Edition Patrick Frey

Active since 1986, Edition Patrick Frey focuses on unique projects and produces books in small print runs. The purpose of Edition Patrick Frey is to provide particularly young artists, mainly Swiss but also international, an opportunity and a platform with a first publication, but EPF has also been engaged in long-term collaborations with several artists such as Walter Pfeiffer, Peter Fischli & David Weiss, and Andreas Züst. With an output of up to 20 books per year, the publisher focuses mainly on photography, art and projects dealing with everyday and popular culture.
 
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196 titles
 
Jörg Binz - Zeichner, Maler
Jörg Binz
Zeichner, Maler
2021
German edition
This book is a moving tribute to Jörg Binz's work, a selection from a great many paintings, especially portraits, and from his secret sketchbooks. It contains startling, bizarre, sublime works interspersed with literary and biographical texts that engage in an ongoing conversation with the paintings.
Shirin Azari - Stories of Little and Big Blossoms
Shirin Azari
Stories of Little and Big Blossoms
2020
bilingual edition (English / German)
Conceived as a children's book, Stories of Little and Big Blossoms is a collection of illustrated short stories about Elham, a little Iranian girl exiled in Germany, and her difficulties to fit in this new environment. A poetic work on exile, friendship, courage and open-mindedness, inspired by the childhood of author and illustrator, Shirin Azari.
Mihai Barabancea - Falling on Blades
Mihai Barabancea
Falling on Blades
2020
English edition
Photographer Mihai Barabancea portrays the underworld of post-Soviet Romania and Moldova: a set of subjects and scenes revealing the crude reality of the streets, zeroing in on moments of ruthless rawness and keen poignancy.
Mine Dal - Everybody\'s Atatürk
Mine Dal
Everybody's Atatürk
2020
bilingual edition (English / Turkish)
A photographic journey in contemporary Turkey, looking for traces of the protean presence of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic, in more than 600 pages.
Alfio Tommasini - Via Lactea
Alfio Tommasini
Via Lactea
2020
English edition
Agricultural landscapes and portraits of the Swiss Alps: a fascinating visual study of the relationship between humans, animals and topography in the context of a rapidly changing agriculture and dairy industry.
Pierre Leguillon - The Museum of Mistakes
Pierre Leguillon
The Museum of Mistakes
2020
English edition
currently out of stock
First monograph dedicated to Pierre Leguillon's Museum of Mistakes: a traveling exhibition gathering a collection of mass culture artifacts and craft objects, questioning with humor and subversivity the mechanisms of today's visual culture.
Andreas Züst - Pursuit of Wonders
Andreas Züst
Pursuit of Wonders
2020
English edition
From 1970s to his death in 2000, scientist, artist and art collector Andreas Züst spent time in Greenland, photographing ice in its most diverse forms. This publication gathers a selection from this extensive collection, alongside contextual essays.
Ausbruch & Rausch - Frauen Kunst Punk 1975-1980
Ausbruch & Rausch – Frauen Kunst Punk 1975-1980
2020
German edition
A retrospective.
Charlie Engman - MOM
Charlie Engman
MOM
2020
English edition
First monograph by Charlie Engman, the rising star of fashion photography: a vast series of pictures (500 images) of his mother, made over the course of more than a decade. With texts by Rachel Cusk and Miranda July.
Huber.Huber - Widersprüchliche Bewegungsreize / Contradictory Motion Cues
Huber.Huber
Widersprüchliche Bewegungsreize / Contradictory Motion Cues
2020
trilingual edition (English / German / Spanish)
A new artist's book that goes far beyond the mere reproduction of photographs and masterfully reflects huber.huber's artistic practices in the special medium of the book.
Beni Bischof - Texte 4
Beni Bischof
Texte 4
2020
bilingual edition (English / German)
Another pictureless, pocket-size book by Beni Bischof in his series. It is Bischof's personal presentation of his rich collection of catchy headlines and slogans, absurd comments and off-the-wall remarks. His text archives are a trove of inspiration for his pictures and titles.
