Throw back to Jeremy Kost’s It’s Always Darkest Before Dawn, released in 2011 by powerHouse Books. Kost’s first monograph collects some of the best, most outstanding images of New York’s club culture created in the new millennium.

We’re thrilled to share that Jean Francois Bouchard’s film La Retaguardia (The Ones Who Stay) has been acquired and released by The New York Times as part of its Op-Docs series, a platform internationally recognized for showcasing compelling short films from around the world.

A huge congratulations to Yolanda Cuomo for her recent exhibition at the Officine Fotografiche in Rome,curated by artist Annalisa D’Angelo. Pictured here are photographs from powerHouse’s Larry Fink: Hands On / A Passionate Life of Looking, of which Cuomo was the designer.

A prolific poet, raconteur, activist, and thinker, Allen Ginsberg was also a prolific collector. Gathered here publicly for the first time is his personal archive. Material Wealth: Mining the Personal Archive of Allen Ginsberg was compiled and interpreted by Pat Thomas.

A peek inside acclaimed photographer Jamel Shabazz’s Drama & Flava, a cross-generational masterpiece that combines ‘80s photo shoots backed by graffiti, boom boxes, Kangols, and Adidas to present day cutting edge fashion in Paris, New York, and Tokyo. This is Drama & Flava.

Taking a moment to admire these gorgeous endpapers from Jamel Shabazz’s Drama & Flava.

A Carnival of Mimics, a photo essay from acclaimed photographer and art critic Max Kozloff.

Inside Joseph Rodriguez’s TAXI: Journey Through My Window 1977-1987.

From inside the 2nd Edition of powerHouse’s 2022 release LCD, a collection of photographs taken by Ruvan Wijesooriya. The brainchild of frontman James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem grew from a solo project into one of the most highly regarded live bands in contemporary music.

Advanced Style is Ari Seth Cohen’s blog-based-ode to the confidence, beauty, and fashion that can only be achieved through the experience of a life lived glamorously. It is a collection of street fashion unlike any seen before in the world’s most stylish locales.

The discovery of never-before-seen artwork of a 1960s housewife named Joan Archibald from Long Island, reborn in Malibu and then Palm Springs as Kali, was gathered in a trade photo book for the first time in this 2022 powerHouse release, Kali: Artographer.

Photographs from inside powerHouse’s 2016 release Lo-Life: An American Classic, written by Jackson Blount and Rack-Lo. Lo-Life: An American Classic documents the personal collections of archival Polo apparel and never before seen vintage photographs amassed by The Lo Life crew.

Images from inside Larry Fink: Hands On / A Passionate Life of Looking, a 424-page encapsulation of Larry Fink’s master photos accompanied by insightful essays from Lucy Sante, Stephen Shore, Graydon and Ash Carter, Yolanda Cuomo, Martha Posner and publisher Daniel Power.

Top nineties fashion photographer Thierry Le Gouès created some of the nineties’ hottest fashion looks. Released by powerHouse Books in 2023, 90’s is a compendium of Thierry Le Gouès top fashion and editorial work emblematic of the hottest-trending decade of the moment.

Highway 61 is a collection of photographs by Jessica Lange, released by powerHouse Books in 2019. With more than 80 stunning tritone photographs, Lange’s Highway 61 reveals her deep connection to this iconic route and presents that which she has long held dear along its way.

The cinematic universe of photographer Jean-François Bouchard’s The New Cubans. Released by powerHouse Books in 2024, The New Cubans illuminates the previously underreported youth culture of contemporary Cuba.

A selection of images from inside Karen Brooks Hopkins @KBrooksHopkins memoir BAM…And Then It Hit Me… 📸 President Emerita of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) @BAM_Brooklyn Karen pens an inspiring memoir of her 36 years at the iconic cultural institution.

Happy spring from powerHouse Books! 🌼🌱 We’re delighted to share our recent collaboration with J. Press, a limited edition printing of Take Ivy, with a new foreword by J. Press president and creative director Jack Carlson. Head over to the J. Press website to get your copy now!

💘Happy Valentine’s Day from powerHouse Books💘 ❤️💕❤️ Here are photos from three recent powerHouse publications that all share the spirit of love 💕 Slide 1 - Drama & Flava by Jamel Shabazz Slide 2 - Family Values by Guzman Slide 3 - Castro to Christopher by Nicholas Blair

In Memoriam LaMonte McLemore: September 17, 1935-February 3, 2026 powerHouse Books and Govinda Gallery are saddened to announce the passing of LaMonte McLemore. Our thoughts and condolences go out to LaMonte’s wife Mieko and the rest of his family and friends.