D.A.P. General Interest PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED Thomas Struth Edited with text by Thomas Weski, Ulrich Wilmes. Text by Jana-Maria Hartmann. Interview by Okwui Enwesor. Since the 1990s, Thomas Struth has been one of the best-known and internationally successful photographers of the German art scene. Struth studied painting under Gerhard Richter and photography under Bernd and Hilla Becher, a combination that decisively influenced his vision. This volume is a compilation of representative photographs from each series of works in Struth’s oeuvre: street photographs from the 1970s and ‘80s; empathetic portraits (particularly of families); large-format “museum photographs”; nature studies; jungle photographs (New Pictures from Paradise); and, from the latest series, images from the world of science. As this compendium of his work shows, Struth has succeeded in setting new aesthetic standards thanks to his great precision, chromatic clarity, sound sense of composition and intellectual profundity. Thomas Struth (born 1954) studied with the Bechers at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art. Struth is today a leading figure in German arts and international photography. He lives in Berlin and is represented in the US by Marian Goodman Gallery. D.A.P. 9781942884224 $85.00 TRADE Hbk, 10 x 12.5 in. / 320 pgs / 401 color. Photography: Monograph ACTIVE ARTBOOK | D.A.P. ASIA SPRING 2018 1 D.A.P. General Interest Rineke Dijkstra: The Louisiana Book Edited by Michael Juul Holm. Text by Poul Erik Tøjner, Thomas Weski, Hans den Hartog Jager. Rineke Dijkstra is a master of capturing the individual in transition. Best known for her photographs of preadolescent bathers on the beach, she has also produced iconic images of mothers shortly after giving birth, teen soldiers in Israel, bullfighters bloodied after the fight. Dijkstra rigorously maintains a classical format, isolating her figures against stark backgrounds and posing them frontally or in three-quarters view. Within this strict format, the individuality of each sitter makes itself seen in their body’s particularities—the unique way their back slouches, their mouth sets, their hair falls across their eyes. Dijkstra uses a 4x5 field camera—a slow, laborious piece of equipment that creates, in the artist’s words, “a space where things can happen. The people I shoot really have to open themselves up to me. And I have to open up, too. It’s an interaction.” Rineke Dijkstra: The Louisiana Book offers a retrospective survey of the life and work of the photographer. Scholars introduce her complete oeuvre chronologically in easy-to-read essays, providing information about her working methods and discussing her artistic development. Dijkstra’s best-known bodies of work are represented, including her long-term series of Beach Portraits With elegance, vulnerability and (1992–2012), in a comprehensive section of color plates. Dutch photographer Rineke Dijkstra (born 1959) is known for her stark portraits. She first attracted candor, Dijkstra has created a international attention in the late 1980s for her photographs of club-goers in the portraiture style of profound Netherlands, but found her breakthrough subject matter in 1992 when she was encounter commissioned by a Dutch newspaper to take photographs exploring the idea of “summertime”—leading her to the renowned Beach Portraits series. Koenig Books 9783960982166 $68.00 TRADE Hbk, 10 x 13 in. / 328 pgs / 231 color. Photography: Monograph FEBRUARY 2 ARTBOOK | D.A.P. ASIA SPRING 2018 D.A.P. General Interest PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED Malick Sidibé: Mali Twist Text by André Magnin, Brigitte Ollier, Manthia Diawara, Robert Storr. Mali Twist offers an essential and immersive survey of the beloved African photographer Malick Sidibé—nicknamed “the eye of Bamako”—who chronicled the exuberant youth culture of his native Bamako, Mali, in the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s. The book is structured around his famous series: studio portraits in which young people pose alone or in groups, sometimes accompanied by quirky accessories; photographs of parties that radiate spontaneity and joy; and the comparatively lesser-known outdoor photography, depicting scenes at (for example) the edge of the Niger River, or at local swimming pools and villages. In addition to these iconic series, many previously unpublished photographs are gathered here, as well as archival documents. The series are punctuated by the authors’ texts, including testimony from friends of the photographer. With elegant paper changes and fabulous printing, this volume is a celebration of the postwar African vernacular. Fondation Cartier Pour L'Art Contemporain / Editions Xavier Barral 9782365111522 $80.00 TRADE Clth, 7.75 x 10.25 in. / 296 pgs / 276 b&w. Photography: Monograph “Sidibé captured the dynamism and ACTIVE joy of a rapidly changing West Africa ... they all got dressed for Malick.” –Vogue ARTBOOK | D.A.P. ASIA SPRING 2018 3 D.A.P. General Interest Louisiana Medley: Photographs by Keith Calhoun and Chandra McCormick Edited by Kathryn E. Delmez. Text by