NEW from ACC Art Books – Limited Edition: Sukita: EternityClick here to order

Josef Koudelka

Josef Koudelka

Ruins

By (author) Seán Hemingway
By (author) Gilles A. Tiberghien

$150.00

Publishing 15th Dec 2026
Log in to add this to your wishlist.
  • A new edition of the iconic Ruins book by acclaimed Magnum photographer and bestselling author, Josef Koudelka, newly designed by Irma Boom
  • Photographs depicting more than two hundred archaeological sites in Italy, Libya, Greece, and Syria
  • Edited by Seán Hemingway, archaeologist and curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York
Full Description

For more than twenty years, Koudelka has traveled through the Mediterranean, visiting places such as Italy, Libya, Greece, and Syria to photograph more than two hundred archaeological sites. Stark and mesmerizing panoramic photographs take the viewer to Delphi, Pompeii, Petra, Carthage, and other ancient locations, including sites now greatly altered or destroyed due to recent conflict. Ruins is a monument of architectural and cultural history, as well as civilizations long past.

About the Author

Seán Hemingway is an archaeologist and a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He has a Ph.D. in classical art and archaeology from Bryn Mawr College and was a Fulbright Scholar to Greece.The author of numerous writings about ancient Greek art, he has also edited several books by his grandfather, Ernest Hemingway. Philosopher and essayist, Gilles A. Tiberghien (b. 1953) teaches aesthetics at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He is a member of the editorial board of Cahiers du Musée d’Art Moderne and the author of numerous pioneering works on Land Art, landscape, and nature.

Specifications
Publisher
Hannibal Books
ISBN
9789493531048
Publish date
15th Dec 2026
Binding
Hardback
Territory
USA & Canada
Size
16 in x 12 in
Pages
196 Pages
Recently Viewed

Please log-in or create an account to see your recent items.