Bibliography

Field Studies

1999-2004
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Words by Jon Ronson
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Frost
Published by Chris Boot
137 colour photographs
256 pages
170 x 220 mm
Printed on Gardapat Kiara, 150 gsm
Paperbound hardback
Printed at EBS, Verona, Italy
Published in 2004
ISBN 978-0-9542813-6-6

Invisible

2002-2005
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Words by Mark Haworth-Booth
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Melanie Mues
Published by Nobody
30 colour photographs
64 pages
300 x 255 mm
Printed on Job Parilux Silk, 170 gsm
Paperbound hardback
Printed at EBS, Verona, Italy
Edition of 1000
Published in 2005
ISBN 978-0-9549405-0-8

Hackney Wick

2001-2004
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Linocut cover and endpapers by Stephen Gill
Words by Stephen Gill
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Melanie Mues
Published by Nobody in association with the Archive of Modern Conflict
116 colour photographs
126 pages incl. 1 gatefold
Incl. 24-page bible paper special section with paintings by Laure Prouvost
216 x 216 mm
Printed on Gardapat Kiara, 150 gsm
Silk screen clothbound hardback
Printed at EBS, Verona, Italy
Edition of 1500
Published in 2005
ISBN 978-0-9549405-1-5

Hackney Wick – Print Edition

Edition of 100, signed and numbered
Housed in rubber-stamped slipcase made from record sleeve
1 c-type print, signed and numbered
155 x 208 mm
ISBN 978-0-9549405-2-0

Buried

2004-2006
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Words by Stephen Gill
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Melanie Mues
Published by Nobody
29 colour photographs
Housed in debossed card slipcase
Incl. 1 c-type ‘Bury your own’ print
32 pages
135 x 190 mm
Printed on G.F Smith, Naturalis, 135 gsm
Unique buried hardcover book
Printed at Push, London
Edition of 750
Published in 2006
ISBN 978-0-9549405-4-6

Hackney Flowers

2004-2007
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Monoprint cover by Stephen Gill
Words by Stephen Gill
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Melanie Mues
Published by Nobody in association with the Archive of Modern Conflict
65 colour photographs
114 pages
220 x 286 mm
Printed on Job Parilux, 170 gsm
Silk screen clothbound hardback
Printed at EBS, Verona, Italy
Edition of 3500
Published in 2007
ISBN 978-0-9549405-3-9

Anonymous Origami

2004-2007
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Words by Stephen Gill
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Melanie Mues
Published by Nobody in association with the Archive of Modern Conflict
25 black and white duotone photographs
52 pages
178 x 235 mm
Printed on recycled Cyclus Print, 100 gsm
Japanese fold softback
Printed at EBS, Verona, Italy
Edition of 1000
Published in 2007
ISBN 978-0-9549405-8-4

Anonymous Origami – Print Edition

Edition of 100, signed and numbered
Housed in ribbon-tied, cloth covered salamander case
Bromide print, signed and numbered
164 x 208 mm
ISBN 978-0-9549405-9-1

Archaeology in Reverse

2005-2007
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Words by Iain Sinclair
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Melanie Mues
Published by Nobody in association with the Archive of Modern Conflict
104 colour photographs
114 pages incl. 1 gatefold
216 x 216 mm
Printed on Gardapat Kiara, 150 gsm
Hand-painted clothbound hardback
Printed at EBS, Verona, Italy
Edition of 3000
Published in 2007
ISBN 978-0-9549405-5-3

Archaeology in Reverse – Print Edition

Edition of 100, signed and numbered
Housed in hand-painted salamander case
C-type print, signed and numbered
178 x 210 mm
ISBN 978-0-9549405-6-0

European Eyes on Japan VOL.9

2006
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Words by Mikiko Kikuta
Edited and sequenced by Mikiko Kikuta
Design by Koji Iyama, iyama design
Published by E U Japan Fest, Japan Committee
25 colour photographs
32 pages
220 x 240 mm
Printed on Lightstuff GA
Paperbound softcover
Printed at Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd
Published in 2007

The Hackney Rag

2001-2009
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Words by Shigeo Goto
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Hideki Ishida
Published by Artbeat, Japan and Nobody
51 colour photographs
Incl. a 152 x 203 mm signed c-type print, choice of two different images
40 pages
380 x 515 mm
Printed on newspaper stock
Staple bound newspaper
Edition of 1000
Published in 2009
ISBN 978-4-9020801-9-3

Warming Down

2007-2008
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Words by Stephen Gill
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Stephen Gill
Published by Nobody
15 c-type hand prints (by Rob Sara), shoe print, letterpress, bicycle tire print, ink footprint, sun-etched lino print
Housed in an ex-Hackney Library book
Varying number of pages
135 x 185 mm
Clothbound hardcover
Edition of 130, signed and numbered
Published in 2008

