Miss Something During the Holidaze?

Catch up on MBP's Recent Releases
NEW YORK - January 19, 2011 - The first month of 2011 is already winding down, but we here at MBP feel like the last part of 2010 blew by so fast we're just catching up with it. Between end of year madness and some internal changes, we wanted to remind you, our fine, fair media friends, about four great titles we've recently released that might very well be of interest to you but got lost in the Holidaze shuffle.

For any of you that had responded to these initial press releases and never heard back from us, our bad. Emails were funneled into black holes, but we've fixed all of that using space-age technology and the backspace key. Should any of these books pique your interest, let us know and we'll send you a review copy.

Becoming: Yishay Garbasz dares to explore one of society's most taboo subjects-the exercise of individual agency in the unmaking and remaking of a body's gender. In this groundbreaking work and objet d'art, Garbasz courageously documents the changes she underwent from one year before her gender reassignment surgery until one year afterward. Becoming's flipbook format renders visible and immediate the element of time in this process, a topic touched upon in the foreword written by film critic Vivian Sobchack.

The Obscene Image: Photographer Gilles Tondini has documented the frenzied frescos created by medical interns in Paris who use hospital break rooms to let off steam and maintain sanity as they work to save lives. Graphic, sexually charged, saturated with color and lewd references, these little known images manifest all the frustrations, stresses, highs, and lows that medical professionals anywhere must deal with in their quests to keep people healthy. The book is bilingual English and French.

Everything That Can Happen in a Day: What does it take to snap someone out of their daily routine? Over the course of 2009, artist David Horvitz explored this question by sending out directives on a daily basis, encouraging people to take action and infuse their day with whimsy and creativity. From giving a flower to every cashier you purchase something from to capturing a photograph of yourself sticking your head in a refrigerator, Horvitz's project reminds readers that "nothing will happen unless you first initiate a process of cause and effect."

Fuzz and Fur: The adoration of mythical creatures and popular anime characters is nothing new in Japan, but kigurumi, roughly translated as "fur suit mascots," is a growing pastime that is also a marketing tool. Profiling over 100 kigurumi with photographs and text that explaining their origins, Fuzz & Fur is the definitive compendium of this fascinating subculture.

About Mark Batty Publisher
Mark Batty Publisher (http://www.markbattypublisher.com) is an independent publisher dedicated to making distinctive books on the visual art of communicating, showcasing the visual power and innovation of contemporary culture in all of its varied poses. Today, the visual comes at us from more places than ever, and its dissemination is faster and more advanced every year. Books from Mark Batty Publisher capture this acceleration on the pages of every book. Affordable, well designed, thoughtfully created, and produced to last, MBP books are artful products that readers want to hold onto forever.