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Photobooks whose main theme is the portrait. An extremely vast and rich theme of infinite variations: academic, posed or in action; photos of people, families, groups, in a studio, at home, at work, outdoors; tight framing, American, full portrait; refined clichés, modified, reassembled, etc.
Photobooks whose main theme is the portrait. An extremely vast and rich theme of infinite variations: academic, posed or in action; photos of people, families, groups, in a studio, at home, at work, outdoors; tight framing, American, full portrait; refined clichés, modified, reassembled, etc.
Portrait There are 1284 books.
Embera-Chamis – ¡Chao Nos Vemos!
In the "POV Female" series ("POV" for point of view) by the English publishing house oodee, the fourth city to be visited (after London, Tokyo and Johannesburg) is Bogota, Colombia. This series presents works by unpublished female photographers from each city, and each city is represented by 5 photographers (see "Suggestions" tab for the other Bogota...
25,00 €In Stock.Last copy!. In the "POV Female" series ("POV" for point of view) by the English publishing house oodee, the fourth city to be visited (after London, Tokyo and Johannesburg) is Bogota, Colombia. This series presents works by unpublished female photographers from each city, and each city is represented by 5 photographers (see "Suggestions" tab for the...
25,00 €Out of stock.Sold out. In the "POV Female" series ("POV" for point of view) by the English publishing house oodee, the fourth city to be visited (after London, Tokyo and Johannesburg) is Bogota, Colombia.This series presents works by unpublished female photographers from each city, and each city is represented by 5 photographers (see "Suggestions" tab for the other...
Le Temps d'Avant - Ltd edition (*signed w/...
Publisher's presentation : "I was 15, 16, 17 years old, I took a crazy pleasure making my 6 x 6 color slides, seeing the world moving on the surface of the focusing screen, then contemplating my little transparent squares, burning imprints of what I was, of what I loved, the glow of the setting sun through the trees, the faces of Pierre, the little...
250,00 €In StockPublisher's presentation :"I was 15, 16, 17 years old. I took an immense pleasure to make my 6 x 6 slides, to see the world moving on the matte surface of the focusing screen, then to contemplate my little transparent squares, burning imprints of what I was, from what I loved. The glow of the setting sun through the trees, the faces of Pierre, the...
25,00 €In StockPresentation by Editions du LIC: "The debut monograph from Osma Harvilhati presented in a limited edition cloth covered hardcover book. This First Edition is limited to just 460 numbered copies.Immediately distinguished by their vibrant palettes and inventive compositions, Osma Harvilahti’s photographs stem from a wilful resolve to aestheticise the world...
47,00 €Out of stock.Back in stock.From the back cover: "While growing into one of the biggest European centers of coal and steel, Charleroi in Belgium was populated by migrant workers coming from many countries. Today overgrown slag heaps and closed down steelworks remind of the city's heyday. Jens Olof Lasthein walks the streets to discover the power and spirit of...
48,00 €In Stock.Sold out.Publisher's presentation: "Between 2006 and 2013, Lucas Foglia traveled throughout rural Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming, some of the least populated regions in the United States. Frontcountry is a photographic account of people living in the midst of a mining boom that is transforming the modern American West. "After A...
Publisher's presentation: "The black-and-white images were photographed within the confines of a house in a Johannesburg suburb, the location of which remains a mystery. The inhabitants of the house, both people and animals, and most notably, the ever-present birds, are the cast who perform within a sculptural and decorated theatrical interior that Roger...
48,00 €In StockPublisher's presentation: " In the shape of a true Paris map, Martin Parr invites us to follow him in the French capital. For three years, commissioned by the Maison Européeenne de la Photographie (MEP), Martin Parr has focused his lens on Parisians and photographed the Champs-Elysées, tourists, Bastille Day, fashion shows, Paris Air Show, museums and art...
35,00 €Out of stock.Sold out.Publisher's presentation:"UMBRA delves into the world of shadows. A darkness that is seductive and deceptive. A darkness that lies in every human soul, as a still black lake with a surface flat as a mirror that can not be but shattered. UMBRA is, naturally, also the story of light, from its blinding qualities to its brittle brightness. The ever...
.One copy available.Publisher's presentation: "Scarti di avviamento is the technical term for the paper that is fed through the printing press to clean the drums of ink between print runs. This by-product is usually destroyed once the book is printed. But in this case the 'scarti' – Italian for scraps - were saved and safely stored away by publisher Gigi...
50,00 €Out of stockNo Pain Whatsoever is a series made on a rather long period (1985 - 2009) during which Ken Grant took pictures of his contemporaries in his hometown of Liverpool. Lively Black & White portraits, often touching, of people leading a difficult life in neighbourhoods that look much like others often seen in the works of what is sometimes called the...
39,00 €In StockIn Coal not Dole Michael Kerstgens documents the sad and famous miners' strike of 1984 and 1985 in South Wales and Yorkshire. Michael Kerstgens, then still a student, is interested in the daily and family life, and the social life during this extremely tough period of time. He takes us in the miners' homes, to the union's club, to the meetings, and on the...
36,00 €Out of stockPublisher's description: "Jane Hilton first encountered Madam Kitty’s Cathouse in 1998. In 2000 she was commissioned by the BBC to make ten documentary films in this brothel and one other close by, both situated in Nevada, U.S.A. These films took three years to make. In 2012 Jane decided to return with her plate camera.Although prostitution is one of the...
