Baake, Frans. — There.

Amsterdam, self-published, 1993, (20) pag., text, graphics and illustrations printed in colours in various techniques, printed in 25 copies numbered and signed in pencil in the Grafisch Atelier (Alkmaar), sewn in original orange cloth lettered by hand in pencil, blue endpapers, quarto (32,7 x 29,7 cm.). = ““There” - Foto’s gemaakt op Falkland Islands en uitspraken aldaar opgetekend.” (colophon). Impressions of a journey to the Falkland Islands. Each left page with a sketch map titled “There”, pointing out the location of the Falkland Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. The right pages show a photographic/ photomontage illustraton of the Falklands together with a quote overheard by the artist on the Falklands, written from bottom to top. During his travels, Frans Baake makes sketches, photos and notes. The journey is then translated into a work of art, namely an artist's book, which he publishes himself in a small edition. In artists' books, the image usually dominates. The countless artist books that Baake has made are full of photos, woodcuts, linocuts, screenprints, collages and texts. The books are not literally about his travels and are therefore not comparable to the way we make our photo album or diary after a holiday. Baake’s way of working is similar in general: he prepares for his voyage, at the actual trip he will make drawings, writings, photographs; in his studio back home these together with his thoughts and ideas will be transformed into books, prints, sketches, portfolios, articles.