Bøger udgivet af Archive of Modern Conflict

A photographic reverie of lost histories and forgotten North American landscapesThis compelling, 464-page photobook presents an intuitive selection of images extracted from a collection of photographic postcards mostly produced in the early part of the last century and largely from North America. Fragmented images combine to elicit memories from forgotten histories and encourage the reader to conjure stories of past endeavor and adventures.Begun in the early months of the pandemic, the book expresses the vision of its editor, David Thomson. He writes of his approach: "Juxtapositions took shape. Intuition reigned. The play of natural light struck hard. The chiaroscuro of 'plein air' landscape remained a strand beneath. The countenances within the compositions ran a gamut of emotion. A sense of bewilderment was coupled by wonderment; the nature of people and their ways of being."

In The Corinthians, curators Ed Jones and Timothy Prus present more than 200 slides taken with Kodachrome film. The images in this collective visual portrait describe the new prosperity of a postwar United States, highlighting barbecues, big cars and families on vacation.

British documentary photographer and artist Stephen Gill (born 1971) presents a collection of found photographs from postwar Hackney, a borough in East London, in the 1950s. Photographer unknown, these high-quality, medium-format images all depict couples kissing on their wedding days, surrounded by overexposed wedding cakes, guests and decadent flower arrangements.

Shining in Absence, the twelfth issue of the journal AMC2, addresses the disappearance of photography both as an idea and as a material object. Images of torn, vacant photo albums, empty frames and mounting corners fill this poignant volume, allowing viewers to consider the absence of such vestiges in their own lives.

A Guide for the Protection of the Public in Peacetime explores the psyche of conflict--from the primal tribalism of paint and feathers through the ideal of the chivalrous warrior to the scientific clinical quality of triggers and switches. Renowned photographers join previously unpublished ones in creating this multifaceted portrait of war zones.

All 82 photographs included in this two-volume set date from the Second World War; none were taken by professional photographers. In the back of each volume the images are exhibited at their actual size, showing front and back. In the front sections, the images are enlarged. This edit provides a guidebook to the stratified emotions of warfare.

With reproductions of 347 previously unpublished images, this publication surveys a rarely seen side of life in the Nazi Third Reich. These highly personal photographs come from private albums compiled by the soldiers themselves, recording moments of diversion and repose.

In A Complete Examination of Middlesex, New York-based street photographer Bruce Gilden (born 1946) captures the diversity of characters populating the streets of London. In color and black and white, Gilden's snapshots present the viewer with shots of the isolated hands, feet and faces of passersby.

Don McCullin (born 1935) has photographed dramas of everyday life in his home city of London as well as in the world's most dangerous conflict zones. This publication features 130 works, including social documentary work in England, the Berlin Wall series, award-winning pieces on war and famine, and more.