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Society
Books dealing with our life in common, topics of society, ours - Western - and those more or less favored from other parts of the world. The topics will be: social classes, associative work, poverty, integration, lifestyles, etc.
Books dealing with our life in common, topics of society, ours - Western - and those more or less favored from other parts of the world. The topics will be: social classes, associative work, poverty, integration, lifestyles, etc.
Society There are 958 books.
Publisher's presentation: "In 1920, the Spitsbergen Treaty recognized the sovereignty of Norway over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard under the following conditions: that it remain entirely demilitarized, exempt from taxation, environmentally intact, and open to business development from the citizens of all signatory countries. Russia, which ratified...
40,00 €Out of stockTime from Different Sources (*signed*)
.Sold out. Titre complet : "Time from Different Sources : Images from Ciman Village"Publisher's presentation: "In this body of works Cheng uses polyphonic narrative to present the reality of a Naxi village in Southwest China during urbanization. This book, as response of the “comprehensive” series, is visualized polyphony. It’s no exaggeration to say that...
.Only the ENGLISH version is now available. Publisher's presentation: [translation L'Ascenseur Végétal] "At the heart of Europe, a parallel world existed for almost 10 years. Refugees from Africa and also Middle-East were waiting here to cross the Channel and reach Great-Britain. It is from the farsi word jangal meaning « forest » that the word,...
55,00 €In StockPublisher's presentation: "What has become of the fabled Walden Pond? In his debut title, S. B. Walker surveys the symbolically charged landscape of literary giant Henry David Thoreau. Deeply rooted in the American collective conscious, it is a mythical place perceived as wild and often considered to be the birthplace of the modern environmental movement....
35,00 €In StockDisco Night Sept 11 (*signed*)
.Only 2 signed copies available.276 pages (19 gatefolds) - Linen hardcover Red Hook Editions, 2014Format : 22.5 x 27.4 cm*Signed*New - Small imperfection (see below)Presentation on the Magnum Agency website: "Disco Night Sept. 11 is a chronicle of America's wars from 2006-2013 by Peter van Agtmael. The photographs shift back and forth from the wars...
72,00 €Out of stockPublisher's presentation: "Mike Mandel grew up in the San Fernando Valley, and as an kid in the 1950s could walk just about everywhere he needed to go: to school, or later down the street to the open field to collect rocks or catch lizards. All of his friends lived on his block, so he didn’t think too much about the time he spent in a car. But by the time...
43,00 €Out of stockCLAP! Contemporary Latin American Photobooks
Full-length title : CLAP! 10x10 Contemporary Latin American Photobooks 2000-2016Presentation by 10x10 Photobooks: "A photobook anthology that documents CLAP!, a traveling reading room exhibition of 130 contemporary Latin American Photobooks from 2000 to 2016. Organized by 10×10 Photobooks, the project launched at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh...
55,00 €Out of stock.Last copies.Presentation by the artist, Yusuf Sevincli: "Put (tr): Idol (eng) Idol: noun A representation of a god used as an object of worship. The Put series traces the faith of sculptures and monuments in public spaces. In addition to focusing on a single narrative, each photograph tells the story of the polarization and the struggle for power in...
40,00 €Out of stockI Ditched Class and I Took a Bath (*signed*)
Publisher's presentation: " « In the spring of 2016 a friend of mine asked if a girl named Agathe could stay with me for a few nights while she visited the Bay Area from Paris. Unbeknownst to me Agathe had booked the ticket on a whim amidst a nervous break down, without knowing anything about San Francisco or anyone who lived there. She ended up staying...
55,00 €In Stock.Sold out. Publisher's presentation: "Michal Iwanowski's photobook Clear of People documents a 2,200km solitary journey that echoes his grandfather's daring escape from soviet captivity in 1945. This visual journey comes from the photographer's personal archive as the project re‑enacts the map drawn by and inherited from his uncle. It begins in Russia,...
Au Plan K - Joy Divison & Post-Punk
Publisher's presentation: "New York had CBGB, Paris had Les Bains Douches, Amsterdam had the Paradiso, Manchester had its Hacienda… From 1979 to 1986 the Belgian capitol Brussels had Plan K, a wondrous “counter-cultural centre” housed in a former sugar refinery. The list of headline attractions at Plan K reads like a who’s who of post-punk. Joy Division,...
98,00 €Out of stockPublisher's presentation: "Yanagisawa's magnificent debut was Untitled Youth in 1958. After that, he recovered for two years from 1961 from an illness, but he actively focused works on camera magazines again. After returning, Yanagisawa's eye was directed to various places in Japan. From the time of debut, he consistently kept saying « I do not need words...
59,00 €Out of stock.Currently out of stock.Italia is an almost romantic representation of Italy; the images were created over a period of 3 years.The images visible here were taken from the artist's website.80 pages - Hardcover Max Ström, 2016 Format : 23.9 x 31 cm New - Mint condition
54,00 €Out of stock.Sold out. Présentation de l'éditeur : "Blitz Club Blitz Kids is a series of images taken in 1980 by the photographer Homer Sykes in the famous London club the Blitz Club.« In the 1970s Britain was still in the midst of economic depression, a three day working week, unemployment was rising sharply, there were frequent strikes and severe inflation. Steve...
.Back in stock.Publisher's presentation: "People behind the windows of public buses — at the end of a working day in the centre of Paris, they wait for the bus to bring them back to the banlieue. They seem introspective, engrossed in thought, their gaze directed towards an inner landscape. The camera’s view of the subjects it portrays is frequently...
