Books published by Benteli Verlag

A New Western View of Ancient Eastern CultureA Zen garden is the symbiotic fusion of Japanese philosophy and the art of landscape design, a spiritual place of meditation and inner reflection that teaches mindfulness and brings joy to the eyes and the soul. If you want to truly experience this garden culture, nowhere in the world will you find so many wonderful gems in one place as in the city of Kyoto.This is where Thomas Kierok photographed these unique gardens in all four seasons. Through encounters with leading Japanese garden designers, he was able to develop his own photographic perspective inspired by the spirit of Zen. Poems by renowned Zen poets complement the visual masterpieces.The book is a sanctuary for the soul, a retreat between two covers whenever there is need for calm, inspiration and grounding. With a preface by Masuno Shunmyo-, best-selling author, garden architect, and professor of garden art at Tama Art University in Tokyo.

Begleitet Dominik und Biliana auf einen abenteuerlichen Roadtrip zu den besten Surfspots Europas entlang der wildromantischen Atlantikküste zwischen Nordfrankreich und Südspanien, der auch eine Suche nach der Seele des Surfens ist."The Flow" präsentiert außergewöhnliche und einzigartige Menschen aus aller Welt, die das Künstlerpaar auf dem Weg getroffen hat. Die authentischen Porträts, gepaart mit wunderschöner Naturfotografie, und die sehr persönlichen, manchmal berührenden, manchmal verrückten Geschichten zeigen eine Vielfalt an Motivationen und Lebensstilen, fernab der üblichen Surf-Klischees. So verschieden die Protagonisten und ihre Erlebnisse auch sind, eines haben alle gemeinsam: das Verlangen und die Sehnsucht nach Meer, Wind, Wasser und Wellen - auf der Suche nach Adrenalin und Freiheit.Das Buch ist eine emotionale Reise, die inspiriert, sich ebenfalls auf die Suche nach dem eigenen "Flow" zu begeben.

Renowned photographer Marco Paoluzzo took several trips to the U.S. trying to find its soul, and ten months of traveling from east to west, north to south, through 48 states and over 40,000 miles produced stark black and white photographs reflecting the loneliness of the individual. He questions: Had I captured the blues of America

In this volume Renato Bergamin talks about a very personal approach to the two great artists Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Alberto Giacometti.

While many people believe that their used clothes donations are distributed free of charge to the needy in the Third World, the trade in second-hand clothes is actually an international business. The book provides ethnographic insights into the life of a group of street dealers of the Tanzanian multi-million metropolis Dar es Salaam.

Peter Panyoczki is at home on two continents and thus his life is that of a perpetual emigrant. He belongs to the 1980s generation of artists who polemically rejected conceptual art yet did not simply return to figurative art. This monograph presents his work, investigating it from various aspects in a series of very different contributions.

Published to accompany the exhibition at the Aargauer Kunsthaus, this covers the work and influence of the Swiss author Robert Walser.