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  • Collection of photographic plates shot in Ottoman-Empire-ruled territories of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey by the pioneers of orientalist photography - Dumas, Bonfils, Bergheim, Arnoux and Quarelli.
    Collection of photographic plates shot in Ottoman-Empire-ruled territories of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey by the pioneers of orientalist photography - Dumas, Bonfils, Bergheim, Arnoux and Quarelli.

    DUMAS, Tancrède; BONFILS, Felix; BERGHEIM, Peter; ARNOUX, Hippolyte; QUARELLI, F.
    Four albums of photographs of Ottoman Empire: c. 1860-1880].
    $20,534.00

  • Métal.
    Métal.

    KRULL, Germaine.
    Métal. [December 1927].
    $30,801.00

  • Sunny Singapore, published by Kelly and Walsh, containing views of Singapore including the Raffles Hotel, Government House, and other important buildings of the city.
    Sunny Singapore, published by Kelly and Walsh, containing views of Singapore including the Raffles Hotel, Government House, and other important buildings of the city.

    [SINGAPORE].
    Sunny Singapore. 1920s.
    $1,301.00

  • Tanja Lazetoic's artists' book Whore is an appropriation of Sanja Ivekovic's 1976 artists' book Tragedija Jedne Venere / Tragedy of a Venus.
    Tanja Lazetoic's artists' book Whore is an appropriation of Sanja Ivekovic's 1976 artists' book Tragedija Jedne Venere / Tragedy of a Venus.

    LAZETIC, Tanja.
    Whore. (2010).
    $822.00

  • The image on the cover of The Brightest Light Runs Too Fast is only revealed when exposed to temperatures above 27 degrees or by human touch. Otherwise, it remains black, a reference to, and a way to avoid, censorship of such images in China.
    The image on the cover of The Brightest Light Runs Too Fast is only revealed when exposed to temperatures above 27 degrees or by human touch. Otherwise, it remains black, a reference to, and a way to avoid, censorship of such images in China.

    HANG, Ren.
    The Brightest Light Runs Too Fast. 2014.
    $2,738.00

  • In Concresco, David Galjaard explores the social and symbolic significance of the numerous concrete bunkers built in Albania during the rule of dictator Ever Hoxha and the role they now play in the modern landscape.
    In Concresco, David Galjaard explores the social and symbolic significance of the numerous concrete bunkers built in Albania during the rule of dictator Ever Hoxha and the role they now play in the modern landscape.

    GALJAARD, David.
    Concresco. 2012.
    $1,335.00

  • Christopher Wool took the photographs in East Broadway Breakdown between 1994 and 1995 after returning to New York following a one-year DAAD residency in Berlin. They were all taken at night as he walked between his studio on the Lower East Side and his apartment in Chinatown.
    Christopher Wool took the photographs in East Broadway Breakdown between 1994 and 1995 after returning to New York following a one-year DAAD residency in Berlin. They were all taken at night as he walked between his studio on the Lower East Side and his apartment in Chinatown.

    WOOL, Christopher.
    East Broadway Breakdown. 2003.
    $1,643.00

  • 60 Fotos is the first mongraph of Aenne Biermann's photographs, with the publisher's scarce wraparound band.
    60 Fotos is the first mongraph of Aenne Biermann's photographs, with the publisher's scarce wraparound band.

    MOHOLY-NAGY, L[aszlo]; BIERMANN, Aenne; ROH, Franz (editor).
    60 Fotos... 1930.
    $6,845.00

  • Photographs by Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934.
    Photographs by Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934.

    MAN RAY (pseud. RADNITZKY, Emmanuel).
    Photographs by Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934. 1934.
    $11,979.00

  • First edition thus of this meditation on resistance, after the scarce original clandestine version with gelatin silver photographs produced by the artists in a small number of copies during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia.
    First edition thus of this meditation on resistance, after the scarce original clandestine version with gelatin silver photographs produced by the artists in a small number of copies during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia.

