first edition , copy in very good condition
Linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 31 x 31 x 4 cm., 312 pp., 200 b/w ills., 2,900 gr., Dutch
"Unique portrait series by the Belgian top photographer Stephan Vanfleteren. The successor to the successful photo book 'Belgicum' by Stephan Vanfleteren. 'Belgicum' was sold out in no time after publication. 'Portret 1989-2009' is dedicated to the genre in which Stephan Vanfleteren has shown himself to be a true master in recent years: the portrait. 'Portrait 1989-2009' contains 200 portraits of people, still alive and already dead, who, according to Vanfleteren, have or have meant something to Belgium and the Netherlands. any area: sports, art, politics... The portraits are sometimes melancholic, sometimes disarming, always captivating."