Dear Friend of Beyond Words,

Mose, Stephen Shore’s book of photographs of Venice, taken in 2008, is due out in May.  You can be sure that Shore will provide an antidote to the picture-postcard view. 

Having told various customers that Shore’s Road Trip Journal was out of print, I am glad to be able to report that Phaidon seem to have dug up some copies which are still for sale at the original price (£125 > £112.50).

World Press Photo 2011 is due to be published on 9 May.  The death yesterday in Libya of Tim Hetherington, the competition’s overall winner in 2007, reminds us of the risks many photojournalists continue to work under.

Mack Books have until now published books in collaboration with Steidl but they have started a parallel independent imprint and their list of forthcoming publications looks very impressive.  The first two, already published, titles are Broomberg & Chanarin’s People in Trouble and Paul Graham’s Films, his eulogy to the physical material of photography: film.

We have started to import titles from the Japanese publisher Superlabo.  They specialise in small photographic books with a print run of only 500 each.  Among the first batch were Japan by Martin Parr and Redheads, a ‘remake’ of the title by Joel Meyerowitz published in 1991.

Sadly it seems there is to be no English edition of Herve Guibert: Photographien.  Guibert was a major figure in modern French culture, both as a writer and a photographer, who died of AIDS in 1991.  We are able to supply the German edition from Schirmer Mosel.

Mario Vidor is a widely published Italian photographer.  The Perfect Cloud brings together 56 photos of black-and-white landscapes with clouds prominently featured.  You can view a selection here:
http://www.mariovidor.com/album/75

Joe Cornish’s popularity was demonstrated in a recent poll in which Scotland’s Mountains and Scotland’s Coast were voted one and two in a poll to find the most popular nature photography books of Scotland.  On receiving the award, Joe said:

"I am amazed, gratified and delighted to find Scotland's Mountains came out on top from such a wonderful collection of books in the Scottish Nature Photography Book of the Year Award. Contrary to the view that every prominent photographer is a multi award winner, I have received no plaudit of this kind before, and it really means a lot to me, especially as it is the result of a popular vote, rather than a judging panel. That Scotland's Coast came second was almost overwhelming. I am grateful to everyone who voted, whether for me or not, because the participation of all in a competition of this kind adds weight to the cause of books, and is a reminder in this electronic media-driven world that the pleasures and consolations of the book remain unmatched. For artists who wish to make a statement that will be subjected to the test of time, books remain the principle format.”

Both Scotland’s Mountains and Scotland’s Coast are available from us at our normal 10% discount.  While higher discounts may be available elsewhere, our copies will be signed.  We are also able to supply copies of the limited hardback edition of A Photographer at Work at £110. The edition of 100 is numbered and signed by Joe and by Eddie Ephraums.  Each slipcased book comes with two original, signed and numbered prints, taken at Bamburgh, one by Joe Cornish, the other by Eddie.

The work of John Beatty will be known to many of our customers, not least as editor and contributor to the John Muir Trust diaries.  He has just published Wild Vision, a retrospective of his career in nature, travel and adventure photography.  See samples of the contents here: http://www.v-publishing.co.uk/titles/photography/wild-vision-in-celebration-of-the-natural-world.html

The Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards will be announced during the Sony World Photography Awards in London, 27 April 2011.Three titles have been selected for this year’s award:

• TJ: Johannesburg Photographs 1948-2010 / Double Negative: A Novel, David Goldblatt and Ivan Vladislavic (Contrasto). See the publisher's website for a selection of images from this book.


• The Thirty Two Inch Ruler / Map of Babylon, John Gossage’s first book in colour (Steidl). You can view spreads from the book at the Steidl website.


• Camille Silvy: Photographer of Modern Life 1834 – 1910, Mark Haworth-Booth (The National Portrait Gallery)

We have been very happy to get stock of some out-of-print Nazraelis including Rolfe Horn’s 28 Photographs, Jason Langer’s Secret City and Ron van Dongen’s Nudare (signed)

We were pleased to receive from one of our customers, Michael Marten, a link to his blog in which he reviews a Thomas Ruff book he had bought from us: http://tpdv.marten.org.uk/2011/03/30/series-wholes-and-parts-reading-and-re-reading-images-in-thomas-ruffs-schwarzwald-landschaft/
If any other customers are in the habit of blogging about photo books, please do let us know.

We have had very positive feedback from Douglas May on Kiyoshi Suzuki’s Soul and Soul 1969-99.  Douglas writes: “Many thanks for delivering the book.  It is one of the very best of these Japanese photobooks-very tactile, beautifully printed and intriguing photographs.”

If you are looking for copies of last year’s much sought-after Mushroom Collector by Jason Fulford, we now have copies in stock.

Below you will find links to all the above.