Ernest Cole: The True America
R2795The first publication of photographs taken by Ernest Cole in the United States during the turbulent and eventful late 1960s and early 1970s.
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The Edge of Vision : The Rise of Abstraction in Photography
R450From the beginning, abstraction has been intrinsic to photography, and its persistent popularity reveals much about the medium. Now available in an affordable paperback edition, The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography is the first book in English to document this phenomenon and to put it into historical context, while also examining the diverse approaches thriving within contemporary photography. Author Lyle Rexer examines abstraction at pivotal moments, starting with the inception of photography, when many of the pioneers believed the camera might reveal other aspects of reality. The Edge of Vision traces subsequent explorations–from the Photo-Secessionists, who emphasized process and emotional expression over observed reality, to Modernist and Surrealist experiments.
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Zanele Muholi: Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness
R1995Zanele Muholi: Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail the Dark Lioness is the long-awaited monograph from one of the most powerful visual activists of our time. The book features over ninety of Muholi’s evocative self-portraits, each image drafted from material props in Muholi’s immediate environment.
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Double Happiness: Photographs by Chien-Chi Chang
R380For Taiwanese photographer Chien-Chi Chang, Double Happiness is an extremely personal project: ?For years, my folks had been bugging me to get married,? he says, ?and I wanted to show them how I view marriage in Taiwan. I?m not anti-marriage . . . but I had to do something to protest.? That was in 1994, and thus began Chang?s fascination with the Taiwanese wedding industry.
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Gary Schneider: Nudes
R850In this previously unpublished body of work, Gary Schneider presents a haunting series of nudes and faces that emerge and seem to float above a receding black ground. Each image is rendered through a long exposure and by exploring the surfaces of the skin with a small handheld light. Due to the prolonged time required and the inevitable movements and consequent distortions that occur in the process, the results both reveal and obscure the intimate physical details and personality of the individual who poses.
