Individual photographers Books
Hatje Cantz Loli Kantor Call me Lola
Book SynopsisA contribution to shared memoriesCall Me Lola is a moving photo essay by the acclaimed Israeli-American lens-based artist and documentarian Loli Kantor. For over twenty years, she combed through the family archives of her Polish-born father, a doctor and political activist. At the center of her work is her mother, Lola, who died in childbirth: a woman who manifests herself principally through images and stories rather than direct memories. The family documents and photographs that retrace the artist's personal history are shown alongside new camera-based works, resulting in a deeply subjective reflection on the most significant upheavals of the twentieth century: war and displacement, love and loss, trauma and grief.
£38.40
Hirmer Sherrie Nickol
Book SynopsisSherrie Nickol is a New Yorkbased photographer.
£40.00
Prestel Valie Export: Photography
Book SynopsisCombining selections from her celebrated performance pieces as well as independent projects, Valie Export's photography takes center stage in this unprecedented exploration that offers new insights into the career of an early radical feminist artist. In groundbreaking controversial works such as Touch and Tap Cinema and Action Pants: Genital Panic, Valie Export was one of the first feminist artists to reconsider the ways in which the female body is depicted in conventional film and media. This volume considers how Export's photography plays into these projects, as a means of documentation, as experiments, or as independent works. Beginning in the late 1960s it spans decades of conceptual photographs that critically examine visual images and mass media's modes of functioning, portrayal, and perception. Rarely seen publicly, these photographs afford new insights into Export's oeuvre. They are situated at the nexus of film, video, and body art and causally linked to the socially critical and feminist issues around subject and space, performance and visual image, body and gaze, and femininity and representation. The volume traces Export's photographic work as parallel to her first performance pieces and then later in her career as she investigates all characteristics of the photographic image, from one-point perspective to cropping, to the temporal implications of static individual images. Accompanying the first exhibition to highlighting Export's photographs, this stunning volume was produced in close collaboration with the artist and reflects her exacting standards and vision.
£36.00
Prestel Masahisa Fukase: Private Scenes
Book SynopsisPublished for the first time in book form, this startling and intimate collection of late images by the great twentieth-century photographer comprises the series Private Scenes and Letters from Journeys. One of the most important Japanese photographers of the last century, Masahisa Fukase was known for exploring themes of isolation, loneliness and melancholy and for his transgressive and intimate approach to the medium. This volume includes two of his last and arguably most personal series. Private Scenes features photographs taken over the course of the year 1989 in different locations around the world and in which he is both subject and photographer. He then painted over the prints with colored washes to create an entirely new piece. For this same series, he later photographed scenes from daily life, this time in Tokyo, changing camera and adding the date on his photographs, but still representing himself in the images. This book reproduces for the first time in book form all of the photographs that make up both original series. It charts a turning point in Fukase's work-an artist grappling with his medium and with a compulsion to share his personal experiences with his audience. The photographs are accompanied by a text by Masako Toda, who offers a contextual and historical consideration of Fukase's oeuvre.
£32.00
Prestel 50 Contemporary Photographers You Should Know
Book SynopsisThe newest addition to Prestel s highly successful 50...You Should Know series offers the perfect introduction to the best contemporary photographers and their most iconic works. This globetrotting collection of contemporary photographers and their work is a great way to become familiar with the wide variety of techniques and styles embraced by the medium. Organized chronologically by year of birth, each photographer is introduced in double-page spreads that feature reproductions of their work and a perceptive and concise appreciation of their life and career. From Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama, famous for his images of post-war Japan, to Richard Mosse, an Irish conceptual documentarian who uses infrared film to document war in the Eastern Congo from a bold new perspective, this book offers an exciting array of familiar and not-so-familiar works. Among the photographers included are Nan Goldin, William Eggleston, Sebastia o Salgado, Sally Mann, Nobuyoshi Araki, Dayanita Singh, Juergen Teller, and Alec Soth.By reaching across the globe and including artists whose work is experimental, groundbreaking, thought-provoking, or beautiful, this book presents a panoply of today s most remarkable photographers. "
£13.49
Prestel Equivalents: Scott Mead
Book SynopsisIn Above the Clouds, Scott Mead contemplated the endless horizons outside of a plane’s window and the inner and outer journeys they bring about. Now he turns his gaze back to earth, where the view is just as extraordinary. Inspired by William Eggleston, Mead’s former teacher, this series of paired photographs focuses on composition, texture, light, shadows, and color to show how nature and the built world can mirror and contain each other. Although not always immediately obvious, the qualities these images share and the relationships between them help us see the world with a new perspective, with results that are in turn evocative, exhilarating, and lyrical. Writer and poet Brad Leithauser’s thoughtful and reflective introduction sheds additional light on the complex and joyous interaction between the photographs and the emotions they create. All royalties from the sale of this book will be donated to the Ukraine Relief Effort.
