S., 40 S/W-Aufnahmen (+9 grün eingefäbte Seiten) sowie 25 Farbaufnahmen, deutsch-sprachuger Text - HERE GERMAN TEXT ONLY!

HC, 25,5 x 39,5 cm., 288 pp., English

Based on the federal popular initiative 'Against Mass Immigration', the photo book 'How to secure a Country' by migrant Salvatore VITALE explores where the Swiss need for security originates from and how it became an essential part of their culture.

Open bound pb. (no dust jacket, as issued) 19,5 x 25 x 1,5 cm., 120 pp., b/w & color ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 800 copies

SC (no dust jacket, as issued), 16 x 24 x 1 cm., 76 pp., color ills., English, Ltd. to 250 copies

The photo book 'Güle Güle' by CAIMI & PICCINNI portrays the constantly changing metropolis of Istanbul and its inhabitants. The color photos were created from the experience with the Turkish mentality as well as visually striking, unexpected situations.

This 11th 'Des Oiseaux' photo book contains a new series Paolo PELLEGRIN. During a stay in Japan, he was impressed by the majesty of a colony of eagles. His photos from invite into a mysterious and ghostly world where only the animal presence reigns.

Pb, 22,5 x 27,5 cm., 20 pp., color ills., English - Ltd. to 100 copies

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 13,5 x 19 x 0,5 cm., 32 pp., full paged ills., numbered

Italian photographer Fausto GIACCONE reached Cavallino Treporti at summer afternoon, and in the uncertainty of the day coming to an end, he was guided by the light. One of the first shots became the cover of the photo book 'Volit di Cavallino Treporti'.

After the city of Naples, Valentina PICCINNI & Jean-Marc CAIMI are now exploring their hometown, Rome. They looked for their own vision and created an idiosyncratic, mysterious & abysmal b/w portrait that is reminiscent of films by Visconti and Fellini.

'Sit Lux Et Lux Fuit' by Mauro D'AGATI, with its images of Masonic meetings, temples, symbols, documents and portraits of Masons, provides a glimpse into their complex rituals, which are a blend of serious, mysterious traditions and everyday Cuban life.

HC (without dj, as issued), 31 x 24,5 cm., 80 pp., 34 color ills.,

'Natural Habitats', the successor to 'Landscape with Figures', comprises 70 color photographs and contains 120 miniature images that create visual connections between color, composition and time. Compared with first volume it shows a different perspective

Open bound Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 27 cm., 268 pp., 121 color & b/w ills., text language: English. Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2018.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 22,5 x 27 x 1 cm., 62 pp., color ills., text language: English

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 22 x 30,5 x 2,5 cm., 200 pp., color & b/w ills., text language: French

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 19,5 x 30 x 1 cm., 52 pp., b/w ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 150 numbered copies

Rubber binded pb. in newspaper format (no dust jacket, as issued), 20,5 x 33 x 1 cm., 60 pp., 15 posters in color, no text - Ltd. to 500 copies

The book 'Havana Buzz' by Alessandro COSMELLI does not show the image that the world knows of Havana: vintage cars or dilapidated buildings, but the portrait of a state of mind. The color images were taken from city buses at the end of Fidel Castro's time

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 20 x 15 x 1,5 cm., 92 pp., 40 color ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 700 copies

Gebundene Ausgabe mit Schutzumschlag, 22,5 x 28,5 x 2,5 cm., 142 S., ganz- u. doppels. Farb- und S/W-Abb., 1.300 gr., deutsch-sprachiger Text - TEXT ONLY IN GERMAN!

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 22 x 31 x 1 cm., 96 pp., 96 color ills., text language: English. Ltd. to 600 copies

Linen bound HC with tipped in image (no dust jacket, as issued), 16,5 x 24 cm., 144 pp., 62 color ills. & 5 info graphics, text language: English

Out-of-print book 'Signs' is about Nino MIGLIORI, who is credited with a profound change in Italian post-war photography. The images - mostly in b/w - testify to the versatility, creativity & innovation that have characterized his work from the beginning.

Open binded HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 16,5 x 24 x 2,5 cm., bilingual: English / Japanese, Ltd. to 500 numbered copies

In this self-published photo book 'Where Does The White Go', Italian photographer Piergiorgio CASOTTI pays tribute to the silence of the mountains with a series of images of ski villages and their surroundings, abandoned during the warm season.

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.

The photo book, 'A Swimming Pool', is about Michele TAGLIAFERRI's love-hate relationship with routine. In seven chapters he examines the feeling of freedom and being locked in through daily recurring processes that arise when looking at pictures.

