Too Good to Get Married
Explore Gilded Age New York through the lens of Alice Austen, who captured the social rituals of New York's leisured class and the bustling streets of the modern city. Celebrated as a queer artist, she was this and much more Alice Austen (1866-1952) lived at Clear Comfort, her grandparent's Victorian cottage on Staten Island, which is now a National Historic Landmark. As a teenager, she devoted herself to photography, recording what she called "the larky life" of tennis matches, yacht races, and lavish parties. When she was 25 and expected to marry, Austen used her camera to satirize gender norms by posing with her friends in their undergarments and in men's clothes, "smoking" cigarettes, and feigning drunkenness. As she later remarked, she was "too good to get married." Austen embraced the rebellious spirit of the "New Woman," a moniker given to those who defied expectations by pursuing athletics, higher education, or careers. She had romantic affairs with women, and at 31, she met Gertrude Tate, who became her life partner. Briefly, Austen considered becoming a professional photographer. She illustrated Bicycling for Ladies, a guide written by her friend Violet Ward, and she explored the working-class neighborhoods of Manhattan to produce a portfolio, "Street Types of New York." Rejecting the taint of commerce, however, she remained within the confines of elite society with Tate by her side. Although interest in Austen has accelerated since 2017, when the Alice Austen House was designated a national site of LGBTQ history, the only prior book on Austen was published in 1976. Copiously illustrated, Too Good to Get Married fills the need for a fresh and deeply researched look at this skillful and witty photographer. Through analysis of Austen's photographs, Yochelson illuminates the history of American photography and the history of sexuality.
Cincinnati Dreaming
Cincinnati Dreaming captures the stunning beauty of Cincinnati as seen through the eyes of photographer Mike Poggioli. Having spent four years living in Cincinnati, Poggioli brings a unique point of view to his images. Focusing on Cincinnati's rich history, architectural significance, and natural scenery, the images capture the magic of the city, creating a contemporary and updated portrayal of Cincinnati.Through a series of breathtaking images, readers are invited to explore the city's iconic landmarks, including Cincinnati Union Terminal, Carew Tower, Roebling Suspension Bridge, and Fountain Square, as well as lesser-known corners of the city that are equally captivating.Cincinnati Dreaming features stunning shots that offer a new perspective on the city's urban landscape, rolling hills, and picturesque vistas. With striking visuals and thoughtful commentary, this photography book is a must-have for anyone who loves Cincinnati or wants to experience its beauty from a new perspective.
Critical Issues in Photojournalism
Drawing on original research and industry experience, this book studies the historical debates and controversies underpinning photojournalism and those practising it today.Beginning with the origins of photography and the close-knit relationship between journalism and the image, this book goes on to consider the theories that have sought to unpick photography and photojournalism and how these translate to contemporary practice. Hadland examines the present and potential roles of photojournalism in society and reflects on how technological advances such as Artificial Intelligence may impact the profession. Ethical considerations and certain immeasurable dimensions of photography, including concepts of power, truth, and meaning, are brought into question alongside ongoing issues of exclusion and homogeneity amongst professional photojournalists.Critical Issues in Photojournalism is an ideal primer for students seeking a solid historical, ethical, and reflective understanding of the discipline.
Small Museum
Small Museum by Simone Rosenbauer documents forty-one unique small museums across every state and territory of Australia. The book delves into Australia's cultural memory. From repurposed jails to old schoolhouses, these often-overlooked institutions weave together stories that reflect the rich tapestry of Australian history and identity. This project serves as a tribute to the passion, dedication, and heritage preserved within these unique spaces, offering a reflective exploration of memory, history, and cultural preservation.
Mohamed Hassan: Our Hidden Room
Hassan's photographs, interwoven with those of his father's, probe the depths of the mental illness that led to his father's suicidePublished with Ediciones Posibles, Fundaci籀n Photographic Social Vision, and PHREE. In Our Hidden Room, Egyptian photographer Mohamed Hassan (born 1984) tells the fragmented story of a complex yet loving relationship between himself and his father, a photographer with bipolar disorder who was obsessed with a small, dark room hidden in the family home.
