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New Titles in Photography 10 August 2022
Dana Lixenberg - Polaroid 54/59/79

Isbn 9789464460223
Publisher Roma Publications
Idea code 22382
€ 55.00

Dana Lixenberg’s ‘Polaroid 54/59/79’ is a remarkable collection reflecting the American celebrity culture she encountered in the 1990s and 2000s. It takes us back to the heyday of print media, when photos were primarily analogue. The title refers to the types of peel-apart instant film Lixenberg used between 1993 and 2010, when Polaroid prints formed an essential part of her work process, serving as test and reference material for lighting and composition. She made these Polaroid tests in between shooting, usually in black and white. Their inherently analogue qualities – marked by uneven patches, notes, scratches, or fingerprints – attest to their uniqueness and utilitarian function.

296 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 31 cm, pb, English

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Crystal Bennes - Klara and the Bomb

Isbn 9789492051820
Publisher The Eriskay Connection
Idea code 22420
€ 35.00

‘Klara and the Bomb’ is a fascinating work that charts connecting threads between the invention of modern computers, the history of nuclear weapons, and the narratives of the women involved. Artist-researcher Crystal Bennes combines fieldwork images with archival research, declassified documents, military propaganda, historical images, and an extensive textual narrative to shed light on the little-known life of Klara von Neumann. This Hungarian-American woman is considered one of the first computer programmers. Her story highlights the extent to which women were involved in the development of both computing and nuclear weapons from the 1940s onwards.

320 p, ills colour, 17 x 23 cm, pb, English

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MacGuffin 11: The Chain

Isbn 24058203
Publisher Macguffin
Idea code 22446
€ 22.35

From charms and chokers to shackles and fetters, 'MacGuffin 11' explores the many manifestations of that most contradictory of objects: ‘The Chain’. Worn with love since time immemorial, it is also the ultimate symbol of slavery and suffering. Linking together royals and rappers, provocative punks and crashed cars, cycling skirts and classic scarfs, caged wrestlers and medieval warriors, hyperlinks and haunted houses, Baltic protestors and Cuban revolutionaries, 'The Chain' features Inigo Laguda, Jacqueline de Jong, Harris Blondman, Scheltens & Abbenes, Olivia Ahmad, Rab Messina, Kai Lobjakas, and many more.

192 p, ills colour & bw, 21 x 27 cm, pb, English

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Charlott Markus - Some Things Bleak

Isbn 9789083165875
Publisher Fw: Books
Idea code 22451
€ 40.00

'Some Things Bleak', a publication about seeing versus not seeing, about gender, class and climate, a work about representation and reproduction. In short, a vehicle for perception and togetherness. After leaving an artist in residence in Japan spring 2019 and being back in Amsterdam Markus felt the need for silence and contemplation. Intuitively she built a studio setting in the forest and a photographic process began. It started with a found tarpaulin; the same kind of blue tarp that is a common sight in Japan and if one looks closer most often a shelter for someone homeless appears.

80 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 34 cm, hb, English

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Jan Dirk van der Burg - Typical Dutch

Isbn 9789462086678
Publisher Nai010 Publishers
Idea code 22434
€ 29.95

'Typical Dutch' shows what the Netherlands looks like, a country in which the urge to stand out and the urge to belong fight for precedence. In recent years Jan Dirk van der Burg known from the newspapers NRC and de Volkskrant, who is also ‘Fotograaf des Vaderlands’ (Photographer of the Netherlands), travelled the country to capture it in pictures. 'Typical Dutch' bundles Van der Burg’s remarkable photo series into a bizarre portrait of a country that considers itself very ordinary. If you think you know the Netherlands, buy this book.

256 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 27 cm, pb, English

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Chosen Family - Less Alone Together

Isbn 9783856169749
Publisher Christoph Merian
Idea code 22385
€ 40.85

Family means (elective) kinship and blood ties, but it may also mean a lifelong sense of connection and, in the best-case scenario, a slice of home. Having things in common is an important part of family – and yet has nothing to do with it. ‘Chosen Family’ presents contemporary photographers who tackle family histories and configurations in a variety of ways. The works and the accompanying texts tell of the idiosyncrasies, passions, and shortcomings of family constellations, challenging our traditional notions of family and clearly showing that family is always individual. With contributions by Nan Goldin, Larry Clark, Aarati Akkapeddi, Seiichi Furuya, Diana Markosian, and more.

200 p, ills colour & bw, 20 x 29 cm, pb, English

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Izabela Pluta - Nihilartikel

Isbn 9781922545107
Publisher Perimeter Editions
Idea code 22447
€ 42.75

The German term ‘nihilartikel’ describes intentional errors or fictitious entries in reference works such as dictionaries, encyclopaedias, indexes, and maps, the purpose of which is to identify copies. For artist Izabela Pluta, the idea that the term itself could be a hoax and that fictional items might inhabit a volume of perceived knowledge is a way of grappling with concepts of authenticity, knowledge-making, representation, and the mediation of scientific artefacts through art. Her pluralistic approach to photography and engagement with specific sites and collected ephemera seeks to undermine the very nature of such pursuits towards understanding phenomena and natural forces.