£29.75
Prestel Feeling Seen: The Photographs of Campbell Addy
Book SynopsisCandid and personal, dazzling with color and immediacy, this first and only monograph of a rising star of the photography scene features work from major labels and magazines, outtakes from shoots, and newly commissioned texts by Edward Enninful and Ekow Eshun on the importance of authentic diversity behind and in front of the camera. From major portraits of the likes of Kendall Jenner, FKA Twigs, and Tyler, the Creator to cover shoots for leading magazines such as Time, Rolling Stone, and Garage, Campbell Addy has quickly become one of the most in-demand photographers of his generation. The book opens with a foreword by British Vogue's editor-in-chief, Edward Enninful, discussing the powerful intersection of photography, race, beauty, and representation. This is followed by a broad selection of Addy's striking photographs, which range from prominent fashion and magazine commissions to candid portraiture. Featuring recognizable cover shots alongside unpublished outtakes and unseen photography, viewers are afforded insight into Addy's creative process on set. Quotes from leading Black figures including Naomi Campbell and Nadine Ijewere are woven between Addy's striking imagery, in which these trailblazing Black creatives reflect on the first time they felt seen in their industry. The book closes with a deeper exploration of Addy's more personal imagery and influences, paying tribute to the heritage of Black photographers through the work of Ajamu and James Barnor. In conversation with curator and writer Ekow Eshun, Addy balances his own experiences as a queer, Black photographer who left his Jehovah's Witness family home at sixteen with broader questions of identity, intimacy, and art which face many creatives today. Charged with energy, compassion and authenticity, this inaugural monograph signals a major talent whose influence and stature will only grow with time.
£31.99
Prestel Women Photographers: From Anna Atkins to Newsha
Book SynopsisNow enlarged and updated, this introduction to the greatest and famous women photographers of all time features the most important works of sixty artists, along with in-depth biographical and critical assessments. Since the inception of photography as an art form nearly two hundred years ago, women have played an important role in the development of the genre, often pushing boundaries and defying social convention. This comprehensive volume features sixty of the most important women photographers-including, new to this edition, Annette Kelm, Miho Kajioka, and Ming Smith. Every artistic style and genre is represented here: moody and haunting portraits by Julia Margaret Cameron and Diane Arbus; highly personal images from Nan Goldin and Sally Mann; world- changing documentary photographs by Dorothea Lange and Berenice Abbot; scenes of everyday life from Lisette Model and Helen Levitt; fashion shoots from Lillian Bassman and Ellen von Unwerth. Splendid reproductions of key works and an in-depth overview of each artist's career and their contributions to the art of photography are featured along with biographical information and a contextual essay focusing on the impact of women in the history of the medium, which makes this an excellent illustrated reference.