Lisette Model: The Jazz Pictures
Shelved during the McCarthy era, Model's photographs of jazz musicians--together with a text by Langston Hughes--are finally published for the first time Street photographer Lisette Model spent more than 10 years documenting Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Percy Heath, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and countless other luminaries of America's jazz scene. From the 1956 Newport Jazz Festival to nightclub shows and raucous afterparties in cramped apartments, Model's images are effusive and full of empathy, celebrating jazz at a time when the genre was under increasing political and cultural scrutiny.During the 1950s, the New York Photo League was investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee for purported connections to the Communist Party. Model was interviewed by the FBI and eventually placed on its National Security Watchlist. This mounting political pressure led publishers and funders to rescind support of Model, and ultimately caused her to shelve the book dedicated to her jazz pictures, which was to feature an essay by Langston Hughes.Now, this clothbound book finally realizes Model's self-censored project, providing a fresh look at familiar faces who today signify the fight for freedom, equality and creative expression. Alongside Hughes' original essay, texts by author Audrey Sands and saxophonist Loren Schoenberg underscore the importance of this series and the revelatory insight it shines on jazz music, both onstage and off.Lisette Model (1901-83) was born in Vienna. She moved to Manhattan in 1938 and two years later Model hosted her first solo exhibition with the New York Photo League. Following the group's dismantlement by the FBI, Model transitioned to teaching. Her most notable pupils included Diane Arbus, Helen Gee and John Gossage.
Motoyuki Daifu: My Family Is a Pubis So I Cover It in Pretty Panties
Daifu's colorful and chaotic images of his own family life are an unfiltered record of love, friction and communal existenceIn Japan, where family affairs are typically kept private, Motoyuki Daifu's (born 1985) photographs put forward a raw, unfiltered portrayal of family life. My Family Is a Pubis so I Cover It in Pretty Panties pushes against cultural norms, airing out what Daifu dubs ""dirty laundry,"" with no hesitation. In rejecting the sanitized and idealized images often populating family albums, he embraces the beautiful chaos of familial existence--its messiness, love, tension and intimacy--all unfolding in the tight quarters of his family home in suburban Yokohama. His images, spanning 13 years since 2005, observe his family with both proximity and distance, reflecting his own sense of detachment from them. In their vibrant, overflowing compositions, they suggest that to truly understand a family, one must embrace its chaos. The scattered objects, overlapping lives and unavoidable closeness all speak to the ways in which family shapes and consumes us.
Nick Brandt: The Echo of Our Voices
The fourth chapter of the celebrated series The Day May Break by the renowned photographer Nick Brandt, featuring Syrian refugee families, displaced by climate change in water-scarce JordanThis is the fourth chapter of The Day May Break, photographer Nick Brandt's global series portraying people and animals impacted by climate change and environmental degradation. The series was photographed in Jordan, one of the most water-scarce countries in the world. It features rural Syrian refugee families currently living there, whose lives have been seriously impacted by droughts intensified by climate change. Living lives of continuous displacement, they are forced to move their homes up to several times a year, moving to where there is available agricultural work, to wherever there has been sufficient rainfall to enable crops to grow. The photographs show the families' connection and strength in the face of adversity, that when all else is lost you still have each other. The boxes on which the families gather aim skyward, pedestals for those in our society that are typically unseen and unheard.
I Hear Music in the Streets: New York 1969-89
Capturing the energy of New York City's music subcultures--across hip-hop, punk and rap--through an array of snapshots by photographers including Peter Hujar, Susan Meiselas and many moreFeaturing the work of Arlene Gottfried, Peter Hujar, Stephen Shames, Bruce Davidson, Susan Meiselas, Joseph Rodriguez and 60 other photographers, I Hear Music in the Streets is an ode to New York City's music scenes and subcultures from 1969 to 1989. The book is structured into eight thematic chapters, each exploring different communities, movements and spaces that shaped the city's music scene: "The Bronx Boys," "The Oddballs," "Black Power," "The Pride," "The Subways," "Our Latin Thing," "The Beach" and "Days of Disco." Guiding us through this urban journey is music historian Tim Lawrence, author of the bestselling titles Love Saves the Day (2004), Hold On to Your Dreams (2009) and Life and Death on the New York Dance Floor (2016).Photographers include: Andy Warhol, Arlene Gottfried, Bill Bernstein, Bruce Davidson, Bruce Gilden, Camilo Jos矇 Vergara, Carrie Boretz, Chantal Regnault, Charles Stewart, Chris Stein, David Godlis, David Gonzalez, Diana Davis, Diego Echevarr穩a, Dustin Pittman, Edo Bertoglio, Geraldine Pontius, Helen Levitt, Henry Chalfant, Jack Garofalo, Jamel Shabazz, Jill Krementz, Joseph Rodriguez, Laura Levine, Leee Black Childers, Leon Gast, Leonard Fink, Leonard Freed, Lynn Goldsmith, Martha Cooper, Marylinn K. Yee, Ming Smith, Nan Goldin, Nicholas Taylor, Peter Hujar, Pierre Venant, Richard Sandler, Ricky Flores, Roberta Bayley, Shane McCauley, Stephen Shames, Susan Meiselas, Thomas Hoepker, Tina Paul, Tod Papageorge, Tom Bianchi, Tom Lee, Volker Hinz, Waring Abbott.
Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination
A rich examination of the role of portrait photography in the construction of Africa as a political ideaAt a moment of profound change marked by decolonization and the civil rights period of the mid-20th century, photographers across Africa and the African diaspora used the photographic portrait in order to fuel incipient ideas of Africa. Published in conjunction with a groundbreaking exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination charts international histories of resistance and liberation up to the present day in order to contend with the construction of Africa as a political idea, and the tools that artists used to forge it.Featuring more than 100 photographs by renowned artists of the time, such as Seydou Ke簿ta, Malick Sidib矇 and Jean Depara, and by contemporary artists of African descent, such as Samuel Fosso, Silvia Rosi and Njideka Akunyili-Crosby, this richly illustrated publication explores modes of Pan-African possibility in powerful images of everyday people, where the personal was undeniably political. With an introduction by curator Oluremi C. Onabanjo, excerpts from landmark texts by V.Y. Mudimbe and Brent Hayes Edwards, and a conversation between Yasmina Price and Momtaza Mehri, Ideas of Africa highlights the potential of the photographic portrait as both a creative endeavor and political mechanism.
Francesc Catal?-Roca: A Photographer's Impressions
Snapshots, recollections and anecdotes from the foremost street photographer of 20th-century SpainThe monograph-cum-memoir of photographer Francesc Catal?-Roca (1922-98) stands as a testament to the analog era, and as a landmark for street photography in Spain during the Francoist era. Thirty years after its original publication, this new edition includes previously unpublished images alongside Catal?-Roca's entertaining and spontaneous anecdotes.
Madrid / Washington DC
Discover DC through the eyes of six contemporary Spanish illustrators Published with Embajada de Espa簽a en Washington. The Madrid-DC Drawing Two Capitals project showcases the talents of six Spanish illustrators through their views of the US capital, capturing the essence of the city through a collaborative sketchbook that serves as the basis for this publication.
Chinatowns: Tong Yan Gaai by Morris Lum
In a stunning visual journey, Lum reveals how Chinatowns across North America are defined by both their evolving architecture and their rich cultural identityPublished with WORK BOOK. Over the past decade, Chinese Canadian photographer Morris Lum (born 1983) has embarked on an extensive exploration of the Chinatown communities scattered across Canada and the United States. Focusing on the architecture and evolution of these enclaves, Lum delves into how "Chinese" identity is shaped and expressed through their structures. Using a large-format camera, he has captured Chinatowns in cities such as Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York City and Boston. Through his objective lens, Lum chronicles the rapid transformations these communities face, documenting the shifting architectural and economic landscapes. His colorful photographs offer a poignant visual record, spotlighting both historical and modern-day cultural landmarks--small family-owned businesses, iconic Chinese restaurants and vital community organizations--that define these neighborhoods.
Thomas L矇lu & Lee Shulman: Couldn't Care Less
Add your own spin through stickers to these found photos from the Anonymous Project archive in this photobook you can play withPart photobook, part activity book, Couldn't Care Less represents a team-up between Anonymous Project founder Lee Shulman and Instagram darling Thomas L矇lu. Unveiling a previously unpublished archive of over 90 found photographs from the Anonymous Project, each page includes a blank space to add a selection from the more than 120 aphorisms and short phrases by L矇lu (perhaps "Now is a good time" or "No inspiration today sorry"), handwritten and printed onto sticker sheets bound into the back of the book. Readers are free to combine text and image as they see fit--it's clear that the authors Couldn't Care Less. The book is printed with three different cover options, making it a great gift for your friends and family.
