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14/11/2024

👋 We are hiring!

Loose Joints is seeking an organized and proactive Office and Communications Manager to oversee the administrative operations, office upkeep, and drive the communication efforts of our publishing house and our sister bookshop, Ensemble. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in ensuring the smooth operation of our publishing house’s administrative functions while also providing valuable support across marketing activities and office organization.

The role is a part-time CDI position, working four days a week, located at our Marseille office. To be considered for this position, you’ll need:

– Relevant visa to work in France
– Bilingual in English and French
– Minimum of 2 years of experience in a similar administrative/studio management role, ideally within publishing or a related creative field.
– Strong administrative and communication skills. Be organized, energetic, and detail-oriented, with the ability to multitask effectively in a fast-paced environment.
– Proficiency with digital tools, particularly Excel and InDesign.
– Interest in contemporary photography is preferred.

If this sounds like you, email us your CV and relevant experience at [email protected] 📩 Applications close on November 30th. The starting date of the position will be early 2025. Head to our website for more details loosejoints.biz

09/11/2024

Congratulations to winner of PhotoBook of the Year at the Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards 2024 for Disruptions!

Batniji’s screenshots of calls with his mother use the degradation of images to make a poignant message on both the current genocide and historical repression imposed on Palestine. We published Disruptions last January in solidarity with the Palestinian cause, with 100% of profits donated to charity. We are grateful to see Batniji’s vital work and political message of DISRUPTIONS acknowledged and recognised. Get the final copies of this book online now at loosejoints.biz

04/11/2024

🔍 Spotlight on our Paris Photo–Aperture Photobook Award nominations: our third shortlisted title is Ngadi Smart’s experimental approach to climate change through collage, WATA NA LIFE.

Working in Sierre Leone, ’s expressive works witness an ongoing water crisis where 80% of the population lacks access to basic sanitation. Through a unique approach blending expressive collage that emboldens her subjects and detailed captions that reveal the depths of water poverty in the region, we developed Ngadi’s works through a truly unique hand-made artist’s book with every page double folded and stapled to a hardcover, each numbered and signed in an edition of 500 copies!

WATA NA LIFE was the hands-down winning project of our book award Publishing Ecology open call in 2023, where Ngadi was awarded a month as an artist-in-residence in Spoleto, Italy, at to develop work for the book. Alongside WATA NA LIFE, you can also find an affordable fundraising print edition, with all profits going to charities in Sierra Leone.

Join Ngadi this Friday 2pm at for a book signing just ahead of the announcement of this prestigious award. Limited copies remaining.

02/11/2024

Our latest release OFFICE / LA OFFICE by Lars Tunbjörk is out now and going fast!

“Office is equal parts chaos, claustrophobia, and comedy. Workers are overpowered by their environments, where files and computer monitors pile high like a scrapheap, or confined by Tunbjörk’s clever framing.”

From – discover this iconic series of late-nineties corporate melancholy now at loosejoints.biz alongside a limited Special Edition of the book with an accompanying print 🖨️

31/10/2024

Delicate moments from the calming DÍAS, where ’s signature hazy style creates a tonal collage of places and travel that envelops you like a warm hug.

This tactile little monograph has been making its way around the world: after launches in New York and London, join Riverola next week at in Mexico City on the 6th of November 🇲🇽 and at in LA 🇺🇸 on the 13th of November to celebrate its launch!

Find your copy online or at a good bookstore near you, and don’t forget the two luscious gallery-sized print editions we produced to accompany this gem of a book.

29/10/2024

Our updated and expanded edition of ’s iconic turn-of-the-millenium project OFFICE includes an unreleased series of melancholy, sterile spaces, LA OFFICE, which is accompanied by an essay by David Graeber, reflecting on the current trend of Bu****it Jobs.

Graeber notes: “Young people in Europe and North America in particular, but increasingly throughout the world, are being psychologically prepared for useless jobs, trained in how to pretend to work, and then by various means shepherded into jobs that almost nobody believes serve any meaningful purpose.”

Offices are both the most common but most closed and secretive places in the Western world. How do Tunbjörk’s images relate to work culture today?

Discover this essential sociological project today at loosejoints.biz now. Shipping worldwide and going fast! 🗃️

27/10/2024

Huge congratulations to and the nomination of his book HARDTACK for the 2025 Deutsche Börse Photography Prize.

Fortune’s emboldening narratives of Black lives in the American South use the throughlines of ceremony and tradition to represent the enduring nature of community and identity against the backdrop of history and the landscape. What an honour for this book we carefully edited and sequenced with Rahim to be recognised for this influential award!

HARDTACK is edited by and includes an insightful historical essay by .

Head to loosejoints.biz to discover both of Fortune’s monographs alongside the opportunity to save 50% with our Artist Bundle 💫

23/10/2024

In the today! Lars Tunbjörk’s alien-like studies of office oppression in the late nineties and their frightening familiarity by Cal Newport: “We’ve internalized a depressing reality in which new e-mails constantly refill our in-boxes and haunt every waking moment; we forget even to be upset about it. But perhaps Tunbjörk’s classic photo collection can help remind us that work doesn’t have to be this way.”

