Wolves - Winter Vandenbrink

Wolves - Winter Vandenbrink

The new IDEA book is WOLVES by WINTER VANDENBRINK. It is the third book by the Dutch born, Paris based photographer to be published by IDEA, the first of course being VANDALS from 2024 and the second TOBY from later that same year. At 33 x 24cm, WOLVES is a big book art diretced by graphic design legend Linda van Deursen, and easily the most exciting physical book production ever undertaken at IDEA, so much that one Italian printer told us it was ‘impossibile’ to make. There are different paper stocks, untrimmed sections sewn in, and the book block is glued into a folded poster. Only the Dutch could come up with it - and actually make it. The book was printed and bound by Wilco Art Books in Amersfoort in the Netherlands.

Winter presents his subjects in unique detail but also in close interaction with each other - for this book, we are looking at the adolescents as ‘wolf packs’, roaming the streets of Paris, Venice, Amsterdam or Milan. Eliot Haworth’s brilliant contribution ‘Field Notes’, included at the back of the book, presents his research on wolf behaviour in an ambiguous tone so that it applies to both adolescents and animals simultaneously.

Through glances, gestures and movements Winter captures the togetherness of teenage groups. He stages photos like this expertly for advertising and editorial too, but WOLVES is unscripted; 164 pages of the actual in-between

• Softcover 
  
• First Edition
• 33m x 24cm
• 168 Pages
• First Printing of 750 copies

IDEA Books, founded by Angela Hill and David Owen, is a distinguished publishing house specialising in rare, vintage, and out-of-print books on fashion, photography, and design. Hill, with her extensive background in fashion and photography, and Owen, with his experience in journalism and design, have made IDEA a vital resource for creatives worldwide. Initially a niche retailer, it has expanded to include exclusive publications and branded merchandise, with a presence in major cities like New York, LA, Tokyo, and Paris, continuing to inspire and influence the visual culture landscape.

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