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New Titles in Photography 20 June 2019
Elspeth Diederix - When Red Disappears

Isbn 9789490119775
Publisher Fw: Books
Idea code 19235
€ 34.05

For her series 'When Red Disappears' Elspeth Diederix, ventured into the secret gardens of the Dutch waters in Zeeland. The benthic flora and fauna of this chilly, turbid, green-grey water turned out to display an extraordinary visual richness that was a perfect complement to the large body of botanical work that Diederix has made in gardens and parks. Enthused and inspired, she took on the ordeal of diving there in order to make underwater photographs of the astonishing colour formations revealed by her lights. Through Diederix’ goggles we glimpse an unspoiled underwater paradise, where life – in the form of shells, sponges, seaweeds, anemones and other organisms – shows its most colourful side.

88 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 33 cm, hb, English

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Lynn Alleva Lilley - Deep Time

Isbn 9789492051424
Publisher The Eriskay Connection
Idea code 19218
€ 36.95

Photographer Lynn Alleva Lilley continues her interest in the confluence of art, science, and the natural world with ‘Deep Time’. For a number of years she photographed the interplay of light and water in Delaware Bay, mostly during the summer. Seeing stray horseshoe crabs washed ashore was a familiar sight, but one day for the first time she saw one swimming on its back. Fascinated by this observation, she started exploring the world of this 450-million-year-old “living fossil”. The result is this immersive book in which she poetically captures the beauty of our planet and the mysterious life of the horseshoe crab, pondering our place in time and evolution among life forms.

160 p, ills colour, 20 x 28 cm, hb, English

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Inge Meijer - The Plant Collection

Isbn 9789492811530
Publisher Roma Publications
Idea code 19249
€ 28.00

When Willem Sandberg, the newly appointed director of Amsterdam’s Stedelijk Museum, held an exhibition in 1946 in honour of Piet Mondrian, he did something quite remarkable. He placed a Swiss cheese plant next to Mondrian’s paintings. For Sandberg, the aesthetic placement of a plant in the museum made a statement. No longer would the Stedelijk be an elite temple for art; rather, he wanted the public to become accustomed to contemporary art in a familiar, domestic environment. Artist Inge Meijer investigated the vanished and subsequently forgotten vegetation in the museum during the 1945–1983 period for this book, rendering its history once again visible.

112 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 30 cm, pb, Dutch/English

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Unseen Issue 6

Isbn 9789082264241
Publisher Unseen Magazine
Idea code 19251
€ 10.00

The magazine’s sixth issue, the first ever spring/summer edition, addresses a number of questions. What does the relationship between an artist and their muse look like? How can an artist use their craft and curiosity to reflect on broader social issues? What kind of legacy do they leave behind? All this and more is explored through fourteen features, including a day in the studio with outspoken Iranian-American artist Sheda Soleimani, a tribute to photographer Jacqueline Hassink, Tanya Habjouqa’s take on Jerusalem as a divided city, the portrayal of religious practices in photography, impressions of Singapore by Carlos Alba, Zoë Corbyn’s speculation on mining asteroids, and more.

192 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 27 cm, pb, English

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Jan Kempenaers - Belgian Colonial Monuments

Isbn 9789492811509
Publisher Roma Publications
Idea code 19201
€ 23.35

This book contains an inventory consisting of 40 colonial monuments related to the Belgian colonial past, from King Leopold II’s Free State to the independence of Congo in 1960, which to date and without exception can all be found in the Belgian public space. Today we experience monuments and the symbolism of memory and veneration in a different way than when they were conceived. The colonial era still has an impact on today’s society, which is why the memorials are now rightly under discussion.

72 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 22 cm, pb, Dutch/English

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Christoph Nuessli- Googly Eyes

Isbn 9783952471043
Publisher Cpress
Idea code 19177
€ 14.75

'googly eyes' is an inventory of fried eggs on Deli store fronts in Brooklyn. Through re-photographing these food replicas and cutting up texts Nüssli explores a fast changing neighbourhood, while trying to understand current American politics and consumer culture without loosing his humor. “Stick with us. Don't believe the crap you see from these people. Just remember what you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening.” – Where to look if you do not want to watch anymore?