Trucks and Tuks
A celebration of the Indian subcontinent through its intricately adorned trucks and tuksWhite stallions and exotic birds frolic around a waterfall, glamorous Bollywood stars sing, a sunset-silhouetted couple bathe in the ocean--such are the images that adorn the trucks and tuks of the Indian subcontinent. These utilitarian vehicles provide a fertile canvas for the vernacular artists whose color-saturated creativity covers every spare surface.Over the course of four years, photographer Christopher Herwig (author of Fuel's Soviet Bus Stops series and Soviet Metro Stations) travelled 10,000 kilometers in his quest to record this overlooked art form. He has documented the characteristics of each region; from Pakistan in the north, where intricately painted trucks often have a curved wooden peak at the front, symbolizing a princess' tiara, to Sri Lanka in the south, where tuk tuks might equally be painted with holy deities or the Joker from Batman. The designs reflect a driver's identity, faith and aspirations and span a bewildering range of themes: ideals of masculinity might be intertwined with expressions of love and longing, while bold typography urges drivers to blow their horns or promotes a campaign for the education of girls. Sadly, as a result of government directives, alongside the proliferation of cheap, mass-produced decorations, this vibrant cultural expression is in decline, making this project all the more vital.Christopher Herwig is a Canadian photographer and videographer currently based in Sri Lanka.
Murmuration
In the dusk hours of a November evening in 2020, James Crombie set out for the shore of Lough Ennell, Co. Westmeath with no goal except to find a brief reprieve from the chaos of modern life. One of Ireland's most lauded sports photographers, Crombie had spent months each year travelling the globe, snapping glimpses of sporting glory amid roaring crowds. Once the pandemic arrived however, he found himself suspended in an unfamiliar moment of stillness, where his focus could roam beyond the pitch. When a close friend came to him in a moment of grief, the pair made for the lake.What Crombie found on the shore that evening - an undulating murmuration of starlings, dancing above the surface of the water - would change his life forever.Desperate to capture the beauty of the murmurations, and to better understand this phenomenon and the surroundings of the lake itself, Crombie began a four-year journey, travelling to lake shore for over 100 days per year. In his efforts to capture the formations of the magical birds, Crombie managed to chart the stunning natural cycles of the lake and the surrounding countryside. An incredible combination of narrative and photography, this is a book about one man's quest to capture the beauty of an Irish natural phenomenon, and about how our local environments harbour a wealth of beauty and complexity, if only we're able to look closely enough. The book also features an introduction by pioneering ornithologist Se獺n Ronayne.
Red Star Utopia
In Red Star Utopia: Inside North Korea, Austin Andrews uncovers visual clues about the country's hardline isolationist experiment and how it affects the rhythms and routines of its people. Photos in the book include remote parts of the country, seldom if ever visited by foreigners.
Texas Then and Now
This revised and updated edition of Texas Then and Now features the most prominent locations from around the state, pairing vintage photographs with modern shots of the same famous locations today. The Lone Star State: home to thirty million people, the base of multiple sports teams, over two hundred colleges and much, much more.Travel with us to each corner of Texas and learn what makes this a state like no others. Included on these pages are many of the great Texan universities, tourist draws in Austin and Galveston, the historic oil strike at Spindletop, the old stockyards of Fort Worth, the Texas State Capitol in Austin, and the state fairgrounds in Dallas.This collection of Texas landmarks provides a vivid portrait of a dynamic and expanding state, but one that has not forgotten its rich and enduring history. Discover the politics, conflicts and history of the famous figures who lived here and how they've left their mark on buildings, landmarks and the cities themselves.Featuring sites in: Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Houston, Galveston, Beaumont, Washington-on-the-Brazos, College Station, Waco, Hillsboro, Dallas, Fort Worth, Amarillo and Lubbock.Perfect for those born and bred in Texas, anyone wanting to learn more about American history or those who want to be tourists on a ranch for a day.
Transcripts of a Sea
Photographer Stephan Vanfleteren presents his sea-inspired photography, exploring maritime painting's evolution and its connection to past artists from the 17th to 20th centuries. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts (MSK) in Ghent, from 20 September 2025, to 04 January 2026 For the first time, the world-renowned photographer Stephan Vanfleteren will share the enchantment that has drawn him to the sea - or more accurately, into the sea - in recent years. Vanfleteren's fascinating images of the natural world take the viewer on a journey through time. They are inspiring invitations to consider developments in maritime painting in a new light, and to discover how his perspectives intersect with those of painters from the 17th to the 20th centuries.
