Something for the coffee table
Depeche Mode: Monument Dennis Burmeister and Sascha Lange
Depeche Mode fans know that “Monument” is the from the band’s seminal 1982 album “A Broken Frame,” and it’s fittingly used for this encyclopedic yet intimate photo book that covers the band’s career, with a special section devoted to fan culture. (Akashic Books)
Mariposa Nocturnas Emmet Gowin
A dazzling array of more than 1,000 species of nocturnal moths in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana and Panama, captured close-up and in full color. (Princeton Architectural Press)
Postmodern Design Complete: Design, Furniture, Graphics, Architecture, Interiors Judith Gura
The ’80s are back. This overview of postmodern design paints a complete portrait of the playful, colorful and innovative aesthetic that defined a decade. (Thames & Hudson)
Daido Moriyama: Record Mark Holborn
Striking street photography compiled from 30 issues of the celebrated Japanese photographer’s personal publication and visual diary, “Record.” (Thames & Hudson)
The Jacksons: Legacy The Jacksons and Fred Bronson
Family photos and exclusive interviews from the legendary siblings who changed the face of pop music. (Black Dog & Leventhal)
Into Africa Frans Lanting
Travel the Serengeti Plain and the deserts of Namibia — encountering bonobos and cheetahs along the way — in Lanting’s nature photographs of Africa. (Earth Aware Editions)
Duane Michals: Portraits Duane Michals
Michals shoots expressive portraits of expressive people: find Philip Roth, René Magritte, Meryl Streep and more in this compilation of a half-century of work. (Thames & Hudson)
Keiichi Tahara: Architecture Fin-de-Siècle Riichi Miyake
This limited-edition, massive three-volume set, which retails for $300, showcases Keiichi Tahara’s whimsical, elegant photographs of Europe’s Art Nouveau architecture. (Taschen)
Trousdale Estates: Midcentury to Modern in Beverly Hills Steven M. Price
Peek inside the 410-acre enclave with current and archival photos of homes built primarily in the 1950s and ’60s by seminal midcentury architects such
as Lloyd Wright, Wallace Neff, Paul R. Williams and A. Quincy Jones. (Regan Arts)
Vegas Gold David Willis
A photographic look at the halcyon days of old Las Vegas from the 1950s to the 1980s, in all its glitz, glamour and glory. (Dey St.)
Earth Is My Witness Art Wolfe
From the Antarctic peninsula to the Ganges River to the jungles of Brazil, Wolfe turns his lens on the planet’s peoples, its creatures and its grandest landscapes. In this globe-spanning book, Wolfe takes us to places that most of us will never see for ourselves. (Earth Aware Editions)