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About the booksWho will recognize a great book better than a bookstore? A bookstore run by graphic designers. Here’s why: at MENDO we get market feedback seven days a week, we are blessed to be surrounded by a bunch of talented, inspiring people – photographers, writers and publishers – and after being a bookstore for more than 15 years, we can easily say we know what book aficionados are looking for. Don’t you agree that initiating, creating and realizing jaw-dropping books now, only comes natural?
A MENDO publication is a well-designed book with visually stunning creative content, browsed by people to be amazed and inspired. The subject-matter is one of our pre-defined curated categories, fashion, photography, interior, sport, lifestyle, food and traveling. In general, a MENDO book is a piece of furniture in itself.
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Erwin Olaf: I AM – English edition
The voluminous new book contains over 240 photographs, ranging from his early work like ‘Chessmen’, to his most recent and unpublished ’Shanghai’ and ‘Palm Springs’ series. Visit the signing session at MENDO or pre-order at MENDO before February 24, to receive a signed copy. Signed copies will ship the week after the signing session.
Pre-order at MENDO and receive a signed edition
On the occasion of Erwin Olaf’s sixtieth birthday, the photographer presents the first extensive overview of his work. The fist-sized book with no less than 240 photographs shows both his earliest black-and-white images and his iconic free work, up to the latest – and until now unpublished – series he made in Shanghai and Palm Springs.
Signing session at MENDO
Erwin Olaf will be signing his new book at MENDO on Sunday the 24th of February from 4-6PM. If you can’t make it to the signing session, order your copy online and receive a signed edition. Signed copies will ship the week after the signing session.
‘I’d like to show a perfect world, with a crack in it.’
‘I’d like to show a perfect world, with a crack in it.’
Erwin Olaf
This chronological overview describes the unique vision of the artist and his evolution during the past four decades, from brutal provocateur in the Amsterdam nightlife to royal portraitist and master of the stillness. Olaf masters the art of photography down to the smallest details and offers a wry, penetrating commentary on the context of his work.
Erwin Olaf: I AM is published in different countries, in different languages, in different covers, by different publishers. At MENDO we offer this English edition with pink cover and the Dutch edition that comes with the blue cover.
The photo book accompanies a large retrospective at several locations. The start will be given with a double exhibition in the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, the Fotomuseum in The Hague (from 16 February to 12 May 2019) and the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (from 2 July to 22 September 2019). The exhibition also travels to other locations in Europe, China, South Korea and the United States.
On the 24th of February, Erwin Olaf will sign his newest photography book ‘I AM’ in our 11 Berenstraat flagship store. If you can’t make it to MENDO on the 24th, pre-order a copy online until February 23, and you will receive a signed copy. Signed copies will ship the week after the signing session.
Erwin Olaf book signing
Sunday 24 February
4-6 PM at MENDO
Berenstraat 11, Amsterdam
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