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Is driving thousands of kilometers by car with a camera through Los Angeles a dream or a nightmare? In his long-term project L.A. CROSSING, which has been in the making since 2010, Jens Liebchen shows us the capital of unconditional automotive mobility in the way that most Angelenos prefer to see it: through their car windows. There is no other city in which the maxim "I drive, therefore I am" has more validity than in L.A. The images, in which various elements of Liebchen's rental cars are always visible, are a meditation on how urban space and a city's lifestyle are shaped by dominant forms of mobility. Cars determine who belongs to society and who is allowed to move around freely. An icon of photographic art, Stephen Shore's 'La Brea/Beverly' serves as a theoretical basis for Liebchen's work. Beginning with the 'La Brea Matrix Project', which was centered around Shore's photograph, Liebchen has reversed the common view and now looks back from the street to the city. Instead of stopping like Lee Friedlander (in 'America by Car') or following a strict gird like Ed Ruscha (in 'Every Building on the Sunset Strip'), Liebchen drives and drives and drives. From the privileged and air-conditioned perspective of the driver's seat, he shows us the lights and shadows of the city of angels-the stuff of great cinema from the dream factory.

Comprehensive survey of the work of famous American photo artist Ralph Gibson, including previously unseen photographs Ralph Gibson (b. 1939) is one of the most interesting and versatile photographers of our time. His great international reputation is based on his exceptional work, which is exhibited and collected by leading museums around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris and the Fotomuseum Winterthur in Switzerland. The publication accompanying the exhibition Ralph Gibson. Secret of Light brings together key series from the F. C. Gundlach Collection, Hamburg, as well as the photographer's collection and describes his artistic development from the 1960s to the present. Gibson tirelessly explores and breaks new ground in photography. The playful use and design with light are an essential part of his unmistakable signature, which is reflected in his multi-layered and complex oeuvre.

Few objects have been more symbolic in art through the ages than flowers: they have represented freshness and fertility, love in its many manifestations, transience and death. And yet in recent times they have often been reduced to a simple decorative motif. The mushroom has played a role as a remedy, a hallucinogenin the cultures of Mexico and the Vikings, and as a symbol within religious ritual. Today it can be a cheesy good luck charm or a trite hallucinogen. Contemporary art draws on these cliches and explores the long and rich tradition of such representations, contributing entirely new levels of meaning, from social criticism to feminism and from reflections on the media to the erotic. Essays by M. Harder, M. Moschik, T. Teufel, P. Weiermair, V. Ziegelmaier et al."

A collection of Sheila Rock's photographs of the faded grandeur of British seaside towns, and of the curious people who reside there.

During the Rwandan genocide in 1994 up to one million Tutsi were murdered by members of the Hutu tribe. Eighty percent of the women who survived were raped. Today, victims and perpetrators live side by side. Although women have gained social status since then, the rape victims and their children exist on the bottom rungs of the social hierarchy. Many young women, however, have managed to rescue their traumatized mothers and free them from the stigma. Their courage and optimism in a society under authoritarian rule and marred by trauma are unparalleled. Rwandan Daughters depicts these strong women who have overcome traumatic experiences. German photographer Olaf Heine (born 1968) has captured this turning point and the reconciliation in these impressive photographs, portraying mothers and daughters shoulder-to-shoulder at sites where the crimes occurred. Along with the photographs, the volume features brief statements from the women describing how they have dealt with their experiences.