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CHINA: PORRAI OF A PEOPLE
by om Carter
1 COUNRY, 56 CULURES1.3 BILLION PEOPLE, 33 PROVINCES2 YEARS, 56,000 KILOMEERS1 PHOOGRAPHER AND HIS CAMERA
Te Beijing Olympics ocused the world’s eyes on China. But despite increasedtourism and rampant oreign investment, the cultural distance between China andthe West remains as vast as the oceans that separate them. Te Middle Kingdomis still relatively unknown by Westerners. China is in act made up o 33 distinctregions populated by 56 ethnic groups – and photojournalist om Carter has visitedthem all. Tis little book is a visual tribute to the People’s Republic o China, withan ardent emphasis on the People.“A striking, kaleidoscopic vision o China’s lands and people.” —
Te Beijinger
“om Carter is an extraordinary photographer whose powerul work captures theheart and soul o the Chinese people.” — Anchee Min, author o
Red Azalea
“Part o the strength o this book is its independent spirit.” —
China Daily
“Carter’s photo book is an honest and objective record o the Chinese and our way o lie… his camera leads us through 33 wide-sweeping scenes o the real and thesurreal.” — Mian Mian, author o
Candy
“Trough Carter’s journey o sel-discovery, we end up discovering a little moreabout ourselves — and a land so vast, so disparate, that 640 pages o photos barely manage to scratch the surace.” —
ime Out Hong Kong
“Well worth having on your bookshel.” —
South China Morning Post
ravel/Photography/ChinaISBN: 978-988-99799-4-2Socover with jacket, 15.2cm x 15.2cm, 6” x 6”640 pages, ull colourWith maps o each province o ChinaUS pub date: July 2010
Sample spread: Henan
All spreads shown smaller than actual size of 30 x 15 cm
Sample spreads: Maps, introductions and chapter faps or Shandong and Jiangsu
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