Miles Aldridge: Acid Candy – 2008 Signed Limited Edition of 1000 [£325.00]
In his acid-coloured images of lascivious lips, impossibly glossed models and hallucinogenic still lifes, photographer Miles Aldridge is plainly heir to some of the twentieth century’s enduring pop culture visionaries. Aldridge is especially known for his colour-saturated fashion photography editorials for magazines such as American…
Tony Ray-Jones: A Day Off – An English Journal [£349.95]
This seminal work by the English photographer Tony Ray-Jones exploring the English at play and leisure. This compilation illustrated with 120 photographs was published three years after his death (The Open Book, The Hasselblad Center, page 202/203. 802 photo books by the M+M. Auer collection,…
Marc Riboud, Christine Arnothy: Women of Japan [£350.00]
An amazingly well preserved and rare because of its small paperback format book investigating the lives of women in Japanese society – a travelogue with interviews and a section of photographs by Marc Riboud of street-shots, women at work and leisure printed in beautiful gravure….
Karel Hajek (photography) Vladimir Rypar (text): Norimberk: Zlocin A Soud (Nuremberg: Crime and Court) [£385.00]
Norimberk : Zlocin A Soud (Nuremberg: Crime and Court) with photographs by Karel Hajek and text by Vladimir Rypar (text in Czech). A striking and vital pictorial documentation of the 1945/46 Nuremberg trial in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Numerous images from the International Military…
Josef Koudelka: Reconnaissance Wales – Limited 1st Edition of 1000 Copies [£395.00]
“An alien landing on earth for the first time wouldn’t have any difficulty deciphering Josef Koudelka’s epic panoramic photographs. His visual language is simple, direct and generally uncluttered with cultural signs and symbols. The stark brooding, exquisitely composed pictures are not simply concerned with describing…
Robert Mapplethorpe: Mapplethorpe – 1992 Limited Edition Red Leather in Satin Slipcase [£445.00]
‘Mapplethorpe’ represents the definitive collection of nearly three hundred duotone photographs chronicles the development of Mapplethorpe’s career, in a collection that includes his society portraits, nudes, floral still lifes, and explicit erotic images. – – – – – – – – – This book is…
Les Krims: Making Chicken Soup – Signed 1972 1st Edition [£445.00]
An exceptional copy of Les Krim’s quirky book that makes comment on the state of photojournalism through the medium of photographing his mother ‘making chicken soups’ – ‘making chicken soup is dedicated to my mother and also all concerned photographers – both make chicken soup’…
John Green: Birds of Britain (Very rare signed) [£495.00]
The quintessential coffee table book of the swinging 60s featuring photos of Britain’s top models and actresses. Britain ruled the world again for a brief time in the mid- to late-60s, when it dominated the worlds of music, fashion, film and, of course, soccer. The…
Tony Ray-Jones: A Day Off: An English Journal [£269.95]
This seminal work by the English photographer Tony Ray-Jones exploring the English at play and leisure. This compilation illustrated with 120 photographs was published three years after his death (The Open Book, The Hasselblad Center, page 202/203. 802 photo books by the M+M. Auer collection,…
Bruce Weber: O Rio De Janeiro – A Photographic Journal by Bruce Weber [£345.00]
Bruce Webers’ “0 Rio De Janeiro” was an influential book set in the famous Brazilian city. Its release was accompanied by an exhibition at Robert Miller Gallery which traveled throughout the United States. As described in the Vince Aletti’s “100 Books,” 0 Rio “brought all…
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