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Andres Gonzalez - American Origami
Isbn 9789490119812
Publisher Fw: Books
Idea code 19403
€ 58.35
‘American Origami’ is the result of six years of photographic research by Andres Gonzalez. The project closely examines the epidemic of mass shootings in American schools, interweaving first-person interviews, forensic documents, press materials, and original photographs. The book takes its reader through a visual journey of shared grief and atonement to illuminate moments of beauty and pose moral questions embedded in acts of collective healing. Bound in a unique way, the varied elements repeat and fold into each other, creating a parallel world of past and present, and showing the silenced landscape together with the personal artefacts created by those left behind.
384 p, ills colour, 25 x 28 cm, pb, English
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Geert Goiris - World Without Us
Isbn 9789492811578
Publisher Roma Publications
Idea code 19423
€ 48.15
The downfall of the world is probably one of the oldest human conceptions. Representations of the End are often embedded in religious narratives predicting an apocalyptic event in which only the righteous will survive the final judgment. Yet since the end of World War II, a major shift has occurred. The apocalypse is no longer a divine punishment, but it is humans who have gained the ability to exterminate themselves. This book of recent photographs by Geert Goiris is the final piece of a practice-based PhD research in the arts, conducted at the Royal academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, in collaboration with the University of Antwerp. With an extensive interview by Steven Humblet.
172 p, ills colour, 22 x 26 cm, pb, English
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Paul Cupido - Amazonia
Isbn 9789082396645
Publisher Alauda Publications
Idea code 19472
€ 52.00
There is perhaps no place on our planet that is imbued with more spirituality than the Amazon rainforest. During his artist’s residency at LABVERDE, a programme for artistic immersion in the Brazilian Amazon, Paul Cupido took his camera and entered into a silent dialogue with this enchanting and mystical environment, focusing on leaves, foliage, water, and the moon. His photographic work revolves around the principle of mu, a philosophical concept that is open to countless interpretations. Mu can be considered a void, albeit one that holds potential. With ‘Amazônia’, he explores the ephemeral and symbolic correspondences between the body and the earth.
132 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 32 cm, pb, Portuguese/English
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Stephanie Roland - Event Horizon
Isbn 9789492051455
Publisher The Eriskay Connection
Idea code 19457
€ 30.00
‘Event Horizon’ is a constructed fictional narrative that immerses the reader in a nocturnal and mysterious atmosphere of anticipation. Belgian photographer Stéphanie Roland depicts childhood from an unusual perspective, capturing the gravity and mysteries that this period of life also involves, not just the carefree world usually associated with children. The series shows the children as well as their “mental images”, visions of the future, disturbing memories, and strange dreams from the subconscious. With a taste for the suspenseful, Roland creates a somewhat menacing cosmos, a singular world where both utopian and dystopian perspectives become a field for experimentation.
96 p, ills colour, 22 x 30 cm, pb, English
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Michael Ashkin - Were It Not For
Isbn 9789490119805
Publisher Fw: Books
Idea code 19417
€ 35.00
American artist Michael Ashkin works across a range of media: painting, photography, video, sculpture, and text. Uniting these diverse practices is a conceptual focus on the way that notions of spaces and place, landscape and self are shaped by wider political and economic forces. The photographs in this series were all shot in the Mojave Desert and are joined in this publication with a textual work. The combination creates a powerful sense of unease throughout the document, one that explores the idea of fear and haunting as an effect of the violent legacies contained within the landscape, as well as a function of the technologies that we use to represent it.
256 p, ills colour, 22 x 28 cm, pb, English
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Nicola Nunziata - Album
Isbn 9789490119782
Publisher Fw: Books
Idea code 19441
€ 30.00
For this new project, the Italian photographer Nicola Nunziata returned to his personal research topics about the materiality of photographs and the photographic objecthood. During a residency fellowship from 2017 to 2018 at the ICCD in Rome, one of the largest public institutes for photography conservation in Italy, he focused on 20th-century photographic albums, categorising the archive in topics related to the object and subject of the medium. In close collaboration with designer Hans Gremmen, Nunziata has made ‘Album’ into a layered, kaleidoscopic book in which the reader becomes lost while travelling through the wonders of photography.
192 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, hb, English
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Lucas Leffler - Silver Creek
Isbn 9789492051448
Publisher The Eriskay Connection
Idea code 19458
€ 20.00
In the 1920s a Belgian factory accidentally disposed of tons of silver as a by-product of producing photographic film. This ended up in a nearby creek, colouring the mud black. In 1927 a tool maker realised the kind of fortune being washed away daily, and invented a system to recover the sludge from the creek and extract the silver. The story, perhaps a myth, fascinated Lucas Leffler. ‘Silver Creek’ is the result of his research project. He scoured archives, newspaper clippings, and other documents, and photographed the factory and the creek. He also took samples from the creek, trying to find traces of silver, and even turned the sludge into artworks using a screen-printing technique.
