What you should buy from our sale — Stella
If you haven't already looked and purchased a book from our Art and Architecture Summer Specials, you'll need to be quick. Some of my favourites have already gone, but here are a few that I would like on my shelves (you can click on the covers to look inside these books):
Kouldelka: Gypsies, documentary photography by Josef Koudelka, captures the Roma communities of Europe in the 1960s. Amazing images of a time and place long gone, but the desire for recognition remains.
A photographic project closer to home. In Te Ahi Kā, Danish photographer Martin Toft spent six months alongside Māori by the Whanganui River in 1996 as they were in the process of reversing colonisation and returning to their ancestral lands. This stunning book documents this process.
For the sheer pleasure of looking and learning Vitamin D3: Today's best comtemporary drawing. These Phaidon collections are always excellent, and a great way to be introduced to new artists, as well as inspiration for your future projects.
And from the range of architecture books, my pick would beJulia Watson's Lo-TEK: Design by radical indigenism. An exploration of indigenous philosophy, natural spaces, and resilient infrastructure. Important and urgent.