The book about the film

Anton Corbijn’s new feature film, a suspense thriller starring George Clooney, is set in Sweden and the Abruzzo region of Italy. Filled with candid on- and off-set photographs by director and photographer Corbijn and accompanied by his diary-style writing, this book provides a unique insight into the making of The American.

Photographs and handwritten texts by Anton Corbijn.
164 pages, 116 color plates; 30,5 x 21cm, hardcover;
English language (with German language booklet)
ISBN: 978-3-8296-0476-5
€ 49,80 | € (A) 51,20 | CHF 82,- | £ 39,95 | US $ 59,95

More information about the film The American:
Focus Features (English) | Tobis (German)

The book about the film - a diary

Corbijn‘s first film project is a biopic on the troubled life of post-punk Joy Division lead musician Ian Curtis. In Control is his visual diary of the making of the film, with handwritten notations, drawings, and a wealth of photographs detailing the creative process from pre-production to first screenings.

Photographs and handwritten texts by Anton Corbijn.
136 pages, 75 duotone plates; 32,5 x 21cm, hardcover;
English language (with German language booklet)
ISBN: 978-3-8296-0290-7
€ 49,80 | € (A) 51,20 | CHF 82,- | £ 39,95 | US $ 59,95

The Photographs 1982-2004

U2 & i is the photo story of the 22-year friendship between Irish rock band U2 and Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn who invented the band’s image and has shaped it to the present day. It presents a wealth of official and private pictures taken between 1982, when they first met in New Orleans, and their April 2004 shooting in Lisbon for U2’s most recent album.

With texts by Bono, Helena Christensen, Bill Clinton, Anton Corbijn, William Gibson, Salman Rushdie, Michael Stipe and Wim Wenders.
416 pages, 380 color and duotone plates; hardcover;
26 x 31cm, ISBN: 978-3-8296-0174-0, English edition
€ 98,- | € (A) 100,80 | CHF 139,- | £ 90,- | US $ 120,-
20 x 24cm, ISBN: 978-3-8296-0319-5, German/English
€ 39,80 | € (A) 41,- | CHF 56,90 | £ 35,- | US $ 59,-

In preparation:

A book of photographs by
Anton Corbijn and Tom Waits

Tom Waits and Anton Corbijn are a perfect artist - artist match. Their 30-year collaboration now yields this book of ca. 200 portraits and a significant 48 page contribution of words and images by Tom Waits.

More details coming soon.
Expected publication date: October 2010

A. Corbijn – Famouz. Photographs 1975–88

with a text by Bono.
148 pages, 105 duotone plates; 26,5 x 35,5cm, hardcover;
ISBN: 978-3-8296-0182-5, German/English edition
€ 49,80 | € (A) 51,20 | CHF 82,- | £ 39,95 | US $ 59,95

A. Corbijn – Star Trak

with a text by Brian Eno.
144 pages, 113 color and duotone plates; 30 x 30cm, hardcover;
ISBN: 978-3-8296-0056-9, German/English edition
€ 49,80 | € (A) 51,20 | CHF 82,- | £ 39,95 | US $ 59,95

A. Corbijn – a. somebody, strijen, holland.

with a text by Paul Morley.
84 pages, 50 color and duotone plates; 33,5 x 24cm, hardcover;
ISBN: 978-3-8296-0059-0, German/English edition
€ 48,00 | € (A) 49,40 | CHF 79,- | £ 39,95 | US $ 69,95

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