80s

The out-of-print photo volume 'The Polaroids' by Sibylle BERGEMANN contains poetic and empathetic moments that document what basically cannot be captured. Dreamlike and delicate images against oblivion, which elude a temporal and spatial classification.

In German language 'Hinter der Kamera', Juliet Hacking portrays 38 of the most important personalities in the history of photography. By working out contexts, the portraits add to an overview of great innovations, trends and developments in photography.

English ed., HC with dust jacket, 28 x 25 cm., 152 pp., 50ß b/w ills., text language: English (Amelunxen-essay & interview bilingual, in English and German)

'Ausgewählte Werke 1978-' by Sergej CHILIKOV shows Russian life of ordinary people in the countryside during the period of upheaval from the final phase of the Soviet Union to the post-communist present, far away from urban hustle & bustle and anonymity.

The photo volume 'Coal not Dole' by Michael KERSTGENS documents the miners' strike of 1984/85, the last major industrial action in Great Britain and how this process - the end of an industrial era - intervened in the biographies of many people.

'Kölner Heil (Cologne Salvation). 1986-1996' by Bernd ARNOLD examines the power & rituals of the Catholic Church in Cologne as well as an autonomous system of salvation in its power structures, which lives on seemingly untouched by all the developments.

Out-of-print book 'Signs' is about Nino MIGLIORI, who is credited with a profound change in Italian post-war photography. The images - mostly in b/w - testify to the versatility, creativity & innovation that have characterized his work from the beginning.

Out-of-print five-books collection 'Collected Works' on Gordon PARKS is the most comprehensive publication on the most influential African-American photographer, who combined a documentary and artistic style with a profound commitment to social justice.

The German-language text volume 'About my artists' contains speeches, lectures, texts about German and international photographers, artists, friends, books and works on the 75th birthday of the publisher's founder and director Lothar Schirmer.