A Series of Disappointments

2008
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Words by Stephen Gill
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Melanie Mues
Published by Nobody in association with the Archive of Modern Conflict
36 black and white photographs
78 pages
232 x 300 mm
Printed on recycled Cyclus Print, 200 gsm
Silk screen clothbound hardback
Printed at EBS, Verona, Italy
Edition of 3000 copies with 3 different covers
Published in 2008
ISBN 978-0-9556577-0-2

A Series of Disappointments – Print edition

Edition of 100, signed and numbered
Housed in handmade debossed cloth covered case
Bromide print, signed and numbered
202 x 253 mm
Incl. stencil for exhibition purposes
ISBN 978-0-9556577-1-9

Eton Mission

2008
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Stephen Gill
Published by Nobody
14 c-type machine prints
Housed in an ex-Hackney Library book
Varying number of pages
Size varies
Letterpress and handwriting
Clothbound hardcover
Edition of 8
Published in 2008

Trinidad 44 Photographs

2009
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design and production by Stephen Gill
Published by Nobody
44 loose c-type prints and 1 dry point etching
Housed in British Historians and the West Indies by Eric Williams
16 pages and 3 print pockets
140 x 210 mm
Letterpress, rubber stamp, shredded pages
Softcover
Edition of 115, signed and numbered
Published in 2009

Coming up for Air

2008-2009
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Words by Stephen Gill
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Melanie Mues
Published by Nobody
98 colour photographs
106 pages incl. 1 gatefold
250 x 330 mm
Printed on Symbol Tatami White, 150 gsm
Hand-painted dust jacket clothbound hardback
Printed at Die Keure, Bruges, Belgium
Edition of 4500
Published in 2010
ISBN 978-0-9556577-2-6

Coming up for Air – Print Edition

Edition of 100, signed and numbered
Hand-painted dust jacket
Housed in handmade debossed cloth covered case
C-type hand print, signed and numbered
222 x 290 mm
ISBN 978-0-9556577-3-3

B Sides

2008-2009
A companion book to Coming up for Air
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Etchings on cover and endpapers by Stephen Gill
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Melanie Mues
Published by Nobody
35 colour photographs and 3 etchings
72 pages
250 x 330 mm
Printed on Symbol Tatami White, 150 gsm
Silk screen clothbound hardback
Printed at Die Keure, Bruges, Belgium
Edition of 1000
Published in 2010
ISBN 978-0-9556577-4-0

B Sides – Print Edition

Edition of 100, signed and numbered
Housed in handmade debossed cloth covered case
C-type hand print, signed and numbered
222 x 290 mm
ISBN 978-0-9556577-5-7

A Book of Birds

2005-2010
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Words by Stephen Gill
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Masuo Kuroda
Published by Super Labo in association with Nobody
15 colour photographs
32 pages
256 x 185 mm
Printed on Satin Kinfuji
Softcover
Printed at Inside Co., Ltd.
Edition of 500
Published in 2010
ISBN 978-4-90-505203-6

A Book of Birds – Print Edition

Edition of 20, signed and numbered
Mock bird droppings on cover
Housed in card slipcase
C-type print, signed and numbered
203 x 254 mm
ISBN 978-4-905052-03-06

Outside In

2010
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Words by Stephen Gill
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design and font created by The Entente
Published by the Archive of Modern Conflict and Photoworks
30 colour photographs
64 pages
165 x 205 mm
Printed on Gardapat Kiara, 150 gsm
Foil embossed clothbound hardback
Printed at EBS, Verona, Italy
Edition of 1250
Published in 2010
ISBN 978-1-9037964-0-5

Off Ground

2011
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Words by Iain Sinclair
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Melanie Mues
Published by Nobody in association with the Archive of Modern Conflict
25 black and white photographs
12 pages
280 x 400 mm
Printed on newspaper stock
Cotton saddle-stitched spine
Printed at the Newspaper Club
Edition of 2000
Published in 2011
ISBN 978-0-9556577-7-1

Off Ground – Print Edition

Edition of 100, signed and numbered
Housed in stitched Ratchford cloth sleeve
Archival pigment print, signed and numbered
218 x 279 mm
ISBN 978-0-9556577-7-1

Not in Service

1999-2013
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Words by Iain Sinclair
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Melanie Mues
Published by Nobody
38 colour photographs and 2 black and white photographs
28 pages
280 x 400 mm
Printed on newspaper stock
Cotton saddle-stitched spine
Printed at the Newspaper Club
Published in 2012
ISBN 978-0-9575369-0-6