Susan H. Edwards, Makeda Djata Best, Deborah Willis. Louisiana Medley celebrates the 30-year collaboration of photographers Keith Calhoun (born 1955) and Chandra McCormick (born 1957). Partners in life and work, the two have worked together to document African American life in and around their native New Orleans. Calhoun and McCormick’s photographs show the artists in tune with each other as well as the rich complexity of Louisiana identity, from the local street culture and parades of their city to life in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, locally known as “Angola.” Their intimate understanding of labor practices and prison culture has informed their activism, around Angola and outside its walls. The photographers’ activism—and their appreciation for their city’s stubborn, fragile beauty—has only grown since Hurricane Katrina. Louisiana Medley surveys Calhoun and McCormick’s work over the course of three decades, revealing how the two photographers have used their cameras as tools for social engagement. The Frist Center for the Visual Arts 9780998681771 $29.95 TRADE Hbk, 11 x 10.5 in. / 136 pgs / 94 color. Photography: Documentary APRIL 4 ARTBOOK | D.A.P. ASIA SPRING 2018 D.A.P. General Interest Alex Webb & Rebecca Norris Webb: Violet Isle Second Edition Text by Pico Iyer. Back in print, this multilayered portrait of “the violet isle”—a little-known name for Cuba inspired by the rich color of the soil there—presents an engaging, at times unsettling document of a vibrant and vulnerable land. It combines two separate photographic visions: Alex Webb’s exploration of street life, with his attuned and complex attention to detail, and Rebecca Norris Webb’s fascination with the unique, quixotic collections of animals she discovered there, from tiny zoos and pigeon societies to hand-painted natural history displays and quirky personal menageries. The result is an insightful and intriguing blend of two different aesthetics inspired by Cuba’s existence over the last 50 years in an economic, political, cultural and ecological bubble virtually untouched by the rest of the world, and unlikely to remain that way for much longer. Award-winning writer Pico Iyer provides an accompanying essay for this English/Spanish bilingual edition. RADIUS BOOKS 9781942185376 $60.00 TRADE Slip, pbk, 10 x 11.25 in. / 144 pgs / 70 color. Photography MARCH ARTBOOK | D.A.P. ASIA SPRING 2018 5 D.A.P. General Interest Esther Haase: Esther's World Edited by Nadine Barth. Foreword by F.C. Gundlach. With Esther’s World, the acclaimed German fashion photographer Esther Haase offers up a treasure chest filled with her favorite pictures. Haase studied ballet and worked in theater before turning to photography. She has worked for major magazines and international clients for more than 25 years, moving between fashion, (celebrity) portrait and reportage. Her oeuvre is characterized by a particular lightness or geniality: the women come across as cheerful and larksome, yet they are always self-determined and strong, sexy and stylish. For Haase, narrative is the goal, whether by means of motion blur; lyrical, delicate, or brash colors; or black and white rich in contrast. Some images seem like cinematic dreams, while others are baroque stagings or comical snapshots. With Esther’s World, Haase opens a treasure chest filled with her favorite pictures. Esther Haase was born in Germany in 1966, the daughter of an artist and a photography and design professor. International commercial and editorial clients, exhibitions and published books including Sexy Book and Short Stories have all contributed to her growing success. Haase lives in Hamburg and London. Hatje Cantz 9783775743549 $75.00 FLAT40 Hbk, 10 x 13.5 in. / 176 pgs / 100 color. Photography: Fashion JANUARY 6 ARTBOOK | D.A.P. ASIA SPRING 2018 D.A.P. General Interest Maxime Ballesteros: Les Absents Contributions by Caroline Gaimari, John Isaac. French photographer Maxime Ballesteros captures candid moments in a world where sexual freedom and exploration is celebrated and commonplace. Many of his analog images provide glimpses of only a fraction of a scene—a pair of legs in suspenders, or the intimate proximity of bodies in a bath—nonchalantly shot from the hip, as he follows his protagonists to wild parties, into private apartments, to the early morning beach. Little wonder that fashion and lifestyle magazines such as Purple, Numéro, Vice and 032c scramble to recruit the photographer. His debut book, Maxime Ballesteros: Les Absents, gives readers a unique view of the gritty, flawed, raw and sexualized world that exists around us. Hatje Cantz 9783775743563 $55.00 TRADE Hbk, 6.75 x 10 in. / 272 pgs / 217 color. Photography: Fashion FEBRUARY ARTBOOK | D.A.P. ASIA SPRING 2018 7 D.A.P. General Interest The Wirtz Gardens Part III Photographs by Bertrand Limbour. The third installment in the acclaimed, gorgeously designed Wirtz Gardens publications presents 32 gardens designed by the Belgian landscape-design virtuosos Peter Wirtz, Martin Wirtz and Jacques Wirtz—a mixture of private, public and corporate projects in Belgium, Switzerland, Japan, the US, France and England.