38,00 €Out of stockThe Yellow River - 2nd ed. (*signed*)
Publisher's presentation: " « Carrying out this photograph project is because of the inspiration after reading the novel River of the North written by Zhang Chengzhi. Attracted by the powerful words in this novel, I decided to take a walk along the Yellow River to experience and feel the father-like broad and wide brought from this river, so that I could...
79,00 €Out of stockPublisher's presentation: "The photographer found the photos in this series in antique markets. They were taken in China in the 1970s and 80s. He used collages and drawing to destroy or carry forward the stories in the photos, with his imagination or restoration about the social news in recent years. Maybe the original photos recorded real things which...
55,00 €Out of stockPublisher's presentation: "Tales from Beneath the Arches explores the transformation of ‘non-places’ created by the mass building of elevated highways and expressways in Taiwanese cities. This project examines how such spaces have been repurposed by people to suit their needs. It is in these spaces that we can see the interaction between people and the...
35,00 €In StockPublisher's presentation: "Moment uses numerous photographs–taken at different times during day and night–to transform ordinary places into something between fiction and reality. Hildebrand is attracted to the constantly changing environments in cities, and this project explores the idea of the undefined moment or series of moments within a single...
35,00 €In StockIf you lived here, you'd be home by now
Publisher's presentation: "Shot between 2013 and 2014, If you lived here, you'd be home by now questions the existence and function of Ireland's ghost estates - housing estates that were built throughout Ireland, but never occupied due to the the economic crash of 2008."56 pages - Hardcover The Velvet Cell, 2016 (500 copies) Format : 17.5 x 23 cm New -...
29,00 €In StockL'Ascenseur Végétal is now offering all available titles from the French collection "Photo Poche". This series of black pocket-size books is a staple among photobooks in France, and all photography lovers and amateurs have at least one in their bookshelves, often dozens! This series initially curated by Robert Delpire and published by "Centre National de...
13,00 €In Stock.Sold out.Publisher's presentation: "In 2014, Peter Bialobrzeski arrived in Taipei to print his book Cairo Diary. Almost immediately, he set out to document the urban landscape of what was once considered the de facto capital of China, and what it has become today. Peter Bialobrzeski is a world-renowned photographer and the recipient of several awards...
25,00 €.Sold out. Afterword by the artist: "Excluded from the human diet and useless for clothing or shelter, the undergrowth thrives and engulfs human existence. It transforms under the snow, rain, wind and sunlight. Children play Tarzan in the undergrowth or mountain thickets. When the harvest moon appears, they go out to pick the pampass grass. I pushed my...
42,00 €Out of stockPublisher's presentation: [the texts in this book are in French only] " « Les trains américains sont lents et permettent de voir venir, les décors apparaissent, disparaissent, le hasard a sa place, les images sont fragiles et furtives, la vitesse leur donne un aspect diffus. Je deviens spectateur, comme si je photographiais pendant un travelling...
45,00 €In StockLes non-conformistes (*French ed.*)
Presentation by Aperture, publisher of the English edition : "The Non-Conformists features Martin Parr’s first major body of work from the mid-1970s, published here for the first time in book form. A wonderful and charming surprise for Parr enthusiasts and fans of traditional reportage, this body of black-and-white imagery predates the cutting color work...
35,00 €Out of stockPresentation by Thames & Hudson, publisher of the English edition : "Bernard Plossu has been called “the most American of French photographers” by his friend and colleague Lewis Baltz. Although he is best known for his work in black and white, often capturing a bohemian world of free-spirited adventure, Plossu has also shot in color throughout his...
50,00 €Out of stockAmerican Motel Signs 1980~2008
Publisher's presentation: "Shot over 28 years, American Motel Signs is a unique insight into one of the most fascinating aspects of contemporary American culture. These motel signs, from the Sleepy Hollow Motel [Utah, 2007] to the Teddy Bear Motel [North Carolina, 1983] represent the many faces of everyday America that has become so ubiquitous in...
20,00 €Out of stockPublisher's presentation: "The project for this book has a programmatic quality, like a prefiguration of future works. Perhaps it also works like a mirror—like an optical machine in any case—that brings together distant things, various times, experiences, places, and forms (drawings, photos, writing, etc.), and that’s exactly what Michel Couturier set out...
38,00 €In StockPublisher's presentation: "I met Cobo on Facebook, not him, nothing of him , but his images flooded the airwaves. Obsessive, dark, full of white heat, and grey smoke. Layers of lace, deeper levels of irregular ritualistic pain. It perplexed me this flow-on voyeuristic event. Who could this guy be? What is he made of? There was enough inventive poetic...
45,00 €In Stock.One imperfect copy available. Presentation by Lecturis: "The photos in I loved my wife were taken on the site of 16 Austrian psychiatric institutions. Tens of thousands of children were murdered in these institutions during the Second World War. Killed because they were considered to be incurably ill. The costs of keeping them alive were too high for...
39,00 €In StockFrom the back cover : [all texts in French only - English version to be published in Sept. 2017] "My Room, portrait of a generation is John Thackwray's first book. For five years he has traveled the world documenting the lifestyles of his generation by asking them about the state of the world. presents in this collection one hundred portraits among the...
30,00 €In Stock.Back in stock. Publisher's presentation: "At a moment when the world is facing the world’s largest refugee and migration crisis since the Second World War, Incoming by Irish artist and Deutsche Börse Photography Prize winner Richard Mosse deals with the major humanitarian and political plight of our time, the displacement of millions due to war,...