Eric James Guillemain: Backstage Dreams
Black-and-white photographs of celebrities behind the scenes on set, with cameos by L矇a Seydoux, Anya Taylor-Joy, Robert Pattinson and moreThe first monograph by Eric James Guillemain, Backstage Dreams presents 200 works spanning 15 years of the photographer's career. This book documents intimate and privileged moments when the actor is at their most vulnerable--reserved and self-reflective before any performance--considering, contemplating and caught without preparation. Guillemain's work creates a fascinating juxtaposition of empty theatrical sets with a rare series of portraits revealing that final breath or step from the wings to the stage, from the dressing room to the set. From Wim Wenders to Helen Mirren, Nick Cave, Anya-Taylor Joy, Sigourney Weaver, Isabelle Huppert, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlize Theron, Robert Pattinson, Scarlett Johansson, Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Julianne Moore, Simon Baker, L矇a Seydoux, Juliette Binoche, Marianne Faithfull, Yosuke Kubozuka, Matthew McConaughey, Vanessa Paradis, Carla Bruni, Sophie Marceau, Norman Reedus, Diane Kruger, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sharon Stone and more, this book offers a glimpse into moments that are usually unseen and that evolve into an unexpectedly meditative art experience. They carry the expectation and anticipation of things to come, of creations yet to unfold.
Danny Lyon: Junk
A portrait of once-beloved, now-decaying cars in junkyards across America, from one of the New Journalism's key figuresBrooklyn-born photographer Danny Lyon (born 1942) is one of the most influential photographers of the last six decades. His immersive and groundbreaking works include The Bikeriders (1968), The Destruction of Lower Manhattan (1969) and his 2024 memoir This Is My Life I'm Talking About.When he was 21, Lyon's father passed on to him a 1953 Oldsmobile. He discovered the ecstasy of speeding along Georgia highways during the civil rights movement, with red dirt fields of peanuts and cotton flying by. In the excitement of driving, he realized his own mortality. Lyon's Junk: America in Ruins features approximately 86 American cars, mostly from the 1950s and 1960s, in junkyards across the western United States. The pictures were taken in Nebraska, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma.This is a work of pure visual photography. The premise behind the work is that many things--sculptures, monuments, buildings--take on a new and added beauty as they deteriorate and become ruins: a certain pathos is added to their original beauty. This is true of the automobiles in this series: once the beloved machines of people and families who owned and drove them, they now evoke a terrible beauty and sadness.
Leonora Vicu簽a: Carrusel de Melancolias
Vicu簽a applies her poetic sensibilities to her hand-tinted photographs of Santiago street life under the Chilean dictatorshipRoaming the streets of 1970s Santiago with a Russian camera in hand, poet-turned-photographer Leonora Vicu簽a (born 1952) captured its denizens in bars, cinemas and dance halls, hand-coloring and manipulating them to create a dreamlike, imaginary world removed from an austere reality. This book was published in conjunction with Toluca; Fundacion Lariviere
Suwon Lee: Mr. & Mrs.
Made to honor her grandparents, Lee's innovative photobook is a paean to family history and the allure of vernacular photographyIn rescuing photographs inherited from her paternal grandparents, Suwon Lee (born 1977) traces two lives, from youth to adulthood, in 20th-century Korea. This two-sided book functions as both a family heirloom and a shrine to the art of vernacular photography. This book was published in conjunction with Goma Editora
Wildlove
After the success of the illustrated book "Fragile": One of the most celebrated wildlife photographers in the world presents his long-awaited second major illustrated book​ For his photography, Pedro Jarque Krebs has received more than 100 awards since 2014. He is one of the most awarded wildlife photographers in the world​ Exciting and informative texts about the animals round off this opulent illustrated bookPedro Jarque Krebs presents WildLOVE, his long-awaited second major photo book. With his colorful photography of wild animals, he occupies a special place in wildlife photography. One of the world's most awarded wildlife photographer captures the animals with his camera in a humorous and almost human way. In this way, he builds up an intimate relationship with each animal: WildLOVE.Pedro Jarque Krebs is a most awarded wildlife photographer with more than 100 awards to his credit. His aim is to show the beauty and diversity of wildlife, but also to draw attention to the problems and fragility of the animal world.
