Photojournalist, a book by Nezih Tavlas, provides a compelling and in-depth look into the life of Ara Güler who is regarded as one of the most accomplished documentary photographers of the 20th century and the pioneer of photojournalism in Turkey. The book lists all of Guler’s professional accomplishments while also...
Thomas Kern: Haiti. The Perpetual Liberation
A powerful photographic portrait, Haiti: The Perpetual Liberation shows a different, more personal, and therefore also more “ordinary” view of the troubled country that reaches beyond what we think we know about Haiti. Heaven and hell on Earth – Haiti has long been known as a benighted place of poverty...
Alain Schroeder: Living for Death
In Toraja, the rituals associated with death are complex, require extensive planning and are expensive. Therefore, when a person dies, it can take weeks, months even years for the family to organize the funeral. During this time, the deceased is considered to be "sick" and kept at home. Relatives continue...
Majid Saeedi: Life in War
Life in War is probably the only book about Afghanistan that isn’t filled with images of war. For ten years, Saeedi’s photographed daily life in the context of war. Speaking the language, Majid embedded with the Afghan people rather than with an alien army. His photographs reveal the humanity of...
Giacomo Sini: The Forgotten People of Kurdistan
About his project The Forgotten People of Kurdistan says Giacomo Sini: I usually travel in Middle East and year by year by wandering around photographing the conflictual situation, I’ve started to share more strong stories with the Kurdish community. I’ve always had a great interest and passion on Kurds since I...
Eli Reed: A Long Walk Home
Eli Reed: A Long Walk Home presents the first career retrospective of Reed’s work. Consisting of over 250 images that span the full range of his subjects and his evolution as a photographer, the photographs are a visual summation of the human condition. They include examples of Reed’s early work;...
Alex Majoli and Paolo Pellegrin: Congo
In this sumptuously printed, large-format publication, distinguished Magnum photographers Paolo Pellegrin and Alex Majoli present a collaborative document of the Congo and its people. Bringing together the best of each photographer’s personal styles as well as experimental forays into abstraction and collage, this volume captures what Alain Mabanckou describes as...
Tomasz Gudzowaty: Mexico’s Car Frenzy
The small but lively and growing community of automotive enthusiasts in Mexico City consists of people who mostly have to work hard and full time to support their passion. But they are ready to devote any spare moment to their classic, fancy, custom tuned, muscle or otherwise exceptional cars. And...
Interview with photojournalist Erik Mesori
How did you get into photography? I got the inspiration at secondary school, everyday I went into my class and got snaps of my classmates for fun,day by day I improve my view because i really liked to collect memories and tell stories. Where do you get your creative inspiration...
Tomasz Gudzowaty: Typhoon Haiyan
Despite the preparations taken shortly before Typhoon Haiyan entered the Philippines, the scale of destruction and the death toll were enormous. On November 8, 2013 the city of Tacloban in the Region of Eastern Visayas, 580 km southeast of Manila. was hit by the typhoon with full force. A US...