    STYRSKY, Jindrich.
    Na jehlách těchto dní [On the needles of these days]. 1945.
    $1,335.00

  • Krafft's fine illustrated work on Turkestan.
    Krafft's fine illustrated work on Turkestan.

    KRAFFT, Hugues.
    A Travers le Turkestan Russe: 1902.
    $7,872.00

  • Walker Evans produced this remarkable series of clandestine portraits of passengers on the New York City subway between 1938 and 1941. He dedicates Many are Called to James Agee.
    Walker Evans produced this remarkable series of clandestine portraits of passengers on the New York City subway between 1938 and 1941. He dedicates Many are Called to James Agee.

    EVANS, Walker.
    Many are Called with an introduction by James Agee. 1966.
    $617.00

  • Helen Levitt's A Way of Seeing is a key 'New York' photography book. It was born in 1945 when she and James Agee worked together on In the Street, a documentary film shot in Harlem
    Helen Levitt's A Way of Seeing is a key 'New York' photography book. It was born in 1945 when she and James Agee worked together on In the Street, a documentary film shot in Harlem

    LEVITT, Helen.
    A Way of Seeing. 1965.
    $1,027.00

  • Issued to accompany a 1995 exhibition at Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, this publication is devoted to Andreas Gursky's monumental 1993 photograph of the Immeuble d'habitation Maine-Montparnasse II, a quarter-mile-long housing block in Montparnasse, Paris.
    Issued to accompany a 1995 exhibition at Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, this publication is devoted to Andreas Gursky's monumental 1993 photograph of the Immeuble d'habitation Maine-Montparnasse II, a quarter-mile-long housing block in Montparnasse, Paris.

    GURSKY, Andreas.
    Montparnasse. 1995.
    $3,423.00

  • Jack Smith is a key figure in the cultural history of Downtown New York. <em>The Beautiful Book</em> was produced in an intended but unrealised edition of 200 copies, this copy includes an additional image, meaning it contains 20 gelatin silver photographs instead of the usual 19.
    Jack Smith is a key figure in the cultural history of Downtown New York. <em>The Beautiful Book</em> was produced in an intended but unrealised edition of 200 copies, this copy includes an additional image, meaning it contains 20 gelatin silver photographs instead of the usual 19.

    SMITH, Jack.
    The Beautiful Book. 1962].
    $27,379.00

  • The first edition of Photographic Pleasures by Cuthbert Bede, containing 24 amusing hand-coloured plates depicting visual puns.
    The first edition of Photographic Pleasures by Cuthbert Bede, containing 24 amusing hand-coloured plates depicting visual puns.

    BEDE, Cuthbert B.A. (pseud. BRADLEY, Edward).
    Photographic Pleasures: 1855.
    $822.00

  • Sentimental Journey is Araki Nobuyoshi's signature work, one of the key photography books of the twentieth century. It comprises photographs made whilst on honeymoon with his wife Yoko
    Sentimental Journey is Araki Nobuyoshi's signature work, one of the key photography books of the twentieth century. It comprises photographs made whilst on honeymoon with his wife Yoko

    ARAKI, Nobuyoshi.
    Senchimentaru na Tabi [Sentimental Journey]. 1971].
    $6,845.00

  • An inscribed copy of Eisen und Stahl, an important work in the history of modern photography. It exemplifies Renger-Patzsch's New Objectivity approach and attempts to redefine how industry and technology could be photographed.
    An inscribed copy of Eisen und Stahl, an important work in the history of modern photography. It exemplifies Renger-Patzsch's New Objectivity approach and attempts to redefine how industry and technology could be photographed.

    RENGER-PATZSCH, Albert.
    Eisen und Stahl. 1931.
    $10,267.00

  • Eisen und Stahl is an important work in the history of modern photography. It exemplifies Renger-Patzsch's New Objectivity approach and attempts to redefine how industry and technology could be photographed.
    Eisen und Stahl is an important work in the history of modern photography. It exemplifies Renger-Patzsch's New Objectivity approach and attempts to redefine how industry and technology could be photographed.