Jasmine Benjamin: City of Angels
A vibrant photographic portrait of Los Angeles' dynamic population by one of the city's foremost stylistsAmerican photographer and costume designer Jasmine Benjamin is a California girl. She represents the ease of Northern California, where she was raised, and the cosmopolitan pace of Hollywood, where she lives, and has brought her ever-creative spirit, considerable talent and infallible eye to music industry titans and anonymous citizens alike. City of Angels features more than 120 portraits of daring, expressive Los Angeles creatives shot in locations across the length and breadth of this vast metropolis. The book features iconic streetwear creators, free spirits from Topanga Canyon, surf and skate kids in Venice Beach, edgy Echo Park hipsters, Los Feliz vintage aficionados, shop girls and guys working at boutiques on Melrose, Chicano punks, K-Town cuties, Hollywood royalty, LGBTQIA+ fashion designers, Laurel Canyon bohemians, Black musicians and artists from South Central and Inglewood as well as from the affluent suburbs of Baldwin Hills and historic Leimert Park.With photographs exclusively by Benjamin, this book also features a unique illustrated map of Los Angeles by the artist Isaac Escoto, also known as Sickid, adding an additional artistic dimension. City of Angels is both a tribute to and an in-depth exploration of the essence of LA street culture. It celebrates the rich and diverse style scene of Los Angeles, highlighting a blend of celebrities, local figures, and everyday residents who embody the city's authentic spirit and fashion. Notably, approximately 80% of the individuals featured in the book are native Angelenos or hail from the greater California region, offering an intimate, homegrown perspective that enhances the project's authenticity. This body of work perfectly juxtaposes beauty with edginess, glamour with urban rawness.Jasmine Benjamin has worked as a stylist and sometime creative director for Miguel, Anderson .Paak, Donald Glover, Vince Staples and Chaka Khan, as well as a costume designer for commercials by Nike, the WNBA, Apple Music and Google. Benjamin has been featured in Vogue and Billboard and was named "Top Stylist of 2016" by i-D magazine.
Txema Yeste: Needles
Delicately composed structures of pine needles invite readers to look closer at the surrounding natural world Exquisitely packaged in softcover binding sewn with vegetable thread and housed in a delicate ebony slipcase, Txema Yeste's (born 1972) black-and-white photographs of pine needles play with shadows and textures, revealing unnoticed details and substituting the needles' toughness for a serene charm.
Clark Winter: Here to There
Winter's perceptive photographs of cars across the decades--and around the world--revel in nostalgia while revealing the subtleties of our relationship with automobiles, drivers and the things we see along the waySince their invention, cars have been one of the driving forces behind America's constantly changing culture. Not only have they helped shape the country's sprawling cities and suburban society, but they have inspired films (from American Graffiti to The Fast and the Furious) and songs (from the Beach Boys' zippy Fun, Fun, Fun to Bruce Springsteen's anthemic Thunder Road) and an endless parade of road-trip books.Over the course of half a century, Clark Winter captured images of the car as a symbol of Americana. More intriguingly, he also found a global spirit in this form of transportation in countries such as Spain, Italy and China. Winter's photographs, made in both color and black and white, are not simply focused on the vehicles but rather on the way people physically relate to cars, turning each image into a stage upon which a drama quietly (and sometimes comically) unfolds between owner, passenger and passerby. And because these dramas are universal--eating ice cream in the back seat, waiting for a pump at the gas station, stuck in traffic, busted for speeding--Winter's wide-eyed, often lighthearted pictures invite us to recall and relive our own days of adventure, romance and speed.Clark Winter is a trustee of several cultural institutions, including the June Leaf and Robert Frank Foundation in New York. His previous photobooks include Birds and Free Air.
