Zeldzame Mensen. Foto's. - Rare People. Photographs.

Zeldzame Mensen / Rare People is a compelling photobook by the Dutch artist and photographer Toon Michiels. The work features a series of evocative black and white photographs that document the lives of smallholder farmers in the rural countryside of the Dutch province of Noord Brabant. Specifically, the book focuses on Sjo Pol and Marinus de Bresser, who lived an authentic lifestyle on their farm in Best—a subject that Michiels found deeply inspiring for his artistic practice. The publication is profusely illustrated with 106 pages of imagery interleaved with text-pages presented in various formats. This specific edition, a third extended version, was published by Fragment and captures the unique atmosphere of traditional Dutch farming life through a lens of high artistic merit.