Doods Domeinen

Gedichten van Clem Schouwenaars en naaktfoto's in zw/w van Roger Dyckmans; Zéér zeldzaam. Goudopdruk op rug en voorplat. Ongepagineerd."Doods Domeinen (Two Women)," by Roger Dyckmans and Clem Schouwenaars, published by Uitgeverij Walter Soethoudt, Antwerp, 1972, 70 pages, small folio-size hardcover in pictorial dust jacket, 13" by 10". Text in Dutch. SUPER RARE Belgian book pairing the nude photos of Dyckmans with the prose of Schouwenaars, a fascinating timepiece, imaginatively designed with grainy full-page photos set both in an abandoned factory and at the seashore - edgy, charged work with a filmic sensibility, sharing more in common with avant-garde Japanese photography of the early 70's than with the carefree, commercial nudes of Sam Haskins and ilk - in fact, the work is reminiscent at times of photography from the same period by Kishin Shinoyama, Araki, and Shomei Tomatsu, but with an ever more underground ambience. A virtually unknown title with solid photography, which ranks alongside the other rare class