Catalogue issued on the occasion of the 1973 Italian visual and concrete poetry exhibition held at the Finch College Museum in New York, U.S.A., and at the Civic Gallery in Turin, Italy.
This book the concept of modularity as a general principle of order in the universe and its application in various fields, including architecture, plastic arts, and music.
This book aims to collect and present a comprehensive overview of the work of Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt. The book presents her typewritings series, all produced between the early 1970s (some of the earliest works are dated 1972) and 1989. Mail Art was her way to be in contact with the world outside the GDR, otherwise impossible to reach. After the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Reunification, the artist stopped producing any art: she felt her involvement was no longer “needed”.
Gianni Versace's unbridled enthusiasm for the baroque finds new expression in Do Not Disturb, his playful peek behind the closed doors of the Versace homes.
Eamonn Doyle employs a unique approach to photographing Dubliners in the streets—from a close but respectful distance, his views of the city’s solitary figures reveal a quiet reverence and respect for these old souls. This book contains full bleed black and white photographs, cinematic and dramatic in their execution, of people in Dublin.
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Over the past eleven years, the photographer and filmmaker Bruce Weber and his partner Nan Bush have published the book series All-American featuring works by artists, photographers, essayists, poets, and personalities whose lives and accomplishments they wish to celebrate. This edition features a portfolio of elephant photographs by Bruce Weber, Kennedy family portraits by Betty Kuhner, and Marlon Brando, as seen by Sam Shaw. Also included are Gilles Larrain, Phil Ochs, Mary Lloyd Estrin, Mary Randlett, Joel Sternfeld, Ranee Flynn, paintings by Forrest Bess, and Joe Coleman collages.
Among the significant projects of the last year of his life, Richard Avedon (1923–2004) completed a book of his photographs of women – ranging from celebrities (Marilyn Monroe), artists (Marguerite Duras, June Leaf), and high-fashion models (Suzy Parker, Dovima) to anonymous people that simply drew his attention.
This book explores the history and character of retail settings since the Middle Ages, including shops, arcades, market halls, co-operative stores, department stores, multiples, supermarkets, precincts, and malls.
In The Experimenters, Eva Díaz reexamines Black Mountain College as a crucible of postwar artistic innovation. Focusing on Josef Albers, John Cage, and R. Buckminster Fuller, she argues their experimental, process-based teaching reshaped modern art, redefining creativity, chance, and design for subsequent generations.
Norman Parkinson (1913-1990) has been described not only as a craftsman but also as a consummate artist who brought a dramatic glamour and bold inventiveness to the fashion portrait. Organised decade by decade and illustrated with fashion plates, portraits and contact sheets, the book features a number of previously unpublished editorial images.
Bruce Weber’s first monograph, published by Twelvetrees Press in 1983, was his breakthrough collection, a powerful sampling of images from his early career that are still considered among his most iconic. The book is divided into eight sections: “Brothers”; “Matt Dillon,” a series of photographs drawn from several sittings with the young actor; “Notebook,” an eclectic sampling of early editorial and personal work; “Lifeguards;” “Clammers;” “Hall of Fame” and “Jeff,” both photo-essays of Jeff Aquilon, a championship swimmer and star of many of Bruce’s early GQ editorials. Now among the rarest of his collections, this book set the standard for all of Bruce’s future publications.
W is an award-winning publication, one of the world’s greatest and best-known fashion magazines. It was founded in 1971 as a sister publication to Women's Wear Daily and was owned by Fairchild Publications until it was purchased by Condé Nast in 1999. This book celebrates its 40th anniversary and is divided into three sections; Who, Where, and Wow.
Over the past decade, the fashion industry has witnessed a renaissance of the classic khakis that have been the casual pant of choice of such prominent historical figures as James Dean, Albert Einstein, John F. Kennedy, and Picasso. Produced in conjunction with Dockers "RM" Khakis, Khaki: Cut from the Original Cloth is a compilation of over 100 historical and contemporary images, creating a veritable photographic history of khakis. Included in this fascinating fashion retrospective are Hollywood film stills, historical snapshots, and recent fashion and celebrity images by such acclaimed photographers as Annie Leibovitz, Peter Beard, Duane Michals, Cecil Beaton, David Bailey, and more.
