What is Pierre von Kleist?

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Pierre von Kleist is an artist-run publishing house based in Lisbon, Portugal, founded by André Príncipe and José Pedro Cortes. Its website, pierrevonkleist.com, is the online store for the editions it publishes — primarily photography books and related publications, listed with individual prices in USD.

Who runs it

The publisher identifies itself as artist-run, and the two founders are also among the authors whose work appears in the catalogue. That overlap is the main thing to understand about the site: it is not a general bookstore or a distributor aggregating many imprints, but the direct outlet of a small press run by the photographers themselves.

What it sells

The catalogue is dominated by photography books and small-format publications, including:

  • Photobooks by the founders — for example Casa Capital, Ocean Rain, Patrícia, and One's Own Arena by José Pedro Cortes; Mana, Andarilho Marquês / Antas, Anima, and On Seeing Mr. Tang Leave to Tsinghai by André Príncipe.
  • Work by other photographers — such as Dragon Blue by Keiko Nomura, Mar Negro and Estrela Decadente by Nuno Barroso, Guiné-Bissau 1990 by António Júlio Duarte, and Lisboa Cliché by Daniel Blaufuks.
  • Film-related notebooks — the Caderno series tied to Pedro Costa's films, including Casa de Lava - Caderno and Vitalina Varela - Caderno de Rodagem.

How the store works

Products are shown with a title, author, and a regular price in USD, and some listings carry a sale price as well. Items can be added to a cart, and the site includes a country/region selector and an email subscription signup — useful if you want notice of new editions, since small presses often sell through limited runs.

Availability varies by title. In the catalogue shown, Vitalina Varela - Caderno de Rodagem and Familia Aeminium are marked sold out, while most other titles remain listed. If a specific book is the reason you are visiting, check its individual listing rather than assuming the whole catalogue is in stock.

When this site is the right place to look

Go directly to pierrevonkleist.com if you want:

  • A title published by Pierre von Kleist itself, bought from the publisher rather than a third-party reseller.
  • The Caderno film notebooks or the founders' own photobooks.
  • To sign up for announcements about new editions from a small Lisbon-based press.

If you are looking for a broad, multi-publisher selection of photography books, this is a single-imprint store and not a general marketplace. Prices shown are in USD; the site does not indicate shipping terms, regional pricing, or whether checkout requires an account, so confirm those details during checkout if they matter to your order.