Italy

'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 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.

The volume 'Vele' by Tobias ZIELONY is based on his animation film about the building complex 'Le Vele di Scampia', a symbol of the Camorra’s power in the Naples region and a key centre of European drug trafficking with an selection of 287 single images.

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 Mostly little known and unpublished, they capture textures of urban life and delight with visual coincidences and tactile details.

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

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.

HC with dust jacket, 21 x 23 x 2 cm., 207 pp., 96 b/w ills., text language: English

'Life and Work' about Andrei TARKOVSKY brings together film stills, Polaroids & documentary photos for each of his films, writings and private photos. A tribute to a great visionary who thought in poetic, often disturbing images of almost biblical force.

Out-of-print 'Moments in History' focuses on those works Margaret BOURKE-WHITE made in the 1930s and 40s in Czechia, Germany, Italy, the Soviet Union as well as in the UK. It shows photographs and excerpts from letters as well as publications in magazines

'An Attic Full of Trains' contains a selection of 8000 previously unpublished pictures by the Italian photographer Alberto di LENARDO.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.

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'.

Out-of-print leporello photo volume 'Teatro Del Tempo' by Joseph KOUDELKA, shows twenty-five photographs taken by in Rome between 1999 and 2003. Atmospheric architectural and landscape photographs that point to the cultural heritage of contemporary Rome.

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.

'Geschlossene Gesellschaften' by Tomas van HOUTRYVE, illustrates the difference between promising communist theory and lived practice. For this purpose, he traveled to countries where the communist party remained in power after the end of the Cold War.

HC, 24 x 29,5 cm., 104 pp., 80 color ills., text language: English

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 (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

With 'Piedmont', Josef KOUDELKA continues his exploration of the landscape. From the shores of Lake Maggiore to the mountain passes of the Alps, from agricultural valleys to the construction sites of Turin, from cement plants to the historical remains.

Out-of-print photographic volume 'Liebes Leben' (Dear Life) by Roswitha HECKE consists of 94 images documenting the everyday life of street prostitute Irene. The b/w photographs were taken partly in Germany and partly in Italy (Rome?) in the mid-1970s.

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

'Bauten' by Boris BECKER was published on the occasion of an exhibition at Galerie Conrads, Düsseldorf. It consists of a cassette with 8 color prints and a leaflet with text by Katja Blomberg and an index with details. No. 80/100, autographed on the map.

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!

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.

'Vagabond photographer' - here the edition in German language - is the first monograph about the Chilean Magnum photographer Sergio LARRAIN. It is divided into two main axes, Latin America and Europe, and also includes images from his book 'Valparaiso'.

This out-of-print photo volume, 'Decreazione' by Josef KOUDELKA, designed as a leporello, accompanied the exhibition of nine large-format black and white panorama photographs that were exhibited in the Vatican pavilion during the 2013 Biennale.

In the book 'Verlassene Ort' (Abandoned Places) various photographers document the beautiful and at the same time eerie atmosphere of places where decay has set in and nature has returned. The history & present of these places are explained in short texts

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.

Out-of-print photo book 'Florence' by Abe KOGAN capture the beauty of the city in vivid portraits of modernity, juxtaposed with ancient relics. Impressive photos show bustling Florentine streets as well as parks, streets & buildings in atmospheric moments

HC (swiss binding, no dust jacket, as issued), 17,5 x 23,5 cm., 64 pp., b/w ills., 450 gr., details in Swedish / English, Ltd. to 500 copies

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.

'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.

'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.

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.

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

15 photographs by Peter-Andreas HASSIEPEN illustrate the volume 'Ufer der Verlorenen' (Shores of the Lost) by Joseph Brodsky, inspired by wintry Venice, writing about the eternal themes of love, Eros, fidelity, dreams, longingsand the pain of separation.

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

'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 out-of-print volume accompanying the 2013 exhibition at Museum Kunstpalast offers an overview of 70 works by Candida HÖFER, created exclusively in Düsseldorf over the course of 40 years. It represents the beginning but also shows the work around 2013.

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.

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

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 volume 'Paul Strand at Work. Toward a Deeper Understanding' presents a selection of b/w images taken between 1943 and 1953 in France, Italy and New England. In these series, he explore the connection between people and the natural world.

2nd print run, slipcased pb., 23,5 x 29,5 x 1 cm., 48 pp., 54 b/w ills., 500 gr., text language: English, Ltd. to 350 copies