Hans Neleman: Night Chicas (Rare Handmade Book Dummy 2000)

rare original handmade book dummy from 2000

-> for the 2002 published photo book:

NIGHT CHICAS by HANS NELEMANN (1960)

HANS NELEMANN is a dutch artist, painter, photographer & film director

he also founded the stock photography agency Win-initiative and the magazine WINk

for this book NELEMAN travelled to guatemalan brothels to photograph women and girls who prositute themselves to survive.

this photo book gives a deep view into the hard live of these women in a tough surrounding of drugs & violence

this dummy was most likely made for presenting to possible publishers...it features 30 large glossy real photo prints (~ 33 x 26 cm)

which are stuck in plastic sleeves...some of them go over 2 pages...most likely c-prints

plus an 18 page booklet with some additional info on the project.

very heavy with plexiglass cover and metal elements

total size: ~ 34.5 x 28 cm cm (1 cm ~ 0.39 inch)

weight: ~ 2450 gram

very rare and unique item!

condition: good to very good...unfortunatelly the book must have got a bit wet or damp sometime...there is a some pages with light water damages...some of the prints are a bit wavy and/or inside of the plastic sleeves there is very minor humidity...but overall still nice...booklet is also a bit wavy -> see photos....please also refer to scans which show complete front and back plus details

please aks for more photos if desired

photo book, fotobuch, erotica, nude, desnuda, prostitution, social study, south america, bordel, bordello, brothel, puticlub, sex workers