Sweet Life

154 black & white photos of a trip around the world made by the Dutch photographer and his wife Gerda VAN DER VEEN in 1959 and 1960. Also designed by VAN DER ELSKEN. Gravure printing. Text by Ed van der ELSKEN + circular typographical “poem” by the German artist Ferdinand KRIWET (1942-2018). Seven different editions of this book have been made in different countries between 1966 and 1968.

Lit.: Boom/Suermondt, Between the covers, pp. 111 & 138, Parr/Badger: The Photobook: a History, vol. I, pp. 254-255 & Auer: 802 photo books of the M+M Auer collection, n°: 461, Giertberg/Suermondt, The Dutch Photobook, pp. 120-121 & Heiting, Dutch photo publications 1918-180, pp. 454-459.

• New York, Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1966
• Square folio (295 x 295 mm.) 208 pp.
• Black cloth-covered boards and an illustrated dust jacked (slightly chipped)
• First edition