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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · 4d

Es ist wieder soweit.

Aperture | Photography @aperture.org.web.brid.gy · 10d

Announcing the 2025 PhotoBook Awards Shortlist

Here are the 37 shortlisted titles for the Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards, which celebrate this year’s achievements by publishers and artists.

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · 4d

My favorite Photobooks on the Internet Archive (13): John Szarkowski (Editor): Winogrand: Figments from the Real World (Museum of Modern Art, 1988)

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#photobooks #artbook #streetphotography #bookreview #booksky #garrywinogrand

From Winogrand: Figments from the Real World © Garry Winogrand | Moma 1988.

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · 4d

My favorite Photobooks on the Internet Archive (12): Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life (DelMonico Books, 2016)

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#photobooks #artbook #colorphotography #photography #bookreview #booksky #cindysherman #identity

From Cindy Sherman: Imitation of Life © Cindy Sherman | The Broad / DelMonico Books 2016.

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · 4d

My favorite Photobooks on the Internet Archive (11): William Klein: New York 1954-55 (Marval, 1995)

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#photobooks #artbook #streetphotography #bookreview #booksky #newyork #williamklein

From William Klein – New York 1954-55 © William Klein | Marval 1995.

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · 4d

My favorite Photobooks on the Internet Archive (10): Koichi Watanabe: Moving Plants (Seigensha, 2016)

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#photobooks #artbook #colorphotography #photography #bookreview #booksky #plants #japanese

From Koichi Watanabe – Moving Plants © Koichi Watanabe | Seigensha 2016.

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · 4d

My favorite Photobooks on the Internet Archive (09): Tobias Zielony: Maskirovka (Mousse Publishing, 2017)

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#photobooks #artbook #colorphotography #photography #bookreview #booksky #portrait #youth

From Tobias Zielony: Maskirovka © Tobias Zielony | Mousse 2018.

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · 4d

My favorite Photobooks on the Internet Archive (08): Barbara Klemm: Fall of the Wall, 1989 (Nimbus, 2011) |

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#photobooks #artbook #publishing #bwphotography #photography #bookreview #booksky #berlin #berlinwall

From Barbara Klemm: Fall of the Wall, 1989 © Barbara Klemm | Nimbus 2011.

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · 4d

My favs from the Internet Archive (07): Lee Friedlander: American Musicians ((‎ D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, 1998)

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#photobooks #artbook #publishing #colorphotography #photography #bookreview #booksky

From Lee Friedlander: American Musicians © Lee Friedlander | D.A.P. 1998.

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · Sep 8

My favs from the Internet Archive (06): Vivian Maier: The Color Work (Harper, 2018).

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#photobooks #artbook #publishing #colorphotography #photography #bookreview #booksky #vivianmaier

From Vivian Maier: The Color Work © Vivian Maier | Harper 2018.

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · Sep 8

Mary Ellen Mark / Karen Folger Jacobs: Ward 81: Voices | Steidl 2023 | Ward 81 documents the lives of women at the Oregon State Hospital in Salem in 1976. Moving and intense work!

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#photobooks #artbook #publishing #bwphotography #psychiatry #booksky

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · Sep 8

My favs from the Internet Archive (05): Robert Rauschenberg: Photographs 1949-1962 (Thames & Hudson, 2011).

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#photobook #photography #artbook #publishing #booksky #portraitphotography #bwphotography

From Robert Rauschenberg – Photographs 1949-1962 © Robert Rauschenberg // Thames & Hudson.

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · Sep 8

My favs from the Internet Archive (4): Nobuyoshi Araki and Nan Goldin: Spring Fever 1994.

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#photobooks #photobook #photography #artbook #publishing #books #nangoldin #portraits #portraitphotography #colorphotography #nobuyoshiaraki

From Spring Fever 1994 © Nobuyoshi Araki and Nan Goldin // Scalo.

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · Sep 8

Republication of Tunbjörk's iconic 2001 photobook of corporate melancholy. Office / LA Office by Lars Tunbjörk is published by Loose Joints.

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#photobooks #artbook #publishing #colorphotography #photography #photobook #bookreview

© Lars Tunbjörk 2024 courtesy Loose Joints

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · Sep 8

SACHLICH NEU: Fotografien von August Sander, Albert Renger-Patzsch & Robert Häusser published by Hirmer in 2024.

