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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.
Another Family (*w/ Signed Print*)
.Sold out..Please note we are still offering the signed book without the print (see the "Suggestions" tab). Introduction 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...
Afghanistan Inside Us (*w/ Print*)
.Last copy : were are ofering our display copy, in excellent condition, at a discount price of 22 € instead of 28 €.Maksymilian Rigamonti, a Polish reporter who has already receive several prices and awards, spent several months in Afghanistan, embedded in the Polish troops engaged in the coalition lead by the United States.During his several stays, he...
22,00 €Out of stockHave you ever heard of "Gangnam Style"? Of the South-Korean singer and "k-pop" ambassador Psy?No? First, that is very surprising, and consequently, this book may not be for you... or may be it still is!So, one night at a fashion event called "080 Barcelona Fashion 2013", Denis Carré, self-proclaimed "double" of Psy, triggers a general frenzy in the public...
22,00 €In Stock.Sold out.In 1996, Tom Hunter embarks with a group of friends and some family members on a long journey to Hostomice, Czech Republic to participate in one of the biggest techno event of the year, the "3rd Annual Teknival". The vessel that will take them to this destination is a derelict double-decker bus christened Le Crowbar.The books tells the story of...
.Sold out.Intimacy is a journey in the simplicity of daily life of the photographer Eiki Mori and the man who seems to share his life and to be the center of his attention.Through beautiful portraits, moments of true intimacy, and stolen moments that seem insignificant at first but appear to be part of the charm and seduction between the two men, the...
.Sold out.Publisher's presentation: "South of Market is a photographic portrait of a San Francisco neighbourhood in the throes of urban renewal. In 1978, Janet Delaney moved to San Francisco's South of Market district because the location was central and the rent was cheap. On the weekends she photographed with her large format camera at the nearby...
.Sold out.Portraits of the actors and visitors of the Kamasutrabeurs, a big event in the world of erotic fairs, on two separate occasions, in Utrecht and Amsterdam.A no-fuss document about the crowd the artist met in the fairs. Great portraiture, and great design by -SYB-.200 pages - Hardcover, no DJ Self-published, 2012 *Signed* New - Slightest marks to...
.Last copy.Presentation by the artist: "State of Mind is a photographic series, and ultimately a book, about the individual quality of mysterious strangers. The images were captured over a period of several years traveling in countries such as Japan, Portugal, Hungary, Malaysia, Spain, South-Korea, Romania, Russia, Taiwan - and what emerged is a visual...
28,00 €Out of stock.Sold out.NB : Click on the "Suggestions" tab for the second edition of this bookBeautiful little book of intimate "diaristic" portraits, here in the first (sold out) edition.64 pages - Softcover dienacht Publishing, 2013 New - Mint condition
.Sold out.From the Publisher : "In 2003 a sudden development of severe Environmental Illness forced Thilde Jensen to leave her life in New York City. The ensuing years were a lesson in basic survival.Retreating to the woods for sanctuary, Jensen would have to wear a respirator whenever she returned to civilization. To her surprise, an otherwise invisible...
.One copy available; found miraculously in a forsaken box (April 2021)!.New issue in the beautiful "Eclisse" series from Akina Books, still hand-made in the "Akina Factory" !We are introducing Pray for Rain (Eclisse #10) by Bulgarian artist / photographer Martin Atanasov.Presentation by Akina Books:"« We are crying for German; because of the drought...
28,00 €Out of stock.Sold out.After a previous self-publshied book on the Hip Hop culture Raleigh, North Carolina Hip Hop Culture Over Everything, Jared Soares delivers another strong opus, The Farms, this time about - as he puts it on his personal website - "The Goodman League, an outdoor basketball league in Southeast Washington, D.C. that attracts professional and college...
Publisher's presentation:"Grace and John comes from the collaboration between the photographer Patrícia Almeida and the performers Cláudia Dias and António Pedro Lopes at the time they were rehearsing the play "Where Does the Light Go when it's Off" by the Portuguese choreographer João Fiadeiro. Through daily rehearsals, the performers started to create...
15,00 €In Stock.Sold out. Second edition of Avec le Coeur, after a quickly sold-out first edition in 2013.Presentation by Editions du LIC: "Whilst clearly indebted to the photography of Ryan McGinley, Nan Goldin and Larry Clark, unlike the self-confessed «pseudo-fiction» of McGinley's work, the subjects in Théo Gosselin's images are friends rather than models, and the...
From the back cover: "Through a series of images produced over more than a decade, photographer Kent Klich explores the conditions of those living in Gaza, a society under constant siege. In the foreword, Judith Butler, philosopher and engaged in the conflict between Palestine and Israel, writes: «As onlookers, we are face to face with fragments of lost...
49,00 €In StockMy Brother Guillaume and Sonia
.Back in stock!. Artist's presentation: "I started taking pictures of my brother Guillaume and his partner Sonia in 2008; both living behind closed doors with the alcohol addiction. In this closed doors where I found my place and felt good, I photographed their relationship, the intimate moments, happy or unhappy, that I share with them. Unfortunately...
