Ken Schles photographer

A New History of Photography: The World Outside and the Pictures In Our Heads

"...insight into the mind of a great photographer."
—Bill Kouwenhoven, Hotshoe (London)

"Smart and beautifully written, Schles seems to be channelling the great writers on the medium" also in Best Photobooks of 2008: "Inventive, witty, smart... great book craftsmanship and concept." —Jeffrey Ladd, 5b4

173 pages; 107 plates.
Edition Limited to 350 copies.
Released September, 2008.

Published by White Press, an imprint of Schaden.com.
Read reviews:

Hotshoe
5b4
FAZ
5b4 (best of 2008)
1000 Words Photography
Photo-Eye

Selected on two of Photo-Eye Magazine's lists of best photobooks of 2008. Finalist for the 2009 Les Rencontres d'Arles Photographie Contemporary Book Award. View an on-line lecture, delvered at ICP (45min).

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