Roger Eberhard - Human Territoriality
Roger Eberhard
Human Territoriality
2020
English edition
A collection of photographs of former border regions around the globe and down through the course of human history.
Mimi von Moos - Die Verwandte - Aus dem fotografischen Nachlass der Anne-Marie von Wolff
Mimi von Moos
Die Verwandte – Aus dem fotografischen Nachlass der Anne-Marie von Wolff
2020
German edition
This publication brings together a selection of family photos taken between the 1930s and 1950s by amateur photographer Anne-Marie von Wolff. A fascinating, powerful work, brought to light by her great-grandniece, artist Mimi von Moos.
Thomas Krempke - The Whispering of Things
Thomas Krempke
The Whispering of Things
2019
English edition
Thomas Krempke's photographic diary.
Olivier Suter - Children
Olivier Suter
Children
2019
English edition
A collection of photographs of children who grew up to become famous in a variety of fields, from literature to arts, sports, politics, and even crime. A photographic “Guess Who” of the 20th century in the making.
Philippe Dudouit - The Dynamics of Dust
Philippe Dudouit
The Dynamics of Dust
2019
English edition
A long-term photographic study on the sociopolitical evolution of the Sahelo-Saharan region since 2008.
Aldo Schmid - Notebooks 2005-2018 (box set)
Aldo Schmid
Notebooks 2005-2018 (box set)
2019
no text
A collection of ten facsimiled Moleskine notebooks filled with works by Swiss artist Aldo Schmid.
Mike Hentz - Works 7
Mike Hentz
Works 7
2019
bilingual edition (English / German)
A very special overview of the work of a new media art pioneer: snapshots from all over the world, paintings, collages, graphic and ornamental works, and various artifacts from the artist's collections, which include everything from old magazines to fabric patterns.
Marcia Resnick - Re-visions
Marcia Resnick
Re-visions
2019
English edition
The new edition of Marcia Resnick's 1978 iconic book.
Gaechter+Clahsen - Fünf Finger Föhn Frisur
Gaechter+Clahsen
Fünf Finger Föhn Frisur
2019
bilingual edition (English / German)
Zurich-based photographers Peter Gaechter and Bettina Clahsen document hairstyles from Switzerland's upscale salons, tracing hairstyle trends from the 1970s to the 1990s. The book collects their photographs along with texts by Bettina Clahsen and Swiss art historian and journalist Joerg Scheller.
Christian Lutz - The Pearl River
Christian Lutz
The Pearl River
2019
no text
Post-empire in the new Middle Kingdom: what once was America is now China. After his Insert Coins project (2016) about the decline of Las Vegas, Swiss photographer Christian Lutz set off to explore the world's new gambling capital, Macao, where everything revolves likewise around money, luxury, surfaces.
Alex Hanimann - Etwas fehlt
Alex Hanimann
Etwas fehlt
2019
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
Artist's book: a catalogue of Alex Hanimann's photographic explorations over the past twelve years, with interview by Hans Ulrich Obrist and two essays.
Monster Chetwynd - The Supreme Deluxe Essential Monster Chetwynd Handbook
Monster Chetwynd
The Supreme Deluxe Essential Monster Chetwynd Handbook
2019
English edition
Retrospective monograph, 2007-2018.
Olivier G. Fatton - Coco
Olivier G. Fatton
Coco
2019
bilingual edition (English / French)
A series of portraits of performance artist, avowed transsexual anarchist with no place to call home, macho woman, fashion model for Marianne Alvoni, target for the Swiss tabloid: Eve-Claudine Lorétan, alias Coco.
Susi Wyss - Guess Who Is the Happiest Girl in Town
Susi Wyss
Guess Who Is the Happiest Girl in Town
2019
English edition
The richly illustrated memoirs of 1960-1970s jet-set call-girl/muse Susi Wyss: In 800 pages and 1.000 photographs, this publication tells the sulfurous story of Wyss' first forty years. A true tale of sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll, in which the reader will meet a gallery of colorful socialites and artists like Helmut Newton, Kenneth Anger, Iggy Pop, Dennis Hopper, Brion Gysin…
Piotr Uklański - Pornalikes
Piotr Uklański
Pornalikes
2019
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A book of portraits with a difference, culled from a 2002–2018 photo archive of porn actors who resemble or actually even portray celebrities and public figures. Polish artist Piotr Uklański draws on a stock of hard and soft copies of “dirty” glossy men's magazines like Hustler and Loaded—as well as a plethora of meme culture material dumped on websites and blogs.