A book about architecture
Ancient and Modern is a collection of photographs chosen from Eggleston's earliest photographs taken in the American South, Africa and England. The photographs depict subjects and objects from everyday life and it is Eggleston's unique ability to find beauty, and striking displays of colour, in ordinary scenes that make him one of the greats.
Beautiful London by Helmut Gernsheim is a captivating photographic tribute to the city in the early 20th century, capturing London’s elegance, charm, and architectural splendor before the upheavals of World War II. Published in 1939, this rare collection showcases Gernsheim’s keen eye for composition and atmosphere, blending documentary precision with artistic vision
Reading Basquiat considers the ways in which Basquiat constructed large parts of his identity--as a black man, as a musician, as a painter, and as a writer--via the manipulation of texts in his own library.
Toto Frima reached recognition in the 80's with her Polaroid (SX70) selfportraits, also known as 50x60, photographic works created on her own using a remote shutter release. The small, often erotically charged images rapidly captivated the whole of Europe. One of the reasons for her success was that the works perfectly matched the at the time ongoing socio-cultural developments: women worked without undergoing competition with men. Through the lens, Toto exhibited herself in different ways, either playing a role or using different attributes. However, in all cases, she keeps referring to her own person, which could as well be someone else.
This book contains research cinto the development of writing and the use of the broad pen by the medieval scribe, the theory and development of manuscript illustration, and the practical importance of lettering.
A cult book that influenced the 'Ivy Style' craze among students in the Ginza shopping district of Tokyo in the late 1960s. Take Ivy is a collection of candid photographs shot on the campuses of America's elite, Ivy League universities. An important study of classic menswear and the Prep style.
Traces the development of modern graphic design, and shares the comments of top American designers
This book explores furniture from ancient Egypt to 400 BC, emphasising style, construction, and detailed measured drawings. It presents continuity of design across centuries, showcasing features like animal-hoof chair legs evolving from cattle to lions, and decorative motifs such as pine cones, offering a thorough study of early craftsmanship and aesthetic development in ancient furniture.
In the space of three days in 1956, Roger Mayne photographed children at play in a street in North Kensington. The photographs of Southam Street became the evidence of a community and a way of life which vanished under the eyes of developers and politicians; the street itself was demolished. Mayne's work is the evidence of a vanished age, yet works as more than a social document.
This phootgraphic anthology brings together the groundbreaking work of Black women photographs active in the UK during the 1980s and 1990s. Seen through the lens of Britain’s sociopolitical and cultural contexts, the publication draws on both lived experience and historical investigation to explore the communities, experiments, collaborations, and complexities that defined the decades. Includes the works of Maxine Walker, Ingrid Pollard, Claudette Holmes, Mohini Chandra, Carole Wright, Sutapa Biswas, Maud Sulter, Brenda Agard, Anita McKenzie, and more.
Lee Miller in Fashion gives us a wide lens view on Miller’s fashion photography. Set against the fast-changing landscapes of New York, Paris, and London, the book shows the story of how Miller challenged the boundaries of fashion photography of the day. Using unpublished photographs and archival research, Conekin shows how Miller’s fashion photographs were a brilliant combination of sharp wit, high art and modernist edge.
Cook Book collects 23 recipes by Rirkrit Tiravanija, reflecting his interactive, meal-based installations shown worldwide. Combining Thai staples and reinterpretations of European classics, the book features photography, an essay by Thomas Kellein, and an extended interview with Tiravanija, revealing his artistic philosophy. It bridges culinary practice and avant-garde art, highlighting social engagement as central to his work.
Ground is the result of a decade long documentation of the conflict between Palestine and Israel. With his camera, Bruno Stevens portrays the lives of many shapes by violence, loss and destruction.
Issue on houses in the Northern Europe.
This classic work of analog photojournalism—focusing on the idiosyncratic denizens of an iconic bar in the red-light district of Hamburg, Germany
This is the catalogue for Wolfgang Tillmans' exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery in London in 2010. After 20 years of working in London, Tillmans reflects on his relationship with the city, both through his past work and the new work produced for this exhibition.