68 p, ills colour, 23 x 31 cm, pb, English

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MacGuffin 07: The Trousers

Isbn 24058203
Publisher Macguffin
Idea code 19155
€ 22.35

Dress up this spring with MacGuffin 07, dedicated to an object that is so much more than a garment: it’s a mirror of desires and passions far beyond reason. In ‘The Trousers’, MacGuffin empties the wardrobe and slips into survival gear, baggies with attitude, working uniforms, drainpipes, cargo shorts, laced-fly jeans, sexless saggy sack cloths, tent slacks, yoga leggings, and bad-boy trousers. The burning question of course is: are pants really all about ass? Featuring Umberto Eco, Paul Gorman, Emily King, Gert Jonkers, Karlheinz Weinberger, Emma McClendon, and many many more.

224 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 28 cm, pb, English

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Marwan Bassiouni - New Dutch Views

Isbn 9789462263307
Publisher Lecturis
Idea code 19285
€ 30.00

The series ‘New Dutch Views’ started as Marwan Bassiouni’s graduation project and was since developed further. Now it appears as a book with many new photographs and autobiographical reflections, published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Fotomuseum in The Hague. Bassiouni visited polders, industrial areas, small villages, inner cities, and outlying suburbs throughout the Netherlands to capture typical views framed by mosque windows. The result is a powerful visual experience, a mixed representation of identity, society, and the portrayal of Islam in Western culture. Moreover, it is a rebuttal from the perspective of Dutch Muslims of Islam’s often negative perception.

64 p, ills colour, 29 x 38 cm, pb, English

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Nomenus 1: Dream Yourself Awake

Isbn 26324202
Publisher Nomenus
Idea code 19284
€ 1.00

The first edition of the biannual magazine published by ‘Nomenus Quarterly’ features contributions from John Baldessari, Fendi, Fleur de Roeck, Alec Soth, Christopher Anderson, Paolo Ventura, Erik Madigan Heck, James Welling, Marcel Dzama, Mercedes Helnwein, and François Halard. In addition, it presents Gerhard Richter’s ‘The Annunciation (After Titian)’, Milton Glaser’s ‘Purgatorio’, and ‘The Dance of Death’ by Hans Holbein. Five unique, limited edition artist covers by Lawrence Weiner, Marcel Dzama, Paolo Ventura, Fleur de Roeck, and Milton Glaser are available. Each cover is printed on uncoated paper and hand tipped onto the semi-gloss cover.

200 p, ills colour, 23 x 31 cm, pb, English

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Erik Kessels: In Almost Every Picture 15

Isbn 9789070478506
Publisher Kesselskramer
Idea code 19272
€ 25.00

From careful brushes to jealous scribbles, the stylistic range of how figures are censored is quite diverse. But the defacements here seem more concerned with the censor’s own feelings rather than enhancing the overall aesthetic. In these images it is easy to deduce that the censored figures are women – snippets of purses or high heels, the blobs’ lingering feminine form. The censor’s hand lends them an eerie quality, whether by accident or not. Yet the pictures are also very romantic. A woman loves her man so much, she wishes to never see him with anyone else but her. Rather than destroying or discarding the pictures entirely, her markings let everyone know, “He’s mine”.

104 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 20 cm, pb, English

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Gerco De Ruijter - Grid Corrections

Isbn 9789462084889
Publisher Nai010 Publishers
Idea code 19267
€ 49.95

In the late 18th century surveyors divided the American Midwest into neat squares of exactly one mile. Because the Earth is round, however, the lines tapered to the north. The grid therefore needed to be corrected, and evidence of these adjustments can be found at intervals of 20 miles. While driving along the dead straight, dusty roads in Kansas, aerial photographer Gerco de Ruijter found small bends and T-junctions, each one different, in an otherwise completely geometric road network. Designed by Irma Boom, this book features De Ruijter’s selection of over 250 grid corrections, a testimony to the human urge to design the landscape and the many ways nature responds.

304 p, ills colour, 22 x 22 cm, hb, Dutch/English

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Sarah Pannell - Tabriz To Shiraz

Isbn 9780987637147
Publisher Perimeter Editions
Idea code 19200
€ 32.90

Sarah Pannell is an Australian documentary photographer whose work concerns culture, landscape, tradition, and community. In her travels, she observes how a landscape is marked by both history and accelerated modernisation, and her work captures the tension between these different influences. ‘Tabriz to Shiraz’, her first book, offers an insight into the culture of contemporary Iran. Captured in her considered snapshot style of photography while couch surfing her way across Iran, the series of photographs challenges widespread preconceptions about this Middle Eastern nation, framing often mundane, everyday scenes and spaces in unusual and unexpected ways.

