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Abdo Shanan: A Little Louder
Abdo Shanan: A Little Louder
Text by Sandra Maunac, Mustapha Benfodil, Salah Badis.

Algerian photographer Abdo Shanan (born 1982) has been documenting the Hirak, a movement of weekly peaceful protests taking place across Algeria since 2019 in opposition to political corruption and the current president, now on his >>more

RM/Trobades & Premis Mediterranis Albert Camus
ISBN 9788419233189
US $20.00 CAN $27.00 FLAT40
Pbk, 4 x 8 in. / 136 pgs / 61 color.
Pub Date: 10/18/2022 In stock


Christo Geoghegan: Witch Hunt
Christo Geoghegan: Witch Hunt
Illustrations by Louis Pomeroy, Roberto Sixto, Saurín Pua.

Winner of the Arles Author’s Book Award, 2023

In 2011, 14 indigenous Shawi healers were brutally murdered in the Peruvian Amazon, in a region called Balsapuerto. This publication is an investigation into these murders, featuring images >>more

RM
ISBN 9788419233264
US $55.00 CAN $76.00 FLAT40
Hbk, 6.5 x 9.25 in. / 424 pgs / 149 color / 42 b&w.
Pub Date: 03/14/2023 In stock


Handbook of Tyranny
Handbook of Tyranny
By Theo Deutinger. Text by Brendan McGetrick.

Now in a new edition with updated statistics, texts and other materials, Handbook of Tyranny portrays the routine cruelties of the 21st century through a series of detailed nonfictional graphic illustrations. None of these cruelties >>more

Lars Müller Publishers
ISBN 9783037787199
US $40.00 CAN $56.00 TRADE
Hbk, 8.25 x 11.75 in. / 172 pgs / 1000 duotone.
Pub Date: 06/06/2023 In stock


Peter Badge and Sandra Zarrinbal: Ingenious Encounters
Peter Badge and Sandra Zarrinbal: Ingenious Encounters
Text by Peter Badge, Sandra Zarrinbal, Aaron Ciechanover, Gunnar Stålsett. Translated by Suzette Capati Paguirigan, Michael Hulse.

German photographer Peter Badge (born 1974) has been traveling the world since 2000 for this comprehensive project. More than 400 encounters have now provided him with incomparable insight into the worlds of those who “have >>more

Steidl
ISBN 9783958299658
US $60.00 CAN $84.00 TRADE
Clth, 6 x 9.25 in. / 520 pgs / 536 b&w.
Pub Date: 03/26/2024 In stock


                                                              

VISUAL BOOK INDEX | ACTIVE BACKLIST

Above All Waves: Wisdom from Tominaga Nakamoto, the Philosopher Rumored to Have Inspired Bitcoin
Above All Waves: Wisdom from Tominaga Nakamoto, the Philosopher Rumored to Have Inspired Bitcoin
Edited with introduction and art by Paul Chan. Translated by Yuzo Sakuramoto.

This book introduces English readers to the life and ideas of Tominaga Nakamoto (1715–46), an 18th-century maverick Japanese philosopher who is rumored to have been an inspiration for the inventor of Bitcoin, known only by >>more

Badlands Unlimited
ISBN 9781943263264
US $39.95 CAN $53.95 TRADE
Hbk, 6.5 x 9.75 in. / 176 pgs / 18 b&w.
Pub Date: 12/20/2022 In stock


All the People
All the People
Text by Emily Besa. Photographs by Bernd Ott. All the People explores the experience of the gender spectrum on a personal level, with photographs of individuals living in Amsterdam, Berlin, London, Los Angeles and New York who express and define their gender on >>more

Kerber
ISBN 9783735601766
US $49.95 CAN $67.50 TRADE
Hbk, 9.5 x 12.5 in. / 248 pgs / 115 color / 24 b&w.
Pub Date: 09/27/2016 In stock


Cooking Sections: Offsetted
Cooking Sections: Offsetted
Edited by Jesse Connuck. Text by Nico Alexandroff, Penny Allan, Adeniyi Asinyabi, Martin Bryant, Matthew Darmour-Paul, Kristen Lyons, Mari Margil, Hanna Rullman, Isabel Sandeman, Huhana Smith, Pablo Solón, David Ssemwogerere, Irene Sunwoo, Paulo Tavares, Rosa Whiteley.

