Signed, Jeanette Bos - Speransa - 1998

A rare title, with a dedication and signature by the photographer. The book is in very good condition. Inside clean and unmarked, outside with minor signs of handling.

From the photographer's website:

As a social scientist I was turned into a photographer by Caribbean migrants (mainly from Curaçao), a group where I was doing research for the Dutch Ministery of Justice. Inspired by their exuberance and touched by their conditions of life, I traded statistics for the camera and made a photo book about their lives in the Netherlands and the backgrounds from which they had come. This book was published with the title "Speransa" and resulted in years of exhibitions, both in The Netherlands and in the Caribbean. Photography has been my life ever since.

Working on the Speransa project brought me to the tiny Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius AKA Statia. I instantly fell in love with the people I met there and Statia has been a major part of my life ever since. I became part of the island's life, playing music in the traditional string band and singing with a group of women for funerals. In 2016 Uitgeverij In de Knipscheer published my big & beautiful photo book titled "Statia Song". In 2021 a series of photographs will fill the Amsterdam WM Gallery.