Hartmann Books is a German publisher specializing in photobooks based in Stuttgart.
The artists and books published by Hartmann express a sensitivity to the themes of the ways of life as a society and the ways to inhabit the world, and Europe in particular.
Angelika and Markus Hartmann, co-founders of the publishing house state on the Hartmann website: « Our interests range from art, politics, socially relevant discussions, literature, history, architecture and theatre to more marginal topics such as disturbing films, beautiful racing bikes and ski jumping …. Much of this (but not all) is reflected in our program. »
Hartmann Books has published several books by "Ostkreuz - An Agency of photographers" and its members. The agency is home to photographers working between photo-journalism and long-term documentary projects. Among the photobooks in that category: "Kleinstadt" (Ute & Werner Mahler, 2018), "Kontinent - In Search of Europe" (Ostkreuz, 2020), "Autobahn" (Jörg Brüggemann, 2020), "The Legacy" (Anne Schönharting, 2020), "Daughters of Magic" (Johanna-Maria Fritz, 2020)
Hartmann Books has published many other artists, including several photobooks by Peter Bialobrzeski : "Die Zweite Heimat" (2017), "No Buddha in Suburbia" (2019), "Give my Regards to Elizabeth" (co-published with Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2020).
Presentation by Hartmann Books: " The Autobahn [The Highway] is an asphalt carpet thirteen thousand kilometers in length that covers all of Germany, both interfering with the landscape and interconnecting the country. Jörg Brüggemann photographed it for five years, from 2014 to 2019. While mobility concepts are constantly changing and being discussed, the...
Presentation by Hartmann Books: " Mihaela Minca is the most powerful witch of Romania. The profession has a tradition in Mihaela's family, her mother and grandmother were witches already. Today she runs a flourishing international business together with her daughters and her daughter-in-law: From love spells to curses the witches have everything on...
Streets, Fashion, Nudes, Still Lifes
Presentation by Hartmann Books: " Each series of images and tableaux in Barbara Probst's Exposures consist of up to fourteen individual images that capture the same moment from multiple perspectives. This enables the viewer to grasp the same moment from different perspectives without having to move—a visual paradox, so to speak. This book presents her...
Kontinent - In Search of Europe
Presentation by Hartmann Books: " Kontinent - In Search of Europe is the new publication and exhibition project of Ostkreuz - Agency of Photographers, Berlin. On an irregular basis the agency members designate a common topic for them to work on for several years. After To the West, East of Eden, Deutschlandbilder [Photographs from Germany], Ostzeit [The...