Dream On: Berlin, the 90s
Hundreds of stunning images documenting historic change in a once-divided cityThe Ostkreuz agency was founded amid the upheavals that took place in East Berlin in 1990. For Dream On, nine Ostkreuz photographers worked together with curators Annette Hauschild (Ostkreuz) and Boaz Levin (C/O Berlin Foundation) to cast a modern-day eye over their extensive archives. As documentarians operating at the apogee of photojournalism, they tracked the changes that the city underwent. They observed the shifts in society and the challenges facing a city previously divided by a wall as it grew together, capturing all this in powerful, personal images. The essays reflect this on a variety of levels: Janos Frecot's examination of the changes in the urban space; Jens Balzer's description of Berlin's potential as a center of creativity and culture; and Anne Rabe's very personal view, as a young East German writer, of today's Berlin.Photographers include: Sibylle Bergemann, Annette Hauschild, Harald Hauswald, Ute Mahler, Werner Mahler, Thomas Meyer, Jordis Antonia Schl繹sser, Anne Sch繹nharting, Maurice Weiss.
Sophie Huguenot: Television
With a large-format camera that contradicts a the fast-paced news cycle, Huguenot unpicks the image-making processes behind everyday mediaFor over a decade, photographer Sophie Huguenot (born 1982) observed the daily news production of RTS Info, a Swiss broadcaster. She focused her attention on the in-between spaces in the fabric of television production and on the banality of day-to-day work.
Toiletmiles Paperaldridge
"In his acid-colored images of lascivious lips, impossibly glossed models and hallucinogenic still lives...Miles Aldridge is plainly heir to some of the 20th century's enduring pop culture visionaries." --Skye Sherwin, Art ReviewFollowing the success of ToiletMartin PaperParr and ToiletAlex PaperPrager, ToiletMiles PaperAldridge is the third magazine collaboration from Toiletpaper duo Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari. British photographer Miles Aldridge (born 1964) has developed an editorial style that is both couture and chromatic but also surreal. He is influenced by the films of Federico Fellini and David Lynch and the photography of Richard Avedon, as well as the album covers and book designs created by his father, Alan Aldridge. Miles began his career in fashion photography shooting covers for W magazine, and his work has subsequently been featured in Time, The Face, the New Yorker and Vogue Italia. He has also shot campaigns for designers such as Yves Saint Laurent, Karl Lagerfeld and Giorgio Armani. One of Aldridge's own inspirations, David Lynch, once said of his work: "Miles sees a color-coordinated, graphically pure, hard-edged reality." This latest issue of Toiletpaper sequences a selection of Aldridge's glamorous and elaborate mise-en-sc癡ne images in a palette of vibrant acidic hues.
Like a Lake
A vivid, imaginative response to the sensual and erotic in postwar American photography, with attention to the beauty of the nude, both male and female When photographer Coda Gray befriends a family with a special interest in a young boy, the motivation behind his special attention is difficult to grasp, "like water slipping through our fingers." Can a man innocently love a boy who is not his own? Using fiction to reveal the truths about families, communities, art objects, love, and mourning, Like a Lake tells the story of ten-year-old Nico, who lives with his father (an Italian- American architect) and his mother (a Japanese-American sculptor who learned how to draw while interned during World War II). Set in the 1960s, this is a story of aesthetic perfection waiting to be broken. Nico's midcentury modern house, with its Italian pottery jars along the outside and its interior lit by Japanese lanterns. The elephant-hide gray, fiberglass reinforced plastic 1951 Eames rocking chair, with metal legs and birch runners. Clam consomm矇 with kombu, giant kelp, yuzu rind, and a little fennel--in each bowl, two clams opened like a pair of butterflies, symbols of the happy couple. Nico's boyish delight in developing photographs under the red safety light of Coda's "Floating Zendo"-- the darkroom boat that he keeps on Lake Tahoe. The lives of Nico, his parents, and Coda embody northern California's postwar landscape, giving way to fissures of alternative lifestyles and poetic visions. Author Carol Mavor addresses the sensuality and complexity of a son's love for his mother and that mother's own erotic response to it. The relationship between the mother and son is paralleled by what it means for a boy to be a model for a male photographer and to be his muse. Just as water can freeze into snow and ice, melt back into water, and steam, love takes on new forms with shifts of atmosphere. Like a Lake's haunting images and sensations stay with the reader.
There Was Always Someone Taking Photos
A selection of found photography from the turn of the century in East GermanyThis volume gathers private photo albums from East Germany dating from 1980 to 2000. Treating photography as a social practice, it reviews how the images were produced and the ways in which they reflect the political conditions of the times.Note this title's special book features: The book is a so-called rough cut. The sheets are uncut, which means it has pages still joined at the fore edges. This type of binding refers to the traditional bookbinder's practice of not trimming the edges of the folded paper signatures before binding a book; instead, the user would cut them to read and/or see.