42,00 €Out of stock.Back in stock!.Margot Wallard's presentation: "I started taking pictures of my brother Guillaume and his partner Sonia in 2008; both living behind closed doors with the alcohol addiction. In this closed doors where I found my place and felt good, I photographed their relationship, the intimate moments, happy or unhappy, that I share with them....
42,00 €In Stockunder the city lies a sea (*signed*)
.Sold out.Under the city lies the sea [APE#035] is the first book by Belgian artist Stine Sampers, whose images have generated a lot of interest on the web in the recent years, in blogs and photography websites.An interesting interview of the artist, about her work and this book more specifically is available on the Belgian magazine "The Word" (in...
Beautiful portraits of people from India's Rajasthan who discover the ocean for the first time.The Black & White, grainy, and highly contrasted style of Martin Bogren suits perfectly the atmosphere of these moments, the smiles, the bodies, the waves, the water.36 pages - Hardcover, no DJ Journal, 2008 New - Mint condition
40,00 €Out of stockStanley Greene started taking pictures of the punk and rock scenes in 1975, at a time when he had roommates who played in some of the bands... It was San Francisco, these musicians were often artists as well, and after some time, when they needed images of their performances to be included in magazine articles, they naturally turned to their roommate. In...
54,00 €In StockParaiso is the photographic diary kept by Antoine d'Agata kept between October 31 andNovember 12, 2012, during the International Festival of Photography in Valparaiso. The images are presented together with texts and email excerpts in which d'Agata writes what he does and sees, he describes his moments under the influence and the injections and his...
23,00 €In StockLa Résidence is a book created after JH Engström had been in residence in Brussels; where he photographed the city, the street life, the cafés, the people. By putting these images in perspective through texts from his own journal, the artist tells the story of why this residence experience was a failure. This is very well explained by Engström himself in...
55,00 €In Stock.Sold out. Publisher's presentation : "The Grey Line is a reflection on war told from the perspective of US and UK soldiers who have spoken out against the Iraq War. Publication marks 10 years since the invasion of Iraq. Photographer Jo Metson Scott began the project after meeting a young American soldier who had been denied Conscientious Objective status...
Publisher presentation: "One Another features images mainly taken at night in St Petersburg and Berlin. Leaden-coloured scenes, greasy spoon cafés, empty halls and old hotel rooms that seem to echo with traces of the past. And people’s faces…… hurried glances, small awkward gestures, hands searching for support, the signs of grief or desparation in the...
38,00 €In Stock.In stock. Publisher's presentation : "Afghan Box Camera documents a living form of photography in danger of disappearing forever. Known as the kamra-e-faoree ("instant camera"), Afghanistan is one of the last places on earth where it has continued to be used by photographers as a way of making a living. Hand-made out of wood, it is a camera and darkroom...
36,00 €In StockPublisher's description : "Phillip Toledano became a father in July 2009. He fell in love with his daughter about a year and a half later, when he realised she was the most bewitching human being he'd ever seen. Initially though things were different. The Reluctant Father follows Phillip's journey at the beginning of fatherhood. From dismay and confusion,...
.Sold out.The Waiting Game by Txema Salvans is an extremely coherent series of portraits of prostitutes waiting in parking lots, at some road intersections, on the roadside of a turnpike - in underwear or very short dresses - for the next "client".The city-limit landscapes depicted, the colour tones, the attention to framing and image construction, all...
.Sold out.From the back cover:"On March 11, 2011 a major earthquake devastated the Tohoku region of Japan. This book is comprised of photographs, which for the most part were taken while traveling to this area from April 11 to May 20, 2011. The photographer followed the Pacific coastline of Aomori, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures, taking his path inland upon...
Bottrop-Ebel 76 is a re-reading of one of Michael Wolf's student project. In this body of work, the artist documented life in a small mining town in the Ruhr District, a region he new quite well for having lived some time there. This "early" series (he was 22 at the time) shades a different light on Michael Wolf's work, as we are mostly familiar with his...
45,00 €Out of stock.Back in stock.Presentation by Dewi Lewis of Martin Bogren's photobook: "Youngsters meet up on the village outskirts, racing their tractorcars, burning tyremarks into the warm summer asphalt. The smell of rubber, oil and souped-up engines fills the air when the engines speed. The cars form into a circle as the boys take turns in the middle. It is a game –...
30,00 €In Stock.Stock épuisé.Full title : Male dancers wanted (experience not necessary). This series is a collection of previously unpublished photographs taken in a strip club in New York in 1976.72 pages - Softcover Éditions Lutanie, 2013 New - Mint condition
As if it should have been a quarry
As if it should have been a quarry is literally an immersion in Iceland's land. During an artist residency in this country, Sabine Mirlesse centered her project on a village that had been buried - swallowed - in lava and ash back in 1973, in a small island off the south mainland coast. The artist got interested in the intimate relationship between the...
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