    RENGER-PATZSCH, Albert.
    Eisen und Stahl. 1931.
    $1,301.00

  • The date of these photographs is not recorded, but three groups who rose to prominence in the 1970s feature heavily: Nina Mona, Specter, and The Black Emperors, who were the subject of Mitsuo Yanagimachi's 1976 documentary Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
    The date of these photographs is not recorded, but three groups who rose to prominence in the 1970s feature heavily: Nina Mona, Specter, and The Black Emperors, who were the subject of Mitsuo Yanagimachi's 1976 documentary Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

    KANNON, Noguchi; Qwacci.
    Sakebi: Urakaido no Seishun [Scream: Youth on the Back Road] / Million Mook. 1980.
    $514.00

  • An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar comprises photographs Taryn Simon made in public and private establishments that are inaccessible or unknown to the public. These include private corporations, research facilities, and government agencies.
    An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar comprises photographs Taryn Simon made in public and private establishments that are inaccessible or unknown to the public. These include private corporations, research facilities, and government agencies.

    SIMON, Taryn.
    An American Index of the Hidden and Unfamiliar. 2007.
    $617.00

  • Presentation copy inscribed to Ralph Gibson. Despite Roy DeCarava conceiving The Sound I Saw as a maquette in the early 1960s, it remained unpublished until this edition in 2001. The subject being Harlem, New York and Jazz music.
    Presentation copy inscribed to Ralph Gibson. Despite Roy DeCarava conceiving The Sound I Saw as a maquette in the early 1960s, it remained unpublished until this edition in 2001. The subject being Harlem, New York and Jazz music.

    DECARAVA, Roy.
    The Sound I Saw / Improvisation on a Jazz Theme. 2001.
    $1,198.00

  • This book features Hamaguchi Takashi's photographs of the protests against the renewal of the ANPO Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan and many of the other student protests that took place in Japan throught the 1960s.
    This book features Hamaguchi Takashi's photographs of the protests against the renewal of the ANPO Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan and many of the other student protests that took place in Japan throught the 1960s.

    [PROTEST BOOK]. HAMAGUCHI, Takashi.
    Daigaku tōsō 70-nen Anpo e [Student Struggle Against the Security Treaty]. 1969.
    $1,369.00

  • The men in Pieter Hugo's The Hyena and Other Men earn a living by performing before crowds in the peripheries of Nigerian cities, accompanied by hyenas, rock pythons and baboons, and selling traditional medicines.
    The men in Pieter Hugo's The Hyena and Other Men earn a living by performing before crowds in the peripheries of Nigerian cities, accompanied by hyenas, rock pythons and baboons, and selling traditional medicines.

    HUGO, Pieter.
    The Hyena & Other Men. 2007.
    $1,164.00

  • Tokyo Elegy was initially scheduled for publication in 1972 but wasn't realised. Araki edited the sequences himself, and many bear a resemblance to frames from a film with their use of sequential photographs.
    Tokyo Elegy was initially scheduled for publication in 1972 but wasn't realised. Araki edited the sequences himself, and many bear a resemblance to frames from a film with their use of sequential photographs.

    ARAKI, Nobuyoshi.
    Tokyo ereji [Photo-theater: Tokyo Elegy]. 1981.
    $439.00

  • John Stezaker makes subtle photo collages. In The 3rd Person Archive, he cut up photographs from topographical publications of the 1920s and 30s, isolating distant figures individually, in pairs, or in small groups.
    John Stezaker makes subtle photo collages. In The 3rd Person Archive, he cut up photographs from topographical publications of the 1920s and 30s, isolating distant figures individually, in pairs, or in small groups.