Tek Hod is a contemporary photographic response to an ancient tradition: Cumberland and Westmorland Wrestling. Documenting a legacy of romanticism on one hand and industrialisation on the other, David Ellison's photo series speaks to the complexity of the landscape's tradition via costume and archive as well as the influence of the Arts and Crafts movement.
Photographs of life on the French Riviera by Edward Quinn.
A collection 200 black-and-white photos taken by Harold Chapman, British photographer and resident of the legendary 'Beat Hotel' in Paris during its heyday as a residence for members of the Beat Poetry movement. With forwards by William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin, plus Chapman's own account of his first visit to the hotel.
A catalouge of photographs and drawings by Paul Outerbridge between 1921 and 1941.
Designed in Cuba: Cold War Graphics presents the work of 33 designers and artists such as Alfredo Rostgaard and Emory Douglas whose provocative and politically charged work transmitted a message of revolution to millions across the globe.
The Smell of Calpol on a Warm Summer's Night blurs the line between reality and fiction. Framed like paintings, each image is a cinematic tableau of Suburbia, with a warm glow of neon light reminiscent of hazy evenings spent in front of TV screens. Carlos Clarke presents a glance into others' living rooms and domestic environments, offering an eerie portrayal of twilight.
Both sacred and profane, Mountain Ecstasy is the cult book by Penny Slinger and her partner at the time, Nik Douglas. Working with found images – many from Slinger’s own collection of erotica – and poetry, the resulting book is a hyperreal celebration of the Tantric world.
When Bruce Weber opened the Tokyo iteration of his “Filmography” exhibition in 2005, he collaborated with the distributor Kinetique to release a limited-edition catalogue of the show. Drawing extensively from imagery related to each of his feature films and shorts, this book celebrates the fantasies and aspirations of cinema. In addition to showcasing his own film work, Bruce celebrates the talents of directors and actors who inspire him, everyone from Michelangelo Antonioni and Pedro Almodovar to Benicio del Toro and Vanessa Redgrave. The book includes an essay Bruce wrote in tribute to the late, great actor, River Phoenix, the subject of a film he never got to make. In this essay, and in each of these photographs, Bruce presents the elusive dreamworld of the big screen as a space of freedom, innocence and the possibility of personal expression.
Bauhaus Imaginista marks the centenary of the Bauhaus, founded by Walter Gropius, highlighting its global influence across art, design, and architecture. Featuring figures like Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, László Moholy-Nagy, and Josef Albers, it traces the school’s international reception and enduring impact amid twentieth-century geopolitical change.
A socialist journal of the social services. Special volume on issues concerning lesbian and gay communities.
Photography - A Queer History examines how photography has been used by artists to capture, create and expand the category 'Queer'. It bookmarks different thematic concerns central to queer photography, forging unexpected connections to showcase the diverse ways the medium has been used to fashion queer identities and communities. Featuring the works of 84 photographers past and present – including Nan Goldin, Robert Mapplethorpe, Wolfgang Tillmans, Zanele Muholi, Libuse Jarcovjakova, Sunil Gupta, Peter Hujar, Lola Flash and more.
This book brings together a selection of images from all the campaigns into a collection that marks how significant this collaboration between Teller and Jacobs has been in both fashion and visual culture.
An unprecedented publication showcasing Gucci as never before, including thought-provoking essays, commentaries, and authoritative anecdotes along with previously unpublished contemporary and archival photographs.
A themed collection of Araki photographs. Issue 20: Sentimental May
An Atlas of Es Devlin is the first comprehensive study of Es Devlin, exploring her work across art, theatre, music, dance, opera, and sculpture. The book traces her creative process from sketches and miniature models to large-scale installations and stage designs, highlighting her innovative, collaborative approach in public art, performance, and high-profile cultural events worldwid
Press photographer Emil Brunner was not only a widely traveled reporter, he also retained an eye for the close-up. During the Second World War, he photographed people, especially children, in eleven communities in the Graubünden Oberland. He portrayed them in a touching yet detached way that allowed each person to retain their individuality. A selection from this unique portrait series, comprising around 1,700 photographs, is now being shown for the first time: impressive visual documents from a distant social reality, beyond the idealized world of Heidi, Switzerland.
