Abrams

The official companion to Wes Anderson’s visually spectacular Asteroid City, featuring original artwork, storyboards, and in-depth conversations between Matt Zoller Seitz and Anderson. An essential volume for fans of the director’s most formally adventurous and layered film.

The official companion to Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, with original artwork, storyboards, production design details, and in-depth conversations between critic Matt Zoller Seitz and Anderson himself. Essential reading for fans of the director’s uniquely crafted world.

Tom Waits by Matt Mahurin (Abrams) — decades of photographs by Matt Mahurin alongside Tom Waits’s own words: a portrait of one of American music’s most singular figures, whose music draws on blues, jazz, folk, and Tin Pan Alley while remaining completely unlike anything else in the culture. As distinctive a visual language as Waits’s own — gravelly, cinematic, tender, grotesque. Essential for Waits devotees. Published by Abrams.

Louis Vuitton: The Birth of Modern Luxury by Pierre Léonforte (Abrams) — the complete history of Louis Vuitton from its trunk-making origins in 1854 through the development of the luxury goods division to the contemporary fashion house — tracing how a company founded on travel equipment became one of the most recognisable luxury brands in the world. Historical depth and visual richness — the essential Louis Vuitton reference. Published by Abrams.

Ballerina (Cabana) — the world of classical ballet celebrated through photography, backstage imagery, and the personal stories of the dancers who have dedicated their lives to one of the most visually spectacular and technically demanding performing arts. From the great European ballet companies to emerging schools of contemporary dance — Cabana’s visual intelligence applied to an art form of extraordinary physical and artistic difficulty. Published by Cabana.