GILL, Stephen. (Marks of Honour Series)

Bertien Van Manen: A hundred summers, a hundred winters / Your Snaps

Koln: Schaden, 2005. Limited Edition. From Schaden's Marks of Honour Series where contemporary photographers chose books influential to them and created unique works of art around them. 41 photographers participated, including Stephen Gill who selected Bertien van Manen's A hundred summers, a hundred winters as the centerpiece of his project. Number 5 of 5 copies SIGNED by Gill and including the following: a signed copy of the second printing of Van Manen's book, two c-prints: one by Gill from the Lost series, 5/10, signed; and one by Van Manen, unnumbered, but signed and dated 1993, of a print made in Russia during the publication of A hundred summers, a hundred winters, but not included in the book; both prints and the colophon sheet are contained in a box entitled "Your Snaps" which lies with Van Manen's book in a special linen bag executed for this project. The bag is missing a snap, else all elements fine and as issued. Projects from this series surface infrequently on the market.