I've portrayed fifteen veterans in a dilapidated weapons factory at the Hembrug site in Zaandam. The place is a symbol of the suffering of former soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The book Only The Sky Remains Untouched consists of black-and-white portraits showing fifteen combat veterans of varying ages, combined with photos of the interiors and exteriors of a former weapons factory ‘De Hembrug’ in Zaandam. All of the veterans took part in UN peacekeeping missions. Some were sent to the Lebanon, others to Bosnia or Afghanistan. Wearing camouflage trousers and bare-chested they lie on a wooden stretcher in the dismantled space of the weapons factory. Their partial uniforms show one half of their identity, a shared identity as proud members of the Dutch armed forces. Their uncovered bodies show the other half, that of a human individual, vulnerable and alone.The book is designed by Sybren Kuiper