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Elly Bos www.facebook.com/elly.bosbonsen

Manualphabet by Ben Bos

By 11-12-2017

This little book is made as an ‘in memoriam’ for Ben Bos, my beloved husband.
A couple of month before Ben’s death he was planning a new project. He called it his ‘Manualphabet’.

Ben’s last project
Every Sunday when he was lying in the bath, soaking in hot water he tried to form an alphabet with his hands. To make it as perfect as possible, it took him many Sunday’s. When he was more of less satisfied he asked our friend photographer Aatjan Renders to photograph it. So in the second part of December 2016, Aatjan came and the three of us started to work on taking good pictures.

Then suddenly Ben died and then there was no idea what to do with the pictures. After some time, Aatjan and I decided to try and make a project of it and in cooperation with AGI friend and colleague Bob van Dijk this little book came to pass. But what is a book without a printer; Arie Lenoir our printer friend was, as ever, so generous to made it a happen.

Elly Bos

Initiative: Elly Bonsen
Idea: Ben Bos
Photography: Aatjan Renders
Design: Bob van Dijk
Print: Lenoir Schuring