Established in London in 2013 by artists Daniel Fernández Pascual and Alon Schwabe, and nominated for the 2021 Turner Prize, Cooking Sections examines the systems that organize the world through food, exploring the overlap between >>more

Hatje Cantz
ISBN 9783775751995
US $47.50 CAN $64.50 TRADE
Pbk, 8 x 11 in. / 176 pgs / 120 color.
Pub Date: 05/03/2022 Out of stock


Diaspora of the Middle East and North Africa
Diaspora of the Middle East and North Africa
Edited by Ahmed and Rashid Bin Shabib.

Iranians in Los Angeles, Kurds in Nashville, Yemenis in Singapore: this collection of essays, interviews, architectural profiles, urban memories, Q+As, photo essays and travel stories highlights the diverse young and old diaspora communities of the >>more

Lars Müller Publishers
ISBN 9783037785447
US $40.00 CAN $54.00 TRADE
Pbk, 6.5 x 9.5 in. / 320 pgs / 250 color.
Pub Date: 07/23/2019 In stock


Global Citizenship
Global Citizenship
Edited by Roland Bernecker, Ronald Grätz. Text by Irina Bokova, Selmin Çaliskan, Gregory Crane, Lars Eckstein, Dirk Wiemann, Reinhold Ewald.

The idea for this book came from the Education First initiative, with which UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon declared Education for Global Citizenship one of the three top education goals worldwide. But what should this sort >>more

Steidl
ISBN 9783958294875
US $20.00 CAN $29.95 TRADE
Pbk, 6.25 x 9.5 in. / 168 pgs.
Pub Date: 08/28/2018 In stock


Lampedusa
Lampedusa
Edited by Estelle Blaschke, Lisa Bergmann, Paula Bulling, Elisa Calore, Haitham El-Seht, Mohamed El-Seht, Emilie Josso, Leon Kahane, Anne König, et al.

Lampedusa: Image Stories from the Edge of Europe is a photo-graphic novel developed by the Migrant Image Research Group examining how images of migration across the Mediterranean are made and circulated in the popular media >>more

Spector Books
ISBN 9783959051750
US $35.00 CAN $47.50 FLAT40
Pbk, 7.75 x 10 in. / 324 pgs / 220 color.
Pub Date: 02/27/2018 In stock


Leaked Recipes: The Cookbook
Leaked Recipes: The Cookbook
Edited by Demetria Glace. Photographs by Emilie Baltz.

A Los Angeles Times 2021 holiday gift guide pick

Have you ever wondered what a conspiracy menu tastes like? This book compiles major email leaks of the past 15 years through the theme of cooking. Part >>more

JBE Books
ISBN 9782365680318
US $49.95 CAN $67.95 TRADE
Clth, 7.25 x 10.5 in. / 280 pgs / 52 color / 8 b&w.
Pub Date: 06/21/2022 In stock


Liu Heung Shing: A Life in a Sea of Red
Liu Heung Shing: A Life in a Sea of Red
Text by Pi Li, Christopher Phillips, Geoff Raby, Liu Heung Shing.

This book contains the two most important bodies of work by Pulitzer Prize–winning photojournalist Liu Heung Shing (born 1951): photos that document pivotal decades of Communism in China and Russia, made between 1976 and 2017. >>more

Steidl
ISBN 9783958295452
US $95.00 CAN $130.00 TRADE
Clth, 12 x 13 in. / 288 pgs / 107 color / 88 b&w.
Pub Date: 07/23/2019 In stock


Louisiana Medley: Photographs by Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick
Louisiana Medley: Photographs by Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick
Edited by Kathryn E. Delmez. Text by Susan H. Edwards, Makeda Djata Best, Deborah Willis.

Louisiana Medley celebrates the 30-year collaboration of photographers Keith Calhoun (born 1955) and Chandra McCormick (born 1957). Partners in life and work, the two have worked together to document African American life in and around >>more

The Frist Center for the Visual Arts
ISBN 9780998681771
US $29.95 CAN $39.95 TRADE
Hbk, 11 x 10.5 in. / 136 pgs / 94 color.
Pub Date: 05/22/2018 Out of stock


Mechanical Fantasy Box
Mechanical Fantasy Box
Introduction by Jorge Socarras. Foreword by Theresa McGinley. Preface by Josh Cheon. Illustrations by Gwenaël Rattke.

