-International bestseller, one of Belgium's most important
photographers, Stephan Vanfleteren "Belgicum is brilliant. It's an
epitaph for a country that disappeared before Vanfleteren's eyes, like a
sand castle in the breaking waves." - Eric Min in De Morgen Belgicum is
a photo project about Belgium. It is not an objective representation of
a country but rather a subjective photographical document in black and
white. It's a journey of exploration into a small country in the heart
of Europe, at the turn of the centuries. More than fifteen years
Vanfleteren has wandered through and hunted in the 'Belgicum'
territories, guided by emotion and by the love for his homeland. He made
a journey through a scarred land, in search of the irretrievable
identity of a country with the melancholic soul of an old nation. Over
the past ten years, over 11,000 copies were sold of this international
bestseller. Belgicum grew out to be a reference work in the Belgian
history of photography. On the occasion of the tenth birthday of this
cult book, it was reprinted. With text by David Van Reybrouck. Text in
English, French and Dutch.