Wim Wenders: Instant Stories Hardcover – 9 Nov. 2017

I have lusted after this book since publication and now that I finally have my hands on it am very pleased to report that it's everything I thought it would be. And quite a bit more.Firstly, it's a sizeable chunk of beautifully bound and printed book, but not of the "coffee table" variety that can kill of few empty minutes with an occasional flip through - the kind that you want to sit down and spend some time with.The polaroid images are reproduced throughout as best polaroid images can be - but far from being a negative (see what i did there?) that's part of the point - the one-off nature of the polaroid, what it meant, what it means now ... and Wenders' descriptions and musing on these images from The Time Before The Smart Phone are illuminating, perceptive and a joy to read. Of course they are - he's Wim Wenders.I hope I'm not out of order sharing the final paragraph, but could never convey the feel of this beautiful book better:"I'm happy that these Polaroids remind me (us?) how much fun we had when photo's existed as "objects, uniquely, like all other things, when they could be passed on by hand, from one to another one at a time, only one, singular and matchless. And when we all knew friends, because they were really there."'my new favourite book if you couldn't tell

A beautiful book, I saw the exhibition at The Photographers Gallery last weekend and buying this book was a must. I had already flicked through a copy in the gallery shop so I knew what to expect, but it's quite big so I didn't want to carry it around with me for the rest of the day, hence opting to buy online later. Beautiful reproductions of a large selection of the Polaroids from the show. As an artist/photographer myself, this will be a great source of inspiration, I'll be dipping in and out of this book regularly.

An excellent book .. worth every penny

This is quite a different book to the other one which I recently reviewed that starred the town and landscapes of the area around Paris, Texas. This one is comprised of a whole load of Polaroid photos taken by Wim all around the world. Shooting Polaroids is a different discipline to film photography and a world away from digital. There is no post click processing, what you shot is what you got. So, this tome has wonderful reproductions of, in the main, Polaroids shown life size and then some deliberately enlarged to show the finer detail(or lack thereof) and ambience therein.Because the subject matter varies so widely this book, despite its explicit and always adhered to aim, can sometimes drift into basic snap territory rather than the finely crafted work in his other books.Still, a highly enjoyable read and highly recommended to fans of Wim Wenders, Polaroids and 70’s and 80’s USA

Really happy!