Broken Spine

Atlas photographique de la Lune
Maurice Lœwy & Pierre Puiseux
MAPP Editions
EPUB3 for iPad

Publisher’s Descrption:

Atlas photographique de la Lune, considered the ultimate achievement of nineteenth century astronomical photography, is digitally showcased for the first time. The atlas is comprised of 71 photographs that together map the moon’s surface, and it took 14 years to complete from 1896–1910. Issued in 12 booklets, which are prized by collectors, complete sets are extremely rare.

In this digital rendering of all 12 booklets, each photograph is accompanied by a semi-transparent overlay on which Lœwy and Puiseux mapped the craters and rocky peaks that mark the moon’s surface, and these are now available at the tap of a finger.

Accompanying the digital edition is an introduction by Quentin Bajac, Chief Curator of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

(via Atlas photographique de la Lune | MAPP)

• 28 February 2013

War Primer 2
E-book optimised for iPad

Publisher’s Description:

War Primer 2 originated as a book published by MACK in 2011 and sold out immediately. It is a sequel to Bertolt Brecht’s War Primer (1955), which was concerned with images of the Second World War, whereas War Primer 2 updates Brecht’s piece with images of conflict generated by both sides of the so-called “War on Terror”.

War Primer 2 was produced in the artists’ studio in a limited edition of 100 copies, applying silkscreen and offset printed images to 100 copies of a 1998 edition (Libris, London) of Bertolt Brecht’s 1955 War Primer. This digital version combines critical and academic essays about War Primer with a screen based rendition of the artist’s book.

(via War Primer 2)

• 27 November 2012