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Book Details: HardcoverISBN-13: 9781954119567 Hardcover (two books in slipcase) Book 1: 168 pagesBook 2: 200 pages9in x 12inEssays by: Miss Rosen and Theodore ZinnBooks will ship in JulyDuring the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown, Vincent Cianni revisited over one hundred rolls of film from NYC Pride marches photographed between 1985 and 1995. For three months, he spent 6 to 8 hours a day, 5 to 6 days a week in the darkroom, editing and printing more than 140 photographs, many of which had never been printed before. The images documented Pride marches that took place during the height of another health crisis, the AIDS epidemic, the insidious and devastating disease that ravaged the LGBTQ+ community. The parallels between the two health crises became clear as news reports on the pandemic unfolded, revealing the same failures of government repeating themselves yet again. The marches also affirmed that healthcare, including treatment for people with HIV/AIDS, is a right. They demanded an end to the stigma and criminalization of HIV, as well as a more effective response from medical and government agencies and officials who fail to provide funding for research on medical treatment or offer legal, housing, and medical services to people with limited access. This demonstration of solidarity strengthened the sense of community and helped protect the rights earned from the Stonewall Rebellion in 1969 and the first NYC Pride March, also known as the Christopher Street Liberation Day March, which took place on June 28, 1970, one year after the Stonewall Rebellion."Archive/Journal: 1985-1995/2001" is a two-volume title in a slipcase bringing together two related bodies of work: Volume 1, "Archive 1985-1995," reproduces approximately 80 black-and-white photographs made of the NYC Pride marches during the height of the AIDS epidemic from 1985 to 1995. The photographs are accompanied by timelines, ephemera, newspaper articles, etc., and essays by Miss Rosen and Theodore Zinn, to expand the political, social, and historical understanding of the culture, activism, and milieu of the LGBTQ+ community. Volume 2: "Journal: 1985-2001" focuses on personal narratives culled from Cianni's journals, and visual stories of lovers and friends who were living with or who died from AIDS, reflecting on his journey with HIV and his experience with activism surrounding HIV/AIDS from the same period as the Pride photographs.Vincent Cianni is a documentary photographer, educator, and activist who explores social justice through image, text, and audio. He was Adjunct Associate Professor at the Parsons School of Design for 30 years and the founder and director of the Newburgh Community Photo Project, a grassroots community photo workshop in Newburgh, NY. We Skate Hardcore was published by NYU Press and the Center for Documentary Studies in 2004, and a major survey was exhibited at the Museum of the City of New York in 2006. Gays in the Military (GITM) was published by Daylight Books in May 2014 and was featured in the New York Times Sunday Review and The Katie Couric Show.Miss Rosen is a New York-based writer focusing on art, photography, and cultural history. Her work has been published in books by Janette Beckman, Joe Conzo, Martha Cooper, and Arlene Gottfried, as well as publications including The New Yorker, The Village Voice, i-D, Dazed, and AnOther.Theo Zinn (they/them) is a graduate of Drexel University (2025), with degrees in art history and photography. Their research focuses on contemporary art and the history of queer photography. As a photographer, Theo primarily shoots live concerts and theater performances, as well as BTS for film sets. View Details

Archive / Journal: 1985 - 1995/2001

Vincent Cianni

Book Details: HardcoverISBN-13: 9781954119574160 pages; 100 Photographs12 x 13 inches Foreword by Jamling Tenzing NorgayBooks will ship in JuneMidnight Sun is a photographic exploration of the polar regions, created during expeditions to Antarctica, Svalbard, and East Greenland. The project reflects both the beauty and fragility of these ecosystems while examining the human forces that are reshaping them. In Midnight Sun, Joseph Seif merges fine art aesthetics with a journalistic sensibility, crafting images that balance awe with urgency while documenting ecological and cultural change. The work invites viewers into a dialogue about humanity’s relationship with the planet and the choices that will determine our collective future.Joseph Seif is a California-based photographer, filmmaker, and composer whose work explores the intersection of art, science, and environmental storytelling. His previous fine art photobook, ONWARD, features images created over twelve years across multiple countries, tracing his photographic journey and the evolution of his visual style. With a background in both commercial and fine art photography, his career has taken him from major brand campaigns to personal projects in remote corners of the world.Jamling Tenzing Norgay is an Indian-Nepali Sherpa mountaineer, guide, author, and motivational speaker. The son of Tenzing Norgay, who with Sir Edmund Hillary made the first ascent of Mount Everest in 1953, Jamling retraced his father’s path to the summit in 1996. His climb was featured in David Breashears’ landmark IMAX documentary Everest, which captured the grandeur of the mountain and the courage of climbers facing life-threatening challenges. For his heroism during that expedition, he received the Dalai Lama’s Award for Compassion and the National Citizen’s Award from the President of India View Details