Coexistence

2011
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Marbled covers by Stephen Gill
Words by Stephen Gill and Jean Back
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Melanie Mues
Published by Nobody and CNA
90 colour photographs
152 pages
215 x 280 mm
Printed on Phoenix Motion Xantur, 170 gsm
6 marbled hardback covers with leather quarter bound spine, foil blocking on front and spine. Painted speckles on book block.
Printed at EBS, Verona, Italy
Edition of 1500 (250 copies made of each cover)
Published in 2012
ISBN 978-0-9556577-8-8

Coexistence – Print Edition

Edition of 100, signed and numbered
Each book has unique hand-marbled cover by Stephen Gill
Housed in cloth covered, foil-blocked box
Pigment print, signed and numbered
ISBN 978-0-9556577-8-8

Talking to Ants

2009-2013
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Words by Stephen Gill
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Melanie Mues
Published by Nobody
34 colour photographs
72 pages
250 x 250 mm
Printed on Phoenix Motion Xantur, 170 gsm
Clothbound hardback with silk screen cover and foil
Printed at EBS, Verona, Italy
Published in 2014
ISBN 978-0-9575369-1-3

Talking to Ants – Print Edition

Edition of 100, signed and numbered
Housed in handmade debossed cloth covered case
Archival pigment print, signed and numbered
220 x 220 mm
ISBN 978-0-9575369-2-0

Pigeons

2012
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Words by Will Self
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Melanie Mues
Published by Nobody in association with the Archive of Modern Conflict
29 colour photographs
52 pages
200 x 252 mm
Printed on Mohawk Superfine white eggshell, 148 gsm
Clothbound hardback with silk screen cover
Printed at EBS, Verona, Italy
Published in 2014
ISBN 978-0-9575369-7-5

Pigeons – Print Edition

Edition of 100, signed and numbered
Housed in handmade silk screen cloth covered case
Archival pigment print, signed and numbered
210 x 175 mm
ISBN 978-0-9575369-8-2

Hackney Kisses

1956-1959
Photographer unknown
Words by Timothy Prus
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Melanie Mues
Published by the Archive of Modern Conflict
67 black and white photographs
96 pages
234 x 275 mm
Printed on Mohawk Superfine white eggshell, 148 gsm
Clothbound hardback with silk screen cover
Printed at EBS, Verona, Italy
Published in 2014
ISBN 978-0-9570490-7-9

Hackney Kisses – Print Edition

Edition of 67 plus 5 AP, signed and numbered
Housed in silk screen cloth covered clamshell box
67 unique archival pigment prints, signed and numbered
180 x 240 mm
ISBN 978-0-9570490-8-6

Best Before End

2012-2013
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Words by Will Self
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Melanie Mues
Published by Nobody in association with the Archive of Modern Conflict
43 colour photographs
72 pages
265 x 362 mm
Printed on Phoenix Motion Xantur, 170 gsm
Clothbound hardback
Printed at EBS, Verona, Italy
Published in 2014
ISBN 978-0-9575369-5-1

Best Before End – Print Edition

Edition of 100, signed and numbered
Housed in cloth covered clamshell box
Archival pigment print, signed and numbered
265 x 362 mm
ISBN 978-0-9575369-6-8

Make it a Date Friday at Eight

2001-2006
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Stephen Gill
Published by Nobody
8 colour archival pigment photographs
Housed in an original Hackney Wick Speedway Programme
Varying number of pages
120 x 120 mm
Linocut printed & stitched cloth envelope
Edition of 100, signed and numbered
Published in 2015

Night Procession

2014-2017
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Paintings on endpapers by Stephen Gill
Words by Karl Ove Knausgård
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Greger Ulf Nilson
Published by Nobody
86 colour plates
160 pages
216 x 270 mm
Printed on Mohawk super fine
Foil embossed three-part clothbound hardback
16-page saddle-stitched booklet with text
132 x 210 mm
Printed on Takeo Satogami Pink, 81 gsm
Cover printed on Takeo Tant Select TS-3, 116 gsm
Printed at Göteborgs Tryckeriet, Sweden
Bound at S.R Buege, Germany
Published in 2017
ISBN 978-0-9575369-3-7

Night Procession – Print edition

Edition of 50, signed and numbered
Incl. 16-page saddle-stitched booklet with accompanying essay authored and signed Karl Ove Knausgård
Housed in plant pigment stained clamshell box
Photogravure print on Somerset Soft White, 300 gsm, signed and numbered
400 x 500 mm
ISBN 978-0-9575369-4-4

Look Both Ways

1999-2013
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Interview by Barbara Hofmann-Johnson with Stephen Gill, text in German and English
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Florian V. Wissel
Published by Museum of Photography Braunschweig & Nobody
53 illustrations in colour
40 pages
235 x 285 mm
Printed on Munken pure, 170 gsm
Blind embossed clothbound hardback
Printed at Zimmermann GmbH, Cologne
Edition of 1000
Published in 2018
ISBN 978-3-8977050-9-8