64 p, ills colour, 22 x 27 cm, hb, English

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Kazuo Shinohara - View From This Side

Isbn 9783906213286
Publisher Rollo Press
Idea code 19241
€ 19.50

Kazuo Shinohara passed away in 2006, leaving behind a vast legacy of works and influence. This book offers a selection from his rarely seen colour slides, which were made during his travels. The pictures are for the most part rapidly composed and casually shot, and were mainly taken in cities. Featured are snapshots from his five significant overseas journeys, which he embarked on between 1972 and 1985. From street scenes and impressions of townscapes, to the occasional monumental building or open space, the images were captured on 35 mm film for the purpose of recording details, unusual perspectives, and mere oddities. It is the travel diary of a seasoned architect.

98 p, ills colour, 13 x 18 cm, pb, English

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Bruno Stettler - Als War's das Letzte Mal

Isbn 9783906822266
Publisher Sturm & Drang
Idea code 19141
€ 57.95

Between 1978 and 1988, Swiss photographer Bruno Stettler captured around 100 rock and pop concerts in and around Zurich, resulting in a trove of 20,000 pictures. He was a witness and documentarist of a time of musical awakening, with names like Queen, AC/DC, Blondie, The Clash, Kraftwerk, David Bowie, and many more, when the distance from stage to audience was only a few metres. Now, after decades in storage, his negatives have been digitised. The scratches, defects, and coarse grain were deliberately left in their original condition for this 400-page photobook. Many images received a real retro or vintage effect, the imperfections of the time translating into authenticity today.

400 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 31 cm, pb, German

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Daido Moriyama: Record 40

Isbn
Publisher Akio Nagasawa
Idea code 19223
€ 26.30

In this edition, Daido Moriyama publishes his snaps from a trip to Paris the previous year, in connection with the Paris Photo fair. While wandering in the Saint-Michel neighbourhood, Rue Mouffetard, and the area around Moulin Rouge taking pictures, his thoughts gradually drifted to memories of 30 years ago, when he lived in Paris for a brief period. Moriyama reflects on his obsession at the time to open a private gallery, which for a variety of reasons failed to become a reality, so he ended up spending his days roaming the city’s streets instead. Picture this: a 50-year-old Japanese man with a camera, totally bewildered, who speaks no French and only some broken English.

120 p, ills bw, 21 x 28 cm, pb, Japanese/English

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Felix Wilson - Nocturnal Ecologies

Isbn 9780987637109
Publisher Perimeter Editions
Idea code 19254
€ 24.75

‘Nocturnal Ecologies’, photographer Felix Wilson’s debut book, offers an ecology of images: native Australian possums, insects, bats, and city plants converse with the fossilised remains of kangaroos and vegetative forms found in brown coal. The illuminated buildings, streets, and public spaces that characterise the city of Melbourne tie its inhabitants to the immense brown coal mines and power stations of the Latrobe Valley, some 150 kilometres east, via a vast network of electrical infrastructure. By burning brown coal, Wilson implies, we artificially irradiate the modern city, decimate species, and in turn entwine our contemporary pursuits and follies with that of deep time.

72 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 24 cm, pb, English

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Kazal - The Memories Of Kazal, A Photographic Approach

Isbn 9791092265811
Publisher Andre Frere Editions
Idea code 19225
€ 31.20

‘Kazal’ is a photographic project that acknowledges the troubled history of François Duvalier’s dictatorship in Haiti by telling the tragedy of Kazal, a village north of Port-au-Prince. Military and militia crushed an uprising of peasants angered by the regime’s abusive taxes in spring 1969, forbidding them from taking water from the river that flowed through their rural commune. The massacre perpetrated there was later erased from official memory. Over the course of three years, six Haitian photographers from the post-Duvalier generation created a dialogue with the inhabitants of Kazal to interrogate their memories of places and events, mapping a long, complex personal journey.

200 p, ills colour, 20 x 28 cm, hb, Haitian Creole/French/English

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Hgesch - Polaroids

Isbn 9789462263321
Publisher Lecturis
Idea code 19210
€ 25.00

For the first half of his 30-year career, architectural photographer HG Esch initially worked with Polaroid materials as a proof. Using a positive image from a cassette with nearly the same dimensions as the film in large-format photography, aspects such as lighting, grey values, and gradation scales can be tested. He collected these proofs as studies in their own respect, and the results have not always matched the final image. This book presents these Polaroid images, which cover a range of subjects and places that spans the history of architecture, from churches in Cologne to the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, and from airports in Asia to the clay city of Shibam in Yemen.

144 p, ills colour & bw, 16 x 20 cm, hb, German/English

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