32 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 29 cm, pb, English
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Stijn Van Der Linden - Essay On The Concave City Corner
Isbn 9788797010327
Publisher Photobook Week Aarhus Award
Idea code 19459
€ 42.90
Stijn van der Linden presents his scientifically detailed, in-depth analysis of an urban feature seen in every city: the concave corner. Drawn from a personal collection of photographs of corners encountered during the photographer’s travels between 2010 and 2017, as well as personal forms of exploration of the transformation from space to place, the publication addresses how the city becomes a place. In the process, it explores how the act of photography can contribute to such corners, viewed as parts of the generic city, becoming more specifically linked to personal experience through spatial and geometrical analysis, colour extraction and analysis, material identification, and more.
144 p, ills colour & bw, 13 x 37 cm, hb, English
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Hans Bol God's Allies Revisited
Isbn 9789080876774
Publisher Recto Verso Publications
Idea code 19430
€ 26.25
Following on Hans Bol’s 2018 publication ‘God’s Allies’, in which he presented his black-and-white photographs of crows and ravens, ‘Revisited’ features silver gelatin prints that depict the darker and perhaps more divine side of these intriguing birds. After all, crows and ravens have gained a reputation for being intelligent, alert, and playful, and are often associated with both death and good fortune. At the same time, the publication is a personal celebration of the photographer’s craft. Bol goes on at length about his long hours of concentration in the darkroom, experimenting with chemical processes and chance, allowing himself the freedom to be precise, but not too precise.
64 p, ills colour & bw, 15 x 21 cm, pb, Dutch/English
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Mari Katayama - Gift
Isbn 9784908600043
Publisher United Vagabonds
Idea code 19190
€ 48.45
This first book by Mari Katayama is both a retrospective and a document of her evolution as a photographer and artist. Katayama, who was born with tibial hemimelia, a rare deficiency that prevented growth in the lower legs and caused a cleft left hand that resembles a crab’s pincers, amputated her legs at age nine. She explores the possibilities of her own body by creating situations that manipulate the way we see her and painting tattoo-like designs on her prosthetics. Intricately embroidered, pillow-like objects in the shape of limbs and mannequins combine with self-portrait photography to elucidate uncanny and alluring expressions of a DIY aesthetic and notions of beauty.
136 p, ills colour, 22 x 31 cm, hb, Japanese/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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Bardhi Haliti; May 25 Is Now October 1
Isbn 9783952471050
Publisher Cpress
Idea code 19294
€ 34.50
With more autonomy in 1974, Kosovo saw an upsurge in urban planning and architectural freedom, enabled by modernism and in turn expressed through competitive sports and a shift away from ethnic particularities, which signalled a shift West. This image collection by Bardhi Haliti is the result of seven years of research in Kosovar newspapers published between 1974 and 2018. The images have been variously cropped, zoomed, and paired by similarity. The choreography is not meant to render them valuable objects, but rather to help find their meaning beyond that which is found within the now unfashionable sports halls constructed throughout Kosovo during the Yugoslavian period.
662 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 24 cm, pb, English
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Csilla Klenyanszki - Pillars Of Home
Isbn 9789082988505
Publisher Csilla Klenyanszki
Idea code 19320
€ 30.00
For the series entitled ‘Pillars of Home’, visual artist Csilla Klenyánszki built 98 sculptures that reach from the floor to the ceiling using everyday objects found in her apartment. The temporary installations are of different scales and their level of complexity is also varied. The carefully arranged objects balance each other, seemingly about to collapse at any moment. The delicate sculptures, hastily constructed during her son’s nap, somehow balance on the border between the virtual world and reality. They spring up everywhere in her home – the living room, kitchen, bedroom, and even the staircase – existing in what became a temporary studio for no more than 30 minutes at a time.
148 p, ills colour, 15 x 21 cm, hb, English
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Drew Nikonowicz - This World And Others Like It
Isbn 9789490119744
Publisher Fw: Books
Idea code 19149
€ 38.00
Thousands of explorable realities exist through imagery from rovers and probes, virtual role-playing, and video games. Within the contemporary wilderness, robots have replaced photographers as mediators, producing images completely dislocated from human experience. This suggests that the sublime landscape is now only accessible through the boundaries of technology. Drew Nikonowicz investigates the role of the 21st-century explorer by combining computer modelling with analogue photographic processes. Drawing upon the language of survey images from the 19th century, he questions the relationship with current methods of record making.
