Catherine David Libri

This monumental book--published to accompany the documenta X exhibition under the direction of Catherine David--brings together the work of more than 100 of the world's foremost thinkers, writers, and artists in an extraordinary anthology of seminal texts and images of, on, and about the development of Western cultural and critical theory since 1945.

Bahman Jalali (Tehran, 1944) is one of the most prominent figures in contemporary Iranian photography. His work is a testimony to the Iranian Revolution, the Iran-Iraq War and the post-war years. It also documents daily life, traditional architectural forms, and includes photomontages of historic negatives. His role in conserving, studying, and transmitting the photographic heritage of his country has made him a master and key actor in Iranian culture.

The wood-block prints in this represent one of the highpoints of Japanese, indeed global, artistic achievement.