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William John Kennedy
Before they became two of America’s most iconic pop artists, Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana were young aspiring creatives, living in New York. There, they met and befriended William John Kennedy, who would take some of the first photographs of these artists in their career. After establishing a friendship with Robert Indiana and taking some of the first, important close-up images of him in his studio, Kennedy went on to work in a similarly creative way with Warhol. These striking images of the young Warhol and Indiana were lost for nearly 50 years before being rediscovered. They were presented in the Before they were Famous exhibiton. William John Kennedy: The Lost Archive: Photographs of Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana will be the first of William John Kennedy’s books devoted solely to the time he spent with Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana.
9781788841665
ACC Art Books 9.25 x 11in. 128pp., 60 col., 7 b.&w. September 2022 $40.00/CDN$50.00 Hardback The first book devoted solely to William John Kennedy’s friendship with Andy Warhol and Robert Indiana, an intimate glance at their lives before they found fame.
Eye-D
Anna Gabriel
It is said that the eyes are a window to the soul. They are what we first look at when we meet a stranger, and one of the most expressive parts of the human body. The eye speaks an intricate language, one that cannot be heard, only felt. The size of the pupil can signify focus or arousal. We meet each other’s eyes to show attentive interest, yet often feel discomfort when stared at: an evolutionary trait designed to alert us to a predatory gaze. This book is a testament to the power of the human eye. It gathers together Anna Gabriel’s collection of photographs, showing the close-up eyes of numerous well-known rock and film stars, including David Byrne, Helena Christensen, Willem Defoe, The Edge, Noel Gallagher, Annie Lennox, Susan Sarandon, Benjamin Zephaniah, Peter Gabriel and many more.
9781788841900
ACC Art Books 9.875 x 9.875in. 216pp., 76 col., 56 b.&w. October 2022 $55.00/CDN$71.50 Hardback An intriguing photographic exploration of the human eye, with close-ups of many celebrities’ eyes, including Willem Defoe, Noel Gallagher, Annie Lennox, Benjamin Zephaniah and Peter Gabriel.
Multiple Exposures Allen Jones & Photography
Allen Jones, Philippe Garner
Multiple Exposures – Allen Jones & Photography explores the numerous ways in which artist Allen Jones has engaged with the possibilities of this medium.
This volume – an important addition to the literature on Jones’s oeuvre – reveals how he was first drawn as a student to the camera’s potential, making his earliest experiments in black and white. Through the sixty-plus years of Jones’s career – using camera and, more recently, iPad, and iPhone – photography has become ever-more integrated within his wider practice as an artist.
The images in Multiple Exposures, mostly hitherto unpublished, are supported by an introductory text by Philippe Garner and by revelatory chapter introductions and pertinent pull-quotes by Allen Jones. The dynamic design of the book is by the legendary graphic artist David Hillman.
9781788841931
ACC Art Books 9.5 x 11.75in. 224pp., 200 col. November 2022 $55.00/CDN$71.50 Hardback Through the sixty-plus years of Jones’s career – using camera and, more recently, iPad, and iPhone – photography has become ever-more integrated within his wider practice as an artist.
Ardelle Schneider Butterflies and Caterpillars
Ardelle Schneider
Ardelle Schneider’s photographic project Butterflies and Caterpillars offers first-hand impressions of the current drag scene in the United States. Her photos address issues such as the meaning of identity and the construction of a self that goes beyond gender-specific roles and their constraints. Schneider accompanied her subjects in their everyday lives over a long period, capturing private moments and public performances alike. She observed their transformation and dual nature as their self-presentation and selfimage repeatedly collide with society’s expectations. In her intimate, sensitive photographs, Schneider brings out the nuances and complexities of the personalities hidden behind the garish masquerade. Her keen intuition and carefully tuned lighting allowed her to create images that ooze warmth, dignity, and power. This book is a monument to acceptance and mutual respect.
9783862069712
Verlag Kettler 6.75 x 9in. 280pp., 106 col., 44 b.&w. July 2022 $65.00/CDN$85.00 Hardback English, German
This book of photographs presents Ardelle Schneider’s firsthand impressions of the current drag scene in the United States.
Photomachinées
Antoine Gentil, Lucas Reitalov
This catalog for an exhibition at the Collection de l’Art Brut in Lausanne brings together an ensemble of found images gathered over the course of several years by gallerist Antoine Gentil and collector Lucas Reitalov. By dint of patience and research they found photographs that had been modified, often by simple (but telling) cut-outs, in addition to more complex images where the original photograph becomes part of a different story. These anonymous photographs date from the late 19th century onwards, and capture the inconspicuous person that one might encounter in a flea market or a secondhand store, along with family photographs that have been condemned to oblivion and are laden with mystery and emotion.
What News of the Snake That Lost its Heart in the Fire Snakefire
Arko Datto
In a series of color-saturated, dream-like, hallucinatory images taken at night, this second book in a trilogy by Kolkata-based photographer Arko Datto explores the shifting world of nature, society, and politics in Malaysia and Indonesia. Over the course of four years, he has captured both people and animals in confrontation with the changing urban environments they live in, with the subtext of the politics that made this change possible. In a place that used to be considered a tropical paradise, over- development and property speculation have forced residents out and have created deserts of empty real estate where neither locals nor animal life can thrive. SNAKEFIRE is dedicated to this paradise that has been lost to unmediated human greed and ponders the costs of untrammelled consumption.