Discover our reissue of this iconic photobook of corporate culture, now available and shipping worldwide 🗃️ Head to loosejoints.biz to discover more

22/10/2024

NEW! Loose Joints is honoured to announce the posthumous re-publication of OFFICE by legendary Swedish photographer Lars Tunbjörk, alongside the release of LA OFFICE: an unpublished series completed shortly before his passing.

Tunbjörk’s iconic series from the turn of the 21st century delves into the bureaucracy, disorder, and mundanity of office culture across Tokyo, New York and Stockholm with masochistic delight, capturing the soul-sapping environments of corporate spaces with unparalleled insight.

Our 2024 edition of this iconic series is a reworking by Tunbjörk’s close collaborator Greger Ulf Nilson his original 2001 design, accompanied by LA OFFICE and an accompanying text by esteemed economic anthropologist David Graeber.

We’re thrilled to bring this work back into the world – discover it now at loosejoints.biz

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20/10/2024

In the press this week! Discover on and how visual poetry meets photographic activism in our latest release, CASPIAN.

Iranian photographer Khashayar Javanmardi raises a warning cry over pollution, overfishing, and climate change on the shores of the world’s largest lake through his melancholy, atmospheric images.

Read Javanmardi’s anecdotal and empathetic approach to visualising the climate crisis, or head to our site to discover more.

16/10/2024

🔍 Spotlight on our Paris Photo–Aperture Photobook Award nominations:

ROTTING FROM WITHIN by is a searing, autobiographical story of generational trauma across a decade, beginning in adolescence with the reacquaintance of his estranged father, recently released from incarceration for drugs and attempted murder.

Kircher’s expressive and precise eye moves through Berlin and Turkey to uncover the roots of violence and patriarchy with a cinematic and meticulously constructed sequence. We’re always honoured to be trusted by artists with such intimate and vulnerable projects. Big congratulations to Abdul!

Find your copy online or join the artist for a special signing at our Paris Photo booth this year.

11/10/2024

Khashayar Javanmardi’s stunning new release CASPIAN blends classic documentary aesthetics with ecological imperatives.

On the Iranian shores of the Caspian Sea, ’s confidently harmonises between atmospheric, sublime visual poetry of daily life with images that witness a dire environmental present, as the once-abundant lake falls victim to unregulated pollution, overfishing, and climate change, creating a toxic cocktail that impoverishes those who depend on its diminishing returns.

Dive into Javanmardi’s striking debut monograph online now, with free shipping over €70/$120, and the chance to get a free mystery book from us if you purchase two book. Shipping worldwide and available very soon in a great independent bookshop near you!

05/10/2024

It’s not long until the release of Lars Tunbjörk’s OFFICE, an essential study of corporate melancholy 📁

For over five years, the late Swedish photographer documented offices in Stockholm, New York, and Tokyo, revealing the bureaucracy, chaos, and everyday nature of office life with a unique fascination. First published in 2001 to enormous acclaim, this iconic body of work has become a rare gem and is impossible to find.

Our ambitious re-issue is a two-volume slipcase that also includes a new, unpublished series, LA Office, made before Lars’ untimely passing.

Don’t sleep on it! Pre-order your copy now and get yourself a FW24 Loose Joints catalogue that unfolds into a 1-metre centerfold poster from the project 👀 free with all online orders.

03/10/2024

Nomination time 🙌 We’re so happy that this year, not one but THREE of our nine titles from the last year have been shortlisted for the Paris Photo–Aperture Photobook Award.

Each year, we commit to bringing modern and under-represented voices to the table of photographic discourse, and in 2024 you can find Abdulhamid Kircher, Ngadi Smart and Taysir Batniji up for nomination:

’s DISRUPTIONS: a visualisation of both the current violence and historical repression imposed on Palestine through digitally degraded images of video calls with his family in Gaza, with 100% of profits going to .

’s ROTTING FROM WITHIN: identity, patriarchy, trauma and reconciliation are explored in a decade-long, cinematic, and autobiographical project between Berlin and Turkey.

’s WATA NA LIFE: This unique artist’s book takes a fresh perspective on climate change, using a kaleidoscopic approach to collage to address water poverty in Sierra Leone.

We can’t wait to celebrate in Paris in November with Ngadi, Abdul, Taysir, and many more of our talented artists. Congratulations to everyone who has been nominated!

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NEW! 👀 Discover the surreal rural magic of Thomas Rousset’s PRABÉRIANS, our latest and final release for 2022. In this imposing, delightfully playful Swiss-bound hardcover, @thomasroussset collaborates with his fellow villagers to create a surreal blend of nature and absurdity, paying tribute to the ritualistic, eccentric traditions of village life. Produced over twelve years, discover Rousset’s dizzying blend of naturalistic landscapes and exaggerated constructions at www.loosejoints.biz now. Those in Paris can also join us next Thursday 24 November for the launch at @librairieyvonlambert from 6–8pm! #thomasrousset #loosejoints

