The first book dedicated to the fashion photography of renowned British photographer Martin Parr

Women have been professional photographers since the invention of photography in 1839, but until now their work has received far less attention than that of their male colleagues. From the more than 15 million photographs stored in the Dutch National Archives in The Hague, the editors of Pioneers. Photography by Women selected work of 43 women created between 1859 and 1999. All of them can be described as innovators whose work paved the way for future generations of photographers.

Pioneers fo...

Peter Fink (1907, Grand Rapids - 1984, New York City) bereiste in den 1950er- bis 1970er-Jahren die Welt und fotografierte an abgelegenen Orten und in Industriestädten der Nachkriegszeit in Japan, Frankreich, Portugal, Nordafrika und im Mittleren Osten. Kunst und Kultur sind wiederkehrende Themen, ebenso wie das Leben von Arbeitern, Familien oder Kindern an jedem Ort, den er besuchte. Daneben entstanden expressive Porträts und Modefotografien, surreale Stillleben oder seine

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Minimalistische Fotografie regt unsere Wahrnehmung besonders an, da sie den Blick auf vermeintlich unscheinbare Details lenkt und der Vorstellung Raum zur Entfaltung gibt. Ganz im Sinne des Philosophen Blaise Pascal, der sagte: »Das ganze Unglück der Menschen rührt allein daher, dass sie nicht ruhig in einem Zimmer zu bleiben vermögen.«, hinterfragt die niederländisch-ungarische Fotografin Satijn Panyigay (*1988) in ihren minimalistischen Fotogra...

This publication presents a new body of work by Cindy Sherman that continues her explorations of the genre of portraiture going back to her early work of the 1970s. Across thirty-six photographs, the artist collages parts of her own face to construct the identities of various sitters, using digital manipulation to accent the layered aspects and plasticity of the self. The book also includes a text by Sherman chronicling her process in the studio, offering an intimate glimpse into her thinking...

A visual presentation of a selection of traditions found on the island of Java in Indonesia, by Dutch photographer Anges van der Logt, ARPS QPSA Hon.CPE.

In this photo book you will find beautiful high quality photos from around Java, as well as lots of explanatory text and stories about the different traditions, for a better understanding of the ancient cultures found there.

Book review by Daniel Kordan (on instagram as @danielkordan) : "Fading Traditions of Java by Anges van der Logt is a ...

Modern Times schetst de spectaculaire en onstuitbare groei van de fotografie in de twintigste eeuw aan de hand van ruim 300 hoogtepunten uit de fotocollectie van het Rijksmuseum. Unieke werken van o.a. William Klein, Man Ray, Laszló Moholy-Nagy, Ed van der Elsken en Jacques Henri Lartigue passeren de revue, net als verrassend werk van minder bekende fotografen. Samen laten ze de grote ontwikkelingen zien die de fotografie in de 20ste eeuw doormaakte: de opkomst van de amateurfotografie, foto...

Aperçu magistral de la photographie de studio par Stephan Vanfleteren

« Ce livre montre que Vanfleteren a intériorisé cette lumière particulière à tel point qu’il peut la faire apparaître sans l’aide de lampes ou du soleil. »

— Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer

Au cours des douze dernières années, Stephan Vanfleteren (1969) a travaillé de manière intense chez lui, dans un studio éclairé par la lumière du jour. Atelier est un recueil de ces œuvres. Qu’il travaille à la lumière ...

Artist Marleen Sleeuwits, known for her photography, objects and installations, takes this experimental book to propose a four-tiered representation of space: starting with two-dimensional images of space, that are then placed in a scale model, to the photos taken inside this model and, finally, to their convergence in this book. The spaces could be anything from a museum to a lobby or a passageway: locations we know as places for contemplation, for waiting or for movement. The condition of t...

A photographic exploration detailing the poetry and fragility of nature amidst the tragedy of climate change