Obsession Dietrich
Edouard Taufenbach, Bastien Pourtout
It was during a chance meeting with the collector Pierre Passebon and French photographers Édouard Taufenbach and Bastien Pourtout that the idea of a commission was born: to tell a story within the story of Passebon’s stellar collection of over 500 vintage photographs of Marlène Dietrich. Taufenbach and Pourtout have developed - using their iPhones - a new form of photomontage based on the instantaneous nature of Instagram and the possibility of communicating images remotely. In real time, they mix elements of the photographs; editing, splicing, juxtaposing, and reassembling them. These transformed images of one of the most alluring stars of cinema are a meditation on beauty, fame, and the nature of obsession.
9788874399994
5 Continents Editions 6.75 x 9.5in. 176pp., 200 col., 250 b.&w. August 2022 $40.00/CDN$50.00 Paperback
9788894515572
L’Artiere 9 x 12in. 200pp., 127 col. June 2022 $65.00/CDN$85.00 Paperback non-returnable
9788894515596
L’Artiere 9.5 x 8in. 48pp., 29 col., 26 b.&w. June 2022 $60.00/CDN$78.00 Hardback non-returnable English, French
Tango Metropolis Rolf Sachsse about the Contact Sheets of Thomas Kellner
Thomas Kellner
For over two decades, German photographer Thomas Kellner (b.1966) has explored the pictorial possibilities of the contact sheet, drawing particular inspiration from cityscapes, architecture and landscapes. In his new series called Tango Metropolis, he focuses his camera on the world’s most famous monuments. These iconic buildings are well-known, but his deconstructed, fractured images invite the viewer to discover them anew. Rolf Sachsse, a photographer, author, and curator, has contributed an essay for this book that links Kellner’s work to both mannerism and cubism.
9783949070150
Seltmann Publishers 8.25 x 8.25in. 24pp., 8 col., 150 b.&w. August 2022 $12.00/CDN$16.00 Paperback Tango Metropolis, a new series of deconstructed contact sheet images from the German photographer Thomas Kellner, presents familiar buildings in a totally new way.
Eye Candy Sex Sells
Hildegard Theodora Monssen
German photographer Hildegard Theodora Monssen (b.1948) creates sensual flower portraits that are both expressive and mysterious. She captures her motifs with natural light in extreme close-ups and reveals the personality of wilting flowers in all their vulnerability. Her images make visible the beauty of transience and temporality.
“Her balanced works of art function as a reflective memento mori.” —Rick Vercauteren, Director of the Museum van Bommel-Van Dam, Venlo, NL from 2005 - 2019.
9783949070235
Seltmann Publishers 11 x 12.5in. 36pp., 13 col., 56 b.&w. August 2022 $35.00/CDN$45.00 Hardback
Sensual flower portraits are showcased in this monograph of works from German photographer Hildegard Theodora Monssen.
9783961714056
teNeues 9.25 x 11.75in. 272pp., 180 col. December 2022 $60.00/CDN$78.00 Hardback English, German
9783961714186
teNeues 12.625 x 13.75in. 116pp., 75 col. December 2022 $55.00/CDN$71.50 Hardback
No Signal: Living in the Heart of Nature. Ten Portraits
Brice Portolano
Between 2015 and 2020, photographer Brice Portolano traveled from the islands of Alaska to the Patagonian steppe and from the forests of Lapland to the highlands of Iran to capture the daily lives of 10 extraordinary people who made profound changes in their lives in order to live closer to nature. These photographs present the joys of finding one’s place in the world and the challenges of living off the grid, away from the hustle and bustle of the city, usually without a phone signal or internet access.
9783961714193
teNeues 11.75 x 8.5in. 192pp., 150 b.&w. October 2022 $55.00/CDN$71.50 Hardback English, French
9783969650868
Monaco Books 9 x 10.875in. 272pp., 380 col. November 2022 $39.95/CDN$49.95 Hardback
The Stars’ Share / La part des étoiles
Gérard-Philippe Mabillard
Sir Paul Smith, with a wry grin. Javier Bardem, utterly relaxed. Chef Rasmus Kofoed, atop an ivy-covered wall. What all these portraits have in common is a glass. For this is how GérardPhilippe Mabillard photographs his friends and acquaintances, all celebrities from the world of film, art, fashion, design, and culture. For him, the glass, filled with wine or water, is the link between the people he portrays. Through his photography project, Mabillard is supporting the NGO Fondation Moi pour Toit in Colombia.
The Female Lens Prix Pictet, Fiona Shields
This edition of Prix Pictet focuses on two issues that share an urgency that is virtually impossible to outdo: the fight for gender equality and the quest to live sustainably. Fiona Shields, Head of Photography at The Guardian, has compiled works by about 50 female fine art photographers, illustrating the vast range of the ‘female lens.’ These visual masterpieces are accompanied by three essays penned by women who have forged a place for themselves in the world of art and photography.
All the Happiness in the World How People Live in the 30 Happiest Countries in the World
Edited by Monaco Books
Everyone strives for happiness – Aristotle already knew that. But what exactly is happiness? And can you measure it? A journey to the 30 happiest countries in the world brings this abstract topic closer to the reader. We look at happiness from three different perspectives. Based on the World Happiness Report, a scientific report commissioned by the WHO which ranks countries according to people’s life satisfaction, the book presents the 30 happiest countries. Authors and local heroes tell us how they experience their own happiness in each respective country.
