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We are thrilled to announce the publication of our 100th book: Bury Me in the Back Forty"by @kylerzeleny Available now! buff.ly/2JOBOhl Bury Me in the Back Forty is the highly anticipated successor to the sold-out books "Out West" and "Crown Ditch" by Kyler Zeleny. We are offering 100 Special Edition copies and all purchases directly support the realisation of this book. #Canada #prairie #Ukrainian #photobook #landscape #history #historybook #photography

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Introducing our newest release: 'Non-Structures' by Francisco Ibáñez Hantke. The series ‘Non-Structures’ presents London – and cities in general – as a spectacle of constant conflict, negotiation and flux. Capturing key moments in the life of diverse buildings, the images reveal a condition of transience, trapped as these buildings and sites are between the boundaries of architecture and ruin, planning and chance, process and product. See more on our website. Link in Bio #London #TVC #photobook #UK #Architecture #structures

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New release! We are thrilled to announce our newest book: A One Storied Country by @chrisbierl In 1957, an explosion occurred at the ‘Mayak’ nuclear facility near the town of Kyshtym in the Russian Urals. Although scattered reports of a nuclear accident in Russia appeared in the Western press as early as the following year, the Soviet government refused to acknowledge the event. Later reports would show that two-fifths as much radioactivity was released at Kyshtym as was later released at Chernobyl, with the plume travelling northeast. Check out our website for more information: www.thevelvetcell.com #russia #mayak #nuclear #super-gau #chernobyl #techa #Nuclearaccident #Kyshtym #urals #soviet #Sovietunion

New - Utopia Ending / Gianluca Calise Utopia Ending investigates the urban transformation of London after the 2012 Olympics, and includes photographs taken from 2014 to 2019. Through a large use of text, including three interviews and a final essay, the author compares the current finance-driven development of the city with the after-war expansion based on council houses: investments in social housing have been almost entirely eroded and the new buildings are financial assets for global investors, rather than homes for Londoners. Gianluca Calise is an Italian photographer specialized in long-term documentary projects. His research focuses on social issues and on themes related to identity, belonging and memory. 2019 Daylight Photo Award juror’s pick, finalist at Urban Photo Awards 2018 and Charta Dummy Award 2021, his works have been published and exhibited internationally. Link in Bio For More Information #london #UtopiaEnding #Urbantransformation #TheVelvetCell #GianlucaCalise @giankali

Meet us at @rencontresarles 7-9 July.

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NEW! After another successful funding campaign we are thrilled to announce ’The Hunter, The Woman & The Hut’ by Giannis Manolis. The project is a mix of portraits, landscapes, signs of culture and interiors, it captures fragments of different ways of life sharing only one common link: the Greek landscape. More information on our website. www.thevelvetcell.com

The last outpost of the West, Los Angeles might be described as the culmination of U.S. cultural history. The L.A. of The Ecology of Dreams is not that of ‘Tinseltown’, sun and surf, as it is commonly (mis)understood, but that of a 21st Century megalopolis after forty years of neoliberal capitalism: a city of corporate empires and militarised police forces, gated communities and environmental catastrophe. L.A. is also a city of deep mystery and strange beauty. Now available through the link in our bio @ewantelford #thevelvetcell #Ecologyofdreams #LosAngeles #megalopolis #catastrophe

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Dhaka Diary is one of the five new City Diaries by Peter Bialobrzeski. Bialobrzeski turns his gaze on the city of Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, the fourth-most densely populous city in the world with a population of over 21 million residents in the Greater Dhaka Area. Capturing its crowded streets and back-alleys, Bialobrzeski’s images reveal a city in constant state of development. Dhaka Diary was shot between 21 Feb – 1 Mar 2019 and is the 11th instalment in the City Diary series. “The trip from the airport into the city takes almost as long as the flight from Dubai to Dhaka. Rickshaws, cars, buses and two wheelers clog the road in a never ending traffic jam” – 20th Feb 2019 More information available on our website. ⠀ buff.ly/2JOBOhl

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Out now! The Death and Life of Great Asian Cities Vol II by Éanna de Fréine is the second in a three-part series containing work from over seven years of photographing cities in Asia. It is critical commentary of the state of Asian cities in the 21st century. This volume includes images from Kyoto, Jakarta, Osaka, Hualien, Tainan, Keelung, Taipei, Bangkok, Busan and Taichung. More information on our website. www.thevelvetcell.com

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New book! "Kudzu" by Sabine Bungert and Stefan Dolfen now officially available. „The vine that ate the south“ is the common description for kudzu, a highly invasive plant, which grows everywhere in the Southern States of America. Kudzu was introduced into the US in 1876 from Asia. Today kudzu is a huge problem. The plant has found perfect conditions to grow and spread, because of the mild winters in the south and the lack of natural predators. It grows uncontrollably and rapidly up to 30 centimetre a day, and it can become 30 metre long. The plant easily overtakes complete woods, sometimes even houses or mobile homes. The damage is enormous: The vine kills the trees and destroys entire estates. More Information on our website. https://buff.ly/2mL0Vq4 @sabinebungertphotography @stefan_dolfen_eyed #USA #photobook #kudzu #photography #landscape #catastrophe #disaster

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“I read in a journal an article named “Corruption Kills” and it was really shocking to realise that corruption has deepened in the social and political structure, and that the consequences are not just economic or political, but a matter of life or dead.“ More information about Undercover on our website https://buff.ly/2mL0Vq4⠀ @onnisluque_fotografia⠀ ⠀ #photobook #mexico #mexicocity #earthquake #urbanity #architecture #photography

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NEW! After another successful pre-sales campaign last year we are delighted to announce that 'Undercover” by Onnis Luque is now officially available.⠀ ⠀ On the 19.09.17, an earthquake measuring 7.1 occurred near Mexico City. A number of buildings in the capital were destroyed and at least 200 fatalities have been reported to date. Journalist's investigations into the disaster revealed that many of the buildings affected had been built to improper standards. As a photographer and architect Onnis Luque wanted to address these events in his work. Having lived through both earthquakes inspired him to create a visual metaphor on the uncertainty that these tragedies produce. ⠀ More information on our website www.thevelvetcell.com⠀ @onnisluque_fotografia⠀ ⠀ #photobook #mexico #mexicocity #earthquake #urbanity #architecture #photography

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Norbert Graf about his project No Storm in Sight. Now available on our website: www.thevelvetcell.com

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New! Our first release of the year. We are delighted to announce our newest book, No Storm in Sight by Norbert Graf. The photographs were taken in Switzerland where natural beauty and human interventions are found in close proximity. Available now on our website www.thevelvetcell.com 96 pages / 200 x 264 mm Softcover, Sewn Binding Four-Colour Offset 978-1-908889-77-5 Limited Edition of 500 TVC077 @mrngraf #Switzerland #swiss #photography #artificial #landscape #urbanity #photobook

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Read the book review from F-Stop Magazine about Vincenzo Pagliuca's amazing project Napoli Nord. https://buff.ly/3d3PSSA

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Guido Sechi co-author of our book "Tolyatti" published an article about his research at the Jacobin Magazine. https://jacobinmag.com/2021/03/tolyatti-russia-communist-city-auto-industry More information about "Tolyatti" by Guido Sechi and Michele Cera on our website www.thevelvetcell.com

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