From Munch, Mondrian, Dzama, Schnabel, Man Ray, Picasso and Hein to Schink, Bowler, Levinthal, Serrano and Hanzlova.
From the simple, bouncy "Please Please Me" to the heavyweight double "Let It Be" – a team of experts write about each era of the band's existence, examining what they were doing for each of their original 12 UK-release albums.
Ron Galella managed to get them all in front of his lens – whether Jacqueline Kennedy, Marlon Brando, Greta Garbo, Andy Warhol, Sean Penn, Robert Redford, Muhammad Ali, Madonna, Mick Jagger, or Audrey Hepburn. His photos are snapshots rather than portraits – spontaneous, not staged, and extraordinarily authentic. “A beautifully presented window into a world where celebrities were celebrities.…
An atlas of the best tattoo artists on the planet: Join photographer Nicolas Brulez and Mylène Ebrard on their road trip through Berlin, London, Paris, New York and Tokyo. In over 300 photographs they captured the most stylish designs and cutting-edge tattoo artists the world has to offer.
Just out and brand new from Mack Books, for example Tomiyasu, Guidi, Cole, Afshar, Hawkesworth, Parlato ...
The radical artist's major retrospective: At once controversial and revered, Marina Abramovic is one of the most discussed artists today. Famous for her groundbreaking performance works, she continues to expand the boundaries of art. The fabulous and absolutely impressive exhibition was shown in Stockholm, Humlebæk and Bonn. The catalogue is a real bargain!
This week we've received some wonderful new titles: The Dutch Photobook, Fashion Photography, Badger's Pleasures of Good Photography, Eijkelboom, Mahler, Adams, Collier sowie Gauguin, Cézanne, Caspar David Friedrich and many more.
Big City – Big Book: Liao creates enormous, detail-driven panoramas of the social and urban landscape of New York. This oversized monograph includes photographs taken over a period of ten years. From rehabilitated Coney Island to the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, from the demise of Shea Stadium in Queens to the newly built One World Trade Center, Liao has created a lasting document of a significant…
Including Testino, Mickey Mouse, Sugimoto, Bachmann, Walther, Bangert ...
Photographer Nelli Palomäki – another important representative of the Helsinki School – searches for the lost magic that was once inherent in photography in the days when having your portrait taken was something special. Her timeless black-and-white portraits reveal the fragility of the moment shared with her subject. Her photographs deal with growing up, memory, and mortality.
"Drawing is a way of reasoning on paper", states Saul Steinberg and Edgar Degas emphasizes: "Drawing is not what one sees but what one can make others see." From preliminary studies, sketches and designs to caricatures and contemporary forms of drawing:
The volume gathers Sam Shaws great and charming photographs of icons from the history of cinema: Marlon Brando, Paul Newman, Audrey Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Marilyn Monroe. Sam Shaw (1912–1999) portrayed almost every major Hollywood star of his day. During the filming of "The Seven Year Itch", he staged his probably best known picture: Marilyn Monroe standing over a subway grate, a waft of air blowing…
From Kolehmainen to Le Corbusier, from Helsinki School to Roma Rotunda, from Gudzowaty to Haase, from Welling to Becker ...
Doisneau's „Kiss by the Hôtel de Ville" is one of the most famous photographs in the world. In these days when the coronavirus has changed the way we live, the physical closeness shown here seems almost surreal - cafés and streets full of people, no face covering and no social distance. Certainly today's street photographers will also produce iconic images of these strange times. Our list on street…
All sorts of great books have reached us this week: Bauhaus, Becher, Clement, Dine, Messmer, Schiller, Umbrico, Ventura ...
Eagerly awaited and finally arrived. All pre-orders will be shipped as soon as possible. And if you'd like to get a copy of this extraordinary edition – no problem! Here we've gathered all the information about the book:
“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.” – Voltaire
The book explores the tumultuous life of the fascinating sculptor, painter, poet, architect – and genius. This absorbing tome gathers together the full repertoire of Michelangelo’s work to create a vivid portrait of the artist’s life and career. Author William E. Wallace is a world-leading expert on Michelangelo.
Featuring Becker, Borremans, Hugo, Hatakeyama, Nichols, Parr, Shore, Tamatsu, Renaldi, Liao, Photography is Magic, Public-Private-Secret, Photographer's Cookbook ...
