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BOOK INFO Hardcover, 10.5 X 8.25 In. / 164 Pages / 80 Color   ISBN 9780989798167 List Price: $45.00 “At once a historical archive, a moving portrait and a call to action, the photographic series captures the beauty of the human spirit even in the most nightmarish of circumstances.”, - The Huffington Post, April 7, 2015 “Maj affords dignity to her subjects.”, - American Photo Magazine, Best Photobooks of the Year, December 11, 2015Also featured by: Time Magazine, NPR, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Vice, HyperallergicPhotographs by Gabriela Maj Over the course of four years (2010 – 2014), Polish-Canadian photographer Gabriela Maj travelled throughout Afghanistan to collect portraits and stories from inside the country’s women’s prisons, including the most notorious penitentiary for women, Badam Bagh, located on the outskirts of Kabul. Maj’s project is the largest record documenting the experiences of incarcerated women in Afghanistan produced to date. Her hauntingly beautiful, compassionate photographs, along with the accompanying personal stories of the inmates, are gathered together in her first monograph. The majority of the prisoners Maj documented were incarcerated for what are known in Afghanistan as “moral crimes,” accused of running away from forced marriages, being sold into prostitution, domestic slavery, physical violence generally conducted by their husbands, and rape and involuntary pregnancy. Being an independent female photographer enabled Maj to gain extraordinary access to her subjects with whom she established rapport and trust, visiting with many of the incarcerated women featured in the book over the course of multiple visits. Together, the voices in Almond Garden are a testimony to the human rights abuses many Afghan women continue to endure, and a call to action for the much-needed support in the battle for women’s rights in Afghanistan from the international community. Prison Photography.orgL'Oeil de la Photographie View Details
Book Details: Paper over boardISBN-13: 9781942084839116 pages; 4 drawings / 9 B&W Photographs / 67 Color Photographs 10 x 9 inches$45 US; $58.99 CAN"Elsasser had been long affected by Carl Jung’s concepts of synchronicity and the unconscious. His story points towards inner journeys, clarity and healing." - The Guardian, July 8, 2020"It is clear that, considering the saturation and contrasts of the selection of images, this is a much more complex work." - F-Stop MagazineAlso featured in:We Heart, Art Daily, and Abstract Magazine.Photographs by George ElsasserEssay by Deborah McLeodAfterword by George ElsasserAmerican Psyche: The Unlit Cave is a conceptual arrangement of photographs made in the United States from 2005 to 2019. The story begins with four of George Elsasser's drawings made in 1999. The photographs are visual metaphors mirroring the artist's reactions to America's colonialism, the current moment and our inability to live up to American ideals. Long affected by Carl Jung's concepts of synchronicity and the unconscious, Elsasser's story ultimately points towards inner journeys, clarity and healing.George Elsasser, who had been drawing since childhood, discovered photography at twenty-one and found that, unmoored from traditional uses, it was perfect for his artistic intuitions. He's been included in shows at the Chrysler Museum of Art and New York University (NYU). In 1997 he received a 20-year Retrospective at the Hermitage Museum, Norfolk, VA. Elsasser received his degree in art in 1984, has taught various photography classes at The Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). He has done both advertising and institutional photography in addition to 12 years of journalistic style weddings.Deborah McLeod is a longtime curator and the owner of Chroma Projects Art Laboratory in Charlottesville, VA.  View Details
BOOK INFOPaper over Board, 10 X 10 In. / 112 Pages / 50 ColorISBN 9781942084198List Price: $45.00"Carroll’s elaborate mise-en-scènes explore the mysteries and complexities of femininity and domestic life.", - American Photo Magazine, February 10, 2017"Despite the seriousness of the subject, the photos are attractive and whimsical, and take a lighthearted approach to the macabre.", - The New York Times Lens Blog, March 30, 2017"...startling images in which a woman is replaced by the material world...", - Photo District News, January 18, 2017Photographs by Patty CarrollAnonymous Women is a series of photographs with models using household objects and drapery to comment on women and domesticity. For over twenty years, Patty Carroll has staged photographs using models, drapery, and household objects to add to the dialogue surrounding femininity and the domestic sphere. Anonymous Women presents images that symbolize the psychological states of women around the world by showing them hidden behind, and intertwined with, visually stunning domestic scenes. These not-so-still-lives are colorful, beautiful, mysterious, and humorous, articulating the many complex relationships—both personal and cultural—that exist between women and the home.Patty Carroll is a photographer and educator who has previously published four books. This body of work has been featured in over thirty online blogs, magazines, and news sources. Carroll was a Photolucida Top 50 in 2014, and has received numerous awards for this project View Details
BOOK INFOPaper over Board, 13 X 11 In. / 196 Pages / 152 Color Photographs / 18 InsertsISBN 9781942084365List Price: $50.00“While the book is undoubtedly documentary, Ms. Malik’s account is first and foremost a personal investigation of her own memory.”, - The New York Times, June 20, 2017“Here, cultures that usually clash blend together, and identity outgrows simple, nationalistic terms.”, - Aperture, September 14, 2017...a strangely personal, honest, and childlike view of a place that, to most, seems bizarre.”, - Vice, September 13, 2017Photographs by Ayesha Malik Contributions by Elizabeth Renstrom  In ARAMCO: Above the Oil Fields, Ayesha Malik delivers a personalized account of life within Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, a gated community originally created as a home for American employees of the Arabian American Oil Company (now known as Saudi Aramco). This small town houses the world's wealthiest company, which also owns the world's largest crude oil reserves. In 2018, as part of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 plan, the public sale of a percentage of the company is expected to be the biggest IPO in history, valued at around $2 trillion. Malik shares the surprising warmth, familiarity, and timelessness of this 22-and-a-half square-mile place that so many Aramcons call home. Malik's photographs provoke conversation about the perception of and preconceived ideas about a home that is neither fully Saudi nor fully American -- a home unlike any other.Ayesha Malik divides her time between New York City and Saudi Arabia working on self-directed photo projects. Her work has been featured in Time Lightbox, VICE Magazine, Le Monde's M Magazine, The New York Times, Refinery29, and Offset, amongst others. View Details
Book Details: HardcoverISBN-13: 9781954119130120 pages; 66 Black & White Photographs8 x 10 inches$45 USFeatured in: HyperAllergic, British Journal of Photography, All About Photo, Musee Magazine, L’Oeil de la Photographie, Gothamist, Art Daily, LF Magazine (Spain), and The Daily Advent.Beach Lovers is a series of intimate moments shared by couples at the beaches of  NYC. These moments hold intimate gestures of couples; some tender, rubbing sunscreen on a partner's back; others lustful, a deep kiss in the water. Being amongst the waves and sand emboldens couples to enjoy more affectionate freedom, their inhibitions less hidden than anywhere else observed in the city. Beach Lovers is about the public display of intimacy between couples from diverse backgrounds, a claiming of public space for private tenderness.Erica Reade is originally from Montreal Canada, and she has been living and working in NYC for over 15 years. Reade holds an MA in International Affairs from New School University, with a background in photography for social change. She became a freelance photographer in 2018. She spends as much time at the beach as possible, and her personal work is a reflection of that.Gulnara Samoilova is a fine art and street photographer based in New York City and the founder of @WomenStreetPhotographers Instagram feed and the traveling exhibition. Before moving to New York City in 1992, Samoilova was the only female fine art photographer in the Autonomous Republic of Bashkortostan, where she was born, in Ufa, the capital. She received national and international awards for her photographs from 9/11, including first prize in the most prestigious World Press Photo competition, The New York Press Club, and she was named Interphoto Photographer of the Year. View Details