If David Bailey was the quintessential London photographer during the Swinging Sixties, the photographs he produced in the 1970s reflect a radical reorientation. This volume collects images from his 1970s fashion sittings as well as his portraits of subjects ranging from Salvador Dali and Mick Jagger to Margaret Thatcher and Mother Teresa. His acclaimed television documentaries on Andy Warhol, Cecil Beaton and Luchino Visconti provided yet more opportunities for compelling stills.
Swiss performance artist, Manon, was a pioneer of body and performance art in the 1970s. In her ambivalent depiction of female identity, she deliberately affirmed gender roles as well as their subversion. Through a series of photographic images, this book illustrates the artist’s interest in personal redefinition, through taking up her own body as both medium and metaphor.
Dorothy Sing Zhang unveils a compelling portrayal of humanity’s vulnerable state during sleep. The scene is set in the bedrooms of others. One is asked to be asleep, a squeeze cable release is placed under the pillow. The chance of one’s unconscious body rolling over and triggering the camera results in an exposure. Like Someone Alive expands these boundaries by withdrawing the traditional relationships between the photographer, the object and the camera.
This book presents extended sequences of stills from each of Tarkovsky's films alongside synopses and cast and crew listings. It includes reflections on Tarkovsky’s work from fellow artists and writers.
This work reflects Versace's experience in Florence. It examines the sources of the designer's inspiration and suggests that, in return, his work inspired the direction of contemporary art.
This book is a collection of photographs of the painter Georgia O'Keeffe by Alfred Stieglitz. The two met in 1916 and married in 1924, and these several hundred portraits made over twenty-something years is an image of a life and a love. O'Keeffe claimed: "When I look over the photographs Stieglitz took of me . . . I wonder who that person is. It is as if in my one life I have lived many lives."
Studies in leather and sadomasochism.
A visual survey of various cars.
An exploration of the unique world of British fashion, including established names and the work of new British designers. All aspects are covered including tailoring, fabrics, branding and accessories while special features highlight the work of key designers and influential trends – including the work of Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood.
An homage to women on the range.
GA Document is a Global Architecture focusing on contemporary international architecture and design projects.
The Art of Bollywood explores the vibrant hand-painted posters of India’s Bollywood, tracing their evolution since the early 20th century. Showcasing original artworks, rare street publicity, and cinema displays, the book highlights the skill of key poster artists, restoring a neglected visual tradition and revealing Bollywood’s distinctive, highly collectible graphic language.
Living Trust is the first monograph by American artist Buck Ellison. LA-based Ellison’s work broadly investigates the language of privilege through meticulously researched images, often executed through staged settings and performative interventions into the visual language of photography.
This book documents the eclectic collections of Martin Parr, spanning 25 years of photographic and themed objects. It features memorabilia of political figures, cultural icons, wristwatches, photographic trays, kitsch wallpaper, and items commemorating events like 9/11 and Sputnik. The collection combines humor, poignancy, and the eccentricity of everyday objects.
A socialist journal of the social services. In this issue: the political economy of homelessness; housing in Milkwaukee for low income people; the mental health effects of work; fear in our culture.
Perhaps the most famous and significant fashion model of the 1960s, the muse to Richard Avedon and star of Antioni's Blow Up, 'Veruschka' was the alter ego of a young German art student called Versa Con Lehndorff and, after a decade as the subject, she gave up modelling to become the canvas. Working in collaboration with the painter Holger Trülzsch, she disappears in images with her body as the canvas, becoming a stone, a wall, a factory floor, or a man, a worker, an aged queen.
A themed collection of Araki photographs. Issue 12: Dramatic Shooting and Fake Reportage
Ed Ruscha is widely regarded as one of the world’s most important artists with a career spanning six decades from the early 1960s until the present day. His use of imagery and techniques seen in commerical art, such as advertising and his interest in popular culture and the everyday, connects him directly with pop art. This book thoroughly traces Ruscha's engagement with photography and reveals how his photographic works shed new light on his career as a whole.
Photographs and texts by critic Germano Celant about selected works considered as Arte Povera – an Italian art movement from the late 1960s and 1970s that used "poor" or commonplace materials to challenge the commercialised art world. Includes the works of Joseph Beuys, Lawrence Weiner, Alighiero Boetti, Jannis Kounellis, Mario Merz, Marisa Merz, Hans Haacke, Eva Hesse, Jan Dibbets, Carl Andre, and more.
