Fotografi

Metropolis Sunday von Matthias Forster nimmt die Betrachtenden mit auf einen Streifzug hinter die glänzenden Hochhauskulissen von Hongkong. Der Fotograf findet das Licht im Dunkeln, das Schöne im Hässlichen und das Virtuose im Banalen. Metropolis, die Mutterstadt, ist der Inbegriff der Weltstadt. Der Sonntag ist der Ruhetag par excellence. In Forsters Aufnahmen werden die Gegenpole der hektischen und reizüberfluteten Gesellschaft sichtbar. Abseits der lauten verkehrsreichen Straßen offenbaren sich nahezu menschenleere Plätze. Hier gönnt sich die Stadt eine Atempause und kommt zur Ruhe. Raum und Zeit werden relativ.Die ikonischen Hochhausformationen mit ihren spiegelglatten Fassaden dienen dabei als Spiegelbild der modernen Stadtgesellschaft: Während mit der repräsentativen Außenseite Ordentlichkeit und Akkuratesse gelobt wird, tritt dahinter das Ungezwungene und Improvisierte des urbanen Lebens in seinen zahllosen Spielarten hervor.

Xu Yong (b. 1954, Shanghai) was one of the first photographers to focus on everyday life in modern China, free from political romanticization or ideological whitewashing. In HUTONG 101 PHOTOS, he traces the history of the traditional residential district of Beijing, with its centuries-old buildings complete with rear courtyards and myriad narrow alleyways, the "Hutongs." Many of these neighborhoods have since fallen victim to radical redevelopment and have been demolished. Xu Yong's black-and-white images dating from 1989 bear witness to the rise and fall, the heyday and the decline of the Hutongs against the backdrop of the rapid societal change in China that followed the end of the Qing Dynasty. In this milestone of Chinese photography, which is now finally being published as a new edition in book form, Xu Yong has created an elegiac tribute to the old alleyways of Beijing, revealing both their poetic beauty and the sadness surrounding their demise.

Chile, 1973: on September 11, General Augusto Pinochet staged a coup to overthrow the elected government led by Salvador Allende, bringing a violent end to the idea of democratic socialism. From that point on, terror and repression reigned. José Giribás Marambio (b. 1948 in Santiago de Chile) lived through these events as a member of the workers' movement, a member of the opposition, and a photographer. In December 1973, he fled to Germany, where he made a new home for himself in Berlin. For over half a century, Giribás has repeatedly traveled to Chile with his camera to document a society shaped by the tension between political oppression, painful memories, and possibilities for democratic resistance. The resulting works have been exhibited worldwide and published in many renowned magazines and newspapers. Chile: Memories of my battered country is the first collection of his works, which are presented here together with a commentary.

In Sissinghurst: A Dream Garden Tim Richardson reveals the magic and the mystery of these world-famous and most evocative English gardens, famous for their horticulture, their creators and the realisation of personal dreams. Now in paperback.

This volume engages with the image of the labouring body against monumental machines, dams, and infrastructure and the ways in which photography engages with strands of modernist aesthetics to support new modes of seeing the changing industrial landscape and the human body.

Collecting the World collects twenty-five years of Sasha Gusov's street photography, exploring the morals, customs and manners of people across the world. 'Whatever Sasha focuses his lens on reveals both the humour and pathos of our human condition. He is a master of composition, and somehow his light touch enables us to come face to face with the tragedy of our complicity in historical repetition.' - Gillian Anderson OBE, actor and winner of two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards Sasha Gusov (b.1960) is a Russia-born, UK-based photographer, fascinated by the morals, customs and manners of people across the world. Alongside his commercial work for influential clients including Vogue, Christie's and Sotheby's, Gusov is an avid street photographer, and his keen eye finds the differences, commonalities, comedy and gravity in people and places. Collecting the World presents his photographs taken over twenty-five years in a picture selection curated by editor Amanda Renshaw. An essay by academic and photographer Peter Hamilton sheds light on Gusov's life as a photographer in Russia and London and his unique visual language. In Collecting the World Gusov juxtaposes toreadors outside a bullring in Spain with synchronised swimmers in Belarus; a sumo wrestler riding a bicycle with a pilot sitting with his bike in front of an aircraft; and Jude Law in jeans and a ballerina from the Bolshoi Ballet in costume puffing on cigarettes. His message is clear: people are people all over the world.

Black Dogs features over 50 stunning portraits of photographer Fred Levy’s Canine Noir series alongside heartwarming profiles about each dog and their loving companionship.

