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Kate Schultze

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Kate Schultze is a photographic artist and writer based between Berlin and the North of England. Her practice explores memory, class, and cultural transition in post-industrial Europe. She has a particular passion for the photobook as a medium, working at Bildband Berlin and writing about photographic books, alongside regular appearances at art book fairs across Europe. She studied Photography at Lette Verein Berlin, as well as English and Art History at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Her photobook "mind the gap, luv." is held in the collections of the Martin Parr Foundation and the Ernst Rietschel Kultursammlung.
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Notes From the 57th Rencontres d’Arles

Kate Schultze shares her standout exhibitions from Rencontres d’Arles 2026, with highlights from the main programme, LUMA and OFF Arles.
Kate Schultze shares her standout exhibitions from Rencontres d’Arles 2026, with highlights from the main programme, LUMA and OFF Arles.
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Classics: The First Ever Photobook

Kate Schultze reviews Anna Atkins’ Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, the first ever photobook.
Kate Schultze reviews Anna Atkins’ Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, the first ever photobook.
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Maria Lax: “Stray Sod”

If you’re wandering through darkness, try turning your coat inside out. Kate Schultze reviews Maria Lax’s photobook Stray Sod.
Kate Schultze reviews Stray Sod by Maria Lax, a haunting photobook rooted in Irish folklore, disorientation and magical realism.
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Sasha Kurmaz: “Red Horse”

How do you live when you are constantly—and justifiably—afraid of dying? A review of Sasha Kurmaz’ photobook “Red Horse”
A review of Sasha Kurmaz’s “Red Horse”, a powerful photobook about the lived experience of war in Ukraine.
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10+2 Books That Came Out in 2025 That I Love Very Much

A curated selection of the photobooks and zines I discovered at Paris Photo, Polycopies and Off Print 2025. Two intense days, countless impressions and the titles that ultimately made it into my hand luggage. Explore unique finds, festival moments and why these books stood out among hundreds.
12 photobooks from 2025 that stuck with me, found at book fairs and beyond, circling identity, memory, and the gaze.
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What I got at Paris Photo, Polycopies and Off Print this year

A curated selection of the photobooks and zines I discovered at Paris Photo, Polycopies and Off Print 2025. Two intense days, countless impressions and the titles that ultimately made it into my hand luggage. Explore unique finds, festival moments and why these books stood out among hundreds.
Two intense days, countless impressions and the titles that ultimately made it into my hand luggage.
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TR Ericsson: “Nicotine”

With an intimate, raw style, Frida turns the camera on herself to reclaim her body as both subject and landscape and simultaneously making us aware that looking at illness is still incredibly difficult.
“Nicotine” is brought together into a richly textured and deeply poetic work about love, pain, longing, and hope.
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Charlie Engman: “MOM”

With an intimate, raw style, Frida turns the camera on herself to reclaim her body as both subject and landscape and simultaneously making us aware that looking at illness is still incredibly difficult.
Charlie Engman’s “MOM” pushes the boundaries of the image of a mother and challenges ideas of control and vulnerability in parental relationships.
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Frida Lisa Carstensen Jersø: “Frida Forever”

With an intimate, raw style, Frida turns the camera on herself to reclaim her body as both subject and landscape and simultaneously making us aware that looking at illness is still incredibly difficult.
With an intimate, raw style, Frida turns the camera on herself to reclaim her body as both subject and landscape and simultaneously making us aware that looking at illness is still incredibly difficult.
A hand holds open a photobook displaying images of a blimp, a cruise ship, and a tornado. Text on the left reads: “Photobooks Episode 10 Andrea Orejarena & Caleb Stein American Glitch.
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Andrea Orejarena & Caleb Stein: “American Glitch”

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Explore American Glitch by Orejarena & Stein—an eerie, satirical look at truth, fiction, and disinformation in the U.S. visual landscape.
An open photobook lies on a wooden surface, showing black and white photos of a tree in water and a persons head. Text on the left reads: Photobooks Episode 11 Matthew Genitempo Dogbreath.
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Matthew Genitempo: “Dogbreath”

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“Dogbreath” combines a lot of classic photography techniques to create a uniquely intimate yet uneasy atmosphere, weaving together images of urban decay, sun-bleached neighborhoods, mosh pits, and punk teenagers alongside their wild dog counterparts.
An open photobook shows a black chair by a window on the left page and two people in red and white attire on the right. Text reads: Photobooks Episode 9 – Kate’s Top 10+1 Photo Books of 2024.
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Kate’s Top 10 +1 Photo Books of 2024

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Discover Kate Schultze’s Top 10+1 photobooks of 2024 — a curated list of this year’s most powerful, poetic, and thought-provoking photography books.
An open photobook shows two portraits of an older man in a brown jacket against a blue and beige wall. Text on the left reads: Photobooks Episode 7 Max Pinckers State of Emergency.
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Max Pinckers: “State of Emergency”

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Explore Max Pinckers’ State of Emergency—a powerful photobook that reimagines Kenya’s colonial history through reenactments and ‘imagined records.’
An open photobook displays two photos: on the left, two people stand beside arcade machines; on the right, two people pose together in front of a patterned wall. Text reads “Photobooks Episode 5 Zines.”.
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Starting with photobooks: Zines

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Discover four standout zines that blend documentary, fashion, and experimentation—perfect for photographers exploring affordable, creative photobook formats.
An open photobook displays a car raised on jacks with graffiti on its rear. Text on the left reads: Photobooks Episode 4, Stefanie Moshammer Not Just Your Face Honey.
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Stefanie Moshammer: “Not Just Your Face Honey”

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Explore Stefanie Moshammer’s photobook—a vivid, surreal take on the American Dream through love, fiction, and desert suburbia.
A photo book titled Plexus by Elena Helfrecht is displayed open, showing a black cover with an abstract design and a black-and-white photo of tangled roots and stones inside. Text reads: Photobooks Episode 3 Elena Helfrecht Plexus.
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Elena Helfrecht: “Plexus”

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Discover Elena Helfrecht’s Plexus, a haunting photobook exploring family trauma, memory, and myth through surreal black-and-white imagery.
A hand holds open a photobook with two black-and-white images: abstract flowers on the left page and a parked car in front of buildings on the right. Text reads: Photobooks Episode 2: Ute & Werner Mahler Kleinstadt.
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Ute & Werner Mahler: “Kleinstadt”

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Finding beauty in normality: Ute and Werner Mahler’s almost static black and white photographs explore the details of mundanity.
A photobook lies open on a wooden table, showing a storefront with a Well Worth It sign on the left page and a portrait of a young woman with red hair and dark eye makeup on the right.
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Jamie Hawkesworth: “The British Isles”

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The British Isles marks the beginning of a new era of a tender approach to the weirdness of British documentary photography.