WESSING, Koen; Dolf Toussaint et al. Blauwe Maandag. (Amsterdam): (Aktiegroep Nieuwmarkt), (1975).



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WESSING, Koen; Dolf Toussaint et al.
Blauwe Maandag. Een verslag in fotoos van de gebeurtenissen die dag in de Amsterdamse Nieuwmarkt.
(Amsterdam): (Aktiegroep Nieuwmarkt), (1975).

Oblong 8vo (140 × 203 mm), pp.64. 56 black-and-white photographs by Pieter Boersma, Vincent Mentzel, Roberto-Peeters, Wim Ruigrok, Rob Stolk, Dolf Toussaint, Gerda van Veen, Hannes Wallrafen, and Koen Wessing. Design by Albert Blitz and Loe van Nimwegen. Black-and-white photo-illustrated wrappers; light endemic toning to pages. Fine.

First edition. Blauwe Maandag documents the running battles between protestors and police during protests against the destruction of the old Nieumarkt area of Amsterdam in order to make way for a transport interchange. It takes its title from the blue uniform worn by the Dutch police. The proceeds from sales of this book went towards publishing a second edition.

Giertsberg, F. and Suermondt, R., The Dutch Photobook p.175; Parr, M. and Badger, G., The Photobook: A History vol.III pp.68-9.

 

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