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Flaco the Eurasian eagle-owl had spent the first twelve years of his life in a small enclosure in the Central Park Zoo, unable to fly, until the night of February 2nd, 2023, when an unknown liberator cut a hole in the steel mesh of his cage and set him free. Flaco eluded the nets and traps of zoo authorities and park rangers who feared that Flaco couldn’t survive on his own, and instead, proved them all wrong, learning to hunt, fly, and make the city his home.With rich imagery and illustrations, FLACO celebrates the work of the photographers who documented Flaco in his favorite city haunts, features works by artists who were inspired by Flaco’s story, and memorializes the objects left at the base of Flaco’s favorite Central Park oak upon his tragic passing.FLACO is the ultimate tribute to the owl whose story captured the imagination and inspired millions around the world.

Life is always winking at us, calling our attention to the beauty hidden in plain sight. This book is an invitation to explore the overlooked and find magic in the mundane.Life is always winking at us, calling our attention to the beauty hidden in plain sight. And yet, we often miss what’s right in front of our noses, either lost in thought or tethered to never-ending to-do lists. This is a handbook for anyone who feels some of the shine has worn off their daily life and wants to reconnect with the beauty hidden in plain sight. In this exquisite collection of photographs, poems and creative invitations, we are reminded that we don’t need to wait for miracles to be astonished. Wonder is a state of mind, available to us every day of our lives.

A new edition of one of only two photobooks that Guibert published in his life, reissued here for the first timeThis photobook by Hervé Guibert, The Only Face, is not a novel in the traditional sense but is nonetheless filled with characters, settings and mystery. It starts with bodies--their faces either eclipsed or out of frame--before unleashing a bravura sequence of portraits: friends, lovers, family and Guibert himself. As the book approaches its finale, his subjects are obscured and then disappear completely, leaving behind the objects they touched, until even those vanish, leaving only light.Most of the photographs in The Only Face were taken on Guibert's European and American travels, but their settings are, with few exceptions, small private interiors. The effect is an inwardness that communicates Guibert's deep affinity with his subjects.The Only Face, originally published in Paris in 1984, is the second and final photobook Guibert published in his lifetime (preceded by the photo-novel Suzanne and Louise, also reissued in English by Magic Hour Press). This new edition presents Guibert's photographs in their original sequence, with his titles and introductory text translated by Christine Pichini and a new cover by the artist Marc Hundley.French writer and photographer Hervé Guibert (1955-91) was the author of 25 books, beginning with Propaganda Death (1977), a fictional memoir in the tradition of Georges Bataille, Jean Genet and the Marquis de Sade. His best-selling novel To the Friend Who Did Not Save My Life (1990) was inspired by his long friendship with Michel Foucault and the two men's experiences living with AIDS, which tragically ended Guibert's life at the age of 36.

A Vibrant Photo Essay of the Youghiogheny River

A decade-long photographic exploration of Manhattan's West Side. Jan Staller captures the city’s architectural rebirth, elevating ordinary building materials into extraordinary compositions. A celebration of urban beauty, light, form, and texture. Text in English and French.Manhattan Project is a collection of photographs that capture the evolving landscape of Manhattan's West Side over the past decade. Exploiting the revelatory power of photography, these images explore a city’s architectural transformation. While Jan Staller's earlier work focused on industrial decay, these new photographs explore the rise of high-rise construction. By isolating and zooming in on building materials, Staller elevates the ordinary to the extraordinary. The resulting images, reminiscent of drawings or abstract paintings, reveal the hidden beauty and formal qualities of these often-overlooked elements. This project reimagines the city not as a monolithic entity, but as a composition of intricate details. It celebrates the interplay of light, form and texture, inviting viewers to rethink the familiar and discover the artistic potential of the urban environment. Text in English and French.

