David Galjaard

A first edition, signed copy of photographer David Galjaard's Concresco.

• David Galjaard (Dutch).
• Text by Slavenka Drakulic and Jaap Scholten.
• Design by Katie McGonigal.
• Self-published, 2012.
• 136 pages.
• Quarto.
• Signed on the front flap.
• Numbered 13 of 26 copies.
• Includes an original photograph from a total edition of 750, which is signed, numbered and stamped on verso.
• With color photographs printed in offset throughout.
• Bound in red card wrappers with flaps, upper side embossed and with titles in black, publisher's brown card folding case printed in black, closed with thread and rivet fastenings.

In Concresco, David Galjaard explores the social and symbolic significance of the numerous concrete bunkers built in Albania during the rule of dictator Ever Hoxha and the role they now play in the modern landscape. Hoxha, who was in power from 1944 to 1985, had approximately 750,000 bunkers constructed between 1967 and 1985 on the pretext of Albania needing to prepare for a possible attack from overseas, though ultimately, no actual conflict occurred. Concresco was awarded the Paris Photo—Aperture Foundation First PhotoBook Award, 2012.