FANTASTIC, SOLD-OUT BOOK ABOUT BOOKS ON PHOTOBOOKS - in BRANDNEW CONDITION + SIGNED by 4 (!). BY ALL (!) THREE AUTHORS AND BY TODD HIDO, photographer and photobook collector, here responsible for the foreword. I GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE (VINTAGE) SIGNATURES (book came out in 2025). The book was strongly limited to 500 copies only and was sold-out quickly. New, mint, unread; only opened once for signatures. COLLECTOR'S COPY. THIS IS THE LAST EXCLUSIVE PHOTOBOOK AUCTION by 5Uhr30.com in 2025 - with more than 100 great lots from my personal collection and from recent acquisitions. Todd Hido is well-known for many great photobooks, like House Hunting' (Martin Parr, Gerry Badger, The Photobook A History, Volume 3, page 172). Like always 5Uhr30.com guarantees detailed and accurate descriptions, 100% transport protection, 100% transport insurance, and of course, combined shipping - worldwide. 'The photography book has long remained in the shadow of photography, relegated to a documentive and illustrative function. But thanks to the recent work of historians such as Gerry Badger, Horacio Fernandez, Hans-Michael Koetzle, specialized booksellers like Denis Ozanne or Harper Levine, and with the support of great collectors such as Manfred Heiting, Martin Parr, and Alain Sinibaldi, exhibitions and bibliographies have emerged to spread the history of the medium and enlighten the public on this subject. A market has been created, price ranges have been established, and today, the photography book has gained independence and become an essential component of photography under the now well-established Anglo-Saxon term 'photobook'. After generating unprecedented enthusiasm about twenty years ago, the market has now stabilized, but publishing houses, with a multitude of small independent publishers, remain numerous, and publications are still abundant. Following the development of this market and the growing interest from the public, collectors, and institutions, the need for compilation arose, leading to universal-oriented collections like those of Parr & Badger, or to collections dedicated to specific fields: geographical areas (Latin America, Japan, the Nether-lands...), photographers (Nobuyoshi Araki, Bernd & Hil-la Becher, Richard Prince), themes (Nudes, Enterprise, Photojournalism). Published on the occasion of the «Books on Photobooks» curation at the L'INAPERÇU photography bookstore, this volume, which catalogs 87 titles, is a compilation of books on photobooks published worldwide. For each title, it provides an image of the cover, a double page spread, and a bibliographic note. More than a reference book, this work is a tribute to the phenomenon that the Photobook has become and an acknowledgment of the important role played by the printed image, the book that is opened and leafed through, in the age of everything digital.' - Daniel Blaize, Anatole Desachy, Jean-Marie Donat - 5Uhr30.com says MANY THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT THIS YEAR - making our single-seller photobook auctions on Catawiki so successful. Ecki Heuser & team are wishing ALL THE BEST TO YOU AND YOURS for 2026. Éditions Les Yeux Ouverts. 2025. First edition, first printing. Paperback with flaps (as issued). 150 x 180 mm. 278 pages. Photography: Raphael Chipault. Graphic design: Jean-Marie Donat, Gwenola de Metz. Printing: Agpograph. Introduction: Daniel Blaize, Anatole Desachy, Jean-Marie Donat. Foreword: Todd Hido. Text in English. Great book about books on photobooks in perfect condition - signed by all 4 (!) persons, who are responsible for the book (Todd Hido, Daniel Blaize, Anatole Desachy, Jean-Marie Donat). 'Todd Hido, born 1968, is an American photographer. He has produced 17 books, had his work exhibited widely and included in various public collections. Hido is currently an adjunct professor at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Hido was born August 25, 1968, in Kent, Ohio, and graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1986. He graduated in 1991 with a B.F.A. from Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts and School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Between 1991 and 1992 he studied at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island. In 1996 he gained an M.F.A. from California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California. Among his professors was the photographer Larry Sultan, who later become his mentor. Much of Hido's earlier work involves photographs of urban and suburban housing across the U.S.. Hido accidentally approached what would be one of his best-known themes, when driving at night on the West Coast, he started photographing houses in different neighborhoods. The houses often seemed isolated and had mostly in common the presence of a window with the light on. From this research it came his book House Hunting, published in 2001. He then started to include figures, mostly female nudes in interiors, and also to depict rural landscapes. In 2006 he published the monograph Between The Two. Hido combines interior photos and portraits taken of models and actresses, maintaining an aesthetic similar to that of its first publication. Also in this book there are night shots of buildings. No text or description were inserted, so as to leave the viewer total freedom of interpretation. In 2018, he released Bright Black World, his first work photographed outside the U.S. with environmental overtones. Hido says he is influenced by Alfred Hitchcock, Edward Hopper, Stephen Shore, Robert Adams, Walker Evans, Nan Goldin, Emmet Gowin, Larry Sultan, Alfred Stieglitz, Andreas Gursky and Rineke Dijkstra. Commissioned by Italian brand Bottega Veneta, he photographed actress Lauren Hutton as well as models Joan Smalls and Vittoria Ceretti for the brand's spring/summer 2017 advertisements.' (Wikipedia)