FACES OF PUNK is a photo-gallery, a collection of standouts from more than 15 years of interviewing and photographing radicalized youth on both sides of the Atlantic. If it is a "political statement," its politics are those of inclusion, of universality.

Anthropologist and journalist Peter J. Nebergall, PhD, author of HARD CORE: MARGINALIZED BY CHOICE, VIOLENT SOCIETIES, SHEHARAZADE, THE COLOR OF HIS COAT, GUERRILLA ANTHROPOLOGY, LOST AND FOUND, FROM PICTOGRAPHIC TO COMPUGRAPHIC, and OUTERLOPER, has assembled an all- color collection of images that highlight Punk humanity.

These are not radical fire-breathers. These are not dangerous subversives, or criminals, or pedophiles, and your grandchildren are quite safe. So is your wallet.

Come have a look. What jumps out is not strangeness (what is "strangeness," in the days of Enron?) but humanity. That is something we all need to remember.

Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world with the lowest longevity rate of only forty-four years. It has been devastated by thirty years of war and lacks good management of its vast resources. However, what people don’t know is that it is also home to many spectacular natural resources, rare geological landmarks, and extraordinary wildlife. Author Kenneth Michael Brophy invites you to view a different side of Afghanistan through A Photo Journal: Seldom Seen Sights: Afghanistan Edition. Afghanistan may presently be economically poor; but it is rich in culture, history, heritage, resources, creative and competent people, and natural beauty. A Photo Journal: Seldom Seen Sights is not about weapons, war, or violence. Instead, it offers a look into the other side of Afghanistan—the everyday world of its thirty-two million people—how the citizens live and work here, day in and day out. Having traveled to most of the thirty-four provinces in Afghanistan in the past few years, the author has built up a collection of what he believes are seldom-seen sights. Explore Afghans’ remote villages; its exceptional history, monuments, and national parks; its art and music; and fl ora and fauna. Afghanistan is not a vast place, but its ruggedness more than makes up for its small scale. Witness how Brophy captured the power, majesty, and beauty of its natural surroundings. His intriguing images depict the rare, the unusual, the unfortunate, the wonders of the world, simple but elegant rural lifestyles, and unique cultures. His candid photographs of people are real, believable and sometimes touching. The fact that these people are not models adds a depth of realism and vividly portrays human feelings of sorrow, hardship, pain, suffering, joy, and pleasure. Explore these seldom seen sights and appreciate the majestic and beautiful side of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries in the world with the lowest longevity rate of only forty-four years. It has been devastated by thirty years of war and lacks good management of its vast resources. However, what people don’t know is that it is also home to many spectacular natural resources, rare geological landmarks, and extraordinary wildlife. Author Kenneth Michael Brophy invites you to view a different side of Afghanistan through A Photo Journal: Seldom Seen Sights: Afghanistan Edition. Afghanistan may presently be economically poor; but it is rich in culture, history, heritage, resources, creative and competent people, and natural beauty. A Photo Journal: Seldom Seen Sights is not about weapons, war, or violence. Instead, it offers a look into the other side of Afghanistan—the everyday world of its thirty-two million people—how the citizens live and work here, day in and day out. Having traveled to most of the thirty-four provinces in Afghanistan in the past few years, the author has built up a collection of what he believes are seldom-seen sights. Explore Afghans’ remote villages; its exceptional history, monuments, and national parks; its art and music; and fl ora and fauna. Afghanistan is not a vast place, but its ruggedness more than makes up for its small scale. Witness how Brophy captured the power, majesty, and beauty of its natural surroundings. His intriguing images depict the rare, the unusual, the unfortunate, the wonders of the world, simple but elegant rural lifestyles, and unique cultures. His candid photographs of people are real, believable and sometimes touching. The fact that these people are not models adds a depth of realism and vividly portrays human feelings of sorrow, hardship, pain, suffering, joy, and pleasure. Explore these seldom seen sights and appreciate the majestic and beautiful side of Afghanistan.

Over 450 interesting, unusual photos highlight three of Asia’s top tourist attractions—Malaysia, the Philippines, and China—on an exciting journey to seldom seen sights of Asia. Malaysia and its world’s oldest primal rainforests, the Philippines over 7,000 islands, many of which are uninhabited, and China’s vast mysterious empire are exposed inside the pages of A Photo Journal—Seldom Seen Sights—Asia for your visual pleasure. Enjoy the Asian people, their colorful traditional dress, work habits, and cultural differences. Begin your journey at the top of a 4,580-meter (15,350-foot) glacier mountaintop at Jade Dragon Snow Mountain National Park, China, or float amongst the limestone pinnacles along the intriguing Li River in Guilin, China, or hike the dense rainforests of Sarawak, Malaysia, and discover the orangutan and the world’s largest flower—the rafflesia—or simply walk the uninhabited sandy beaches of Palawan Island, the Philippines. You will find something of interest for everyone, from people living off the land as their ancestors have for millenniums to world-class entertainers performing ritual song and dance extravaganzas. A supplemental chapter is included that provides a look at the modern contemporary and architecturally creative sports stadiums China has built to house the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games. What’s more, A Photo Journal—Seldom Seen Sights—Asia contains loads of interesting things to see and do if you are planning a trip to China, Malaysia, or the Philippines.

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Photos by Albert Russo, texts by Eric Tessier, Albert Russo, Daniel Michelson and Sébastien Doubinsky
ROMAdiva is a picture book illustrated with color photos of Rome by Albert Russo, containing poems in English, Italian and French, by Eric Tessier, Albert Russo, Daniel Michelson and Sébastien Doubinsky.

Lovers of Rome, this book will enchant you. ROMAdiva showscases the Eternal City in its variegated moods through the superb and often striking color photography of Albert Russo and the fine texts, in English, Italian and French, of four contemporary poets. This is not a travel book, but rather a book of art where literature and photography complement each other.

With ROMAdiva you will discover the more intimate aspects of the Italian capital: here, the details of a singing fountain, there, the corner of a Renaissance building, still farther away, a couple gazing at passersby from a bench in Piazza del Popolo. There are also famous statues, like that portentous Christ by Michelangelo, the interior of a church dome, or lesser known works of art, like those frescoes of an angel and a prince, a military band, playing under a monumental bas-relief, all the while two matrons are chattering away, the poster of a lovely lady advertising a famous Italian brandy, children frolicking in the water under the mouth of a benevolent-looking lion. There is humor too, portrayed by that stone rabbit, salivating in a rose garden, or by that toothy transvestite, straight out of a Fellini movie. You will also be impressed by the huge head of a bull set in a courtyard, whilst a Roman maiden in white marble lazes around nearby.

The poetic texts sound like a polyphony in four voices, spelled in three languages, each having its own music and cadences.