Kehrer Verlag

Kehrer Verlag designs and publishes art and photobooks in Heidelberg, Germany. www.kehrerverlag.com We design and publish books in Heidelberg, Germany.

Kehrer Verlag, founded in 1995, focuses on fine art and photography and international sound art.

12/08/2025

When a book becomes a milestone, it marks more than pages — it marks a partnership. ✨
Celebrating 30 years of Kehrer Verlag and a creative journey that began in 2005 with “Jesus and the Cherries” — one of our publishing . With its iconic oilcloth cover, this groundbreaking photobook anticipated the now-prevalent trend of treating books as art objects.
This late summer, Jessica Backhaus’ vibrant images take the spotlight at Ragusa Foto Festival (28.08 – 28.09.2025), offering an intimate glimpse of rural Poland during a time of profound change.
📚 An invitation to (re)discover a contemporary photography classic — and a shared artistic journey between author and publisher: https://www.kehrerverlag.com/en/jessica-backhaus-jesus-and-the-cherries-978-3-936636-63-5

31/07/2025

Unravel the unseen with Filamenta, the by the artist K49814
Blood vessels like avenues, wing‑fins, fish scales—as if etched by old masters. Inkblots. 🖋️🐟 Swim bladders still filled with the breath of the fish.
In Filamenta, the artist working under the pseudonym K49814 weaves the endless filaments of the fish industry into these (wounded) delicacies like sacred embroidery.
This deadly, ocean‑emptying, human‑made threadwork stands in stark opposition to the filaments that run in magnificent nets through the cosmos and through all life forms on our planet—enabling a constant exchange of meaning and will: life itself.🌌🌍

This book aims to help unravel the destructive webs and enter into the process of communication within this grand fabric of existence.
📘 https://www.kehrerverlag.com/en/k49814-filamenta-978-3-96900-181-3

18/07/2025

Identity, exile, memory through the lens of Jitka Hanzlová ✨
To coincide with her first solo museum show in Austria, now on view at Albertina Museum, “Identities” is the definitive new monograph on Hanzlová’s extraordinary career. Featuring ten key series from 1990 to the present, including previously unpublished works, the book offers a deeply poetic exploration of the human condition and our connection to place.

130 photographs, ten stories: a masterwork of visual storytelling.

📍Albertina Museum, Vienna | through 26 Oct 2025

07/07/2025

📚 Bonjour Arles! The Kehrer Verlag pop-up bookstore is open at the Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation 🌻

Join us during the opening week of to discover new releases, collector’s gems, and meet the artists behind the books!

🖋️ July 8–11: Daily signings with Kehrer authors — for the full line-up, check the link in bio!

👋 Come say hello and flip through the stories waiting for you.

03/07/2025

A tribute to the connection between body & mind ✨

“Emotional Waves - Butoh and Contemporary Dance” by Claude Hofer

Over ten years, Swiss photographer followed the pulse of Butoh and contemporary dance across continents, capturing more than 100 performers in deeply emotional black-and-white portraits.
“Emotional Waves” is the first photo book of its kind, revealing the visceral beauty and raw energy of two of the world’s most expressive dance forms.

Now available from Kehrer Verlag 👇
https://www.kehrerverlag.com/de/claude-hofer-emotional-waves-butoh-and-contemporary-dance-978-3-96900-193-6

25/06/2025

“Celebrate death as we celebrate life.”
This is the credo of the Ga-Adangme in Ghana, where funerals become powerful, colorful celebrations of identity and legacy. Creative coffins shaped like animals, vehicles, or everyday objects reflect the dreams of the deceased, while choreographed dances turn mourning into movement.

For over 20 years, ethnologist and photographer Regula Tschumi has documented these extraordinary rituals and aesthetics. "Buried in Style" brings together her vibrant images and insights into one striking monograph.

📘📙 "Buried in Style" is out now with Kehrer Verlag, available in English and German

12/06/2025

✨👊🏾 June 12 is — a day to celebrate the power of love and confront the legacy of racism with truth and courage.
One powerful photobook keeps this history alive:

📕 “A Lifetime in Photography” by Stephen Shames — from the Black Panthers to forgotten communities across America, Shames documents resistance, resilience, and the everyday fight for dignity and justice.

🔥 Just released: the Stephen Shames — featuring three signed archival prints that capture the raw heart of America’s civil rights struggle. 💥 Limited. Iconic. Essential. Secure yours now.

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06/06/2025

👁️ What does it mean to feel like strangers in their own country? 🐎

In his debut photobook I Am a Stranger in This Country, Frederik Rüegger documents the vibrant yet vulnerable world of Irish and English Travellers. Over two years, he visited horse fairs across Britain and Ireland—one of the few remaining spaces where these communities can still uphold their traditions. 📷

Set against the backdrop of rising prejudice and exclusion in post-Brexit Britain, Rüegger’s images offer a rare and respectful perspective on a culture often marginalized and misunderstood. His work captures pride, resilience, and the urgent challenges threatening this way of life.

📍 The book I Am a Stranger in This Country launches next week—Thursday, June 12, at 5 PM—at the in London. Don’t miss it!

👉📗 Learn more on https://www.kehrerverlag.com/en/frederik-rueegger-i-am-a-stranger-in-this-country-978-3-96900-191-2

01/06/2025

For a relaxing Sunday evening… drift into the frozen beauty of Iceland with a 🤍❄️
In "Vetur. Frozen Landscapes of Iceland," Patrick Lefèvre transforms the wintry wilderness into a painterly world—harsh, poetic, and hauntingly still.
More than a travel album, these Pictorialist-style images unfold into a visual poem where each photograph could stand alone as a striking painting. 📷✨
Learn more https://www.kehrerverlag.com/en/patrick-lefevre-vetur-frozen-landscapes-of-iceland-978-3-96900-190-5

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