35,00 €In Stock.Sold out.i, in italic, is the title of this really beautiful book, and certainly a symbol for the hunched figures of elder people that Eamonn Doyle has been photographing in the Dublin streets.A very touching and delicate series: crafted portraits of faces, attitudes and bodies, a keen eye for the coats, the fabrics, the bags; the artist gives us his...
NIhonjin is a beautiful series of portraits, realised mainly in Tokyo and Kyoto, of the inhabitants in their daily life and activities, in the streets, in the shops, in the public transportations... A rather classical photography, yet animated and full of colors, and that connects (more than it opposes) what is often represented - with a foreign and...
29,00 €In Stock.Only one copy.Publisher's presentation: "A portrait of an area and the inherent social interactions between youth, crime and the law, Our Kids Are Going to Hell describes Hackney and east London, but also provides a commentary on a wider narrative familiar to all urban nocturnal clashes.Robin Maddock spent three years accompanying local police going...
40,00 €Out of stockOur Kids Are Going to Hell (*signed*)
.Sold out.NB : Please note that we are also offering unsigned copies of this book (see "Suggestions" tab).Publisher's presentation: "A portrait of an area and the inherent social interactions between youth, crime and the law, Our Kids Are Going to Hell describes Hackney and east London, but also provides a commentary on a wider narrative familiar to all...
.Back in stock. Presentation by Editorial RM: "Stump is a radical close-up treatment of the spectacle of American politics in an era marked by unprecedented political partisanship, most notably during the recent presidential campaign. As one of today's most influential political photographers, Anderson has enjoyed rare behind-the-scenes access to the...
24,00 €Out of stock.Sold out.The portraits appearing in Ad Infinitum are from tombstones found in cemeteries in Hong-Kong.This series is a work both on the passage of time and the loss of memory, as the portraits all vanish little by little; and also on the disappearance of the individual within the humanity, as the vanishing process is similar to all the photographies and...
.Currently unavailable. Publisher's presentation : "La S.A.P.E, ou Société des Ambianceurs et Personnes Elégantes, est un phénomène vestimentaire et culturel s’inspirant du dandysme, apparu au Congo à l’époque de sa colonisation par les Français. Les Sapeurs congolais entretiennent aujourd’hui ce mythe de la sophistication parisienne en se parant de leurs...
35,00 €Out of stockIntroduction to the project Another Family by Irina Popova on the "Indiegogo" platform: "This story started in 2008 when i got an assignment to make a project about feelings.I was wandering through the streets of St. Petersburg at night and there I met Lilya, a punk girl, who was completely drunk. She was pushing a baby carriage with her little daughter...
39,00 €Out of stockThe Disappeared - 2nd ed. (*signed*)
The Disappeared is a book about the blurring and dissolution of identity, both in the larger body of a population, and in the oblivion of time passing... But these vanishing images also reassemble into a collective memory, by leaving an unclear and diffuse mark in people's minds, and becoming an almost real representation of the pain and the suffering...
25,00 €Out of stockGo There by Gen Sakuma, the second book published by Roshin Books (after Watabe Yukichi's Stakeout Diary), is a superb series of Black & White in and around Tokyo. This work was started in 2006.Lavishly printed, with a bright red cover, this is really a beautiful production!We are offering here the standard edition of this book, but please note that...
39,00 €In StockGo There (*special edition w/ print*)
Go There by Gen Sakuma, the second book published by Roshin Books (after Watabe Yukichi's Stakeout Diary), is a superb series of Black & White in and around Tokyo. This work was started in 2006.Lavishly printed, with a bright red cover, this is really a beautiful production!We are offering here the Special Edition with a print (see "Photos" for the 2...
120,00 €In Stock.Sold out.John Stezaker is a collector of images; in The 3rd Person Archive, he brings the focus on long-forgotten characters, lives lost in photographs from the early 20th century. In these thumbnail-size images, cropped from urban or countryside landscapes, he isolates some characters and give them back their importance.This book is listed in "The...
.Back in stock.A quite crazy book about "Power Meet" in Västerås, Sweden, one of the largest car gathering in the world, where car fans spend a whole weekend "full throttle"!Cars, races, engines, shiny chromes, but also tattoos, disguises, alcohol, sex and camping... A weekend where apparently a lot of people unhinge and let go!180 pages - Softcover...
42,00 €In StockArtist's presentation : "I grew up in a world surrounded by women. This work is about the relationship between my mother and me. I photograph the atmosphere between us. What happens between us and what doesn't happen. The way I look at her and the way I sometimes see myself in her. How we as children are shaped by the way our parents see the world. How...
39,00 €In StockBeautiful little book of intimate "diaristic" portraits. 64 pages - Softcover dienacht Publishing, 2013 (2nd edition 2014) New - Mint condition
24,00 €Out of stockZine N° 14 - Nippon (*w/ signed print*)
In Nippon, number 14 in the Zine Collection by Editions Bessard, Emmanuel Angelicas creates a portrait of Japan in black and white, confronting the two main images that represent Japanese culture in the West : the female nude and the culture of the samurais. Through this still rather classique angle, the artist offers a beautiful series full and a great...
36,00 €Out of stock.Sold out. Uncle Charlie est la chronique de la vie d'un homme perdu. Marc Asnin a photographié pendant 30 ans son oncle Charlie, un homme à la vie chaotique, un homme oisif, alcoolique, violent. La proximité de Marc Asnin avec Charlie et sa famille nous met au coeur de la vie de cet homme, de ses vices, de ses douleurs, de son inadaptation. Un livre...
