Books

Books by Ken Schles

A New History of Photography: The World Outside and the Pictures In Our Heads, White Press, 2008. Köln, Germany. History was just a beginning. A book about influence and the connections we make. An experiment in the history of photography. Find out more.

Invisible City, Twelvetrees Press, 1988. Pasadena, California. Out of print and scarce. Experience this small, dark classic here.

The Geometry of Innocence, Hatje Cantz, 2001. Ostfildern, Germany. Over twelve years in the making, this project examines fragmentation and violence in contemporary society. Out of print. Find out more about it.

Select books that include Ken Schles' work:

Traces and Omens, edited by Wim Melis, Aurora Borealis, 2005. Groningen, The Netherlands. The 2005 exhibition catalog for the Noorderlicht Festival. See selctions from my project Homeland Security. Find out more here.

Promised Land, Aurora Borealis, 2004. Groningen, The Netherlands. Starting in 2001, Noorderlicht asked five internationally acclaimed photographers to sketch an image of the city of Groningen. The assignments all had the same theme: the 'undercurrent' of the city. Link.

here is new york: a democracy of photographs, Scalo, 2002, New York "The most authentic and comprehensive record of the events of September 11."

Wonderland, edited by Machiel Botman and Wim Melis, Aurora Borealis, 1999. Groningen, The Netherlands. This 1999 exhibition catalog was the first to reproduce selections from the project The Geometry of Innocence. This title is currently out of print. Find out more here.