# The Axe Will Survive the Master

- **Brand:** SPBH Editions
- **Price:** $70.00
- **Catalog:** mackbooks
- **Retailer:** mackbooks
- **Product URL:** https://go.cosimo.shop/r/gAAAAABqwRo9wqXxMgwESCbahNf6b4X7bmlEkOXnWdELA2CsEgwlC1GnST39PssJ1WQnxDgwqo6iVq6FPS8EJkVi3YG9J6PMyKcacMi85pJycKThTZpgrdGw69tI7O1fk-1UI7-YLZ3TBd4y8vhQT-9AfU0Qlvawqs_AnrWNhcXMpM8XLQ59uSDEg84Rj2Fu1uGEV3TTtmd-uCwBfAyd_wqlfMMLU1SpFc-cjc9vhHikuw_SorpkB7JRxvuPvqV8toNVzoAnUgZAgKYfRrZOKeDFUqqMOzPF-JUSJmHFEEeFJLfHmme0YwlMGvKMJ9uNcy6bEPDP7GMaSWiiXdr1hfFZ7kNvoLOg9l7purdXHrl97U1QGHhKdcgmhZ-jlAgNOJ30QWDn-ig5uSDBadTg_lvvQ3NrBrarmwYAEZBVtPng50Axhmm0wTlQcXRvhwq8WLEEaRW3vz3QWSHH7l8Ka0xZdPcS7KAPdA==
- **Availability:** In stock

## Summary

The Axe Will Survive the Master by Matthew Connors, a photography book featuring a debossed hardcover with a glossy finish, exploring life on a faltering planet through a collection of photographs.

## Description

The Axe Will Survive the Master is an oblique record of life on a faltering planet. Created over twelve years and across continents, Matthew Connors’s photographs trace the contours of an era shaped by confrontations with authoritarian power. From the Arab Spring to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Connors traverses scenes of global upheaval marked by disintegrating social contracts, political violence, and the lingering reverberations of the Cold War.  Bringing together photographs made between 2013 and 2025, this volume concludes a trilogy – following General Assembly (2013) and Fire in Cairo (2015) – meditating on power, resistance, and the fragile fate of democratic ideals. His images move between the geopolitical and the intimate, drawn as much from the fabric of daily life as from the front lines of history. They depict a world defined by conflict and uncertainty, yet charged with beauty, threat, and consequence.  Connors distils this vast, long-term observation into a single, haunting sequence, forming a work that asks how images can bear witness to fracture and endurance. The Axe Will Survive the Master stands as the culmination of a major body of work: a lyrical reflection on survival, sovereignty, and the political forces that shape individual experience.

## Appearance

- **Fit:** Unsigned

## Variants

- **In stock:** 2 of 2

| SKU | Availability |
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| 9781917651455 | In stock |
| 9781917651455S | In stock |

## Categories

- **Categories:** Photography Books

## Additional Attributes

- **ISBN:** 978-1-917651-45-5
- **tags:** Matthew Connors, The Axe Will Survive the Master, transfer
- **pages:** 208 pages
- **author:** Matthew Connors
- **format:** Debossed hardcover with glossy finish
- **vendor:** SPBH Editions
- **binding:** Debossed hardcover with glossy finish
- **publisher:** SPBH Editions
- **dimensions:** 20 × 25.6 cm
- **page count:** 208 pages
- **product type:** Photography Books
- **listed prices:** €60 £50 US$70 AU$115
- **shopify handle:** the-axe-will-survive-the-master-matthew-connors
- **publication date:** April 2026
- **dimensions and pages:** 20 × 25.6 cm, 208 pages
- **signed edition details:** The signed edition includes an extra image plate signed by the artist glued into the inside back cover.

## Enrichment

- **Type:** photography book
- **Type Synonyms:** art book, hardcover book
- **Tags:** debossed cover, glossy finish, hardcover
- **Styles:** contemporary
- **Category Path:** Media > Books > Print Books
- **Book cover type:** Hardcover
- **Genre:** Arts, Documentary, News & politics, Society & culture, War
- **Language version:** ENG- English
- **Target audience:** Adults
- **Canonical Brand:** SPBH Editions

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