Material World: A Global Family Portrait by Sierra Club Books $25.00
In an unprecedented effort, sixteen of the world’s foremost photographers traveled to thirty nations around the globe to live for a week with families that were statistically average for that nation. At the end of each visit, photographer and family collaborated on a remarkable portrait of the family members outside their home, surrounded by all of their possessions—a few jars and jugs for...

The Japanese Tattoo by Sandi Fellman $27.50

Edith Bouvier Beale of Grey Gardens: A Life in Pictures by Anne Verlhac $75.00
Edith “Little Edie” Bouvier Beale (1917-2002) is best known for her appearance in the critically acclaimed 1975 film Grey Gardens, a documentary by Albert and David Maysles that explored the reclusive lives of Beale and her mother “Big Edie,” the first cousin and aunt of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, respectfully. Over the past three decades, the film and its eccentric stars have become...

Grim Street by powerHouse Books $45.00
Mark Cohen first came to the attention of the photography world in 1973 with a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. This iconic show proved to the art world that Cohen was the heir apparent to the explosive street photography of the 60s. Now, after more than thirty years, Cohen’s complex and influential body of work is presented for the first time in Grim Street, an...

Ancient Marks: The Sacred Origins of Tattoos and Body Marking by Earth Aware Editions $45.00
Seven years, seven continents, and thirty countries, from the African savannah to the barrios of Los Angeles, from New Zealand to Egypt, and Brazil to Burkina Faso, Chris Rainier documented the traditions of tattooing, scarification, piercing, and other forms of body altering art, the origins of which date back to the dawn of humankind. Ancient Marks reveals not only the haunting beauty of these...

Rare Birds by Amanda de Cadenet $35.00
Rare Birds, the first monograph by Amanda de Cadenet, is a ten-year retrospective documenting the provocative cast of characters she has encountered through the course of her life and travels. These intimate images, published here for the first time, present us with a disarming array of personalities. Defying superficial interpretation and representation, Rare Birds humanizes our pop culture...

I Love Fast Cars by Craig McDean $40.00
Novel fashion photographer Craig McDean-he of the blazing Jil Sander and Calvin Klein campaigns-has a hankering for hot wheels and muscle cars, the kind built in back yards and driveways across America. He also loves to see them drag race, in quasi-formal circuits known as bracket racing. Taking a deliberately studied, off-key approach to the drivers, the machines, and the bonhomie of the...

Wyland: One Hundred Whaling Walls by Wyland Worldwide LLC $49.00
Journey through 27 years of Wylands quest to paint 100 Whaling Walls in this coffee table book, Wyland: One Hundred Whaling Walls. Printed on recycled paper.

The Taqwacores: Muslim Punk in the USA by Kim Badawi $35.00
Writer Michael Muhammad Knight coined the term "taqwacore" for his novel about a Muslim punk house in Buffalo, NY, which Knight initially distributed from the back of his car as a DIY photocopied zine. In time, the book found widespread publication through Autonomedia and garnered supporters, even inspiring the first woman-led prayer of a mixed-gender Muslim congregation in the United States in...

Hairy by Robert Greene $45.00
“Robert Greene is not like other artists—or rather other artists are not like Robert Greene. Greene is like a diamond in the rough—one of those unexpected gifts that come along every so often.” —Jerry Saltz “With an abundance of wet, hairy nudity and tropical hues, Greene evokes summer at its sexiest and most seductive.” —Vince Aletti Painterly rhythms have seeped their way...