GUMMSUCKER aka No.223

GUMMSUCKER aka No.223*Preorder Shipping in December Hardcover, Linen with tip on 128 Pages 11 x 14 inches Edition of 1000 published by Charcoal Press * Gumsucker laments the loss of untamed Australian wilderness to civilization, ever encroaching, domesticating the land and spirit. It is a ghost story of sorts, populated by withering vestiges and isolated souls. Its title, drawn from the archaic term once used to describe native born European Australians, also recalls The

but – in their stillness – convey the utmost tenderness

Designed as a companion book to his critically-acclaimed monograph

Katrien de Blauwer was born in Ronse

Lasthein writes that travelling around the country often reminds him of the backwater where he grew up

Photography: Caroline Kist

Shot over a period of 20 years by Ukranian female photographer Yelena Yemchuk who is frequently featured in fashion magazines such as Vogue Italia

and once to Mormon enclaves in Utah and Idaho

and binding by Van Waarden

000 copies

( plexi glass extra cover ) 23

INDEX is a breathtaking way to experience the defining events and fleeting intimacies that shaped the first decades of the millennium

but a deliberately self-cancelling account of the impossible contradictions of authorship and identity