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This image is from 'Leave and Let Us Go' by @alexandrahowland - combining her own photographs with found images and written testimonies, Alexandra presents a portrait of Iraq, a country often misunderstood and misrepresented. Her aim is to challenge and expand the ways that geopolitical events are communicated. GOST published a book of the project last year and an exhibition of her work will go on display at @copenhagenphotofestival from 2 - 12 June 2022. Further exhibition details are at the link in our bio.

This coming Wednesday, 1 June, Yelena Yemchuk (@yemchuk) is taking part in a special @10x10photobooks salon alongside Alakanana Nag @alkanag and Rania Matar @raniamatar in New York - each discussing their new books and wider work. You can find out more details and RSVP at the link in our bio - we hear there are just a few seats left so book soon! Yelena's new book 'Odesa' has just reached our warehouse and will be shipping this week. You can read more on the project and an interview with Yelena on @aperturefund - link in our bio.

Congratulations to @rafal.milach and Ania Nałęcka-Milach - 'I Am Warning You' published by GOST last year, and the project STRIKE are on the shortlisted for Photo Book of the Year, category of the Grand Press Photo Awards @pressredakcja. 'I Am Warning You'' is a book-quadtych dedicated to three different border walls: American-Mexican (#13767), Hungarian-Serbian-Croatian (I Am Warning You) and the Berlin Wall (Death Strip). Collectively, along with an additional book of connected essays, they present an architectural survey dedicated to propaganda and control whilst also collecting experiences—the memories and scars—of the borderland communities. The project represents various physical structures that are degrading from one book to another—from the heavily fortified American wall to the Hungarian electric fence to the traces and memory imprints of the Berlin Wall. This photograph was taken in Berlin, in 2019 and shows the remains of the wall at Bernauer Strasse , Berlin wall memorial

This image is from 'Nowhere Far' by @nicholashughes1 which we published back in 2017. Some of Nicholas's work from this series is going on display at The Photographers' Gallery @tpgprintsales this week in the exhibition 'The Sound of Space Breathing'. The works in the exhibition are drawn from his latest body of work created over seven years and will be on display from 27 May - 24 July 2022.

"To live in Odesa is to step through the back of the wardrobe into a magical realm that is not without hazard. As I write this, a family member texts from the city that desite the Russian missiles that have been falling or the past three days, in the courtyards of Moldavanka they are still drinking, singing and dancing. Yemchuk's photographs are like that. Look again. You will see something alive that you hadn't seen before: a glimpse of the city's soul." Thank you to Julian Evans for his review of the forthcoming book 'Odesa' by Yelena Yemchuk @yemchuk in last weekend's @Telegraph Review. Yelena will be taking part in a special @10x10photobooks salon, alongside Alakanana Nag @alkanag and Rania Matar @raniamatar in New York on the 1 June. You can find out more details and RSVP at the link in our bio.

Larry Towell will be signing advance copies of the new second edition of his landmark book 'The Mennonites at @stephenbulgergallery at The Photography Show presented by @aipadphoto today, Saturday 21 May at 15.00. If you miss this signing, you can catch Larry tomorrow, Sunday 22 May at 12.00 at the GOST Books stand at the @ICP Photobook Fest which is taking place at the ICP's new building at Essex crossing this weekend.

This photograph is from 'The Moon Belongs to Everyone' by @stacymehrfar which was published last year. We only have a few remaining copies left of this book and Stacy will be doing a signing at the @ICP Photobook Fest tomorrow, 21 May at 16.00, which is taking place at the ICP's new building at Essex Crossing in New York. Stacy's project is a response to the contemporary experience of migration – of shifting continents and mindsets. A multi-layered visual narrative set in a non-locatable landscape, the book reflects upon the loss of roots, and search for belonging in the wake of immigration.

This photograph is from the recent book 'Sin Salida' by @tariqzaidiphoto. In this book, Tariq documents the impacts of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha gang (MS-13) and its rival Barrio 18 gang members on El Salvador. By depicting the gang members, police, prisons, murder sites, funerals, and the government’s war against the gangs, Zaidi illustrates the control the gangs have over the wider Salvadoran society, the violence through which they operate and the grief and loss resulting from the violence. Tariq was interviewed by @publico.pt about his work on this project - you can read the interview at the link in our bio.

This photograph is from Larry Towell's landmark book 'The Mennonites'. The new and revised second edition, featuring 40 previously unpublished images has just arrived in our UK warehouse and we are shipping them out this week! The US release date is July but there will be some advance copies in New York this coming weekend for two signings with Larry. The first signing will be with @stephenbulgergallery at The Photography Show presented by @aipadphoto on Saturday 21 May at 15.00. The second signing is on Sunday 22 May at 12.00 at the GOST Books stand at the @ICP Photobook Fest which is taking place at the ICP's new building at Essex crossing across the 21 - 22 May 2022.

Congratulations to Lorenzo Meloni and @johnbalsom_studio as their recent books 'We Don't Say Goodbye' and 'Architecture & Beauty' have been shortlisted for the @photoespana_ Best Photography Book of the Year Award in the International category. All of the shortlisted books will be on display at the PHotoESPAÑA Gallery from June 1 to August 30, 2022 and the winners will be announced on 7 June 2022. Congratulations to Lorenzo, John and all of the other shortlisted projects! The first image here is from 'We Don't Say Goodbye' by Lorenzo Meloni and the second is from 'Architecture & Beauty' by John Balsom.

Today, 15 May at 17.00 BST @marktpower and GOST's Stuart Smith will be in conversation at the @magnumphotos London Book Fair at the agency's London gallery, If you're not in London or unable to attend.. never fear, the event will also be an instagram LIVE event over on @magnumphotos. If you are at @photolondonfair today, you can also catch Mark at 14.00 signing copies of his most recent book 'Terre à l’Amende' on the GOST Books stand.

A reminder for all those heading to @photolondonfair today, Saturday 14 May... @mrcraigeaston will be signing copies of his book 'BANK TOP' at 14.00 and @itscometothis will be signing copies of his book 'The Settlements' at 15.00 Tomorrow, @marktpower will be signing copies of 'Terre à l’Amende' at 14.00 before heading over the @magnumphotos London Book Fair for an in conversation event with GOST's Stuart Smith. This image is from 'BANK TOP' by @mrcraigeaston