The Pillar

December 2015 – January 2019
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Monoprints on endpapers by Stephen Gill
Words by Karl Ove Knausgård
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Greger Ulf Nilson
Published by Nobody
31 colour plates and 95 quadtone black and white plates
224 pages incl. 1 gatefold
216 x 270 mm
Printed on Munken Pure, 170 gsm
Foil embossed three-part clothbound hardback
12-page saddle-stitched booklet with text
132 x 210 mm
Printed on Takeo Satogami light green, 81 gsm
Cover printed on Takeo Satogami sepia, 116 gsm
Printed at Narayana Press, Denmark
Bound at S.R Buege, Germany
Published in 2019
ISBN 978-91-985233-0-0

The Pillar – Print Edition

Edition of 30, signed and numbered
Incl. 12-page saddle-stitched booklet with accompanying essay authored and signed Karl Ove Knausgård
Housed in cloth covered slipcase
Collotype print on Torinoko Mitsumata paper, signed and numbered
390 x 500 mm
ISBN 978-91-985233-1-7

Pond Life

Facsimile of original 1956 publication with signed and numbered print
Cover photograph by Stephen Gill
Incl. signed and numbered individually worked print by Stephen Gill
Words by John Clegg
Published by Salon Verlag
Illustrated throughout
128 pages
90 x 145 mm
Printed on ProfiSilk, 100 gsm and Munken Cream, 100 gsm
Hardback cloth with dust jacket
Printed and bound at Bookfactory, Stadthagen
Edition of 100, signed and numbered
Published in 2019
ISBN 978-3-89770-963-8

Please Notify the Sun

April 2020 – June 2020
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Words by Karl Ove Knausgård
Edited & sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Greger Ulf Nilson
Published by Nobody
111 colour plates
168 pages
216 x 270 mm
Printed on VENT NOUVEAU V-FS white, 151 gsm
Paper from TAKEO Co., Ltd. Japan
Foil embossed three-part clothbound hardback
12-page saddle-stitched booklet with text
132 x 210 mm
Printed on Takeo Satogami silver grey, 81 gsm
Cover printed on Takeo Tant Select TS-3 N-57, 116 gsm
Printed at Narayana Press, Denmark
Bound at S.R Buege, Germany
Published in January 2021
ISBN 978-91-985233-2-4

Please Notify the Sun – Print Edition

Edition of 30, signed and numbered
Incl. 12-page saddle-stitched booklet with accompanying essay by Karl Ove Knausgård
Housed in a cloth covered slipcase
6-colour plate collotype print on Torinoko Mitsumata paper, signed and numbered
390 x 500 mm
Polaroid print, signed and numbered
ISBN 978-91-985233-3-1

A Magnificent Failure

Edition of 750
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Overprinted images in offset
Words by Stephen Gill
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Greger Ulf Nilson
Published by Nobody in association with POST books
24 colour plates
34 pages
216 x 275 mm
Foil embossed softback
Cover printed on Gerrard Purple GA 210 kg
Foil embossed paper dust jacket
Dust jacket – Takeo F3 341289 170 kg
Printed and bound in Japan by Hakkou Bijyutsu Co., LTD
Published in 2023
ISBN 978-4-9913138-1-3

A Magnificent Failure – Print Edition

Edition of 20 plus 5 AP’s, signed and numbered
Photographs by Stephen Gill
Overprinted images in offset
Words by Stephen Gill
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Design by Greger Ulf Nilson
Published by Nobody in association with POST books
24 colour plates
34 pages
216 x 275 mm
Foil embossed softback
Cover printed on Gerrard Purple GA 210 kg
Foil embossed paper dust jacket
Dust jacket – Takeo F3 341289 170 kg
Printed and bound in Japan by Hakkou Bijyutsu Co., LTD
Published in 2023
Housed in a paper folder
Original offset inked over printed that features in the book, signed and numbered
ISBN 978-4-9913138-2-0

Variations on a Theme : The Pillar

Artists Book
Edited and sequenced by Stephen Gill
Published by Nobody
30 Tipped in c-type machine prints on Chrystal archive paper
Housed in music scores from 1949 – 1956
Book jackets on Takeo paper with lino cut and mono print artwork
Varying number of pages
132 x 198 mm
Letterpress title and end pages
Softcover
Edition of 180, signed and numbered

Books Edited by Stephen Gill

Unseen UK, 2007. Photographs by postmen and women
Bright, Bright Day, 2008. Polaroids by Andrei Tarkovsky
Let’s Sit Down Before We Go, 2011. Photographs by Bertien Van Manen
I Will Be Wolf, 2017. Photographs by Bertien Van Manen