Émile Zola

Rather than thinking of Zola as a novelist who took pictures, we may instead
come to view him as an artist who both wrote and made photographs.
 
Zola’s photographs demonstrate a remarkable technical ability as well as a sensitivity to the
character and mood of his subjects. The same attention to detail evident in his novels is visible in Zola’s portraits of his son, which were taken around the time of the famous Dreyfus Affair at the end of the 19th century.
 
A small catalogue featuring texts by Carrie Foulkes and Lindsey Stewart is being published.
 
Printed and bound by Pelo-Druck Lohner oHG
Paper content: Pakopharm Offset Dünndruck Papier 50g/m2
Paper cover: Olin, Rough, cream, 200g/m2
 
32 pages, 11 images
15×21 cm, softcover
 
Editor: Daniel Blau
Authors: Carrie Foulkes, Lindsey Stewart
 
©2018, Daniel Blau, Munich
 

1937 – Japan Attacks China! is the second volume in a series that explores historical events that have often been overlooked and untold through the medium of photography. The first volume, Misled: German Youth 1933-1945, examines and investigates the role of the German youth during the Nazi regime from 1933-1945. Daniel Blau is proud to present to the public 1937 – Japan Attacks China!, and for the first time in 80 years 146 recently discovered photographs of this horrific conflict.

 

Details: Photographs by Rudolph Brandt and Joy Lacks

 

Hardcover, 222 pages, 146 illustrations, 25,4 x 17,8 cm
Edited by Daniel Blau.
Texts by Pearl Lam, Dr. Tilman Spengler, Ryan Adams and Daniel Blau.

 

ISBN: 978-3-00-059776-3

 

 

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Extra! Weegee features 359 vintage photographs in vivid detail. Until now, his photographs and eye witness accounts have never been available together. The photographs and stories originate from the archiv of the Newspaper Enterprise Association, the parent company of Acme Newspictures. Recently identified, the works presented are magnified by the excitement of rediscovering a lost archive.
 
Extra! Weegee continues to proclaim Weegee’s legacy as a unrivaled photographer and master storyteller.
 
With contributions by Ryan Adams, Daniel Blau, Herbert Corey and Sydney Picasso
342 pages, 359 illustrations,
30 × 24 cm, hardcover, dust jacket
€ 40 plus shipping
 
ISBN: 978-3-7774-2813-0
 
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MISLED: German Youth 1933 – 1945

 

VERFÜHRT: Deutsche Jugendliche 1933 -1945

 

Daniel Blau has, for many years, produced exhibitions and catalogues with historic photographs. We are excited to launch the first edition of Misled at Paris Photo’s 20th anniversary edition on November 10th.

 

Misled examines and illustrates the role of the youth during the Nazi regime 1933-45.

 

The photographs shown in the publication are mainly German propaganda images found in American press archives (all dating 1933-1945), as well as collected over the course of many years at auction as well as through English and French photography dealers.

 

The Nazis created both the technical and administrative conditions for the widespread dissemination and political use of photographs. This powerful image-distribution is clearly themetised in the book through its illustrating the accompanying slugs which were originally pasted onto the actual photographic print by the American news agencies. Some of the prints have their slugs from German news or photo services. The slugs’ function is not simply to describe the image but to provide the journalist with as much precise factual information as possible in order to elucidate his angle on a story. In this case, it’s a fascinating insight into a foreign interpretation of German war propaganda. Similar to the disturbing images we see today of IS-fighters and jihadists who exploit children for warfare, Nazis introduced children at the earliest possible age to their ideological and political systems in order to make them an essential part of their political apparatus and warfare.

 

What does it mean to witness such atrocities? Misled discusses the relationship between image and text. Included are transcriptions of conversations Daniel Blau had with eye-witnesses. In order to show the complex relationships between photojournalism, propaganda, and the function of text, Daniel Blau’s interviews have been left unedited, which not only amplifies their youthful tone but also helps further reflect the function of (photo-)journalism.

 

The images cover a range of themes from daily life, to military exercise and training. Included are a range of photographs showing young boys and girls playfully training with gas masks, sporting rallies as well as music events as well as young teens in uniforms or even as prisoners of war. The book is compiled in chronological order. These pictures clearly show the consequences of political and ideological exploitation faced by the Hitler Youth.

 

Misled clearly offers its audience a distinct and unparalleled insight into the subject matter. It attempts to uncover how these photographs targeted society then and what effects these images produce today. Much of the literature surrounding National Socialism use photographs for illustrative purposes rather than as documents in their own right. Misled offers a unique perspective through these powerful images and personal accounts.

 

Misled explores how history is based on many layers of subjective chronicles, how memory is simply an interpretation of occurrences. History doesn’t merely recount events, rather it is a subjective experience which is continuously constructed.