Midnight Sun

Joseph Seif

Book Details: HardcoverISBN-13: 9781954119529140 pages; 98 Photographs6.75 x 9.5 inches$50 US Afterword by Kendell Pinkney Books will ship in JuneA Peoplehood | Amiut Yehudit is an intimate and layered exploration of contemporary Jewish identity. Through a conceptual documentary lens, Marnie Salsky weaves together present-day photographs, archival imagery, interview excerpts, and fragments from social media and print news. These elements serve as artifacts that mirror the various facets through which Jewish identity is witnessed, refracted, and archived. The result is a textured portrait of a community navigating belonging, diversity, and the lived experience of antisemitism.Marnie Salsky is a Toronto-based photographer and documentary media artist whose work explores contemporary Jewish identity, collective memory, and the lived experience of antisemitism. Through a conceptual documentary approach, she combines photographs, archival materials, interviews and fragments of digital life to build layered narratives that extend the boundaries of traditional documentary practice. She earned an MFA in documentary media from Toronto Metropolitan University. Her work spans installation, print, and film; an earlier iteration of this project was screened at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival.Kendell Pinkney is a Brooklyn-based playwright, arts & culture advocate, educator and rabbi. His work has been commissioned, developed, and presented at venues across the US and Canada. In addition to his creative work, Kendell is the Director of Jewish Learning and Artist-in-Residence at the arts and culture organization Reboot. Additionally, he serves as the founding Artistic Director of The Workshop, one of Reboot's signature programs providing an arts and culture fellowship for emerging creatives of BIPOC-Jewish heritage. View Details

A Peoplehood | Amiut Yehudit

Marnie Salsky

Book Details: HardcoverISBN-13: 9781954119543132 pages; 100 Photographs13 x 10.5 inches Preface by: Rosalind Williams and Martina NgyuenEssays by: Captain Kenneth J. Boda and Lauren W. JuranekBooks will ship in JuneFrom Brooklyn to the North Pole follows Leonard Sussman’s 52-day NSF sponsored trip in September and October 2022 on the USCGC icebreaker Healy from Dutch Harbor in the Aleutian Islands to the North Pole. The landscape images, combined with the text and images of the science work on the ship give an honest and sobering view of the growing effects of climate change on these ephemeral landscapes.Leonard Sussman has been a photographer for over 60 years and has participated in numerous individual and group exhibits in the United States and Europe. Sussman was represented by the Witkin Gallery in New York for many years until its closure.Captain Kenneth J. Boda is U.S. Coast Guard Chair and Assistant Professor at the National War College.Lauren W. Juranek is an Associate Professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, at Oregon State University.Rosalind Williams is Bern Dibner Professor of the History of Science and Technology, Emerita at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.Martina Ngyuen is an Associate Professor of History at Baruch College, CUNY. View Details

From Brooklyn to the North Pole

Leonard Sussman

Book Details: HardcoverISBN-13: 9781954119512112 pages; 58 Photographs9 x 11 inches$50 US Foreword by Zsolt BátoriBooks will ship in JuneCipher City illustrates the boundary between the real and virtual worlds. Through candid street scenes, photographer StreetMax captures surreal moments of everyday people within uncanny compositions, often appearing fictitious and constructed; these images are nonetheless shot in real time.StreetMax’s work has been exhibited in galleries in the UK, US, Hungary, Greece, Turkey, Italy, France, Spain and Germany. StreetMax was a top 50 photographer in Photolucida Critical Mass 2023, and a Talent in Fresh Eyes 2024.Zsolt Bátori is a philosopher of art, a photography theorist, a photographer, and a curator. View Details

Cipher City

StreetMax

Book Details: HardcoverISBN-13: 9781954119536112 pages; 40 Photographs9.5 x 10.5 inchesBooks will ship in JuneThrough the poetic use of light and shadow, When Light Falls evokes the dualities of light itself, both radiating and disappearing, ephemeral and elemental, inviting one to meditate on the transient beauty, disruption, and mystery of light.Jon Plasse focuses his work on memorializing a special time, place or experience - often represented by personal loss, solitude, excitement or mystery. View Details

When Light Falls

Jon Plasse