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The heart of our catalogue... each book presents the photographic work of an artist, whether on a specific project or under the form of a retrospective or compendium.
After Timeless Islands, here is the new release by Thomas Jorion: Silencio, a large book and beautiful book. This book, in the quite fashionable "Urb-Ex" genre (urban exploration), and by a mainstream publisher does not fall into any easy images, and we find the same qualities that made the artist's previous book a success, with a large format on...
In this work, Christophe Agou confronts himself to "subway photography", with a quite beautiful result.Life Below is a series of portraits, of snapshot moments, sometimes caught with a bit of luck, sometimes caught by the photographer's eye that recognizes the scene, the instant that will make a strong image, a funny one, or simply a beautiful...
.Sold out.The first impression when looking at Toshio Shibata's work in Contacts is that of a very original way to look at things. The artist really observes the landscapes with a very sharp eye, and seems to be looking for calm, stability, and permanence... and lays his eyes on the man-made structures and how they integrate or oppose the surrounding...
The End of La Belle Epoque (*signed*)
The photographs included in this book The End of La Belle Epoque are from another time, that of the USSR, of Communism, before the fall of the wall. Misha Pedan's work presented here was made between 1986 and 1989, at a time when the Communist regims seemed to have already loosened their grip; his images show clothes, behaviours, and a street life that...
Kenosis is a little zine, the first publication by Karin Crona.In this booklet, the artist tells us about her experience, her feelings before and after a surgery. A very personal and intimate work of self-portraiture. 16 pages - Softcover Sefl-published, 2013 New - Mint condition
Transition, paysages d'une société
From the Publisher: Transition presents the collaborative photography project of twelve South African and French photographers on South African land and the role that photography continues to play in the representation and re-imagining of land.The Social Landscape project cites the work of six South African photographers: Pieter Hugo, Santu Mofokeng,...
Sworn Virgins is a series of portraits of women from Northern Albania who vowed to remain virgins their whole life, in order to be allowed - following ancient rules of their community - to assume the role of patriarch of this community, becoming in the process "men-women". The respect these women are shown within their communities is really clear in Pepa...
.Sold out. After We English, Simon Roberts follows in the same tracks of visual documentation of England's (and Britain's) specific elements : what makes England, England, and Britain, Britain. For the Pierdom project, the artist photographed each of the 58 remaining piers of Britain, in a very still manner, like if it were a work of portraiture. Only the...
.Back in stock.Nine Nameless Mountains is the account of a trip in the Lofoten islands, at the Northern tip of Scandinavia, by a group of young photographers from Helsinki, Norway. This body of work is a reflection "by one common author and his 16 eyes" on the making and the authorship of a project created by a collective. This book, in a certain way,...
.Sold out. Veins brings close together two artists, Anders Petersen and Jacob Aue Sobol, who make photographs that share similarities. First, one of the main subject of their work could be considered the same : an interest and an attraction for people living on the edge of society. Then, both artists approach the subject, the people, the characters by...
Pixel Stress by Anouk Kruithof is a mixed-media artwork, with the first step being an image search in Google with the keyword "stress", then processing the image to obtain a pixelated version by enlarging the original to 3200%. Then, in the second phase of the project, the artist set-up a little installation on Wall Street in NYC to engage passerbys in...
.Sold out. Anatopées is a journey, a quest, a graphic and esthetic obsession.For many years, after observing graphic similarities in images of very different natures, Arnaud Lesage has been looking for a certain shape or form in his numerous trips. This book is the result of this extensive quest, presented in a simple yet superb "Leporello" design...
.Sold out.Karma is quite a surprise, with pictures of cars done with a strong flash light, car parts, portraits (with a flash light as well) of drivers and passengers that sometimes try to hide and sometimes act naturally when the photographer remains unnoticed. In this book, Óscar Monzón shows us in a very direct manner the importance of the car in our...
.Sold out.Kodama is the account of the long period of time photographer Hajime Kimura spent among the Matagi community, in a remote mountainous region of Japan.The artist had discovered this people in a book, when he was still a student, and had been fascinated by the images, and by the story of their way of life.In a limited number of very powerful...
.Three copies available. For this one time, our presentation of the book is our reaction to the book as sent to the artist upon reception of our copies... "I really do like the book ! First I love the format, the rough cardboard case with the engraved text inside, and the three booklets instead of just one book... Even the little magnet I like ! This...
Yan Morvan est un reporter de guerre qui a couvert de nombreux conflits. Depuis près de 30 ans, lors de ses périodes en France, il documente les bandes, les gangs, les groupuscules français de tous bords et de toutes régions.Gangs Story est donc une plongée dans le monde de ces jeunesses endoctrinées, de ces personnages souvent engagés aux extrêmes...