£25.60
Taschen GmbH Peter Lindbergh. Shadows on the Wall
Book Synopsis“What is merely beautiful has always bored me. I’m interested in what is powerful and real.” —Peter Lindbergh With such credits as shooting the first American Vogue cover under Editor-in-Chief Anna Wintour, bringing together for the first time a group of young women who would become the ’90s supermodels, and numerous solo exhibitions at world-renowned institutions including the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, and the Gagosian in London, Peter Lindbergh is a master of his craft who has made his mark in the halls of photography history. The industry quickly became enamored with his almost anti-fashion photography, capturing the zeitgeist and the spirit of his subjects rather than pursuing today’s search for perfection, which he considers inhuman. Handpicked from 37,000 unreleased photos from his groundbreaking 2017 Pirelli calendar shoot, Lindbergh offers an intimate insight into a pool of extraordinary talent: Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Charlotte Rampling, Dame Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain, Kate Winslet, Léa Seydoux, Lupita Nyong’o, Penélope Cruz, Robin Wright, Rooney Mara, Uma Thurman, and Zhang Ziyi. His message is simple. These intimate images represent a different kind of beauty, far away from society’s obsession with youth and perfection; one which is concerned with individuality, the courage to be yourself, and your very own sensibility.Trade Review“148-pages of truly engaging portraiture.” * 10 Magazine *“Peter Lindbergh, renowned for his alternately cinematic and naturalistic portraits of models and screen sirens, aimed to demonstrate that there is beauty in age and, more than that, audacity.” * The New York Times *
£100.00
Steidl Publishers Bailey's East End
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£56.25
Steidl Publishers Bryan Adams: Wounded
Book SynopsisIn his new book, Wounded: The Legacy of War, Bryan Adams presents portraits of young British soldiers who have suffered life-changing injury in Iraq and Afghanistan or during training. His lens bares witness to their scars, disability and disfigurement. This unexpected directness challenges the viewer. At the same time the images reveal the sheer grit and bravery of the victims who, despite personal sacrifice, live each day with continued vim, vigour and dignity. What we see are staggering portraits of inspiring individuals who whilst not faltering have stood the test of war and lived to tell the tale. The images come with haunting interviews which provide a narrative to each personal journey to recovery.
£38.40
Steidl Publishers Hack Wit: Roni Horn
Book SynopsisHack Wit is a playful and complex body of work developed between 2013 and 2015, using clichés or proverbs and watercolor. For each work, the artist made two watercolors of a different proverb, cut them apart and then combined them into one. The Canadian poet Anne Carson wrote the text Hack Gloss in response to the “Hack Wit” drawings.
£33.60
Seltmann Publishers GmbH Tango Metropolis: Rolf Sachsse about the Contact
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£7.50
Steidl Publishers Orhan Pamuk: Balkon
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£24.00
Steidl Publishers Dayanita Singh: Zakir Hussain Maquette
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£28.00
Steidl Publishers Anastasia Samoylova: FloodZone
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£28.00
Steidl Publishers Miles Aldridge: Please Please Return Polaroid
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£44.00
Steidl Publishers Michael Wesely: The Camera was present 2010-2020
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£26.25
Steidl Publishers Edward Burtynsky: Natural Order
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£67.50
Steidl Publishers Dayanita Singh: Book Building
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£21.25
Steidl Publishers Fazal Sheikh, Teju Cole: Human Archipelago (2021)
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£28.00
Steidl Benoît Peverelli CHANEL Fittings and Backstage
Book SynopsisBorn in 1970 in Switzerland, Benoît Peverelli began his career as a photojournalist for Swiss daily newspapers. In 1991 he co-founded the music magazine Vibrations and in 1993 he relocated to New York, working for publications including the New York Times, Life and John F. Kennedy Jr.'s political magazine George. Peverelli has furthermore photographed musicians throughout the Americas and Africa, as well as record covers for labels including Blue Note and Verve. In 2002 he returned to Europe, settling in Paris where he took up fashion photography while continuing to make portraits and reportage. In 2014 Peverelli co-edited the Steidl book Balthus The Last Studies, and in 2016 he directed the musical film Paysage Cantique / Le Cantique des Cantiques.
£112.50
teNeues Publishing UK Ltd Dog: Portraits of Eighty-Eight Dogs and One
Book SynopsisTein Lucasson loves ALL dogs. For this reason, the graphic designer, art director and producer uses photos of dogs sent to him by his fans and friends to create high-quality artistic images that look like paintings of old masters: from the Labrador in an aristocratic coat with a ruff to the promenade mix in a sailor's uniform. Each dog has its own unmistakable character, which Tein brings closer to its readers in witty, bizarre and thoughtful texts. After the success of Portraits of Eighty-Eight Cats and One Very Wise Zebra, Tein now presents his second illustrated book for teNeues: Lovingly designed, this book is a must for every dog lover's shelf. The perfect gift for all lovers of our four-legged companions. Text in English, German, French and Italian.
