Dame Gulizar and Other Love Stories. Rebecca Topakian Once upon a time, in distant Constantinople, there lived Hadji Garabet Kevork Topakian, a well-known and respected producer of basturma, considered by many to be the best in the city. Garabet led a lonely life until one…

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OCEANO. Lana Z Caplan. Published by Kehrer Verlag Publishing. Hardcover, 128 pages, 75 color and black and white images, 30 x 24 cm, Spring, 2024 The Oceano Dunes state park area just south of San Luis Obispo in California is known in part for its…

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La Porta Nera. Carlo Oberti Leopardi scriveva: “Dalla lettura di un pezzo di vera poesia, in versi o in prosa, si può dir quello che di un sorriso diceva lo Sterne; che essa aggiunge un filo alla tela brevissima della nostra vita”. Quello che l’artista…

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Annie Ernaux and Photography. Mackbook Editions March 2024. Silkscreened hardcover with tipped-in image 15 x 21cm, 144 pages Exteriors: Annie Ernaux and Photography brings together the celebrated writing of Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux with photographs from Maison Européenne de la Photographie’s collection by photographers including Harry Callahan, Claude Dityvon, Dolorès…

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Hong Kong. Mikko Takkunen. kehrerverlag. Hardcover, 16,5x22cm, 96 pages, English, ISBN 978-3-96900-136-3. Texts: Geoff Dyer, Mikko Takkunen. Design: Rumsey Taylor. Artist: Mikko Takkunen. With his first photobook Hong Kong (kehrerverlag), The New York Times’ photo editor Mikko Takkunen captured one of the world’s greatest metropolises…

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West. Francesco Jodice. Electa, 2023. Pagine 176. Illustrazioni 70. WEST racconta il sorgere e il declino dell’ultimo grande impero occidentale in un arco di tempo compreso tra l’inizio della Corsa all’oro (1848) e il fallimento della Lehman Brothers (2008). Percorrendo in tre lunghi viaggi i…

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Mediterranean Intangible Heritage Soundscape, un Podcast di Paolo Scarnecchia. All is not lost. Aleppo’s musical tradition in space and time è il primo episodio Mediterranean Intangible Heritage Soundscape, un Podcast di Paolo Scarnecchia, prodotto da UNIMED – Mediterranean Universities Union. Da un’idea del Prof. Scarnecchia,…

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A Civil Rights Journey. Doris Derby. October 2021. Paperback with flaps 21.5 x 28.5cm, 168 pages. Mackbook – UK. A Civil Rights Journey presents the astonishing archive of Dr Doris Derby: photographer, activist, and professor of anthropology. Active throughout the Civil Rights Movements of the mid…

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Born of sand and sun. Petra Bašnáková. Dewi Lewis Publishing. £35.00 hardback. 63 colour plates. 104 pages During the 1948 Palestine war many Palestinians were forced to leave their homes. This same fate befell the desert tribes of the Bedouin, but their strong bond with the desert – the…

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American Bedroom Reflections on the Nature of Life. Barbara Peacock. Kehrer Verlag New release 2023 Text by Barbara Peacock Quotes by the portrayed persons Designed by Kehrer Design (Lisa Drechsel) Hardcover, 31,5 x 23 cm 208 pages, 91 color ills. English ISBN 978-3-96900-129-5 Euro 48,00 /…

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