Patrick Cowley (1950–82) was one of the most revolutionary and influential figures in electronic dance music. Born in Buffalo, Cowley moved to San Francisco in 1971 to study music at the City College of San >>more

Dark Entries Editions
ISBN 9781942884545
US $24.95 CAN $34.95 TRADE
Pbk, 8 x 6 in. / 128 pgs / 4 color / 32 b&w.
Pub Date: 11/26/2019 In stock


Organize Your Own
Organize Your Own
Edited by Anthony Romero. Contributions by Dan S. Wang, Dave Pabellon, Frank Sherlock, Irina Contreras, Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela, Mary Patten, Matt Neff, Rashayla Marie Brown, Hy Thurman, Robby Herbst, Rosten Woo, Salem Collo-Julin, Thomas Graves, Jennifer Kidwell, Jayanthi Kyle.

Fifty years ago, Stokely Carmichael, the leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) made a historic call: "One of the most disturbing things about almost all white supporters of the movement has been that >>more

Soberscove Press
ISBN 9781940190112
US $20.00 CAN $27.95 TRADE
Pbk, 6 x 7 in. / 248 pgs / 75 color / 21 b&w.
Pub Date: 09/15/2016 Out of stock


Rebecca Sampson: Apples for Sale
Rebecca Sampson: Apples for Sale
Text by Rebecca Sampson.

Apples for Sale, a photographic series by Berlin-based German-American photographer Rebecca Sampson, documents how Indonesian maids working in Hong Kong spend their single day off each week. These color photographs reveal how these migrants have >>more

Kerber
ISBN 9783735605344
US $45.00 CAN $62.00 FLAT40
Hbk, 8.5 x 10.25 in. / 144 pgs / 92 color.
Pub Date: 02/19/2019 Out of stock


Rob van Leijsen: The Drone Chronicles 2001–2016
Rob van Leijsen: The Drone Chronicles 2001–2016
Edited with text by Joerg Bader. Text by Nicolas Nova, Brice Pauset.

Here, Swiss designer Rob van Leijsen maps the evolution and increasing integration of drones in our society, from America's invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 on. All the models introduced onto the market between 2001 and >>more

Spector Books OHG
ISBN 9783959053105
US $40.00 CAN $55.00 FLAT40
Pbk, 5.75 x 8.25 in. / 784 pgs / 1190 b&w.
Pub Date: 12/17/2019 In stock


Sea Shepherd
Sea Shepherd

Established in 1977, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is a non-profit marine wildlife conservation organization. Its mission is to end the destruction of habitat and slaughter of wildlife in the world’s oceans, using direct-action tactics. SSCS >>more

Skira
ISBN 9788857236292
US $55.00 CAN $72.50 TRADE
Hbk, 11 x 9.5 in. / 200 pgs / 160 color.
Pub Date: 08/28/2018 In stock


Stonewall 50
Stonewall 50
Edited by Betsy Stepina Zinn. Foreword by Christina Brungardt. Text by Dean Daderko.

Stonewall 50 marks the anniversary of the police raid and subsequent riots with work by Leilah Babirye, Tony Feher, Chitra Ganesh, Barbara Hammer, Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, David Lejeune, Nick Vaughan & Jake Margolin, Troy Michie, Zanele >>more

Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
ISBN 9781951208004
US $19.95 CAN $29.95 FLAT40
Pbk, 8 x 10 in. / 120 pgs / 84 color / 7 b&w.
Pub Date: 10/29/2019 In stock


Superflex: We Are All in the Same Boat
Superflex: We Are All in the Same Boat
Text by Gean Moreno, George Yudice, Jacob Fabricius, Mark von Schlegell, Rina Carvajal, Stephanie Wakefield.

The critically acclaimed Danish artist group Superflex, founded in 1993 by Jakob Fenger (born 1968), Bjørnstjerne Christiansen (born 1969) and Rasmus Nielsen (born 1969), create humorous and playfully subversive installations and films that deal with >>more

Hatje Cantz
ISBN 9783775745109
US $55.00 CAN $75.00 TRADE
Pbk, 7 x 10 in. / 192 pgs / 72 color.
Pub Date: 02/19/2019 In stock


Susan Meiselas: Mediations
Susan Meiselas: Mediations
Foreword by Carles Guerra, Marta Gili. Text by Ariella Azoulay, Eduardo Cadava, Carles Guerra, Marianne Hirsch, Kristen Lubben, Isin Onol, Pia Viewing.

