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Recommendations Autumn 2011

Cover/photos	Author Title	published Size pages Number of black/white or colour images Price in Euro (or POA price on application)
	Brohm, Joachim Ruhr. 1980 -1983 Topographien des Anonymen	Göttingen, Bottrop Steidl, 2007 First edition signed 30 x 25 cm 150 pages 57 colour Few remaining copies signed by the artist regular edition: 98 USD special edition: 759 USD in a separate linen-box with signed C-print, (see attached reproduction)
	Joachim Brohm (recent Professor at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig) was one of the first, who early realized the importance of the American Color Photography of the sixties for the media. His work Ruhr – created in the 80s – shows moments of daily life in the German industrial region Ruhrgebiet in a very personal view. The series can also be seen as Brohm's reaction on his individual connection to the American Color Photography of this period.
	Brohm, Joachim Color	München, Schirmer, 2010 First edition signed 22 x 28 cm 152 pages 55 colour 47 USD
	The book gives an overview of Brohm's work and shows his key role within Germany's Color Photography after the war. In Color you will find a selection of images from his most important series between 1980 and 2010. This book accompanies his exhibitions at SK-Foundation, Cologne and the Austrian Country-Museum / Linz in the year 2011.
	Eggleston, William 2 1/4	Santa Fe / Twin Palms, 2008, 4th edition 30 x 30 cm 100 pages 50 colour now 75 USD (was 107 USD)
	This publication shows the first color photographs Eggleston had made in the sixties with his 2 1/4 inch camera, which has been a completely new camera size at the time. In a very intense manner, Eggleston gives a detailed picture of America in the Sixties, with houses, landscapes and advertising banners. Apparently irrelevant, simple objects are getting a special meaning threw Eggleston's lens.
	Eggleston, William 5 x 7	Santa Fe / Twin Palms, 2006 First edition 27,5 x 36,5 cm 96 pages now 75 USD (was 104 USD)
	Working with his 5 x 7 inch camera, Eggleston shows in this book portraits, cars and street-crossings as well as so far unpublished images from nightclubs. Smashing printing in the big format!
	Gursky, Andreas Andreas Gursky	Kunstmuseum Basel, Ostfildern / Hatje Cantz, 2008 First edition 24,8 x 29,7 cm 128 pages 83 b/w, colour Special price 40 USD
	Gursky's stunning big-size photographs refer – by their post computer handling – to the interaction of image and abstraction. This book mainly shows two of his work groups – landscapes and Formula 1 Racing. Excellent publication from the most popular artist of the famous Becher School.
	Kawauchi, Rinko Illuminance	Heidelberg / Kehrer, 2011 First edition 21,8 x 28,5 cm 176 pages 130 colour 67 USD
	It is the most recent publication of the most promising Japanese woman photographer of the younger generation. In «Illuminance» Rinko Kawauchi shows structures and little events of daily life in often poetical images, little gestures or objects and details. It is the first book published outside Japan. With its embossed linen cover, with its paper selection and Japanese binding, the book is a real treasure.
	Polke, Sigmar Photoworks: When Pictures Vanish	Los Angeles, Zürich / MOCA, Scalo, 1995 26 x 28,5 cm 262 pages 200 b/w, colour 90 USD temporarily out of stock
	It is the best and most extensive publication on Polke's photographs, one of Germany's most important post war artists, who died last year. The book accompanied also his travelling exhibition in Los Angeles, Santa Fé and Washington from 1995 – 1997.
	Rautert, Timm No Photographing	Göttingen / Steidl, 2011 First edition, signed English 22,5 x 28,5 cm not paginated numerous images in b/w, color 67 USD
	Timm Rautert's second new publication beside our own «New York/Tokyo… » in the year of his 70th birthday. An emphatic portrait of the «Hutterites» (in color) and the «Amish» (in black & white), carried out in the 80s in the USA and Canada.
	Schmidt, Michael: Landschaft. Waffenruhe. Selbst. Menschenbilder (Ausschnitte)	Münster, München / Westfälischer Kunstverein, Kunstbunker Tumulka, 1998 First edition 18 x 22 cm 149 pages 86 b/w 96 USD long time out of print, few copies remaining
	Schmidt portrayed other people and himself. The photographs were made in a period of thirty years time, portraying not only the people but the time itself. One of the most sought after books of the artist. Shows his most important images in a perfect selection.
	Schmidt, Michael: Frauen	Verlag Walther König, 2000 First edition 24,5 x 30,5 cm 138 pages numerous b/w reproductions 45 USD long time out of print, few copies remaining
	Nude and portraits of women – a typical, brittle book of the artist, who already had a one man show in 1996 at the MoMa, NY.