How do you take really good photos? What has to be considered? How do you develop creative ideas? In this selection of titles you'll find some tips for professional and amateur photographers: Learn about Moriyama's methods, the cameras he uses, and the journeys he takes with a camera, about art photography and Box Camera photography.
This week we're offering several great bargains, as these wonderful titles from Kehrer have just arrived at our warehouse: Bassman & Himmel, Danner, Gowland, Schink ...
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The Velvet Cell is an independent photobook publisher with a specific focus on projects that explore urbanism, architecture and our modern way of living in cities. To date they have published over seventy books. We've received a nice selection:
Car Girls is a body of work that Dutch Artist Jacqueline Hassink has created over five years, photographing major car shows in seven different cities on three continents: "The series captures the moments during the women's performances when they become more like dolls or tools than individuals."
Great for the beach, perfect for summer vacation: These bios are revelatory stories of intriguing and inspiring individuals – from Coco Chanel and Diane Arbus to Auguste Renoir and Marcel Duchamp.
From Rise of David Bowie and The Beatles bis Stranger Passing and Paris Portraits.
These postcard sets and notebooks provide plenty of material to send greetings to loved ones, make lists and to write down holiday memories.
... and Crumb, Lane, Bialobrzeski, Hawkesworth, Afshar, Parlato, Nakajima ...
Photographer Michael Kerstgens was recently in Cologne to sign some of his books in our shop. Here you'll find all of his titles:
1986 – the reactor in Chernobyl melted down, the Cold War was coming to an end, and the affluent society of the Federal Republic of Germany was beginning to view consumption as a leisure activity. That year, Michael Kerstgens received a scholarship with the assignment to take a photographic look at the subject of leisure. He used it to observe West Germans engaging in their favorite leisure activities,…
The artists’ book "Will Happiness Find Me?" by the renowned Swiss duo Fischli and Weiss is dedicated to the questions everyone asks themselves now and again: Does profound peace prevail at home when I'm not there? Is my stupidity a warm coat? Am I beautiful? Should I get drunk? Is everything a hopeless shitty mess? Should I build myself a world of illusion? Why is my blanket so heavy? Does my soul…
Josh Kern's long-term projects focus mainly on friends and family. His third photobook called “Räuber” focuses on his younger brother Jascha and was published by Eigensinn Publishing.
Founded in 2016, Hartmann Books concentrates on producing high quality photo books which are characterized by a balanced interplay of subject, form, content and design. The small publishing house publishes only 10-12 titles a year, but already presents an impressive portfolio. These books have just arrived at our warehouse:
The Cologne-based publishing house StrzeleckiBooks is located more or less in our neighbourhood. Their unique program includes a diverse and exciting selection of books. Here we've gathered some of them.
One shook up the art world over 500 years ago, the other caused a sensation in the last century. They both had a profound impact on art and they both celebrate their birthdays in May: One was born in Nuremberg on May 21, 1471, the other on May 12, 1921 in Krefeld. This year marks their 550th or 100th anniversary. So this month is all about these two exceptional German artists. We celebrate Dürer and…
Now available in four special sets: Van Eyck, Leonardo, Dürer, Raffael, Bosch, Bruegel, Caravaggio and Vermeer in different sets at a reasonable price. The volumes show groundbreaking artists and the amazing, enigmatic and fascinating details in their grandiose works.
Real treasures! Photobooks as limited editions, signed, with prints... From Tom Hunter to Alec Soth.
Do you need a last minute gift? Or a special gift for a art book lover who already has an extensive library? Just order a gift voucher that will be sent to you by mail (including a wonderful greeting card) or by e-mail (PDF). After you have entered the billing and shipping address, the field "additional shipping instructions" will appear. Here you enter "BY MAIL" or "PDF“. If you choose "BY MAIL“,…
We love books. That's why we take care of them and don't leave this to a creepy algorithm. We've categorized and tagged most of our available titles, sometimes we take pictures and describe special features. If you are looking for books on a certain topic, you have the possibility to find them by using the tag search. To get the most suitable result, you can also combine several keywords: for example, Impressionism & Painting, Bauhaus & Design, Industry & Photography ... Have fun browsing!
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