A richly illustrated history of the glittering world of queer artistic life in the 1920s and '30sIn Queer Modernism, Alice Friedman tells the fascinating story of the queer avant-garde of the 1920s and '30s in New York, Paris, and Venice, as seen through the eyes of Max Ewing (1903-1934), a young musician, photographer, and man-about-town who, although virtually unknown today, moved in extraordinary circles. In his photographs and letters, we meet the rising stars of modern art, music, dance, and literature and enter a world of interracial friendship, "queer space," and experimentation that shone brightly before being swept away by the Depression. It is a remarkable story that reveals that the history of modernism is more queer and more Black than previously recognized. In the 1920s, Ewing became part of an international coterie of artists led by Carl Van Vechten and Muriel Draper. In Europe, he was entertained by Gertrude Stein, met Stravinsky, and took a road trip with Romaine Brooks and Natalie Barney. In 1928, in a closet in his apartment, Ewing created the Gallery of Extraordinary Portraits, an installation of photos of his favorite celebrities-Black and white, clothed and nude. For his Carnival of Venice, he took portraits of more than a hundred friends-including Paul Robeson, Berenice Abbott, Isamu Noguchi, Agnes de Mille, and E. E. Cummings-posed in front of a backdrop of Saint Mark's Square. Like a character from a story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ewing joined the party and then died tragically, unable to accept the end of his era or the lost dream of a new way of living. His story sheds new light on modernism and an artistic milieu that was ahead of its time.

The Face Magazine will celebrate The Face's most iconic portraits from 1980-2004. Explore its role in the evolution of style photography and its international and enduring impact on visual culture. Ground-breaking British youth culture and style magazine The Face established the careers of a generation of photographers, journalists, designers, and models. Known for its distinctive, radical and of-the-minute design and its unflinching attitude, the magazine originally focused on music but branched into fashion and culture more widely, as well as encompassing political and social commentary. Initially running from 1980-2004, its strong inclusive stance, bold design and experimental approaches to photography feel fresh and relevant today. The Face Magazine will celebrate the magazine's most iconic portraits including Kate Moss, Annie Lennox, Kurt Cobain, Iggy Pop, Snoop Dogg, David Bowie, Ewan McGregor, Madness, The Sex Pistols, and Kylie Minogue. It will feature the voices of some of the key contributors to the original magazine and celebrate the ongoing legacy of the magazine's imagery in British art, design and culture. It will showcase striking and iconic portrait photographs from the likes of Miles Aldridge, Elaine Constantine, Corrine Day, David LaChapelle and Juergen Teller, alongside selected covers and spreads from the original print magazine.

These beautiful photographs display Fr Browne's customary understanding of composition and offer a sympathetic insight into what was by then a fast-vanishing world. This is a priceless record of the Irish country house at a critical moment in its history.

Saved by a Deer is more than just a collection of photographs and words; it's a heartfeltexpression crafted by Canadian photographer Chiara Zonca, serving as a love letter to therural island she fondly calls home.Through this project, Zonca delves into the ethereallandscapes of coastal British Columbia, using them as a metaphorical gateway to self-discovery.Unlike conventional nature photography, Zonca's images transcend mere objectivity; theyserve as vivid reflections of her deep emotional connection to the land, offering a glimpseinto her soul.Through a captivating blend of self-portraits and meticulously capturednatural elements, Zonca paints a vivid tapestry of sense of place, brought to life throughvibrant colors and rich textures. Saved by a Deer isn't just a photo essay--it's an evocative and enigmatic journey throughZonca's innermost thoughts and emotions. It immerses viewers in a world where nature andself intertwine, offering a profound and intimate narrative of living in symbiosis with thenatural world.

Another America challenges the notion of truth in photography, blurring the lines between reality and fiction. Set against the backdrop of the 1940s and 50s-a time when photographic imagery held a unique sense of veracity-the project transports viewers to a parallel universe where historical events take unexpected turns. From surreal landscapes to hauntingly realistic scenes, each AI-generated image invites audiences to question their perceptions and reconsider the narratives that shape our understanding of the past.

