Baake, Frans. — Nikolski on my mind.

Amsterdam, self-published, 1991, (20) pag., illustrations (graphic and photographic), printed in constantly fading shades of black via grey to yellow in 75 copies by Macula (Boskoop), original green cloth stamped in metallic red with ribbon, oblong narrow quarto (11,5 x 23 cm.). = “The photographs have been made during a walk near the village of Nikolski on the island of Umnak, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, USA, in the summer of 1989.” 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.