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Anthologies
Books about the photography medium or the photobooks.
These may present a collection, a mouvement, a period in the history of the medium, a study of its evolution, etc. Usually the works of many artists will be gathered in any given book from this category.
Anthologies There are 115 books.
Our 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...
.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...
Artist'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 Stock.Last copy!.Facsimile reprint by Xavier Barral of the 1937 "reference" book that is listed in many books about the history of photography and the history of the photobook.Publisher's presentation: "All the elemental forces of nature have been working here for millennia to shape and form a landscape whose scale, majesty and solitude are similar to the...
40,00 €Out of stockGaza Photo Album is a quite difficult book, as it displays - in a very simple way - house interiors that have been bombed in 2009 within the Gaza Strip.The book is a testimony of the reality of the life conditions within this community. As a caption for each image: the name of the head of the household, the number of people occupying the house, the...
32,00 €Out of stockPlanches-Contacts - Le choix des photos
This book is available in French-text only.Présentation de l'éditeur :"Le choix des photos. Sélectionnées par quarante-neuf photographes contemporains de renommée internationale, ces images créent une nouvelle histoire originale de la photographie d’aujourd’hui. Chaque photo présentée nous précise le point de vue de l’auteur, et la reproduction des...
19,50 €Out of stockThe Photography of Nature & The Nature of...
.Sold out.Catalogue from the "Hasselblad Award 2013" that displays images from several of the most famous series of this artist, including Fauna (1987) and Sputnik (1997).224 pages - Hardcover, no DJ Mack, 2013 New - Mint condition
55,00 €Out of stockThis books presents the still relatively unknown work of one of the greatest female photographers of the second world war and of the post-war years : the Dutch artist and reporter Emmy Andriesse.Compiled and presented by writer Louise Baring.224 pages - Hardcover with DJ Schilt Publishing, 2013 New - Mint condition
35,00 €In Stock.Sold out.The project of this book, co-sponsored by the ICP (International Center of Photography, New York), the "Photobooks" Facebook group and the Tokyo Institute of Photography, was to ask 10 people who are authorities in the photobook genre to select each 10 American photobooks published after 1987. The result is a rich catalogue of photobooks, some...
Trolleyology marks the 10-year anniversary of the independent and innovative publishing house Trolley Books, looks back at its creative approach and at the titles published in this 10-years span.This book is also the occasion to remember and meet the founder of Trolley Books and a real character: Gigi Giannuzzi, who died prematurely in 2012. Trolleyology...
42,00 €In StockMars - Une exploration photographique
Mars - Une exploration photographique is the French edition of the book This is Mars released simultaneously by Aperture (not offered by L'Ascenseur Végétal). The French publishing house is actually that of the man behind this project : Xavier Barral. This book is IN FRENCH ONLY. The book is an incredible B & W journey on the surface of planet Mars....
79,00 €In Stock.Sold out. Ouvrage de référence sur le photographe chilien Sergio Larrain (Magnum Photos), qui - bien que n'ayant été actif qu'entre 1949 et 1971 - restera comme l'un des grands maîtres de la photographie de rue et du noir et blanc. L'artiste a été honoré d'une rétrospective aux Rencontres d'Arles 2013 et une exposition différente présente son travail...
.Sold out.Ramadan in Yemen was the first title published, in 2011, by Éditions Bessard. And, from the very beginning, the high quality standard is obvious, in production, choice of paper and other material, the fonts, the editing, the sequence, each element must meet the highest requirements, to come up with this really beautiful book, this beautiful...
Le titre complet de ce livre édité par la Fraenkel Gallery de New York est Eye of the Beholder - Photographs from the Collection of Richard Avedon. Cet ouvrage est un recueil de 5 fascicules thématiques présentés dans un emboîtage souple : - Vol.1 : Diane Arbus (36 pages - 14 illustrations) - Vol.2 : The Countess de Castiglione (44 pages - 18...
The Hasselblad Award 2002 - Jeff Wall
Presentation by Steidl: "For over 20 years, Jeff Wall has been developing an outstanding body of work, using photography in an innovative way which has contributed significantly to placing the medium of photography firmly on the map of contemporary art. In his carefully staged and composed images, sometimes digitally altered, placed in back-lit boxes...
79,00 €Out of stockWilliam Klein (Centre Pompidou Catalogue)
.Copy sold.Important catalogue de l'oeuvre de William Klein, paru à l'occasion de la première rétrospective consacrée à ce maître par le Centre Pompidou (Paris), en 1983. Ce livre présente à la fois le travail de Klein en tant que photographe et en tant que cinéaste Le livre débute par une présentation de l'artiste et de son unviers via un "Klein Index en...
.Sold out.Titre complet : "The Open Book - A History of the Photographic Book from 1878 to the Present". Ce livre, paru peu de temps après le "Book of 101 Books" (Andrew Roth) et peu de temps avant le premier tome de "Le Livre de photographies : Une Histoire" (Martin Parr / Gerry Badger) est une des références des collectionneurs de livres de...
Paul Graham / Hasselblad Award 2012
From the presentation by MACK : "Paul Graham, winner of the 2012 Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography, is a vital figure in contemporary photography, working for over thirty years and continually challenging different genres of photographic practice. His work has been widely embraced, with exhibitions at the Tate and the Museum of...
59,00 €In StockThe Americans List (by the glow of the...
.Sold out.Presentation by Red Hook Editions : "While working as a guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, Jason Eskenazi began to ask photographers he knew visiting the exhibition "Looking In : Robert Frank's The Americans", to choose their favorite image and why. In the years since he quit, as he himself got back out on the road again...
