Steidl

Steidl Publishers
Düstere Str. 4
37073 Göttingen
Germany

www.steidl.de

Steidl is one of the leading photo book publishers, known for its high-quality in-house printing and an outstanding literature and non-fiction program

08/09/2025

Diese Woche steht ganz im Zeichen von Annika Büsing und Çiğdem Akyol, denn ihre großartigen Bücher »Wir kommen zurecht« und »Geliebte Mutter – Canım Annem« sind beide für den Literaturpreis Ruhr nominiert, der am Mittwoch vergeben wird:

»Wieder ist Annika Büsing ein herausragender Coming-of-Age-Roman gelungen; diesmal gewährt sie Einblicke in eine verschlossene Teenagerseele. Ein leises Buch, das noch lange nachhallt.«

»Furchtlos und sprachlich virtuos erzählt Çiğdem Akyol von einer Familie zwischen Istanbul und Herne in Almanya, von enttäuschten Hoffnungen, Gewalt – und der großen Sehnsucht nach Freiheit.«

Wer diese Lese-Highlights bislang verpasst hat, jetzt unbedingt nachholen! Und Daumen drücken nicht vergessen … Mehr zu den Büchern in eurer Lieblingsbuchhandlung und hier: https://tinyurl.com/y6jcztrt

05/09/2025

“Most of my pictures are compassionate, gentle and personal. They tend to let the viewer see for himself. They tend not to preach. And they tend not to pose as art.“

Bruce Davidson—born on this day in 1933—began photographing at the age of ten. He studied at the Rochester Institute of Technology and Yale University before being drafted into the army. After leaving military service in 1957, he freelanced for Life and in 1958 became a member of Magnum Photos. For more than six decades, Davidson has specialized in photographing people at society’s fringes. He documents the lives of his subjects with sensitivity and sympathy. His photographs express his own desire to observe, understand, and reveal the complexity of people and their communities. He transforms intimately observed details and events into stories about individuals' lives that reflect concerns and emotions common to all. Happy Birthday, dear Bruce!

Image from “Subway” by Bruce Davidson

03/09/2025

“I was told America was great, that New York City was special, but what kind of future was there really for my friends or me at the time? I felt there was a lot of deception about how life was great in the US, how we were living an American Dream.”

Ken Schles, born on this day in 1960 in Brooklyn, New York has been making photographic books for over a quarter of a century. In 1983, when he lived in a run-down apartment in the east village of New York City, he started photographing his life surroundings – his friends, people from his neighborhood and the place he lived in. Documenting his life in the underground art and club scene during its heyday in the tumultuous 1980s, Schles captured its look and attitude in delirious and dark honesty. The photographs would later led to his first book "Invisible City". First published by Twelvetrees Press back in 1988, it was reprinted by Steidl in 2014 and 2016 alongside "Night Walk" with images from the same period. By today they still have the ability to transfix the viewer. Happy birthday to a great photographer and activist!

Image from “Night Walk” by Ken Schles

02/09/2025

“Gerhard Steidl and Robert Frank — Photobooks as Democratic Art Objects”
Taiwan International Photography Festival
9 September - 6 October 2025

The exhibition celebrates the collaborative relationship between printer and publisher Gerhard Steidl and Robert Frank, the Swiss-American photographer whose landmark work “The Americans” redefined documentary photography in the twentieth century. The show brings this partnership to the forefront, highlighting Frank’s radical vision of photography as an art of fragments, imperfections, and raw but authentic emotion, and Steidl’s role in giving that vision tangible form. By centering on their partnership, the show underscores the photobook’s unique capacity to circulate ideas, democratize access to images, and preserve the vitality of artistic expression. It is both a tribute to Frank’s enduring legacy and to Steidl’s ongoing commitment to the future of photography through the printed page.

31/08/2025

Founded by Theseus Chan in the year 2000, WERK magazine burst forth as a radical vision in the world of publication design. Each issue is a completely different object to the last, and together they form an artistic insurrection against the conventional fabric of printed matter. Each issue is also collaborative, and since STEIDL-WERK No.23: MASAHO ANOTANI “DEFORMED” of 2016, five of those collaborations have been with Steidl, including the latest: STEIDL–WERK No.32: MANIFEST. Featuring new drawings and texts by Chan interpreting and recasting the sights and sounds of Steidl at Düstere Strasse 4 in Göttingen, MANIFEST embraces spontaneity, imperfection, humor, play and the unpredictable. “This is our creed,” declares Chan, “STEIDL-WERK is a manifesto rendered in ink and paper, a continuous revolution that reimagines what a magazine can be—an art piece, a rebellion, a discovery in every edition. We are the art of print, ever evolving, perpetually redefining the essence of how stories are told.”
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29/08/2025

Save the date!
4. September 2025 19.30 Uhr
Gerhard Steidl und Jim Dine im Gespräch
Stadtmuseum Hofheim am Taunus

Seit über 20 Jahren sind Jim Dine und Gerhard Steidl befreundet. Gemeinsam haben sie schon über 38 Buchprojekte realisiert und weltweit mehrere Ausstellungen kuratiert. Anlässlich der Ausstellung »Jim Dine - Chasing scale and color« im Stadtmuseum Hofheim geben sie einen Einblick in ihre langjährige, enge Zusammenarbeit und die Kunst der Buchgestaltung. Eintritt: 12 €

27/08/2025

If you are in Busan, don’t miss the "Steidl Book Culture. Magic on Paper" exhibition at Domoheon, on view through 7 December 2025. This cross-genre archival show illuminates the multifaceted world of Steidl Publishers.

25/08/2025

printing the exhibition catalog "William Kentridge. Listen to the Echo." On the occasion of the artist’s 70th birthday, Museum Folkwang is hosting a major retrospective covering William Kentridge’s entire career with exhibits spanning more than four decades and Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden are showing Kentridge's work in three locations.

23/08/2025

“I am compelled to interpret, not record the world around me… I’ve learned to listen to what moves and troubles me, and that leads me to where I have to go next.”

American photographer Mitch Epstein was born on this day in 1952. A pioneer of 1970s color photography, Epstein has photographed the landscape and culture of America for half a century. His photographs offer a subtle and contemplative approach to a range of critical societal issues within the United States, continuously questioning what it means to be American. From his early pioneering color photographs of American life in the seventies and eighties, to his most recent series, Epstein has consistently created formally complex images that result from a highly introspective approach to photography. Happy Birthday dear Mitch!

Image: Bridge City, Louisiana 1984 from “Recreation” by Mitch Epstein

21/08/2025

09 August – 30 November 2025
“Leipzig 1972. Ute Eskildsen & Timm Rautert”
Exhibition
GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst Leipzig

In the fall of 1972, photographers Ute Eskildsen and Timm Rautert travel to Leipzig. Together, they explore a socialist metropolis caught between upheaval and decay. Their view of the city captures this tension as well as the quiet presence of everyday life. A GRASSI Himmel, admission free.

Image from “Leipzig 1972” by Ute Esklidsen and Timm Rautert

19/08/2025

“Don’t be afraid to experiment and take risks. That’s where the real magic happens.” – Saul Leiter

Happy World Photo Day!

Images in order of appearance:
Jean-Claude Carrière, Mary Ellen Mark, Paris, 1970 from "Encounters“ by Mary Ellen Mark
David, 1970s (Photo Neville Dubow) from "The Last Interview“ by David Goldblatt
Dorothea Lange photographing. Photo by Paul S. Taylor from "A Vision Shared“ by Hank O’Neal
Self with the Camera Turned (0° 180°), 1972 from “Bildanalytische Photographie” by Timm Rautert

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