This monograph presents the work of Vito Acconci, one of the most influential of the last 30 years. His experiments with performance, audio and video, sculpture, and architecture from the late 1960s through the present have become points of reference for younger artists. The overriding concerns throughout his work have been self-analysis and interpersonal relationships, themes he has explored in many different ways.
Issue on the work of Frank Lloyd Wright.
The Fundamental Picture is a series of thirty-nine works by English artists Gilbert & George that was exhibited simultaneously at the Lehmann Maupin and Sonnabend Galleries from 3 May through 28 June 1997.
First published in 1967 by Nothing Doing in London, Karma Circuit brings together Harold Norse’s work from his years in Italy, Paris, Athens, and Hydra with photographs of vibratory phenomena by Hans Peter Widmer.
This book features selections from over a dozen albums, many never-before-seen, and includes Shabazz's earliest photographs as well as images taken inside Rikers Island, all accompanied by essays that situate Shabazz's work within the broader history of photography.
George Dureau, The Photographs is an album of the great photographic portraits made throughout the forty years of Dureau’s artistic career―a New Orleans romance between the photographer and his subjects. All of Dureau’s exquisite photographs, many of them nudes, were made in his studio in the French Quarter of New Orleans, or on the city’s streets.
45 RPM celebrates the design and cultural impact of 7-inch single record sleeves. These small cardboard covers, popular with DJs and collectors since 1949, became iconic elements of Top 40 music culture. The book presents over 200 sleeves arranged chronologically, highlighting inventive graphic design across genres and featuring legendary artists such as the Beatles, Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones, and many others.
Unusual Sounds traces the full history of library music through interviews with its composers, producers, and musicians, appearing amid renewed interest and major-label reissues. Originally created as low-cost stock soundtracks for television and genre films, library records evolved into a thriving industry. Behind many anonymous releases were leading late-20th-century composers, whose inventive work flourished within commercial constraints.
In the early sixties, Marilyn Stafford spent over a year in Lebanon and became fascinated with the country and its people. She travelled extensively, journeying to the most remote villages and recording scenes of everyday life. This album is a selection of 140 of these outstanding photographs. Although there are some architectural scenes and views of towns and villages, the main focus is on the Lebanese people and their way of life.
A documentation of students Rossville High School by photographer Jim Richardson.
The book is the intended outcome of the Royal Mail Millennium Stamps project and is a wonderful celebration of British art and design.
New Age: Stonehenge to Jungle is a visual chronicle of UK rave, jungle, and warehouse party culture from the early 1970s to 2000. Drawn from Toby Mott’s extensive Mott Collection, the book features 575 flyers and ephemera, tracing a generation of youth rebellion and the imaginative visual language that defined British party culture and its global influence.
Known as the poet of glamour and the man who adores women, Peter Lindbergh has been a driving force in the world of fashion and the evolution of the supermodel. This book features not only Lindberghs print photo campaigns but also the outtakes, Polaroids, and scouting photos of the photographers little films that have redefined fashion photography with their compelling realism and depth of emotion. The 250 color and duotone photos feature never-before-published images of Milla Jovovich, Kate Moss, Christy Turlington, Naomi Campbell, Helena Christensen, Cindy Crawford, and Amber Valletta.
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Bruce Weber’s second eponymous monograph is a multidimensional exploration of masculinity. These photographs present a wide array of shifting archetypes and myths that inform society's sense of the masculine – the tough guy, the wild man, the heroic athlete, the courageous soldier, the pensive artist, the family man, the sensitive troubadour, the object of desire.
Monika Günther and Ruedi Schill began contributing to the development, promotion and dissemination of performance art in the 1980s. Their archive is compiled into this book for the first time, a large selection of photographs and essays serve recreates the physical presence of the participants and the atmosphere of their performances.
The Afterimage Reader collects writings from the independent British film journal Afterimage (1970–1987), which chronicled radical cinema in a period of intense cultural and political change. Featuring texts by critics Noël Burch, B. Ruby Rich, and filmmakers Jean-Luc Godard, Derek Jarman, and Jan Švankmajer, along with interviews with Hollis Frampton and Raúl Ruiz, the collection—edited by Mark Webber with contributions from Simon Field and Ian Christie—offers an essential record of avant-garde, Latin American, and visionary cinema.