Twenty years of images by the acclaimed American photographer, pioneer of color art photography Mitch Epstein (Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1952) is a photographer who helped pioneer fine-art color photography in the 1970s. Focusing primarily on America as a place and an idea over the last five decades, Epstein produced iconic images of his country and immersive, visually arresting stories on the urgent political and cultural challenges America has to face as a nation. American Nature explores the inextricable link between the American landscape and psyche. Published on the occasion of the Turin exhibition, the book presents three seminal series (American Power, Property Rights and Old Growth) and premiers two multimedia works: Clear Cut, a projection of Darius Kinsey's early 20th century photographs of logging in the Pacific Northwest forests of the United States set to a modern soundtrack; and Forest Waves, a multi-channel video-sound installation made in the old growth forests of Massachusetts, which features tonal music performed there by Mike Tamburo and Samer Ghadry. American Nature is an inquiry into the rapacious consumption of resources by American industry and the bold risks that individuals undertake to preserve what is left of precolonial land for future generations. It includes a selection from all three photographic series, Kinsey photographs from Clear Cut and film stills from Forest Waves. Together, they tell the story of the resilience and fragility of the natural world. Also included are essays by acclaimed art historians Makeda Best and Robert Slifkin and curator Brian Wallis, and an in-depth interview between Wallis and Epstein, which delves into the artist's practice, and his evolving artistic and political resolve.

Il volume "Pride" intende omaggiare le conquiste ottenute dai Moti di Stonewall a oggi e contribuire alla celebrazione e alla diffusione dell'orgoglio LGBTQIA+ attraverso i volti di chi ha scelto di non vivere nell'ombra del pregiudizio e della discriminazione, ma di rivendicare la propria identità e di lottare per la propria libertà e quella altrui. Alle immagini dei Pride e dei partecipanti, il progetto affianca le voci di personalità che attraverso la loro esperienza unica e particolare offrono momenti di intensa emozione e riflessione su temi universali. Emiliano Reali e Silvia Ranfagni, con punti di vista ed esperienze diverse, affrontano il tema del coming out e dell'accettazione, dando voce il primo alla condizione di figlio e la seconda di genitore. Sue Sanders attraverso il racconto della fondazione dell'"LGBT+ History Month", nato con l'obiettivo di promuovere la conoscenza delle figure della comunità che hanno segnato la storia e la società nel corso dei secoli, si fa portavoce della necessità di recuperarne la memoria nei programmi scolastici per educare all'inclusività e all'uguaglianza. Il dialogo con la rifugiata egiziana in Inghilterra Shrouk El-Attar accende un faro sulla necessità di aiutare le persone LGBTQIA+ in paesi in cui legislazione e cultura sono ancora fortemente ostili e sull'importanza di continuare a lottare per abbattere pregiudizi e ottenere maggiori diritti, senza fermarsi di fronte a queste prime grandi conquiste, per un cammino verso un mondo di pace e inclusione.

These outstanding photographic reports aim to draw attention to the often dramatic fate of a country's abandoned heritage and its frequently forgotten beauty. The locations featured all have their own stories to tell, in a variety of voices, but with one shared theme: the fall from grace

Taking you behind the lens during a decade of significant social and political change, discover the remarkable transformation of British photography in the 1980s, and its impact on art across the world. This book will trace critical developments in photographic art in the UK, made by a diverse range of photographers in and around the Thatcher era (1976-1993). Rather than presenting a comprehensive history, the book will showcase more than 70 lens-based artists, and reveal numerous small histories, known and unknown, presented by a constellation of image makers (particularly Global Majority photographers), photography journals, photographer collectives, and theorists. The publication will also pay close attention to the intersection between photography and the British Black arts movement, and to the theoretical developments in photography and representation from the perspectives of postmodernism and cultural theory by British scholars from the period, namely John Tagg, Victor Burgin, and Stuart Hall. Photographers include Don McCullin, Martin Parr, Ingrid Pollard, Sunil Gupta, Wolfgang Tillmans, Keith Arnatt, Vanley Burke, Sirkka-Liisa Kontinnen, Marketa Luskacova, Joy Gregory, Paul Graham, Ajamu X, and many more key figures.

In association with an international touring exhibition and coinciding with what would have been Bob Marley's eightieth birthday, Dennis Morris marks the first full-career retrospective for this groundbreaking photographer.

