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VISUALS | Dutch and Flemish Drawings...
...Where did the book come from? It didn't say. But the website said that First8 was the "initiative of an independent Dutch foundation ... without any political affiliation." A trail through Dutch nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) eventually led to Sander Veenman, a Dutch photographer, 42, who took the photographs. Veenman says that he wanted to keep the book anonymous so that people would talk about the issues it raises and the images within it, rather than about who was behind it. "There are a lot of people trying to figure out which organization this is, and they are really pissed...
...could publish my pictures, like always, but it wouldn't change anything." So he conceived of the little book to carry his images of suffering to a wider audience. Together with four others who wish to remain anonymous, Veenman compiled a list of international high-flyers. A coalition of Dutch NGOs and private companies chipped in materials, funds and services worth $500,000 to print and distribute the book...
...More than 1,000 copies of the slim volume were distributed at the U.N. General Assembly last week, and another 1.5 million will go to Dutch citizens. In October, the 56 photographs in the book will be blown up and displayed in the rotunda of the Capitol in Washington DC, in an exhibition supported by DATA, the anti-poverty group co-founded by Irish singer and activist Bono, of the band U2, who wrote the song whose lyrics supply the book's only words. "If you look at the book, there are only questions," says Veenman. "I don't give...
...amping up other flavors, they hope to make gin more palatable for a new generation--and woo vodka drinkers. Some of the best of the new brew: Hendrick's, a small-batch cult favorite from Scotland that uses cucumber and rose petals for a creamy edge; Damrak, a Dutch gin that offers citrus and hints of lemon peel, orange and coriander; and WET by Beefeater, which is infused with pear and, as its name suggests, is less dry than traditional blends...