98 p, ills colour, 22 x 29 cm, pb, English
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Henk Wildschut - Rooted
Isbn 9789082588514
Publisher Henk Wildschut
Idea code 19327
€ 39.00
‘Rooted’ is the third and last part of an unintended trilogy by Henk Wildschut on the lives of refugees and migrants. The exquisitely bound book focuses on the many refugee camp residents who find hope, consolation, and dignity in nurturing a few plants. These miniature gardens are often just a few tin cans planted with flowers, or of a handful of seeds struggling to sprout in a patch of meagre soil. They symbolize a longing for something resembling a normal existence. Wildschut has photographed micro-gardens in refugee camps in Tunisia, Jordan, and Lebanon, and recounts the stories of the gardeners who are now stranded, with little choice but to put down roots in foreign soil.
160 p, ills colour, 19 x 23 cm, pb, English
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How We See: Photobooks By Women
Isbn 9780692144299
Publisher 10 X 10 Photobooks
Idea code 19065
€ 70.20
This anthology documents ‘How We See’, a travelling public reading room comprising 100 photography books by an international range of female photographers. Although women have made significant contributions to the rich history of photobooks, their numbers in prominent publisher inventories and among widely promoted books are relatively small when compared to their male peers. This close examination of the distinctive qualities of these books by women, such as content, design, and intellectual attributes, offers a means of understanding and re-establishing their place within the photobook practice and genre. Includes an annotated history, essays, and reference lists.
306 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 25 cm, pb, English
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Louise Enhorning: Agape
Isbn 9789188031815
Publisher Art And Theory Publishing
Idea code 19408
€ 39.60
Louise Enhörning's latest body of work is a meditation on love of different kinds. The title "Agape" references the Greek term for a form of non-romantic love, affection, charity. The series of photographs with their luminous colours and unearthly atmosphere deal simultaneously with depth and surface, the real and the superficial. In a seemingly random sequence of photographs, a rhythm emerges, weaving a complex web of discovery. The book features an evocative essay by Swedish art critic, philosopher, and writer Lars-Erik Hjertström Lappalainen which takes the reader on a short journey through Louise Enhörning's distinctive world of love.
80 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 25 cm, hb, English
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Claudia Kent: It's Just Sex
Isbn 9789188031808
Publisher Art And Theory Publishing
Idea code 19383
€ 37.40
Swedish photographer Claudia Kent captures intimate images that challenge norms surrounding bodies and sexualities while also exploring identity, nudity, gender, and intimacy. ‘It’s Just Sex’ honours all those who have sought and continue to seek greater appreciation and respect for the rich diversity of human sexuality. It is the result of a documentary project conducted between 2013 and 2018 in Germany, Sweden, Australia, and the United States, and comprises portraits of people who fall under the broad category of “queer”, be it through self-identification or because they simply find that they challenge norms relating to gender and sexuality. A reflection on our shared humanity.
144 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 34 cm, hb, Swedish/English
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Mike Slack - Walking In Place 2 Berlin
Isbn 9780987637161
Publisher Perimeter Editions
Idea code 19371
€ 24.75
Following up on the first ‘Walking in Place’ book, in which photographer Mike Slack wanders through New Orleans, this second instalment makes a journey through Berlin. Slack has a keen eye for the mundane, snapping pics of the many easily overlooked sights this capital city has to offer. Whether it is a faded vending machine, architectural detail, urban vegetation, public artwork, park playground, or unusual object behind a grimy shop window, his camera frames everything in a fresh new light. From familiar landmarks to the hidden corners of Germany’s beating heart, Slack pushes us to take a closer look, to seek out those fascinating perspectives that might otherwise go unnoticed.
84 p, ills colour & bw, 11 x 19 cm, pb, English
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Oasis - Stephane Ruchaud
Isbn 9791097416195
Publisher Rue Du Bouquet
Idea code 19360
€ 51.05
Photographer Stéphane Ruchaud’s ‘Oasis’ is a reverie that immerses us in the heart of a sensory experience inspired by summer; a photographic exploration into the imagination of the material of the season. It is suspended time, where sensations are exacerbated by softness, heat, and light, a true escape which takes us away from daily life. The reverie allows us to be attentive to sensations, textures, and movements, and to sometimes look at the world in a more sensual way. The images follow each other, the stories intermingle. Moving between landscapes, still lifes, and fictional portraits, it connects to a collective imagination. With a text by Christophe Honoré.
84 p, ills colour, 23 x 29 cm, pb, French/English
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La Movida: A Chronicle Of Turmoil
Isbn 9788493968267
Publisher Cabeza De Chorlito
Idea code 19394
€ 39.80
From 1978 and for almost a decade following, Madrid was both the origin and epicentre of an upheaval. “La Movida” was not an artistic movement, nor did it have a political manifesto. Rather, it was an emergence; a countercultural, youthful convulsion. The ostracism and short-sightedness that characterised the dictatorship were being left behind and a restless cohort of young people was diving into life. Four photographers captured the zeitgeist like no other: Miguel Trillo, Pablo Pérez-Mínguez, Ouka Leele, and Alberto García-Alix. The impact of La Movida reverberated through all the layers of Spanish society with a creativity and visual imagery that merged with the heart of the times.