Gustav Mesmer - Ikarus vom Lautertal genannt
Gustav Mesmer
Ikarus vom Lautertal genannt
2019
trilingual edition (English / German / French)
First major monograph devoted to the “Icarus of Lautertal”, a key figure of outsider art, flying machines inventor Gustav Mesmer. This publication looks back at his path through essays by Lucienne Peiry, Juliane Stiegele and Franz Xaver Ott, as well as photographs by Franco Zehnder and Stefan Hartmaier.
Giorgio Wolfensberger - Foto Povera
Giorgio Wolfensberger
Foto Povera
2019
bilingual edition (English / German)
First monograph dedicated to the artistic freelance photography of industrial photographer and filmmaker Giorgio Wolfensberger (1945-2016). Beginning with the black-and-white documentary photography of his first years, the publication then documents a rich body of colorful photographs depicting with humor, the strangeness of everyday life and its objects.
Charlotte Malterre-Barthes & Marcel Jäggi - Some Haunted Spaces in Singapore
Charlotte Malterre-Barthes & Marcel Jäggi
Some Haunted Spaces in Singapore
2018
English edition
An architectural exploration of haunted locations in Singapore.
Hodel / Schumacher / Clavadetscher - Luftbad
Hodel / Schumacher / Clavadetscher
Luftbad
2018
German edition
A selection of about 2.000 mail art works on paper (drawings, collages…) created between 1991-1994 by the artists' trio. They would mail each other pictures, repeatedly overpainting and adding to them until they comprised several layers. Each book cover is unique, individually designed by Eric Schumacher and Andrea Clavadetscher.
Lukas Wassmann - W
Lukas Wassmann
W
2018
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Monograph showcasing 18 years of practice by the Swiss photographer. Alternating snapshots, self-portraits, documentary and fashion photography, pictures of arranged landscapes, buildings, people, and furniture, this publication provides a wide overview of Wassmann's artistic approach through associative sequences weaving on a loose narrative, like a stream of consciousness.
Shane Lavalette - Still (Noon)
Shane Lavalette
Still (Noon)
2018
English edition
In 2017, Shane Lavalette crossed Switzerland to do a photo essay on Swiss rural life. To that end, he followed the itinerary taken some eighty years ago by Swiss photojournalism pioneer Theo Frey. This publication juxtaposes these old and new views of the Swiss countryside to offer up an unusual and moving portrait of a nation.
Jesús León - Vida
Jesús León
Vida
2018
bilingual edition (English / Spanish)
José de Jesús “Chucho” León Hernández is a part of Mexico City's nightlife. For over twenty years he has been photographing the city's vibrant music scene, the carryings-on at underground venues and gay clubs, the newcomers and leavers, rising stars and departing legends.
Sahli Hansjörg - Rhonegletscher
Sahli Hansjörg
Rhonegletscher
2018
bilingual edition (English / German)
A series of photographs of the Rhône Glacier in Switzerland, taken between the summers of 2014 and 2017. Each year during this season, the authorities cover the glacier with blankets to fight melting ice.
Walter Pfeiffer - Bildrausch – Drawings 1966-2018
Walter Pfeiffer
Bildrausch – Drawings 1966-2018
2018
English edition
Focusing on a lesser known aspect of Walter Pfeiffer's practice, this monograph explores the Swiss photographer's graphic works throughout the decades: large-scale hyper-realistic pencil drawings, drawings in China ink, colored pencils and watercolors, characterized by a joyful sensuality that emanates from his portraits of friends and his floral still lifes.
Klaudia Schifferle - 152 Paperdolls
Klaudia Schifferle
152 Paperdolls
2018
German edition
This publication features a series of 152 paper dolls by artist Klaudia Schifferle, also co-founder of cult punk band Kleenex / Liliput. These collages, created with magazine cutouts collaged on A4 paper, embody a certain vision of modern life, identified by consumerism and commodity fetishism.
