Archive of Modern Conflict – förlag

In 2011, Bruce Gilden was commissioned by the Archive of Modern Conflict to photograph the people and places of London. Working in both colour and black and white, Bruce Gilden captured the diversity of characters that populate the streets of London. One rarely sees portraits which are so intense, full on and intimate at the same time. The resultant book, published by The Archive of Modern Conflict, is A COMPLETE EXAMINATION OF MIDDLESEX.

In The Corinthians, curators Ed Jones and Timothy Prus present more than 200 slides taken with Kodachrome film. The images in this collective visual portrait describe the new prosperity of a postwar United States, highlighting barbecues, big cars and families on vacation.

In The Whale's Eyelash, curator Timothy Prus compiles a series of 19th-century microscope slides in the form of a fictional play, narrating the origin and demise of humankind.

All 82 photographs included in this two-volume set date from the Second World War; none were taken by professional photographers. In the back of each volume the images are exhibited at their actual size, showing front and back. In the front sections, the images are enlarged. This edit provides a guidebook to the stratified emotions of warfare.

British documentary photographer and artist Stephen Gill (born 1971) presents a collection of found photographs from postwar Hackney, a borough in East London, in the 1950s. Photographer unknown, these high-quality, medium-format images all depict couples kissing on their wedding days, surrounded by overexposed wedding cakes, guests and decadent flower arrangements.

The Night Climbers of Cambridge, published in 1937, documents the nocturnal climbing exploits of a group of Cambridge students along the university’s roofs and walls. In this interpretation, Thomas Mailaender presents archival photographs the climbers took of themselves in action.

Don McCullin (born 1935) has photographed dramas of everyday life in his home city of London as well as in the world’s most dangerous conflict zones. This publication features 130 works, including social documentary work in England, the Berlin Wall series, award-winning pieces on war and famine, and more.