128 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 33 cm, pb, Spanish/English
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Nobuyoshi Araki - Theater Of Love
Isbn 9784908526121
Publisher Case Publishing
Idea code 19421
€ 73.95
“I’ve found a cabinet box, labelled “Theater of Love”. Opening it, there were about 150 prints inside. They must have been taken around ’65, back when I was clicking away on an Olympus Pen F, experimenting with thermal development, fooling around with printing and film developing techniques. The photos are a record of me, the women and the life and the places of that era. Seems like I called them “Theater of Love” in those days. But either way — good stuff. Good photos. You can’t get this with digital.” - Nobuyoshi ArakiThe series consists of around 100 photographs taken around the year 1965, when Araki was working at advertising giant Dentsu. The photos, first shown at an exhibition at Taka Ishii Gallery in February 2011, are presented as a postcard-sized book, hidden in a Fuji photographic paper box replica, the same way Araki discovered his old prints.
250 , ills colour & bw, 13 x 18 cm, box, Japanese/English
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Daido Moriyama: Record 41
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Publisher Akio Nagasawa
Idea code 19382
€ 26.30
In this instalment of ‘Record’, Daido Moriyama writes that, if everything goes as planned, a movie themed around him and the processes of his photographic work will be released later in 2019. He also claims that he has not been inside a movie theatre in almost ten years. It seems strange, since Moriyama has said that he spent a lot of time in cinemas when he was young. When someone once asked him to name his favourite film, he pondered for a while before finally coming up with the answer: David Lynch’s ‘Eraserhead’. The movie’s aesthetic, the darkness that permeates every light and shadow, has evidently made a profound, indelible mark on Moriyama and his practice.
48 p, ills bw, 21 x 28 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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An Early Album Of The World - Photographs 1842-1896
Isbn 9786148035272
Publisher Kaph Books
Idea code 19415
€ 37.65
This history of the dissemination of photography as a form of documentation and an instrument of discovering and understanding the world and its people includes a wide selection of images from the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition at Louvre Abu Dhabi, it provides historical and technical aspects that give an understanding of the geopolitical circumstances in which photography was introduced in various parts of the world, highlighting the key elements and chronological boundaries of the appropriation of the medium outside of Europe, the work of local photographers, and the role of governments.
192 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 28 cm, hb, English
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Perfect Little Sam - The Marly Method
Isbn 9789081760737
Publisher Jan Dirk Van Den Burg
Idea code 19283
€ 10.00
When Dutch actress Marly van der Velden took to Instagram to document the childhood of her baby girl, she cleverly combined profiling with censoring. Her photo and selfie policy is the ultimate solution for parents who currently struggle with if and how they can present their children on social media. The “Marly Method” allows for the display of a successful and happy family life while maintaining the child’s privacy at all times. This book clarifies the Marly Method through an in-depth exploration into the applied censoring techniques. It provides meaningful guidelines for parents who want to present themselves on social media but leave their children as anonymous as possible.
104 p, ills colour, 11 x 23 cm, pb, Dutch/English
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Sato Shintaro - The Origin Of Tokyo
Isbn 9784861527227
Publisher Seigensha
Idea code 19322
€ 35.00
After starting out as a news photographer, Shintaro Sato has worked as a freelance photographer since 2002. His work is themed around the distinctive atmosphere (the “soul”) of Tokyo. Geological features influence the way cities are designed, and the combination of human activities, the history of the land itself, and the history of the city that grows upon it eventually generates this atmosphere. With its stunning urban scenes and panoramas photographed from high viewpoints, always at dusk or night, this book is a supplement to Sato’s earlier publication ‘Tokyo Twilight Zone’ (2008), a collection of photographs capturing scenes of Tokyo from emergency staircases.
72 p, ils colour, 30 x 28 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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Syoin Kanjii - Dive To Bangladesh
Isbn 9784898155059
Publisher Little More
Idea code 19202
€ 36.95
Born in Japan, Syoin Kajii graduated with a degree in Esoteric Buddhism and thereafter underwent formal training as a monk. The various countries he has since visited and photographed include Vietnam, Cambodia, and Papua New Guinea. The photo series ‘Dive to Bangladesh’, made between 2013 and 2018, turns a casual and light-hearted but very critical eye on the living and working conditions in Dhaka, particularly the lives of the women and youth working in garment factories, as well as the tight-knit communities of “hijra” (transgender) people, who face social stigma, poverty, and indiscriminate violence. Walking among the outcasts, Kajii witnesses their struggle.
144 p, ills colour, 26 x 18 cm, pb, Japanese/English
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