A treasure trove for bibliophiles, this book showcases the enchanting photographs taken by Becher student Elger Esser during a trip to Italy. Documentary-style photos point out cross-connections between the texts written by both father and son.

This volume spotlights the genre of nude photography, presenting for the first time 220 original pictures on the theme from the photography collection of the Munich City Museum, spanning the years from 1845 to 2005.

This collection in addition to his early black and white and colour images,features Leiter's fashion photography, the overpainted nudes, as well as his paintings and sketchbooks.

The launch of this extraordinary book was celebrated by simultaneous exhibitions in more than 40 different cities world-wide including London, Amsterdam, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Milan, Stockholm, Oslo, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Singapore & Sydney.