A late-Victorian family gather for a charmingly awkward photo around their turkey feast. Women in glamorous fur coats stroke hosiery in a 1950s department store. A little boy opens a wooden rifle under a tree. There are some things about Christmas past that feel a world away. But there are others that aren''t so different after all: lovers swap gifts, children build gingerbread houses and a family ends the day rosy-cheeked and full of cheer. This photographic celebration of Christmas from yesteryear is amusing, surprising but ultimately heartwarming, reminding us of what works best at this time of year: the timeless joy of being together

A photographic journey around the latest of the Cunard Queens, Queen Anne, revealing details about her construction, entry into service and heritage

Stella is turning 30 and lives alone in an apartment on the banks of the Thames in south-east London. Her mental health has unravelled after her mother's death from cancer, leaving her unemployed, isolated from friends, and estranged from her father, who has quickly remarried. During therapy sessions, the image of a white flower appears in her mind and grows into an obsession. When she meets Anna, a violinist who has lost a sister, Stella's existence gradually regains a sense of meaning. In Edwardian England, Julia is surrounded by friends but longing for solitude. She is mourning her elder daughter, who has died in her twenties from a mysterious illness soon after her return from an expedition to photograph the jungle of Sri Lanka. Julia and Stella's stories are obliquely connected across space and time. The White Flower charts the ebb and flow of the grieving process, explored through the prisms of memory, imagination and photography. Charlotte Beeston's elegant, spare writing style captures the impact of loneliness on the female psyche, and the permanence of love, art and friendship.

Advanced Pets, a follow up to the acclaimed bestsellers Advanced Style, Advanced Style: Older & Wiser, and Advanced Love, explores the tender bond between photographer, author, and social media extraordinaire Ari Seth Cohen’s colorful, catwalk-worthy subjects and their furry and feathered companions. This heartwarming book dives into the magic of interspecies relationships through Cohen’s vibrant portraits and interviews of mature fashion icons with their adorable animal friends.Advanced Pets, a continuation of the photographer’s renowned book series that has sold over 150,000 copies globally, builds on the conversations about age representation Ari Seth Cohen has been championing for the past decade, this time focusing on the cherished bonds between seniors and their pets. When Ari Seth Cohen’s grandmother Bluma passed away in 2008, the author and photographer took her advice and moved from California to New York City in search of his creativity. Cohen immediately began to photograph and interview the senior fashionistas he saw on the city’s streets as a way to deal with loss and explore his creative passion. He soon created a blog titled Advanced Style that quickly attracted the attention of the fashion industry. In 2015, The New York Times now-Chief Fashion Critic Vanessa Friedman credited Cohen with creating a global movement which has led to more age diversity and increased visibility for older models in popular culture, fashion, and advertising. This blog was inspired by his own grandmother's unique personal style and his lifelong interest in the uber-curated fashion of eclectic seniors. In 2012, Cohen released his first coffee table book, the widely successful Advanced Style. It sold 80,000 copies around the world and quickly became powerHouse Books’ most successful title on social media. Cohen brought his colorful subjects to the big screen in the critically acclaimed Advanced Style Documentary. This was followed by a second book, Advanced Style: Older and Wiser (2016, powerHouse Books) and Advanced Love (2018, Abrams). Advanced Pets invites readers into a world of heartwarming connections between fabulously attired senior style icons and their beloved animal friends.

Photography, Architecture, and the Modern Italian Landscape explores the impact of photography at a pivotal moment in Italian architecture and culture, focusing on the period between 1910 and the mid-1970s.

Offering a new perspective on Weegee's oeuvre, The Society of the Spectacle presents the photographer's iconic images beside lesser-known works. There's a mystery to Weegee. The American photographer's career seems to be split in two. One side includes his sensational photography printed in North American tabloids: corpses of gangsters lying in pools of their own blood, bodies trapped in battered vehicles, kingpins looking sinister behind the bars of prison wagons, dilapidated slums consumed by fire, and other harrowing onevidence of the lives of the underprivileged in New York from 1935 to 1945. Then come the festive photographs - glamorous parties, performances by entertainers, jubilant crowds, openings and premieres - to which we must add a vast array of portraits of public figures that Weegee delighted in distorting using a rich palette of tricks between 1948 and 1951, a practice he pursued until the end of his life. How can these diametrically opposed bodies of work coexist? Critics have enjoyed highlighting the opposition between the two periods, praising the former and disparaging the latter. The Society of the Spectacle seeks to reconcile the two parts of Weegee by showing that, beyond formal differences, the photographer's approach is critically coherent. In the first part of his career, which coincided with the rise of the tabloid press, Weegee was an active participant in transforming news into spectacle. To show this, he often included spectators, or other photographers, in the foreground of his images. In the second half of his career, Weegee mocked the Hollywood spectacular: its ephemeral glory, adoring crowds and social scenes. Some years before the Situationist International, his photography presented an incisive critique of the Society of the Spectacle.