"With this book and the exhibition of the same name in the Groninger Museum, the Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf has reached a milestone in his 25 year career. Olaf has a passionate love affair with life, and enjoys to the full everything it has to offer. His oeuvre is a manifestation of this passion and of his genuine engagement with his subjects. Olaf's pictures are filled with humour, imagination and exuberance, but they go much further than simple visual intrique. His works deal with freedom, beauty, loneliness, and being different. He convinces his public in a shameless and versatile manner, questioning established norms." Kees van Twist (Director Groningen Museum).