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The Jungle Book
When the Spanish conquistador Francisco de Orellana set out on his search for cinnamon in 1541, he could not have anticipated that his travels would bring him to the bends of the world s longest river: the Amazon. Long a witness to evangelization campaigns, infrastructure development, and natural resource extraction, the river continues to arouse greed, competition, and fascination in its visitors. Following in the footsteps of past expeditions, The Jungle Book is a visual travel diary comprising discreetly staged scenes that reveal the diverse worlds of contemporary Amazonia and its surrounding areas. Photographer Yann Gross worked with different local communities in order to explore their lives in a time of ecological disintegration. Once immersed in their domestic world, the viewer soon forgets romantic cliches of forgotten lands and noble savages, and begins to question the guiding ideals of progress and development that inform escapist fantasies of the global south."
Horizonville - Yann Gross
A meticulous photographic investigation, Yann Gross' 'Horizonville' captures life in the Rhone Valley and its surroundings.
Yann Gross & Arguiñe Escandón: Aya
Contemporary color photographs of the Peruvian Amazon alongside a 19th-century travel log and historic photographs This photobook unites the story of Charles Kroehle--a pioneering 19th-century photographer who disappeared in the Amazon--with a contemporary project by Swiss photographer Yann Gross and Spanish photographer Arguiñe Escandón, who traveled through Peru photographing the people and landscapes of the jungle.
Prix Elysée
A wonderfully illustrated volume that documents the fourth edition of the Prix Elysée prize for photography. The Musée de l'Elysée in Lausanne, one of the most renowned photography museums in Europe, has awarded the Prix Elysée biannually since 2014 to promising photographers or artists using photography. This book documents the Prix Elysée's fourth edition. It features the work submitted by the eight nominees Alexa Brunet, Arguine Escandón and Yann Gross, Magali Koenig, Thomas Mailaender, Moises Saman, Assaf Shoshan, Alys Tomlinson, and Kurt Tong. Sketches, first drafts, and photographic studies illustrate the progress of their projects, from initial concept to image selection and design. Conversations with the artists published alongside the images reflect on the artists' close collaboration with the museum and expand on the visual portfolios. The individual creative process thus becomes visible, and at the same time, a cross-section of contemporary art photography production emerges.
Beatrice and Virgil
Henry, an acclaimed writer, receives a letter from an elderly taxidermist that poses an irresistible puzzle. As he is pulled into the world of this strange and calculating man, Henry becomes involved with the lives of a donkey and a howler monkey—named Beatrice and Virgil—the taxidermist’s ‘guides through hell’. Together the three embark on an epic journey. This novel from Yann Martel’s is a profound meditation on life, art and the liberating power of stories
Focus
Shares chronological anecdotes tracing the golden age of fashion photography to explore the drama and achievements of leading visionaries.
Weaveworld
The Seerkind, a people who possess the power to make magic, have weaved themselves into a rug for safekeeping. Now, with the last human caretaker dead, a variety of humans vie for ownership of the rug.
Traffik
In January 2008, Roy went to Cambodia to spearhead Traffik, a project that would expose the grave reality of women trapped in the sex industry. Inspired by Somaly Mam, a former sex-slave who worked at reintegrating these women back into society, Roy began the emotionally taxing work of photographing the victims. With access to both the brothels and rehabilitation centres, Roy captured the powerful stories of rape, girls being sold by their mothers, bartered for, exchanged and sold across borders. These images attempt to give them a voice.
Cognitive Capitalism
This book argues that we are undergoing a transition from industrial capitalism to a new form of capitalism - what the author calls & lsquo; cognitive capitalism & rsquo;
Jihad and Jew-hatred
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