@parisphotofair let’s go! 👋 We’re ready to welcome you at Stand SE31 with our bookshelves bursting with new titles, old classics, rare copies from the archives and beautiful Special Editions. Come and find us tomorrow until Saturday from 11.00–20.00, and Sunday until 19.00. Head to loosejoints.biz to check out all the signings and talks we have planned for the week with @mohamedbourouissa, #nigelshafran, @rahimfortune, @thomasroussset, @tealiaellisritter, @danieljacklyons and @kingsley_ifill. See you there #loosejoints #parisphoto

Back in print! We’re thrilled to have the second printing of @rahimfortune’s breakthrough monograph, I CAN’T STAND TO SEE YOU CRY, back on our shelves and shipping worldwide. Thank you so much to everyone who pre-ordered and patiently waited for the reprint. If you’re unfamiliar with Rahim’s affecting, bold and personal series, here’s a little flip-through video from us to you 🤝 #rahimfortune #loosejoints

🇺🇸 NEW YORK! We are delighted to participate in the NY Art Book Fair this weekend with a huge selection of all our current and rare titles, including fresh advance copies of @durzt, @rahimfortune and #richardmosse that arrived just on time. Join us for artist talks and signings throughout the weekend, including a chance to meet eight of our wonderful artists tonight from 6–9 at @mastbook where we’re celebrating all our 2022 releases. 📍Booth F11, 548 W 22nd St, New York, NY Friday 14 Oct 1pm–7pm Saturday 15 Oct, 11am–7pm Sunday 16 Oct, 11am–5pm 👋 See you there! #loosejoints

As Brazil enters a politically uncertain four weeks that many regard as decisive for the fate of the Amazon, Richard Mosse's BROKEN SPECTRE bears witness to the shocking ecocide and illegal destruction of the 'lungs of the earth' under the blind eye of Jair Bolsanaro. Here, we walk and talk you through BROKEN SPECTRE and the complex, urgent narratives of imminent climate collapse from Mosse's most ambitious book to date. ✍️ Explore the book online or join us next week on Tuesday 11 at @referencepoint180 in London for a talk and signing, followed by two signings in New York at @mastbooks on Friday 14 and the @printedmatterinc NYABF on Saturday 15! #richardmosse #loosejoints

ON PRESS! ✨ Across 440 pages and three different papers printed in tritone, duotone, and high-density extended CMYK, Richard Mosse's BROKEN SPECTRE is a complex, multifaceted warning cry about Amazonian ecocide and climate destruction. Released later this week – these are the last days to pre-order your signed copy with 10% off. We can't wait to show you the finished product! #richardmosse #loosejoints

👀 Flipping through HOLY ISLAND, a typological, psychogeographical roadtrip around the margins of England by painter-photographer duo @kingsley_ifill and @dannyfoxpaint. In every unique piece from this fifty-image series, Fox expressively paints with nail polish directly onto Ifill's raw darkroom prints to capture their raw impressions of England's fraying edges. Our freshly released artist's book captures this atmospheric series in full, and is now shipping worldwide! 👋 Book launch in London on Saturday 09 September at @referencepoint180 and 16 Sep at our place @ensemble_books in Marseille – more details coming soon. #kingsleyiffil #dannyfox #loosejoints

OUT NOW! ✨Look who is here to kick off our new season: HOLY ISLAND, a raw psychogeographic roadtrip around England by painter @dannyfoxpaint and photographer @kingsley_ifill. In this tactile artists' book, Ifill's inky darkroom prints are paired with Fox's responsive nail-polish paintings directly onto photographic paper, recording a voyage around the peripheries of England to reveal its fraying edges. At once a travelogue and atmospheric record of the textures of England today, Ifill and Fox's collaboration is now available online and soon in a bookstore near you! #kingsleyifill #dannyfox #loosejoints

Hello Arles! You can find us today and tomorrow only at the Arles Book Fair selling a huge selection of our current and rare titles. Join us this evening for signings with @rahimfortune and @danieljacklyons at 17.30 and a talk by Daniel from 18.15! 📍We’re at Collège Saint-Charles, 2 Rue de la Calade, Arles, 11–8pm #rencontrearles #loosejoints

Introducing @danieljacklyons’ affirming LIKE A RIVER 👀 In the heart of the Amazon, Lyons encounters young people imagining and exploring new versions of themselves against a toxic backdrop of environmental degradation, violence, and discrimination. Lyons’ empowering images celebrate the multitude of indigenous identities being formed by young people in the Brazilian Amazon, especially within queer and trans communities. 🍃 Produced entirely on recycled materials, LIKE A RIVER is now shipping worldwide alongside a limited print edition. Join us next Friday 01 July at @ensemble_books in Marseille for the launch, exhibition and the first anniversary of our bookshop. #danieljacklyons #loosejoints

📣 Listen to the story of THE WELL, Nigel Shafran's most ambitious book to date, courtesy of our new narrated video! The Well follows the interweaving paths of Shafran's artistic career, between personal work and commercial commissions, with his trademark simplicity and curiosity throughout. Nigel expertly and delicately weaves these two threads together: creating a critical and reflective look at the world of consumerism from the 1980s to the present. Discover more about Nigel’s book at www.loosejoints.biz – don’t forget we have free shipping over £50 to UK/EU and over £100 to the US! #nigelshafran #loosejoints

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