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 21,5 x 31 x 1,5 cm., 112 pp., 50 color ills., bilingual text: English / fFench

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 16 x 22 cm., 168 pp., b/w & color ills., Italian / English

The photo book 'Napoli Nord. Case Rom 'explores the Roma camps on the northern outskirts of the Italian city of Naples. But with his portrayal, Vincenzo PAGLIUCA undermines our prejudices and offers us an insight into a world that is often misunderstood.

My brother died in a car accident in 1999. His last girlfriend, Kaori, was Japanese. She kept on writing and sending photos for months after the accident. The search for her led me to Fukushima and the tsunami area. Shortlisted for First Book Award 2015.

'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

'Works from the 1970s' accompanied an exhibition focused on the most creative period of Luigi GHIRRI. It shows the external and internal world, the relationship between reality and metaphysical duality, and the distance between reality and representation.

Pb., 16 x 22 x 1 cm., 90 pp., ills colour & bw ills., 250 gr., multi-lingual texts: French / English / Italian

Pb., 27 x 36 x 1 cm., 40 pp., color ills., no text - Ltd. to 500 copies

Extra Edition. Cloth bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 18 x 27 cm., 80 pp., 183 b/w & 25 color ill., bilingual text: English / Italian, Ltd. to 150 copies

'Entering a New World' is the third of Massimo VITALI's published investigations into the masses. After 'Landscape with Figures' and 'Natural Habitats', it now shows color images of people who consciously & unconsciously interact with their surroundings.

HC (open spine, no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 27,5 cm., 124 pp., color ills., bilingual text: Italian / English, 80 gr., Ltd. to 350 numbered copies

In her photo volume 'Deep in their roots, all flowers keep the light' Anna Maria Antonette D'ADDARIO works in beautifully interwoven visual metaphors the tragic death of a beloved sibling and the intensity of extreme personal loss and family trauma.

For the photo book 'Forcella', the photographers CAIMI & PICCINNI examined the oldest and smallest city district of Naples, Forcella. The black and white photos show life in the area that has been forgotten by the state and ruled by poverty & the Camorra.

The catalog volume 'Reversing the Eye. Arte povera and Beyond 1960-1975' takes a fresh look at the Arte Povera movement, rarely associated with photography & film. The artistic movement is placed in the social and political context of the time in Italy.

Linen boind HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 28 x 21 x 1,5 cm., 120 pp., b/w ills., trilingual text: Italian / English / Albanian, Ltd. to 500 copies

In 'Italia in Miniatura', images by Luigi GHIRRI show scale models of Italy's most important natural & architectural landmarks, placed in surreal proximity to one another in a theme park. The photos themselves reflect the processes of their representation

Pb, (no dust jacket, as issued), 28 x 39 x 1,5 cm., 40 pp., 16 color ills., text language: English, Ltd. to 1,000 numbered copies

Spiral bound pb., 30 x 21 cm., 240 pp., color & b/w ills., 760 gr., text language: English

re-edit 2017, HC with dust jacket, 26 x 31 x 2 cm., 104 pp., b/w ills., text language: English

'Take Me to Live with You' by Sonia LENZI is a declaration of love to Italy and its people. She visited elderly people who have transmitted cultural, political as well as moral values in their lives, in order to preserve these for future generations.

The subtitle of the volume 'Red desert Now!' is 'Antonioni's Legacy in Contemporary Italian Photography' and shows the filmmaker's influence on (mainly Italian) photographers such as Lewis BALTZ, Guido GUIDI, Francesco NERI and Franco VACCARI.

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued), 21 x 28 x 1 cm., 136 pp., b/w ills., text language: English

'Short Stories' contains hand-incorporated color photos by Italian photographer Massimo VITALI in one volume. After many discussions with staff and curators who know his work very well, the choice fell on 12 photographs that best describe his work.

For his self-published and now out-of-print-photo-volume, 'Sometimes I Cannot Smile', the Italian photographer Piergiorgio CASOTTI traveled to Tasiilaq, the capital of East Greenland, to document the life of the Inuit on site.

The book 'Glitter Blues' by Lorenzo CASTORE deals with transvestites in Catania, Sicily. This black & white and color series shows urban motifs as well as interiors and portraits. Two essays in English close the book, which is designed by Aneta KOWALCZYK.

The out-of-print photo volume 'Cocalari' by Alfredo D'AMATO shows the living situation in the capital of Romania long after the fall of the communist regime in 1989. Many people survive in suburbs and around Bucharest only by selling recycled metals.

Out-of-print 'A Dalston Anatomy' by Lorenzo VITTURI explores the cycle of emergence, disappearance & reappearance. He spent time at London's Ridley Road Market to photograph and to create sculptures & collages from materials found in the market's debris.