To be explicit or not to be explicit? That's what Jurgen Maelfeyt questions in his new book, TOY. Inspired by his personal collection of vintage erotica, the Belgium-based photographer's latest page-turner features a series of reproduced photographs taken from '70s and '80s porn magazines. TOY arrives as the third instalment of Maelfeyt's book trilogy. While still exploring themes of intimacy, desire and the human form, TOY deviates from the on-the-nose titles of his first and second books, WET and FURS, which quite literally explore water and, well, fur, as found in '70s porn. "There's actually no toys in this book, they're just alluded to throughout," Maelfeyt says. "In fact, I wanted to hide a lot more in TOY." From images of bodies strewn across sun loungers to close-ups of hands clasping glasses of red wine and stiletto-clad feet tucked under legs on sofas, TOY examines how images in erotic magazines aren't always about explicit, hardcore sex. They also showcase intimacy in all of its glorious, sexy manifestations. (THE FACE MAGAZINE)

Eva Roefs' AMSTERDAM is a visual study of young people living in the Dutch capital, approached in the streets and portrayed by the artist in her studio in the Red Light District. However, the close-up, analytical photographs estrange the participants from the urban environment, resulting in a solid, black and white series whose focal point is the human experience. With this collection of characters gazing back at the camera, Roefs creates a portrait of the city without its landscape - it is the expressiveness of her subjects that defines Amsterdam, by standing against a stark white background and engaging with the medium and the artist. Each portrait feels carefully crafted, with the photographic process shining through the darkroom, delivering images that stand out for their rich tones and depth obtained through hand printing.

The debut collection of essays from one of Britain's most celebrated photographers. For many years, photographer Michael Collins had wondered what exactly it was that he found so mysterious about photography. In this series of linked pieces, Collins offers a reappraisal of humble--and often ubiquitous--photographic genres that he believes are worthy of greater understanding. From restoring abandoned photos, whose subjects are lost to time, to a quotidian history of the studio portrait; from tracing the origins of the panorama within the wider field of the history of art to an experiment in photographic portraiture using gorillas, Collins reveals what it is about photography that continues to fascinate us.

High-quality photographs of Concorde aircraft throughout the history of the aircraft in service

A veteran documentarian using images, personal texts and interviews to delve into the lives of AmericansAfter meeting people during his travels, the American documentary photographer Eugene Richards (born 1944) learns what he can about their lives, then photographs them as they are, without direction or artifice. As to why people allow him into their lives, some may sense that by speaking with him, they might better understand the things that they've experienced: their losses, hopes, fears, disappointments, joys. Being photographed can be a means of being lifted out of the shadows, acknowledged as existing, as alive. Do I Know You? is a compendium of 24 photographic and textual stories that speak of the diversity of America, of survival, the shadows cast by slavery, crime, imprisonment, blind hatred, incomprehensible loss, the longing for love and what it means to be beautiful. Richards has published 20 books of photography, including the recent Remembrance Garden, a deeply personal look at Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery.

The Touch is a new collaboration between Kinfolk and Norm Architects that welcome readers into over 25 inspiring spaces where interior design is not only visually appealing but engages all of the human senses.

Creer avec la Nature is a book by international transdisciplinary artist and cultural practitioner Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck. Written in French and published by Editions Ulmer in 2023, this hard-cover book features 140 illustrations, including 63 full-page artworks and photographs, all printed with vegetable inks in Italy. Créer avec la Nature delves into the artist's memories growing up in rural Alsace close to the land and her grandparents, the foundations of her work, and the philosophies that nurture her practice. Across seven chapters, each inspired by a body of work part of Johanna's practice, the readers and viewers are invited to explore natural farming, permaculture, kindness, multiculturalism, and to slow down. This book is at once soothing and initiates profound reflection. The artist associates suspended moments and memories of small, simple pleasures found in gardening with essential conversations as she does in her visual works. In Créer avec la Nature, Johanna discusses compassion and food, growing up in France and discriminations beside the roots of The Gardening Drawing Club and the loving transnationalism that shapes her continuously as she shares pieces of her life in France, England, India and Japan.

Tiny Nature is a journey into the hidden world of the forest floor through the captivating lens of macro photography.

Wild Wonders is an awe-inspiring, photographic tour of the wildlife of Yellowstone National Park, featuring fascinating facts about the creatures and details about where they can be found in the park.