Henrik Malmström
Life is One Live it Well
German photographer Henrick Malmström takes us on a tour of Hamburg’s dark underbelly—the central neighborhood of St. Georg—which is home to such reputable establishments as the German National Theater. Around the corner, however, the neighborhood hides the city’s unofficial “red light district”, a collection of old bars, coffee shops and small, dingy restaurants. It is this where Malmström’s camera lingers: over 256 pages, Malmström documents the underdogs of Hamburg’s “streets of shame,” as Malmström calls them—prostitutes, pimps, bartenders and regular clients trying to escape the city’s public lights in search of a space without judgment.
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Hardcover. Out now via Komineck Gallery.
Linder Sterling
Linder
Also going under the name Linder, Sterling is a British visual artist, whose work fuses photography and collage to create assemblage art that touches on identity, capitalism, sexuality, violence, feminism, desire and morbidity. Her new book, a 270-page monogram out now via Ridinghouse, celebrates over four decades of her work through a retrospective collection of 250 of her most commanding works. Includes a conversation with British artist and professor Dawn Ades.
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Hardcover. Out now via Ridinghouse.
Thomas Sauvin
Until Death Do Us Part
Smoking may not be as hot as it once was, but in Thomas Sauvin’s new photobook Until Death Do Us Part, cigarettes are the main protagonist. Sauvin, a French photography collector, has assembled a pocket-sized collection of old photos that focuses on the role cigarettes used to play in Chinese weddings. Traditions, which young generations now consider surprising, included the bride lighting a cigarette for every man at the wedding, followed by cigarette-centric games. The book is published by Jiazazhi, one of the few independent photobook publishers in China. It comes with a package of real Double Happiness cigarettes.
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Hardcover. Out now on Jiazazhi.