£17.00
teNeues Publishing UK Ltd London Vertical
Book SynopsisThe coffee-table book London Vertical is a delight both for lovers of the British capital and for fans of Hamann's work. Whether Big Ben, Tower Bridge, London Eye or The Shard, Hamann presents all these sights, which have already been photographed thousands of times, in his own creative way and thus creates something completely new. It is fun to pick up this illustrated book again and again, because the unusual approach to the motifs is interesting for the eye and brings new details to the fore. The passionate photo artist was born in Mannheim in 1958 and discovered the camera for himself at the age of 11. Having grown up on two continents, Europe and America, he began an intensive artistic exploration of the extreme format of panorama photography in 1985. But it was not until 1991 that what Hamann's followers adore about him today happened: He turned his camera to portrait format for the first time at the intersection of 41st Street and Avenue of the Americas and has since been called the "inventor" of vertical photography among insiders. His photographs not only testify to his great skill and compositional talent, Hamann manages in a unique way to stage well-known motifs in a completely new way. As a reader, you look at his pictures with curiosity and look forward anew to recognising the sights in each photo. Text in English and German.
£31.96
Gestalten Life in Images
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£82.50
Kehrer Verlag Gas And Glamour
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£28.00
Kehrer Verlag Love From Manenberg
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£33.75
Kehrer Verlag Secret Of Light
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£36.80
Steidl Publishers Gordon Parks: Pittsburgh Grease Plant, 1944-1946
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£43.20
Steidl Publishers Jamel Shabazz: Albums
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£36.00
Steidl Publishers Juergen Teller: Notes About My Work
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£17.00
Steidl Publishers Jim Dine With Fragile Spirit
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£38.00
Steidl Publishers Bruce Davidson The Way Back
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£45.00
Steidl Ken Narula Iris Lens
Book SynopsisBorn in 1976, Ken Narula is a photographer and collector of Leica cameras and lenses based in London and Bangkok. A graduate in business and finance, Narula realized his passion for photography after the profound experience of life-changing eye surgery. Parallel to owning multiple companies, he has spent decades establishing one of today's largest assortments of Leica objects and has traveled worldwide photographing with his museum-worthy collection.
£36.00
Steidl Publishers Juergen Teller: More Handbags
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£40.00
Dirimart Sharon Neshat: Mourners from the Book of Kings
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£17.10
La Fabrica Joel Meyerowitz Europa 19661967
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£40.40
Distributed Art Pub Suwon Lee Mr. Mrs.
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£30.60
Distributed Art Pub Pablo Ortiz Monasterio Tenochtitlan
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£35.62
RM Verlag SL David Jiménez Roma
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£41.62
RM Verlag SL On the Geography of Green
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£51.00
Edition Circle Søren Solkær: Starling
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£52.70
Silvana Werner Bischof
Book SynopsisMonograph commemorating German photojournalist Werner Bischof (1916-1954), who reported on devastation in Germany, France and the Netherlands after World War II. Featuring over 100 black-and-white photographs, this collection of Bischof's images conveys his sense of empathy and humanity. Text in English, Italian and French.
£22.46
Silvana Olive Trees: Jacques Berthet
Book SynopsisBack-lit in the morning, the olive tree differs greatly in appearance from in the afternoon or at sunset, each time offering new perspectives as well as new photographic collections. Jacques Berthet has long been interested in the olive tree. The idea of studying them came to him during a photography project which took Berthet all around the Mediterranean: from the Alentejo region in Portugal to the Pleistos Valley at Delphi, passing through Kabylia, Tunisia, to the Middle East, in Israel and the West Bank. In his photography, Berthet opts for black and white to distance himself from botany and move closer towards sculpture or drawing, opting for backlighting to single out the chosen tree against the backdrop of the olive grove which remains bathed in light. The olive tree has remained a significant influence in the everyday life of cultures around the Mediterranean. In ancient poetry and writing, it is the most venerated of trees. The Greeks made it a sacred tree (particularly for its oil, used in lamps), and so have the people of Tunisia and Algeria in more recent times. In Islamic cultures, it is the cosmic tree, the centre and the pillar of the world, symbolising universal man. What sets the olive tree apart from many other species is that no two trees look alike, and its fate is closely linked with that of man. Text in English and French.
£27.00
Silvana Lartigue Kertész
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£28.80
Silvana Walter Rosenblum
Book SynopsisThis volume brings together all the main stages of the work of Walter Rosenblum, one of the most important American photographers of the last century. Accompanies an exhibition at Padoa, Galleria Cavour from 15 February to 4 May 2025. Text in English and Italian.
£27.00
Silvana Man Ray
£28.00
Skira Alexander Rodchenko
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£28.80
