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Our fast-changing world seen through the lenses of 140 leading contemporary photographers around the globe. With close to 500 images, many previously unpublished, this landmark publication takes stock of the material and spiritual cultures that make up 'civilization'. Ranging from the ordinary to the extraordinary, from our great collective achievements to our ruinous collective failings, Civilization: The Way We Live Now explores the complexity of contemporary civilization through the rich, nuanced language of photography. Featuring images by some 140 photographers - from Reiner Riedler's families at leisure parks, Raimond Wouda's high schools, Wang Qingsong's Work, Work, Work and Cindy Sherman's Society Portraits, to Lauren Greenfield's displays of ostentatious wealth, Edward Burtynsky's oil fields, Pablo Lopez Luz's views on a sprawling contemporary megalopolis, Thomas Struth's images of high technology, Xing Danwen's electronic wastelands and Taryn Simon's Contraband, Civilization draws together the threads of humankind's ever-changing, frenetic, collective life across the globe. Visually epic, Civilization is presented through eight thematic chapters, each featuring powerful imagery and accompanied by provocative essays, quotes and concise statements by the artists themselves.

Polaroid ist magisch. Innerhalb von Minuten und wie von Zauberhand erscheint das gerade gemachte Foto. Wie Künstler sich diese Technik aneigneten, wie sie mit ihr experimentierten und neue Wege der Gestaltung entdeckten, zeigt der attraktiv bebilderte Band anhand von über 300 Werken international renommierter Künstler aus der einzigartigen Polaroid Collection. Edwin Land wurde 1943 von seiner kleinen Tochter gefragt, warum sie ein eben aufgenommenes Foto nicht sofort sehen könne. Eine Stunde später hatte der amerikanische Forscher und Erfinder die technischen Grundlagen entwickelt, um diesen scheinbar unmöglichen Wunsch zu realisieren. Damit begann die Geschichte der Polaroid-Sofortbildfotografie. Bald erkannten auch viele Künstler die neuen aufregenden Möglichkeiten: Etwa wenn Hockney ein Stillleben-Mosaik aus einzelnen Fotos schuf, Charles Eames geometrische Muster festhielt, Dennis Hopper Farbstudien in LA betrieb, Robert Mapplethorpe Akt-Selbstporträts machte. Tausende Polaroidfotografien aus den Händen von Künstlern prägten die Kunstwelt im späten 20. Jahrhundert. Mit Werken von Ansel Adams, Nobuyoshi Araki, Sybille Bergemann, Brigid Berlin, Anne und Bernhard Blume, Chuck Close, Walker Evans, Federico Fellini, Arno Fischer, Gisèle Freund, Gottfried Helnwein, David Hockney, Dennis Hopper, André Kertesz, Robert Mapplethorpe, Robert Rauschenberg, Gus Van Sant, Andy Warhol.

Catalog of an exhibition held at Musaee de l'Elysaee, Lausanne, June 18-Sept. 26. 2010 and various other locations.

From his early education at The Art Institute of Chicago in the late 50s Ray K. Metzker inherited the rich vocabulary of avant-garde photography between the wars: photomontage, solarization, multiple printing of negatives, unique perspectives, diagonals, etc. From his first exposure to photography, Metzker never lost the urge to experiment with the grammar and syntax of the medium, whether it was games played within the camera itself (the Doubleframes, for example) or complex manipulations in the darkroom (the celebrated Composites). He has drawn inspiration from the neighborhoods where he has lived (mainly Chicago and Philadelphia) and, increasingly, from nature--though the vegetation he depicts might be a weed-clogged vacant city lot as easily as the vast open plains of the American West. Decomposing, recomposing, deconstructing, reconstructing, Metzker reminds us of the great and inexhaustible potential of black-and-white photography when practiced by a master. With 180 tritone-printed images, this publication offers a rare opportunity to examine the full range of Metzker's brilliant and ever-evolving formal language.

reGeneration showcases the creativity, ingenuity and inspiration of fifty up-and-coming photographic artists. Presenting the winning entries of a competition organized by the prestigious Musee de l'Elysee in Lausanne, this bold and exciting look at photography's rising stars features an astonishing variety of subjects and techniques, and will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in photography, art or contemporary culture.

A lavishly illustrated retrospective of one of the greatest international fashion photographers. From the 1950s until his death in the crash of TWA Flight 800 in 1996, Puhlmann worked with most of the top models, stylists and designers in the fashion industry. Features arresting portraits of Isabella Rossellini, Cindy Crawford, Cheryl Tiegs, Mel Gibson, Calvin Klein, Jerry Hall, Naomi Sims and many others.

Vivid, colorful, and spectacular: a lush and definitive overview showcasing the masterworks of flower photography by the world’s leading photographers. Flowers have been a source of inspiration for photographers since the medium’s inception; immortalized by luminaries such as Man Ray, Robert Mapplethorpe, Irving Penn, and Julia Margaret Cameron. Today, flower photography has come into full bloom once again, with photographers capturing flowers in inspiring new ways. Featuring two hundred works, Flora Photographica links the very best of flower photography from the past twenty years with its predecessors—canonical floral images from the realms of photography, illustration, and painting that have marked the collective imagination. Works by contemporary photographers such as David LaChapelle, Valérie Belin, Viviane Sassen, and Martin Schoeller appear across ten thematic chapters, among them “Origins,” “Arrangements,” “Essence,” “Persona,” and “Reverie,” which also include a brief introduction to the particular topic. These are complemented by two in-depth essays by authors William Ewing and Danaé Panchaud, which explore the relationship between contemporary works and the rich traditions of floral art and photography. Vibrant and abundant with various species of flora, this stunning book is both a celebration of beauty and a study of form, making it a must-have publication for lovers of flowers and photography alike.