130 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 32 cm, pb, English

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Empty Chair

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Publisher Lensvelt
Idea code 22442
€ 25.00

‘Empty Chair’ is a book that deals with the subject of absence. Looking at an empty chair makes us wonder who could sit or who might have just been sitting there. Not knowing or being able to see this makes us more curious and adds tension and mystery to a photograph. What purpose will the empty chair serve next? Who will be its new companion? Will we ever know? By delving through archives of private family albums and online resources, Erik Kessels and Karel De Mulder have compiled an entire book of photographs that feature an empty chair with at least one person in the frame: holiday snapshots, garden picnics, relaxing at the beach, or just having a drink.

160 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 22 cm, pb, English

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Jean Painlevé - Les Pieds dans L'eau

Isbn 9782915704945
Publisher Jeu De Paume
Idea code 22428
€ 10.20

Photographer and filmmaker Jean Painlevé (1902–1989) dedicated his life to investigating and documenting fauna, especially the underwater world. Over a period of 60 years, he shot more than 200 short films, distinguished by the descriptiveness of the motifs and his approach, which was both meticulous and experimental. Painlevé’s observations are extraordinary; his shots, sometimes surreal, sometimes humorous, provide insight into the curious world of octopuses, seahorses, and sea urchins, making us aware of the fragility of various ecosystems. This publication appears in conjunction with an exhibition on his work by Pia Viewing, curator at the Jeu de Paume in Paris.

48 p, ills colour & bw, 22 x 31 cm, pb, French/English

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Pauline Julier - Meadow

Isbn 9789464460216
Publisher Roma Publications
Idea code 22422
€ 22.00

‘Meadow’ is part of the Occupy Mars project conducted by Pauline Julier and Clément Postec, which sees Mars as a mirror of Earth at the dawn of the new age of space exploration, extractivism, and colonialism. Through a series of films, publications, and public discussions, it bridges multiple alternative perspectives that question both past and future to bring new narratives to the fore and give insurgent voices a platform. A first exploration took place in the Atacama Desert in Chile, where the training sites for NASA's rovers are located next to one of the largest lithium mines in the world. Published on the occasion of Julier’s exhibition near the Mauvoisin Dam in Switzerland.

192 p, ills colour & bw, 18 x 25 cm, pb, English

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Marjolein Blom - Failing Forward

Isbn 9789492051790
Publisher The Eriskay Connection
Idea code 22444
€ 32.00

Just half a century ago, optimism about scientific progress seemed endless. While the innovations from the space industry found a way into our everyday lives, however, science grew increasingly distant from the everyday world. Scientific interpretations are complex and difficult for non-experts to grasp, resulting in an exchange based on trust. Ambiguity, curiosity, and unpredictability are fundamental elements in its process. In ‘Falling Forward’, Marjolein Blom explores what connects art and science. Mysteries from the mundane world are interwoven with images from the NASA archive in a kaleidoscopic work of oddities that focuses on the notion of the attempt.

112 p, ills colour, 21 x 29 cm, pb, English

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Josée Pedneault - Contre-jour

Isbn 9789083227412
Publisher Free Pony Press
Idea code 22456
€ 34.00

Contre-jour emerges from a photographic experiment carried out in Japan where artist Josée Pedneault created a visual calendar materializing the duration of her trip. Seventy-five photograms exposed daily to the sun are combined with a series of nighttime photographs of cherry blossoms. Contre-jour captures the light of day through the continuous movement of the Earth on itself and around the Sun. Through opposites and contrasts, the book-object offers in every detail of its structure a meditation on time and a contemplation on the cyclical measures that punctuate our lives. An essay by Safia Belmenouar accompanies the publication.

200 p, ills colour, 15 x 23 cm, pb, French/English

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Wolfram Hahn - Burgbergstrasse

Isbn 9783907112496
Publisher Vexer Verlag
Idea code 22429
€ 24.50

Wolfram Hahn addresses the history of the buildings and inhabitants of Burgbergstrasse in Crailsheim, Germany. The road passes through a former air base built for the Wehrmacht in 1936. Since then, the area has been used for various military and civilian purposes: the US Armed Forces had barracks there until 1994, the German military maintained an equipment depot, and housing was set up for refugees and people in need. Created between 2017 and 2019, Hahn’s series points to the continuities of these uses and captures the simultaneity of conflicting impressions by combining his own photos with images from private family albums and archives, as well as historical material.

144 p, ills colour & bw, 15 x 20 cm, pb, German/English

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Nicole Zachmann - The Battered Trust

Isbn 9783907112458
Publisher Vexer Verlag
Idea code 22431
€ 36.75

Nicole Zachmann’s photographic project reveals details of a world whose subjects seem familiar and at the same time leave the beholder perplexed. Things and places familiar to us from everyday life appear, yet are notably abstracted. People are distinctly absent in these depictions, which seem to withdraw in an effort to clearly name and classify reality as a forlorn but also sensual occupation. Placed between the images, Judith Keller’s words enter into a direct dialogue with them. They are sentences ripped from their context, sometimes seemingly banal, while at the same time making inroads into our everyday lives. They speak of the longing for meaning behind the surface.

216 p, ills colour & bw, 17 x 22 cm, pb, German/English

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