Return to a bygone age with this XL volume of vintage travel ephemera from 1869 to 1939. With posters, tickets, menus, turn-of-the-century photochromes, and quotes from literary travelers such as Jules Verne or F. Scott Fitzgerald, this book recalls such classic trips as the Orient Express, the Grand Tour, and the Trans-Siberian Railway. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 25 x 34 cm, 3.48 kg, 616 pages
One big slice of cheesecake brought to you by Dian Hanson! Based on the XXL compendium, this book features nearly 100 pin-up artists, with showcase chapters for the top 10, including Gil Elvgren, George Petty and Alberto Vargas. Each chapter presents a calendar or magazine cover, original model photos and preparatory sketches. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 25 x 34 cm, 3.15 kg, 548 pages
Brutal beauty dominates in Frédéric Chaubin’s images of extreme Soviet architecture from the final years of the USSR. In these photographs, we explore the disappearing world of totalitarian structures, originally designed to dominate and exert omniscient power over civilians through both spectacular forms and austere aesthetics. Hardcover, 26 x 34 cm, 2.66 kg, 312 pages
From Nicéphore Niépce’s 1827 eight-hour-exposure rooftop pictures to the horror of Nick Ut’s “napalm girl,” the 50 photographs in this collection have defined eras, made history, or touched something so fundamentally human that they have become resonant icons around the world. Each image goes under the microscope, revealing the history of the medium and its social, historical, and artistic impact. Hardcover, 14 x 19.5 cm, 1.05 kg, 432 pages
Cologne’s Museum Ludwig boasts one of the world’s most famous collections of photography. The first contemporary art museum to devote a substantial section to international photography, we traverse its rich collection of the most remarkable shots of the last century. Discover more than 850 highlighted works in this tidy volume, covering one hundred years of innovation, evolution, and inspiration. Hardcover, 14 x 19.5 cm, 1.10 kg, 760 pages
Peter Lindbergh’s seminal compendium, now published in a special anniversary edition. Through collaborations with the most venerated names in fashion, Lindbergh created new narratives with his humanist approach. This book features more than 300 images, many previously unpublished, and an adapted interview with Lindbergh. Hardcover, 15.6 x 21.7 cm, 1.48 kg, 512 pages
Rome is the city where past and present, spectacle and the everyday collide around every corner; where Baroque drama flourishes alongside ancient classical wonders; where necks crane to admire Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel; and where Fellini immortalized la dolce vita. This photographic portrait of Rome brings you all the history and all the wonders of an incomparable cultural capital. Hardcover, 25 x 34 cm, 3.61 kg, 486 pages
Peter Lindbergh is wary of society’s fixation on outlandishly retouched women. Shadows on the Wall offers a stunning curation of truly individual, intimate images, with hardly any retouching or makeup. Lindbergh shows profound compassion for the talented women whom he loves and has worked with for many years: Nicole Kidman, Julianne Moore, Alicia Vikander, Charlotte Rampling, Dame Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain, Kate Winslet, Léa Seydoux, Lupita Nyong’o, Penélope Cruz, Robin Wright, Rooney Mara, Uma Thurman, and Zhang Ziyi. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 36 x 26 cm, 2.50 kg, 288 pages
Ice Cold: A Hip-Hop Jewelry History presents the bling culture of rappers and their jewelry. Using 40 years of iconic imagery and compelling stories, this visual history shines a light on the world of hip-hop, where mega stars from Run-DMC to Tupac and Jay-Z to Migos and Cardi B flash brilliant custom pieces to show status and personal style. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, English edition with German and French translation as download, 25 x 34 cm, 2.86 kg, 388 pages