	Soth, Alec From Here To There: Alec Soth's America	New York, Köln - Aperture / Hatje-Cantz, 2010 First edition 21 x 26 cm 224 pages 237 b/w, colour additional artist book with 48 pages, original English edition with German translation in a separate folder 70 USD EUR
	The book shows, for the first time, the work of Alec Soth from the last fifteen years including his gripping images with an unusual look on America's daily life. It contains also essays, which reflect different backgrounds, working processes and influences in Alec Soth's work. Winner of the prestigious price as best photo book at the Photo-Festival in Arles 2011.
	Soth, Alec Broken Manual	Special Edition. Göttingen / Steidl, 2010. 21,8 x 28 cm Signed and numbered one copy of an edition of 300, includes C-Print, soft-cover trimmed in a old book found by Soth in antiquarian book shops, every piece is unique! Not paginated, reproductions in color and black & white. 1050 USD
	In co-operation with writer Lester B. Morrison, Soth draws up a kind of manual instruction for runaways and drop-outs, people who want to escape the daily life of America. Soth portrays hermits, monks, survivalists and others and their places with significant pictures and very detailed texts.
	Soth, Alec / Opie, Catherine Rodarte	Zürich / jrp \| Ringier, 2011 First edition Limited Edition of 2000 26 x 34 cm 176 pages 141 colour 72 USD
	Rodarte is one of the leading fashion and design companies. In co-operation of the artists Catherine Opie und Alec Soth arose a portrait of Rodarte. Together with the founders of Rodarte Kate and Laura Mulleavy, Opie and Soth created an unusual view of a hip company. Much more than just fashion photography. Beautifully designed, a must for every Alec Soth fan!
Please note: Twin Palms publishers recently reduced their prices severely. Beside others you can find in our bookshelf:
	Eggleston, William For Now	Santa Fe / Twin Palms, 2010 First edition 31,5 x 35 cm 144 pages 87 colour 76 USD
	Strichez, Guy Americans in Kodachrome. 1945 - 1965	Santa Fe / Twin Palms, 2002 First edition 32 x 26,5 cm 120 pages 92 colour now 70 USD (was 96 USD)
BOOKS ON PHOTOBOOKS
	Photobuch: Koetzle, Hans-Michael: Eyes on Paris. Paris im Fotobuch \| 1890 bis heute	München / Hirmer, 2011 First edition 25 x 31 cm 418 pages countless images b/w, colour 70 USD
	For the first time you can find an extensive collection of photo books on Paris from more than hundred years. Bringing together about 130 titles of the most important portraits of this city, which is certainly one of the most photographed cities of the world. You don't get only an impression about Paris' history, but mainly about the importance and development of the photo book.
	Roth, Andrew (Hg.): The Open Book. A History of the photographic book from 1878 to the present	Göteborg, Göttingen / Hasselblad Center, Steidl Verlag, 2004 First edition 20,3 x 25,2 cm 423 pages numerous reproductions in b/w, colour 95 USD
	This elaborate catalogue is one of the major books on photo books. After his important title «The Book of 101 Books» (2001) the editor Andrew Roth shows again a broad and first-rate selection, that gives an overview to more than hundred years of photographic history and its photo book highlights. At the same time this volume brings up the development of the photo book medium to a bibliophile collectors object. With essays by Ute Eskildsen, Simon Anderson, Gerhard Steidl, Robert Frank and Philip Aarons. We can offer you now only a few copies of the long exhausted first edition from 2004.
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	Jean Petit, Le Corbusier, Fotos von Robert Doisneau BONJOUR MONSIEUR LE CORBUSIER	Zürich, 1988 33 x 33 cm 108 pages with 90 mostly fullpage photographs by Robert Doisneau (one by Cartier-Bresson) Altogether in another linen-box. Text in French with additional brochure in English and German.
Normal edition: Original price 187 USD, now 59 USD Special edition: 150 copies with a signed and numbered barite-print by Doisneau in the size of the book in a separate linen-folder. Special Edition price 1398 USD Actually there are only two offers in the net, prices are around 3,000 EUR. Robert Doisneau (1912 – 1994) – originally a staff member of Renault working as a photographer, finally left the company to work freelance. In the 1940s he used to work for the resistance, documenting the occupation and later the liberation of Paris. As a photo journalist he became popular by his work for the agency Rapho, but really famous due to his Paris-street-photographs, portraying people's every-day life. His book «Three Seconds of Eternity» became a bestseller. Several times he made portraits of prominent contemporaries (e.g. Picasso with fingers from baking dough). Only insiders knew, that he was frequently photographing the architect, sculptor and painter Le Corbusier in his different offices in the late fifties. In 1988, the best images from this series have been published for the first time. The pictures are showing parts of Le Corbusier's work situation as well as private moments. Often Le Corbusier realizes the presence of the camera and he plays immediately with the power of the lens. But sometimes Doisneau succeeds in portraying Corbusier unobserved and authentic like in his famous snap-shots.