Chen Jiagang is an architect; after being involved in the creation of the Chinese cities of the XXIst century, he decided to part from the world of real estate in 2001, disgusted by corruption and the construction workers' labor conditions. Close to the art circles, founder of an art gallery, he turned to photography. His former profession remained at the...
.Back in stock - Reduced price.Retrospective book on the work of the late Jouko Lehtola, who passed away in 2010. The artist was made famous by his uncompromising work on the Finnish youth; and other series are also present in this book. A very straightforward eye, and images that are sometimes gaudy, or even violent.160 pages - Hardcover, no DJ Kehrer...
96 pages - Hardcover, no DJ Kominek Books, 2013 *Signed* New - Mint conditionFirst Journey Home is the result of Misha Kominek's travels throughout Poland, made in 1997 after his graduation from university; his first trip alone to his homeland, after leaving it with his family for Germany when he was twelve. Misha Kominek shoots a galery of portraits...
.Sold out. Rinko Kawauchi is certainly one of the most famous contemporary Japanese photographers, thanks to photobooks such as Utatane, Aila, Cui-Cui or more recently Illuminance. These previous opus showed us and told us life through small plots of daily life, details of everyday life that inscribe us all in the same community.With Ametsuchi, a term...
A Period of juvenile Prosperity
.Back in stock. Certainly one of the most talked-about photobooks of 2013, that was shortlisted for the "Paris Photo / Aperture Award" for first photobook. We offer here a later printing of this great book, the first one having been sold out in a few weeks in May 2013. A Period of Juvenile Prosperity is a dazzling journey with a group of young renegades...
.Last copy!.WARNING: Our last copy has one very slightly bumped cornerStakeout Diary is a re-interpretation of Watabe Yukichi's work already presented by Éditions Xavier Barral and D.A.P in a book form as A Criminal Investigation (cf. "Suggestions" tab).This new book, which offers a slightly different selection of images, in a totally re-worked sequence,...
.Sold out. But we are still offering the "regular" edition (see "Suggestions"). Stakeout Diary is a re-interpretation of Watabe Yukichi's work already presented by Éditions Xavier Barral and D.A.P in a book form as A Criminal Investigation (cf. "Suggestions" tab). This new book, which offers a slightly different selection of images, in a totally...
Two Rivers (*Limited Edition - w/ Print*)
.Sold out.We are offering the Limited Edition of Two Rivers : a signed copy of the book in a beautiful linen clamshell case, and a 8"x11" print in a matching case. As of today, we have 3 different prints, please contact us. Thank you. Carolyn Drake's Two Rivers is a wonderful and gorgeous book ! Stunning images, an original design and a beautifully...
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...
.Sold out.Mark Steinmetz has released several books in the recent years that are now sold out and hard to find at the regular retail price; he is a solid value and a safe bet when it comes to looking for a beautiful book. With his latest effort Paris in my time, the artist revisits and updates the theme of street photography in Paris, in the path of...
.Sold out. From the publisher : " T., my lover and father of my son, died on April 5, 2010 of a brain stroke. He fell beside us on a beach at the North Sea. The violence of his death put me in front of a big void…a silence that echoed in my head only equal to the brightness of the blue sky which no planes crossed because of the ashes of a volcano in...
Supertourist is a new interpretation by Max Pam of the large body of work accumulated within the last 10 years during his travels in all parts of the globe. The artist sort-of "traveled" within this large archive to conceive this book, a complete rethinking of his work. We do indeed recognise Max Pam's eye and feel, with lively, colourful, witty, funny...
.Sold out.As Dust Alights is the book of a photographer that takes the time to look at things, that uses his eyes in a very special way. Vincent Delbrouck offers a very calm and peaceful account of what his eyes saw on a trip into the Himalayas; they saw forms, colors, textures, contrasts, they saw the beautiful in the insignificant... The body and the...
Zine No. 8 - My Dreamed Stream (*w/ signed...
Éditions Bessard are more and more looking towards China, and offer us for this Zine Collection No. 8 a beautiful journey called My dreamed stream, that of a return to the land of its ancestors by the artist Wei Bi. As he was having difficult moments in the city, Wei Bi decided to return visit his native countryside and the village where his family has...
A Criminal Investigation (2nd edition)
.Sold out.We are offering copies of the third edition .This book tells the story of a criminal investigation, in B & W images, in the japanese countryside of the 50's. The artist followed the investigators in their roaming of the area, the crime scene, the surrounding neighborhoods, and into their offices... The images he brought convey a deep feeling...
.Sold out.A beautiful and peaceful little book, Unter den Linden is a tribute to the series and books of Ed Ruscha and presents 25 images of windshields on the Unter den Linden Avenue in Berlin, all soiled by dust, rain, and autumn leaves.The book is based on a simple idea, but David Kregenow offers here an hypnotic series of soft hues and patterns that...