This Month At One Picture Books Years before affordable photography became a craze, Chris Pichler the founder of Portland based publisher Nazraeli, launched, "One Picture Books," produced in an edition of 500, each finished with the inclusion of an original print. It was a way Pichler felt he could allow the wider audience to become collectors. In 2005 the American artist and self taught photographer Melanie Pullen produced her massive series of more than 100 "High fashion Crime Scenes" a collection of staged tableaux. Published by Nazraeli Pullen's reconstructed images were based on vintage crime scene images found in New York and LA's police Departments archives. Each image was a massive production employing a mammoth crew of over 80 and featuring over $13 million worth of couture clothing and jewellery. "One Picture Books," are always an eclectic offering and this month Pullen is one of the four-featured artists. Pullen continues her criminal theme with "Juliette," a series of images featuring Juliet Lewis as a violent but cool female serial killer rather than "fashion victim." In one image of a sordid bathroom Lewis in black stilettos and a beret applies ruby lipstick in a blood-splashed mirror. In another Juliette looks to camera in pearls and mini skirt as perhaps a secretary or client as her dead lawyer slumps in his chair behind the desk. The size of the publication adds an intimacy to the grizzly reality of Pullen's fashion picturesThe first of these tiny books measuring five by seven inches was published in 2000. Published in an edition of 500, each book is finished by the inclusion of an original print. The books sell at £25.00 the price rising as the edition sells out. Nazraeli have published 80 books to date featuring both unknown and more famous photographers. Martin Usborne's quirky, "Fox About Town"; is number 79 in the series. It is a delightful observation of the familiar London city fox's prowl but with a few jokes thrown in. Usbourne hired a taxidermy fox and photographed it in London's East End, placing it in locations, which become both comic and surreal. Such as queuing at an ATM, in the launderette, and enjoying a drink in its local. "Birds Have Wings" by artist Carol R Richards is a twitcher and art lovers delight. Excited by a photograph taken through her scope whilst attempting to identify a species of bird, Richards began to photograph the series. They birds are caught within a vignette, which feels like looking down the barrel of a gun or more gently a Victorian pinhole camera. Working with both renowned photographers such as Alec Soth and Martin Parr and lesser-known artists, Pichler relies a lot on chance and spontaneity when choosing projects, which keep his publications fresh and unexpected. Number 80 in the series is Risaku Suzuki's delicate, "Snow Letter," and is Suzuki's second book to be published by Pichler. Suzuki has been taking photographs of snow for almost ten years working in isolated mountain areas to produce the delicate images that question the metaphysical nature of photography thoughhis use of light and space. "Snow Letter," is a series of 12 beautiful images of individual snowflakes, which sit perfectly within the pages of the little silver book.