Office buildings after work, car parks at night, and deserted motorway flyovers: such moments and subjects are preserved through the photographs of British artist, Dan Holdsworth. Since the late 90s, Holdsworth has developed a reputation as one of the most innovative British photographers currently working with landscapes. His early series concentrated on the quiet moments in everyday spaces and such subjects are the basis for Holdsworth's more recent examination of technology and isolation in modern society. Over the past few years he has traveled internationally, studying the areas where technology and architecture are representative of an accelerated economic world at their most removed and alien. The photographs are silent and iconic witnesses of our world. Collected here are 80 beautifully reproduced images spanning more than a decade of Holdworth's career.

Dan Holdsworth (Photoworks Monograph)

Arts & Photography

Carlyle, Angus

CHANDLER, DAVID

Individual Artists

Steidl/Photoworks

Bettina von Zwehl's portraits in series impose exacting conditions on her subjects. She photographs them as they wake from deep sleep, as they hold their breath, as they recover from physical exertion, drenched in rain or listening intently to music in a darkened room. She orchestrates a climate in which they must relinquish control of the way they are represented. The resulting portraits reveal not the conscious projection of an identity but a space between the subject's private and thoughtful world and his or her public appearance. With their pared-down backgrounds and balanced compositions, von Zwehl's portraits have the texture and poise of Renaissance paintings. Their stillness arrests the viewer and demands the kind of absorption they depict. The eye is directed to the slightest details: blemishes, wrinkles, stray hairs, raised color in the cheeks, a striking variety of profiles. Surveyed in this comprehensive monograph, Bettina von Zwehl's work forms a delicate and exquisitely detailed catalogue of human physiognomy.

Bettina von Zwehl

Leader, Darian

See the best price to sell, buy or rent books by the Steidl/Photoworks publisher. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Steidl/Photoworks