Bodonian HC (no dist jacket, as issued, 23,5 x 32 x 1 cm., 56 pp., 26 color ills with translucent color inserts, text language: English, Ltd. to 250 copies

HC (swiss brochure, no dust jacket, as issued), 16 x 23 cm., 112 pp., 50 ills., English, Ltd. to 500 copies

The images in 'Di sguincio' by Guido GUIDI represent experimental dialogues between him and his 35mm camera. Antidocuments & anachronistic records comment ironically on photography's claim to truth showing his preoccupation with the medium's possibilities

The book 'Just for Passion' by Letizia BATTAGLIA explores the range and character of the Italian photographer's work. The photographs allow an intimate glimpse into the ambivalence of Italian life, from harrowing images of the Mafia to beautiful portraits

German-language catalog 'Nature as Art. Landscape in the 19th Century in Painting and Photography' emphasizes significance and mutual influences between painting and photography in the perception of landscape in works by French, English & Italian artists.

Swiss bound pb., 23 x 30 x 1,5 cm., 168 pp., color & b/w ills., bilingual texts: Italian / English, Ltd. to 500 copies

In 'Nsenene' Michele SIBILONI documents the self-image of Ugandans who stay awake night after night until dawn to catch locusts and sell them. Although this happens at the other end of the world, it is about the future perspective of our planet Earth.

SC (no dust jacket, as issued), 23 x 29 x 1 cm., 40 pp., 22 color ills., 300 gr., no text

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 30 x 34 x 2 cm., 92 pp., color ills., text language: English

'Colazione sull’ Erba' by Luigi GHIRRI is the result of a project made between 1972-74 on the outskirts of Modena. His focus was the juncture of nature and artifice in the man-made environment. This early work is a signpost to directions of his later work

'A Folktale From Vietnam' by Gianpaolo ARENA is the result of a long-term project that captures fragments of diverse rituals of the society, offering a glimpse into its present and future cities in decay, culture and capitalism, folklore and propaganda.

'The Italian Photobook 1931-1941' by Giorgio Grillo traces the short, intense history of (photo)graphic modernism in Italy - as a medium between autonomous visual research and a 'functional' use in the often overlapping areas of advertising & propaganda.

'Cinque Viaggi. 1990-98' by Guido GUIDI contains photographs from Mailland as well as from the surrounding area. They reveal the layers of social and architectural history between which everyday life unfolds. Essays worth reading complete the photo volume

The out-of-print photo volume 'Carlo Mollino: Polaroids' contains a selection of Polaroids from the 1960s and 1970s. These are eroticized images of women, but the subject is not sex. The images were composed and staged to conquer nature with artificiality

Loose sheets in pb. with PVC transparent dust jacket, 30 x 22 x 3 cm., 176 pp., 90 color ills. (4-color process, Offset LE-UV technology), no text, only details in English, Ltd. to 500 copies

HC, 17,5 x 23,5 cm., o.pp., English / Italian text as inlet

Distortions, experiments and illusions characterize GUIDI's early work from the late 1960s and early 70s, which he further developed by introducing a 'fisheye' lens. In 'Lunario' he returns to the moon as a source of stylistic and thematic inspiration.

Photo volume set 'In Sardegna' shows the further development in the work of the Italian photographer Guido GUIDI. Created about 40 years apart on two trips through Sardinia, you can also see the historical and geographical changes on the remote island.

Gebundene Ausgabe mit Schutzumschlag, 30 x 30 x 2,5 cm., 140 S., 66 Farb-Abb., deutsch-sprachiger Text - TEXT ONLY IN GERMAN!

Giacomo BRUNELLI's debut volume 'The Animals' was first released in 2008; the new edition offered here contains eight additional recordings. The focus is on animals 'in freedom', that is: the domesticated 'friends of man'.

Italian Edition, Pb. with red handmade paper covers protected by plastic overwrap, 16 x 22 cm., 32 pp., book is housed in printed black box, Italian

HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 24,5 x 32 x 2 cm., 56 pp., 26 color ills. + 8 pp. booklet, text language: English, Ltd to 300 copies

Pb. (no dust jacket, as issued) in plastic bag, 16 x 24 x 0,5 cm., 46 pp, color ills., Ltd. to 350 copies

In his out-of-print photo volume 'Andante', Alex MAJOLI explores the human soul and the most obscure elements of society. The Magnum photographer explores the theatricality of everyday life, where the boundaries between reality and fiction become blurred.

Self-published volume 'Do You Sea?' by Selen BOTTO deals about unvisible waste on beaches. It contains over 50 photomontages, the Italian photographer/artist by covering areas of colored beach photographs with plastic pieces and photographing them again.