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#photography #photobooks #artbook #publishing #bwphotography #portraitphotography #augustsander #bookreview

August Sander, Bauernmädchen, 1925, © Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur – August Sander Archiv, Köln; VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2024

Robert Häusser, Landfahrerkind, 1946, © Robert Häusser – Robert-Häusser-Archiv / Curt-Engelhorn-Stiftung, Mannheim

Albert Renger-Patzsch, Eisenbahnhafen mit Hebeturm, Duisburg-Ruhrort, 1932/33 © Albert Renger-Patzsch Archiv / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024

August Sander, Konditor, 1928, © Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur – August Sander Archiv, Köln; VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2024

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · Aug 8

Zipper | 2013 #photo #photography #photochallenge #colorphotography

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · Aug 8

My favs from the Internet Archive (01): Robert Frank: The lines of my hand (Lustrum Press, 1972 // New edition by Steidl, 2017).

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#photobooks #bwphotography #photography #artbook #booksky #robertfrank #streetphotography

From The Lines of My Hand © Robert Frank / Lustrum Press 1972

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · Aug 8

My favorite Photobooks on the Internet Archive (2): Edward Weston: Color Photography ( Center for Creative Photography, 1986)

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#photobooks #colorphotography #photography #artbook #booksky #edwardweston

From Edward Weston: Color Photography © Edward Weston // Center for Creative Photography

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · Aug 8

My favs from the Internet Archive (03): Stephen Shore: The Gardens at Giverny. A View of Monet’s World ( Aperture, 1983).

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#photobooks #booksky #photography #artbook #stephenshore #monet #giverny #garden #colorphotography

From The Gardens at Giverny. A View of Monet’s World © Stephen Shore // Aperture

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · Aug 8

Sam Wright: Pillar to Post | GOST Books 2024. Over the course of two years Sam Wright journeyed to eight fairs across the UK and Ireland to create a portrait of the vibrant Traveller and Romani Gypsy communities he encountered.

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#photobooks #photography

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · Aug 1

Ulrich Wüst: Stadtbilder (Cityscapes) 1979–1985 (Hartmann Books, 2021) | Ulrich Wüst has been documenting the status and development of East German cities since the 1970s.

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#photobook #booksky #gdr #streetphotography #artsky #bwphotography #cities

Ulrich Wüst Berlin 1982 © Ulrich Wüst courtesy Galerie Loock, Hartmann Projects

Ulrich Wüst Gera 1982 © Ulrich Wüst courtesy Galerie Loock, Hartmann Projects

Ulrich Wüst Leipzig 1982 © Ulrich Wüst courtesy Galerie Loock, Hartmann Projects

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · Aug 1

Cy Twombly Photographs: Lyrical Variations (2016) | This volume features a selection of 100 photographic works by Cy Twombly that span six decades, from the 1950s until his death in 2011.

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#photobook #booksky #artsky #cytwombly #colourphotography

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · Aug 1

Robin Graubard: Road to Nowhere (Loose Joints, 2022) | An intimate and impressive colorful take on Eastern Europe in the early 1990s.

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#photobook #booksky #colourphotography #streetphotography #artsky #bwphotography

© Robin Graubard 2022 courtesy Loose Joints

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · Aug 1

Lena Fritsch: Ravens & Red Lipstick Japanese Photography Since 1945 | Thames & Hudson | An accessible and visually rich study of Japanese photography since 1945.

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#photography #photobook #japanese #artbook #publishing #colourphotography #streetphotography

Satchin and his brother Mabo, 1964 © Araki Nobuyoshi by courtesy of Thames & Hudson

Lovers, Dunaújváros (formerly Stalin City), Hungary, 2004 © Yoneda Tomoko by courtesy of Thames & Hudson

Dancers of SKD, 1949 © Tanuma Takeyoshi by courtesy of Thames & Hudson

Chrysanthemums, 2011 © Yoneda Tomoko by courtesy of Thames & Hudson

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · Aug 1

Lee Friedlander: Workers (Steidl, 2023) | Drawn from his incomparable archive are photographs of individuals laboring on the street and on stage, as well as in the field, in factories and in fluorescent-lit offices.

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#photobook #portraitphotography #work

Workers by Lee Friedlander published by Steidl // Computer workers, Boston, 1985

Workers by Lee Friedlander published by Steidl // Truck driver, Mobile, Alabama, 1961

Workers by Lee Friedlander published by Steidl // Factory workers, Akron, Ohio, 1980

Workers by Lee Friedlander published by Steidl // Cray computer workers, Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, 1986

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Thomas Schulz @bildersturmblog.bsky.social · Aug 1

Magic Moment | 2019 #photo #photography #photochallenge #nature #colorphotography

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