Andreas Magdan: Oswiecim-Brzezinka (Auschwitz-Birkenau) signed – Limited Polish Edition of 100 [£125.00]
“These calm, summery pictures remove it from the long ago and far away, a symbol of the past that we can safely leave with an unbelieving shudder. They force us to meditate not only on what happened but on the forces of intolerance — still…
Kishin Shinoyama: Olele Olala – Signed First Edition [£245.00]
Shinoyama’s inimitable look at the decadence of Rio de Janeiro at Carnival time. It was published as a special edition of Japanese Playboy in 1971, funny ads of Hitachi razor throughout the book. The publisher’s text -.”Kishin Shinoyama & his mad crew challenged Brazil, the…
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…
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…
Christien Meindertsma: Checked Baggage – 3264 Prohibited Items (shrink-wrapped with prohibited item no 2489, nail scissors) [£845.00]
In 2004, Meindertsma purchased a lot of 3264 objects confiscated from travelers at security checkpoints at the Amsterdam airport. This book is a visual catalogue of those objects, which range from souvenir corkscrews to toy guns. Each copy of Checked Baggage comes packaged with one…
Ken Domon: Chikuho no Kodomotachi (Children of Chikuho) and Rumie-chan wa Otosan ga Shinda (Rumie’s Father is Dead) [£550.00]
‘Ken Domon is widely regarded as Japan’s leading photographer of the immediate post-war years: He worked in the classic photojournalistic mode, seeking to document Japanese life in the troubled aftermath of the war. During the 1950s, at a time when the rest of the Japanese…
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