Art & the Printed Matter

Tim Hetherington
Paola Pivi
Robert Adams
Sarah Pickering
Christo & Jeanne Claude
Gerlach en Koop
Damien Hirst
Awoiska Van Der Molen
Norman Foster
Ernest Cole
Lise Sarfati
Jessica Backhaus
John Stezaker
Roni Horn
Brian Ulrich
Tanya Marcuse
Vera Lutter
Sharon Core
Eugene Atget
Richard Renaldi
Tomás Saraceno
Louis Stettner
David Armstrong
Lele Saveri
Vik Muniz
Michael Schmidt
Lia Darjes
Sophie Calle
Robert Mapplethorpe
Gary Hume
Eiji Ohashi
Alex Prager
Jeff Koons
Mårten Lange
Brassaï
Thomas Sauvin
André Kertész
Marilyn Minter
Tacita Dean
Barbara Crane
James Casebere
Carlo Valsecchi
Jem Southam
Richard Prince
John Gossage
Jungjin Lee
Alex Hubbard
Anicka Yi
Guy Tillim
Beat Streuli
John Divola
Merry Alpern
Taiji Matsue
Marina Gadonneix
Laurenz Berges
Lee Shulman aka The Anonymous Projects
Lazló Moholy-Nagy
Lee Baldwin
Stephan Keppel
Jonathan Monk
Elad Lassry
Eberhard Havekost
Mimi Plumb
Hannah Whitaker
Samuel Fosso
Josef Koudelka
Jamel Shabazz
Osamu Yokonami
Hans-Christian Schink
Jacob Aue Sobol
Kim Boske
Bruce Davidson
Futoshi Miyagi
Toshio Shibata
Lalla Essaydi
Sara Cwynar
Letizia Le Fur
Idris Khan
Lin Zhipeng aka 223
Valérie Belin
Shomei Tomatsu
Nan Goldin
Daniel Arsham
Guy Bourdin
Mona Kuhn
Jason Fulford
Bill Sullivan
Willy Ronis
Louise Lawler
Simon Roberts
Yusuke Yamatani
Karl Blossfeldt
Andreas Magdanz
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Staged Photography
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Staged Photography

The "staged photography movement" refers to the practice of intentionally constructing scenes for a photograph, becoming a recognized artistic genre in the 1980s, though its roots go back to the 19th century...

If the Walls Could Talk...
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If the Walls Could Talk...

Photography often brushes against memory, not just as a record of what was, but as a way of sensing what lingers, what has faded, and what remains unsaid. Nowhere is this felt more sharply than in photographs of interiors devoid of people.

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German Photography

The Influencers

Germany has long been a crucible of innovation in the arts,and photography stands as one of its most influential and globally resonant disciplines. From post-war documentation to conceptual abstraction, German photographers have continuously redefined the medium. At the heart of this movement lies a constellation of artists whose unique perspectives and technical prowess have left a lasting imprint on contemporary visual culture.

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Japanese Photobooks

Visual language

The photobook occupies a revered place in the world of Japanese photography, serving not just as a means of distribution but as a conceptual and aesthetic object in itself. Japanese photographers have long embraced the photobook format as a personal and often provocative medium, pushing the boundaries of narrative, abstraction, and physical design. From the intimate to the political, these books trace a powerful lineage of artistic innovation, where each photographer adds a distinctive voice to a shared visual language.

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American Photobooks

A mirror of culture and concepts

The American photobook occupies a unique and evolving space in contemporary art, functioning not merely as a vessel for photographs but as a conceptual art form in itself. It is an object of narrative, experimentation, and cultural commentary. From Robert Frank’s seminal "The Americans"to today's digitally printed zines and artist books, the photobook has offered artists a portable, democratic format for challenging dominant narratives and reshaping visual culture. American artists such as Ed Ruscha, Alec Soth, and Todd Hido have harnessed this form to explore geography, identity, and the poetics of everyday life, while others—like Wade Guyton and Christopher Wool—have used it to interrogate the materiality of image-making itself.

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