The LamentHARVEY BENGE The Lament, Harvey Benges eighth bookwork published by us, continues his investigation into the nature of things through a celebration of the democracy of images. Questions are asked though few answers given. These are places we have all been, if only in the mind. As with all Benges projects, The Lament is partly fiction and partly autobiographical. The pictures mine the unusual and the perverse. They make strange connections and exploit

Her daughter Olivia was born in 2004

250 x 190mm

melancholic with the hint of a smile

Michael Kerstgens has worked as a photographer and educator since 1986

Nothing is as it seems

Her projects have been shown throughout Europe

and by the late 1950s she had abandoned studio portraiture for street photography

French artist

The Guardian: Best Photography Books of the Year

the project reveals how our perceptions of ourselves and our loved ones are always a blend of past and present

The book is introduced by Matthew Butson

and you would never believe that less than a decade ago the city was levelled to the ground by Russian aerial and artillery assaults