 

192 pages, 83 illustrations,
25 x 18,5 cm, flexocover
bilingual German/English

 

Edition:
1500 English Cover
1000 German Cover

 

€ 30 plus shipping

 

English ISBN: 9 783000 547362
German ISBN: 9 783000 547355

 
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In 2011 a sensational find came tolight in Andy Warhol’s estate: an extensive collection of drawings that provides impressive evidence of Warhol’s artistic talents. He used iconic photographs and magazin illustrations, many of which were taken from LIFE magazin, as inspiration. This publication explores these sources and presents them in juxtaposition.

 

196 pages, 123 colour and b/w illustrations, 24x32cm
hardcover, dustjacket

Hirmer Verlag, Editor Graphische Sammlung ETH Zürich
text in german / english

€ 40 plus shipping

 

ISBN: 978-3-7774-2438-5

 

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Exhibition cataloge with interviews of Dianne Brill, Ronnie Cutrone, Vincent Fremont by Daniel Blau.
 
36 pages, 24 x 16,5 cm, paperback
 
Published by Daniel Blau, Munich, 1998

 

Catalogue published by Daniel Blau, Munich and Anton Kern Gallery, NY, 2003-2004.

 

Essay by James Hofmaier
72 pages, 25 illustrations
24 x 29,8 cm, paperback

 

Published by Daniel Blau, 2011.

 

Edited by Daniel Blau and Klaus Maaz.

 

Texts by K. Maaz, S. Picasso and A.J P. Meyer.

 

The fish hook derives its form from its practical intention – to catch a fish. But in cultures where fishing is and always has been a main livelihood, the crafting of fish hooks becomes an Art. This volume features more than 600 fish hooks used by the peoples of the Pacific Islands, with life-size illustrations and accompanying texts. This is the product of a collaboration of private collectors and is the first extensive monograph on the subject since the 1928 volume Pacific Island Record: Fishhooks by Harry Beasley.
 
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From Silverpoint to Silver Screen
Early Drawings of Andy Warhol 1949-1959

 

Campbell´s soup cans, the banana album cover from The Velvet Underground and quirky colour-adjusted panels of film stars and artists – Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Jackson – are all immediately recognisable as Andy Warhol´s work. But he was also a skilled draftsman, filling early sketchbooks with freehand drawings of still lifes and portraits of friends.
From Silverpoint to Silver Screen brings together more than 100 of Warhol´s early drawings, from the 1950s. They show great great technical ability and are executed in Warhol´s characteristic blotted-line-technique, which involved tracing projected photographic images onto paper and blotting the inked figures to creative variations on a theme. Many drawings were completed during Warhol´s early years in New York and include award-winning commercial illustriations and assignments from his studies at the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Other images demonstrate his take on the dark side of society. The book includes insightful essays on the young Andy Warhol and the art scene of the 1950s. This groundbreaking publication reveals a lesser-known side of Warhol and gives insight into a time of uncertainty and excitement in his development.

 

Essays by J. Hofmaier and S. Picasso
Text: English/German
248 pages, 120 colour illustrations
24 x 28, hardcover
€ 50 plus shipping

 

ISBN: 978-3-7774-5341-5
 
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Freud is one of the most widely acclaimed British artists of our time; »Lucian Freud: Portraits«, with plentiful illustrations and essays by celebrated curator Sir Norman Rosenthal, brings Freud’s lesser-known etchings deservedly to the forefront of our appreciation of his art.

 

Lucian Freud, one of the foremost figurative artists working today, has redefined portraiture and the nude through his unblinking scrutiny of the human form. While most of his admirers are familiar with Freud’s thickly impasted paintings, few realise how integral etching has become to his art. This volume features principally his portraits executed as etchings. It presents an exceptional overview of Freud’s works on paper over a career that spans more than 60 years and highlights the artist’s unconventional approach to the printing medium. Standing the copper etching plate upright on the easel, Freud treats the plate like a canvas as he portrays his sitters – very often friends, family members, or fellow artists – by creating meticulous networks of finely etched lines. Among Freud’s most notable trademarks is his tendency to dramatically crop figures, isolating them against empty backgrounds. This juxtaposition creates a startling sense of psychological tension and formal abstraction.

 

Introductory essay by Norman Rosenthal.
This publication was produced to accompany the exhibition ‘Lucian Freud: Portraits‘ at Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich, May 5 – June 3, 2011.
76 pages, 27 colour illustrations, illustrated bibliography
24 × 28 cm, hardcover

 

Published by Hirmer Verlag/Daniel Blau(ed.) 2011. Printed in Italy.

 

ISBN: 978-3-7774-3971-6