In Hamburg i found a copy of Lee Friedlanders Sticks and Stones. I'm a big fan of Lee freedlander, a American documantary photographer who had his breaktrough in the 70's, and is actually still alive (he is 76 and still rocking!!!). Having first seen his work in Canada, I became very interested in his own unique way of seeing the world. His photographs of everyday architectural america are chaotic and disorientating, but also witty, clever and layered at the same time. (If you dont know his work, i recommend checking it out, start with this link)
This is one of the many images in the book that I find very inspiring.
The other book I found is by Beate Gutschow. She constructs large scale landscape photographs out of many different images she collected. These landscapes are constructed according to rules of 18th century landscape painting - so they become sort of romantic non excisting landscapes. The book also features a very interesting black and white series of constructed citys. You can find some of her work here
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