Spanning over 50 years, Helmut Newton’s (1920-2004) photographic oeuvre is unique and unparalleled in scope, reaching millions through magazines such as Vogue and Elle. Helmut Newton. Legacy shows highlights and rediscovered images, celebrating his lasting influence on visual art to this day. View Rating and Reviews Hardcover, 24 x 34 cm, 3.04 kg, 424 pages
Revel in the images from the Hubble Space Telescope, one of the great tools in the history of science. Updated with 30 photos to mark 30 years of Hubble, this book includes comment by Charles F. Bolden, Jr. and John Mace Grunsfeld, the astronauts who worked on Hubble, and by Zoltan Levay, who turned Hubble’s data into famous photos. Hardcover with fold-outs, 29 x 29 cm, 2.47 kg, 260 pages
A charming tour of a bygone era, The Alps 1900 recalls when the first mountain trains and cog railways were carrying men in lederhosen and women in long dresses to the foot of the glacier, when local guides accompanied tourists riding on mules; a time when the first alpinists were considered mad, and skiers were a curiosity. Famous First Edition: First printing of 10,000 numbered copies Hardcover, 29 x 39.5 cm, 6.40 kg, 600 pages
An unrivalled record of one of the 20th century’s touchstone beauties, Bob Willoughby’s tender Hepburn portfolio is now available in a new format and with a softer price tag. At once an enraptured admirer and trusted friend of the starlet, Willougby captured Hepburn’s elegance on and off set, from her Oscar-winning debut in Roman Holiday to the dizzy heights of global fame. Hardcover, 23.9 x 30 cm, 1.94 kg, 280 pages
Since the 1980s, Dutch artist Anton Corbijn has cemented Depeche Mode’s cutting-edge reputation as the world’s biggest cult band. This wallet-friendly successor to our 2020 limited edition, created in collaboration with the band, has over 500 photographs from Corbijn’s archives, plus his handwritten observations. Hardcover, 24.3 x 34 cm, 3.69 kg, 512 pages
Pioneering contemporary artist Peter Beard turned his life in New York and on the African continent into a Gesamtkunstwerk; a collage of photography, ecology, and diary writing. The original limited edition may have instantly sold out, but the book is now back to present the artist’s unique world, a realm of art, science, and beauty. Hardcover, 25.8 x 37.4 cm, 5.38 kg, 770 pages
Peter Lindbergh and Azzedine Alaïa, the photographer and the couturier, were united by their love of black, a love that they would cultivate alike in silver print and solid color garments. Accompanying the exhibition Azzedine Alaïa, Peter Lindbergh at the Fondation Azzedine Alaïa in Paris, this book celebrates their artistic partnership. Hardcover, 24 x 32.7 cm, 1.47 kg, 240 pages
TASCHEN is proud to announce the long-awaited, latest and final publications from artist David LaChapelle: a two-volume project to complete his career-spanning anthology. Here, Good News picks up from Lost + Found, Part I, in a monumental curation of images never before published in book form. It marks a dramatic conclusion to LaChapelle’s five-book narrative, one that has captivated a generation of viewers across the globe. Hardcover in box, 27.8 x 35.5 cm, 3.57 kg, 276 pages
Cabinets of curiosities fascinated people of the 16th and 17th centuries. From crocodiles, minerals, and corals to paintings, ivory trophies, measuring instruments, and incredible automata, it was a glimpse into a world full of natural wonders and treasures that aimed to reflect the order of the universe. This magnificent volume takes us through the world’s most beautiful collections, into the Medici treasury or the Green Vault (Grünes Gewölbe) of Dresden, and offers no less than a brief cultural history of the miraculous. Hardcover, 29 x 39.5 cm, 5 kg, 356 pages
Supermodel, entrepreneur, activist, provocateur: Trace the electrifying career of the one and only Naomi Campbell. Updated and published in cooperation with Naomi, this is at once an intimate encounter with a cultural icon and a dazzling journey through fashion’s greatest moments. Jam-packed with unforgettable shoots, magazine covers, and video stills, as well as an exclusive text by Naomi. First published as a signed Collector’s Edition, now available in an updated XL edition Hardcover with fold-outs, 24.3 x 34 cm, 522 pages, plus companion volume, 388 pages, in a box, 6.15 kg