A collection of portrait photographs of Mexican Lucha Libre Superheros.
Paul Rand's Thoughts on Design is considered by many to be the definitive manifesto of modern graphic design, articulating his vision that all design should seamlessly integrate form and function.
GA Document is a Global Architecture focusing on contemporary international architecture and design projects.
Kraftwerk: Dance Forever documents the visual and cultural evolution of the pioneering electronic group Kraftwerk from the 1970s to today. Published alongside an exhibition launched in Detroit, the birthplace of techno, it showcases posters, photographs, recordings, sheet music, and memorabilia that capture the band’s iconic machine-music aesthetic and lasting influence on electronic and dance music culture.
Semina was a mail-art magazine founded by Wallace Berman that connected the disparate artistic, literary, music, and film scenes of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Its nine issues between 1955 and 1964 contain original works by the likes of John Altoon, Charles Brittin, William Burroughs, Jean Cocteau, Allen Ginsberg, Taylor Mead and more. This book is a reproduction of the full run of Semina, containing annotations and texts by Johan Kugelberg, Adam Davis, Tosh Berman, Shirley Berman, Philip Aarons and Andrew Roth.
Modern typography, established primarily in Switzerland during the 1950s, flourished as a free and diversified American typography in the 1960s before greatly influenced the Japanese typography. This book examines the history of typography after the war.
This book presents the photographic work of Karl Lagerfeld. In full-bleed plates Lagerfeld presents the different forms of nature, alongside elements of the human body.
Book detailing the practice of architectural training at the Bauhau based on the lecture notes made by the Dutch ex-Bauhaus student and architect J.J. van der Linden of the Mies van der Rohe curriculum.
Before the crack epidemic devastated inner-city families, communities thrived with pride, style, and vibrant culture. Renowned photographer Jamel Shabazz captures this vanished New York City era from the mid-seventies to the mid-eighties. A Time Before Crack is a powerful visual diary revealing the extraordinary people, poses, and spirit of the streets.
Austin Cooper, a leading UK poster designer of the interwar period, shares enduring insights in his 1938 book Making a Poster. Celebrated for its practical guidance and artistic wisdom, the book remains a timeless reference for designers, illustrating principles of composition, typography, and visual impact that are still relevant today.
This catalogue was published to coincide with an exhibition at The Art Institute of Chicago featureing established and emerging Dutch photographers – including Rineke Dijkstra, Bertien van Manen, Hans van der Meer, Celine van Balen, Koos Breukel, Juul Hondius, Hellen van Meene, and more.
Emerges from the innovative minds of Theseus Chan, Werk, and Comme Des Garçons. This edition, known for its distinctive torched flambé cover, marks a unique chapter in the collaboration between the avant-garde fashion label and its global guerrillastores. The magazine documents the revolutionary retail concept by Comme des Garçons, which allowed partners worldwide to open a store, manage expenses, and offer CDG merchandise on a sale or return basis for one year.
Conversations with the Dead provides an extraordinary photographic record of life inside six Texas prisons and the relationships.
This book is part of a four part series exploring the work of four influential designers. This volume explores the work of Pierre Bernard, an influential French graphic designer known for his social, political, and cultural design work, most notably as a founder of the collective Grapus
Fashion Forever is a unique account of the aesthetic choices of British youth and a comprehensive guide to three decades of style driven subcultures. This book also presents a unique collection of portraits of distinctive individuals, their looks, their styles and their very personal statements.
A periodical book on modern houses from around the globe. Featuring work of architects F.L. Wright, Le Corbusier, A. Aalto, C. Scarpa
A collection of portraits of students in a Sixties high school.
In this publication, Tiane Doan na Champassak curates his collection of Parkett magazine (1984–2017), focusing on double-spread gallery advertisements from its first five years. Treating these ads as artworks, the book highlights the primacy of text in conceptual art, tracing an alternative history of postmodern and contemporary practice and recurring figures such as Marcel Broodthaers, Louise Bourgeois, Cindy Sherman, and others.