Science/Fiction: A Non-History of Plants
Photographers from Anna Atkins to Jochen Lempert illustrate our fascination with plants in the age of technologyFrom scientific discoveries to animist beliefs, plants are an inexhaustible source of stories that reveal our most intimate desires and fears. Photography is the primary witness to his phenomenon. Science/Fiction questions human projections and representations of the vegetal world, bringing to light the subjectivity, intelligence and expressive abilities of plants. The publication traces a visual history of plants, linking art, technology and science from the mid-19th century to the present day through two conceptual frameworks: scientific and fictional. Bringing together more than 30 artists across different periods of time and parts of the world, it employs the logic of the science fiction novel, taking us from a stable, identifiable world and gradually plunging us into uncertain landscapes.Artists include: Anna Atkins, Karl Blossfeldt, Elspeth Diederix, Sam Falls, Joan Fontcuberta, Stephen Gill, Jochen Lempert, Angelica Mesiti, Agnieszka Polska, Anais Tondeur.
Above and Across San Francisco
Above and Across San Francisco captures the stunning beauty of San Francisco as seen from the sky. Showcasing the city's diverse architecture, bustling streets, notable landmarks and buildings, and gorgeous coastline, the images capture San Francisco's vibrant character and historical significance. The photographers featured in the book share their unique perspectives to create a contemporary portrayal of the city, in all its breathtaking beauty.Through a series of stunning images, readers are invited to explore the city's iconic landmarks, including the Transamerica Pyramid, Coit Tower, the Presidio, the Ferry Terminal, and the iconic Bay and Golden Gate Bridges, as well as lesser-known corners of the city. Above and Across San Francisco features stunning aerial shots that offer a bird's-eye view of the city, capturing its natural scenery and urban landscape in an entirely new light. With its striking visuals and thoughtful commentary, including a foreword by Stacy Williams, Executive Director of The American Institute of Architects - San Francisco, this photography book is a must-have for anyone who loves San Francisco or wants to experience its beauty from a new perspective.Featured photographers include: Cocu Liu, Diane Bentley Raymond, Howard Kingsnorth, Jack Landau, Jay Huang, Jeffery Xin, John Montoya, Kris Kuganathan, and Lichao Liu.
The 80s
Taking you behind the lens during a decade of significant social and political change, discover the remarkable transformation of British photography in the 1980s and its impact on art across the world This book will trace critical developments in photographic art in the UK, made by a diverse range of photographers in and around the Thatcher era (1976-1993). Rather than presenting a comprehensive history, the book will showcase more than 70 lens-based artists, and reveal numerous small histories, known and unknown, presented by a constellation of image makers (particularly Global Majority photographers), photography journals, photographer collectives, and theorists. The publication will also pay close attention to the intersection between photography and the British Black arts movement, and to the theoretical developments in photography and representation from the perspectives of postmodernism and cultural theory by British scholars from the period, namely John Tagg, Victor Burgin, and Stuart Hall. Photographers include Don McCullin, Martin Parr, Ingrid Pollard, Sunil Gupta, Wolfgang Tillmans, Keith Arnatt, Vanley Burke, Sirkka-Liisa Kontinnen, Marketa Luskacova, Joy Gregory, Paul Graham, Ajamu X, and many more key figures.
Forgotten Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Eros Russell captures the beauty of decay in Middle Tennessee's abandoned homes, revealing their hidden stories.Eros Russell, a curious explorer in Middle Tennessee, is captivated by forgotten and abandoned buildings, homes, and belongings scattered along backroads and desolate small towns. Driving aimlessly, he encounters dilapidated homes, wondering about their past inhabitants and the memories held within. Using photography, he breathes life into these forgotten places, finding beauty in decay and the stories they tell.Urban exploring is more than just capturing images; it's about discovering the history and lessons embedded in each scene. From rusted tin roofs to structures engulfed in vines, each detail tells a tale of time's passage and nature's reclaiming. It's about finding art in history and beauty in the forgotten, seeing legacy where others see decay. In his explorations, Eros is drawn to the remains of stories he cannot hear, finding awe and reverence in the structures left behind.