A member of Magnum Photos since 1976, Susan Meiselas became known for her work in the conflict zones of Central America in the 1970s and '80s and for the strength of her color photography. Covering >>more

Damiani
ISBN 9788862085694
US $35.00 CAN $47.50 TRADE
Hbk, 7 x 9.5 in. / 184 pgs / illustrated throughout.
Pub Date: 03/27/2018 In stock


The Art of Civil Action
The Art of Civil Action
Edited with text by Philipp Dietachmair, Pascal Gielen. Contributions by Andrew Barnett, Llorenç Bonet, llya Budraitskis, Giuliana Ciancio, Milena Dragi?evi? Šeši?, Max Haiven, Stefan Kaegi, Ivan Krastev, Thijs Lijster, Tomislav Medak, Borka Pavi?evi?, Yudhishthir Raj Isar, Igor Stokfiszewski, Hakan Topal.

How do the arts contribute to the formation of democratic processes? How does culture constitute public space and a civil domain? The Art of Civil Action argues that cultural initiatives play an underappreciated but crucial >>more

Valiz
ISBN 9789492095398
US $25.00 CAN $34.50 TRADE
Pbk, 5.25 x 8.25 in. / 352 pgs / 15 b&w.
Pub Date: 05/22/2018 In stock


The Economy is Spinning
The Economy is Spinning

This theory book brings together contributions from visual artists, writers and theorists to rethink the way that the language of economics and finance influences our thought and modes of expression. Through artistic contributions, image essays >>more

Onomatopee
ISBN 9789491677618
US $30.00 CAN $45.00 TRADE
Pbk, 6 x 9 in. / 160 pgs
Pub Date: 09/01/2017 In stock


The Sausage of the Future
The Sausage of the Future
Edited with text by Carolien Niebling.

The sausage is one of mankind’s first-ever designed food items. A paragon of efficient butchery, it was designed to make the most of animal protein in times of scarcity, and dates back as far as >>more

Lars Müller Publishers
ISBN 9783037785485
US $30.00 CAN $40.00 TRADE
Pbk, 8.25 x 11 in. / 156 pgs / 174 color.
Pub Date: 02/27/2018 In stock


Time Suspended
Time Suspended
Essays by Herman Asselberghs, Els Opsomer and Pieter Van Bogaert. The first thing a traveller has to learn in Palestine is to wait: the Palestinians have been doing it for more than 50 years. In the refugee camps in the Gaza Strip and on the >>more

Exhibitions International
ISBN 9789080883918
US $29.95 CAN $39.95 TRADE
Paperback, 5.5 x 8.25 in. / 216 pgs / illustrated throughout.
Pub Date: 04/15/2005 In stock



     

VISUAL BOOK INDEX | OUT OF PRINT

An Atlas of Agendas
An Atlas of Agendas
Text by Brian Holmes, Freek Lomme.

An Atlas of Agendas is a political, social and economic atlas, informing the public about sociopolitical power structures and activating opportunities for the self and the commons.

The French research and design group Bureau d´Études has >>more

Onomatopee
ISBN 9789491677977
US $50.00 CAN $69.95 TRADE
Hbk, 9 x 11.75 in. / 270 pgs / 54 color / 54 duotone / 64 b&w.
Pub Date: 11/26/2019 Not available


Jill Freedman: Resurrection City, 1968
Jill Freedman: Resurrection City, 1968
Edited by Steven Kasher. Text by Jill Freedman, John Edwin Mason, Aaron Bryant.

Published in 1970, Jill Freedman’s Old News: Resurrection City documented the culmination of the Poor People’s Campaign of 1968, organized by Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and carried out under >>more

Damiani
ISBN 9788862085830
US $45.00 CAN $60.00 TRADE
Hbk, 9.75 x 12 in. / 176 pgs / 141 b&w.
Pub Date: 03/27/2018 Not available


PSYOP: Post- 9/11 Leaflets
PSYOP: Post- 9/11 Leaflets
Edited by Christoph Büchel and Giovanni Carmine. In the spirit of Taliban, this artist's book on military "psychological operations" collects over 120 propaganda leaflets that have been dropped by the U.S. Army on Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as other similar material. >>more

JRP | Ringier
ISBN 9783905701128
US $22.00 CAN $25.00 TRADE
Paperback, 6.5 x 9.25 in. / 144 pgs / 144 b&w.
Pub Date: 03/01/2006 Not available