    STEZAKER, John.
    The 3rd Person Archive. 2009.
    $411.00

  • Hara Kazuo makes confrontational documentary films in close collaboration with his subjects. This publication features a synopsis of his film Extreme Private Eros, a milestone in self-critical documentary and a powerful study of the stakes and limits of the sexual revolution, it is illustrated with stills, and includes a series of essays.
    Hara Kazuo makes confrontational documentary films in close collaboration with his subjects. This publication features a synopsis of his film Extreme Private Eros, a milestone in self-critical documentary and a powerful study of the stakes and limits of the sexual revolution, it is illustrated with stills, and includes a series of essays.

    HARA, Kazuo.
    [Extreme Private Eros / Love Song 1974-1975]. 1975.
    $514.00

  • A New American Picture consists of Doug Rickard's photographs of a computer screen showing various economically ravaged locations in the United States covered by Google Street View.
    A New American Picture consists of Doug Rickard's photographs of a computer screen showing various economically ravaged locations in the United States covered by Google Street View.

    RICKARD, Doug.
    A New American Picture. 2010.
    $1,198.00

  • Japanese photographer Ishikawa Bunyo was stationed in Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City between 1965 and 1968, covering the conflict and later returning to document its aftermath.
    Japanese photographer Ishikawa Bunyo was stationed in Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City between 1965 and 1968, covering the conflict and later returning to document its aftermath.

    ISHIKAWA, Bunyo.
    Chien Tranh Giai Phong Viet Nam. 1977.
    $1,164.00

  • Mihailov took these photographs in Kyiv and his hometown of Kharkiv, where the Horizont panoramic camera he uses is manufactured.
    Mihailov took these photographs in Kyiv and his hometown of Kharkiv, where the Horizont panoramic camera he uses is manufactured.

    MIKHAILOV, Boris.
    Die Dämmerung. At Dusk... Am Boden. By the Ground. 1996.
    $514.00

  • A presentation copy of Aaron Siskind's first monograph, inscribed to antique costumes and textiles dealer Cora Ginsburg.
    A presentation copy of Aaron Siskind's first monograph, inscribed to antique costumes and textiles dealer Cora Ginsburg.

    SISKIND, Aaron.
    Photographs. 1959.
    $2,293.00

  • Beyrouth comprises Sophie Ristelhueber's photographs of shell-damaged buildings.
    Beyrouth comprises Sophie Ristelhueber's photographs of shell-damaged buildings.

    RISTELHUEBER, Sophie.
    Beyrouth. 1984.
    $1,027.00

  • Night Trick is O. Winston Link's first publication, this copy with a vintage print of the cover image
    Night Trick is O. Winston Link's first publication, this copy with a vintage print of the cover image

    LINK, O Winston.
    "Night Trick" on the Norfolk and Western Railway. 1957; [c.1955].
    $6,845.00

  • A fine record of some the great archaeological sites of Iran as seen from the air, thus capturing ancient cities and towns in their complete geographic environment. Includes much on Persepolis.
    A fine record of some the great archaeological sites of Iran as seen from the air, thus capturing ancient cities and towns in their complete geographic environment. Includes much on Persepolis.

    SCHMIDT, Erich F.
    Flights over the ancient cities of Iran. 1940.
    $1,369.00

  • Bruce Davidson regularly visited East Harlem with a view camera and tripod with which he photographed the residents of a city block on East 100th Street between First and Second Avenues in New York. Davidson chose this block because, at the time, it had a reputation as being one of the worst in the city.
    Bruce Davidson regularly visited East Harlem with a view camera and tripod with which he photographed the residents of a city block on East 100th Street between First and Second Avenues in New York. Davidson chose this block because, at the time, it had a reputation as being one of the worst in the city.

    DAVIDSON, Bruce.
    East 100th Street. 1970.
    $2,054.00

  • Anonyme Skulpturen.
    Anonyme Skulpturen.

    BECHER, Bernd & Hilla.
    Anonyme Skulpturen. 1970.
    $6,845.00

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