Niklaus Stauss - Foto
Niklaus Stauss
Foto
2018
German edition
This publication presents an overview of the Zurich photographer's work as well as a very personal record of the Swiss and European arts scene of the past sixty years. Edited by Barbara Stauss, it's also a daughter's tribute to her father on his 80th birthday.
Manuel Burgener - Summary
Manuel Burgener
Summary
2018
English edition
Summary by Swiss artist Manuel Burgener is a companion piece to his 2018 Manor Prize show at the Kunsthaus Pasquart in Biel, Switzerland. The idea behind this artist's book is to undertake a fundamental examination of the purpose of an exhibition catalogue. It asks whether an artwork, especially a sculpture, can be documented at all in the form of a readable depiction.
Athene Galiciadis - An Acrylic Glass Pyramid and Three Pendulums attached to a Triangle on a Table
Athene Galiciadis
An Acrylic Glass Pyramid and Three Pendulums attached to a Triangle on a Table
2018
English edition
Monograph by artist Athene Galiciadis gathering unpublished artworks, specially created for this publication: inspired by Emma Kunz, Swiss artist and healer, whose work draws on geometric abstraction, Galiciadis produced a series of drawings—figures, spirals, patterns and vases—printed on graph paper, accompanied by photographic documentation.
Olivier Degorce - Fridge Food Soul
Olivier Degorce
Fridge Food Soul
2018
English edition
Photographer Olivier Degorce brings together a series of fridge photographs shot from 1993 to 2017: Beyond the obsessive nature of the project lies the sheer diversity of individual eating habits in the form of contemporary still lifes.
Alex Hanimann - Trapped
Alex Hanimann
Trapped
2018
bilingual edition (English / German)
This publication gathers a series of snapshots of domestic and exotic animals, mostly taken at night by automatically triggered “camera traps”.
Luciano Rigolini - AS 15-16
Luciano Rigolini
AS 15-16
2018
English edition
Luciano Rigolini gives a minimalist reinterpretation of photo shoots produced by NASA astronauts during the lunar landing missions Apollo 15 and Apollo 16.
Manuel Süess - Altar
Rosa Schamal, Peter Schneider, Manuel Süess
Altar
2018
bilingual edition (English / German)
Through photographic documentation and essay, Altar documents the widespread human urge to elevate secular things to the status of “ritual objects” and combine them to form private altars. Whether they're dust catchers, knickknacks, souvenirs, found objects, meaningful artworks or earnestly and deeply revered objects, they all tell a peculiar story—not in words, but in things—about whoever built the altar.
Olivier Mosset - Wheels
Olivier Mosset
Wheels
2018
English edition
Wheels gives a special overview of Olivier Mosset's career through the prism of his fascination for motorcycle and motor vehicles and their influence on his artistic practice.
Jurczok 1001 - Spoken Beats
Jurczok 1001
Spoken Beats
2018
German edition
This anthology dedicated to spoken-word pioneer Jurczok 1001 compiles a wide selection of typed scripts, ranging from his early raps to pieces inspired by concrete poetry. The volume features a text by writer and performance artist Melinda Nadj Abonji.
Michael Günzburger - Contact
Michael Günzburger, Lukas Bärfuss
Contact
2018
English edition (texts in English, German, Latin)
This publication features a series of lithographs which captured impressions of wild animals. This technique was developed by artist Michael Günzburger to explore with directness and immediacy the physical energy of bestiality. The series is accompanied by a text by writer Lukas Bärfuss which takes the reader on an expedition up through northern woods all the way to the frozen wilderness of an island in the North Sea.
Pierre Keller - My Colorful Life
Pierre Keller
My Colorful Life
2018
bilingual edition (English / French)
Some four thousand Polaroids depicting nearly fifteen years in the life of artist and former director of the Lausanne art school, ECAL. This photographic diary offers an intimate and erotic portrait of Keller, from its time in 1970s New York to trips to South America and Europe. With texts by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Stéphanie Moisdon.
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