Heartbeat

First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Photographically illustrated boards, no dust jacket as issued. Photographs and text (in Dutch and English) by Michael Botman. Includes a laid-in sheet with English text. Unpaginated (60 pp.), with 40 black and white plates finely printed by Veenman, Van Mierlo, The Netherlands. 12-3/8 x 9 inches. This first edition was limited to 1500 hardbound copies (500 each in Dutch, English and French). Heartbeat is Botman's first book; it consists of grainy, contemplative black and white photographs accompanied by poetic text. The autobiographical and non-linear style of the work suggests the transient nature of life.