china: portrait of a people (ground-breaking 640-page photo book from photographer tom carter)
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Tom Carter's CHINA: Portrait of a People is Amazon.com's #1 Asian Travel Photography Book!CHINA: Portrait of a People, a 640-page, 888-image photography book was published and sold in Asia in 2008 but did not enter the US market until July 2010. One month after its American debut, CHINA: Portrait of a People is the HIGHEST-RATED Asian photography book on all of Amazon.com.http://www.amazon.com/CHINA-Portrait-People-Tom-Carter/dp/9889979942Travel photographer Tom Carter traveled for 2 years and 56,000 kilometers across the 33 provinces of China to show the diversity of Chinese people in CHINA: Portrait of a People, the most comprehensive photography book on modern China ever published by a single author.http://www.amazon.com/CHINA-Portrait-People-Tom-Carter/dp/9889979942http://www.blacksmithbooks.comhttp://www.tomcarter.orgThank you for your support!TRANSCRIPT
CHINA: PORTRAIT OF A PEOPLE by Tom Carter
1 COUNTRY, 56 CULTURES1.3 BILLION PEOPLE, 33 PROVINCES2 YEARS, 56,000 KILOMETERS1 PHOTOGRAPHER AND HIS CAMERA
The Beijing Olympics focused the world’s eyes on China. But despite increased tourism and rampant foreign investment, the cultural distance between China and the West remains as vast as the oceans that separate them. The Middle Kingdom is still relatively unknown by Westerners. China is in fact made up of 33 distinct regions populated by 56 ethnic groups – and photojournalist Tom Carter has visited them all. This little book is a visual tribute to the People’s Republic of China, with an ardent emphasis on the People.
“A striking, kaleidoscopic vision of China’s lands and people.” — The Beijinger
“Tom Carter is an extraordinary photographer whose powerful work captures the heart and soul of the Chinese people.” — Anchee Min, author of Red Azalea
“Part of the strength of this book is its independent spirit.” — China Daily
“Carter’s photo book is an honest and objective record of the Chinese and our way of life… his camera leads us through 33 wide-sweeping scenes of the real and the surreal.” — Mian Mian, author of Candy
“Through Carter’s journey of self-discovery, we end up discovering a little more about ourselves — and a land so vast, so disparate, that 640 pages of photos barely manage to scratch the surface.” — Time Out Hong Kong
“Well worth having on your bookshelf.” — South China Morning Post
Travel/Photography/ChinaISBN: 978-988-99799-4-2
Softcover with jacket, 15.2cm x 15.2cm, 6” x 6”640 pages, full colour
With maps of each province of 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 flaps for Shandong and Jiangsu
Sample spread: Sichuan
Sample spread: GansuSample spread: Guizhou
Sample spread: Zhejiang
Sample spread: Xinjiang
Sample spread: GuizhouSample spread: Tibet
Sample spread: TibetSample spread: Sichuan
Sample spread: Qinghai
Sample spread: XinjiangSample spread: Hubei
Sample spread: TibetSample spread: Guangxi
Sample spread: Hainan
Sample spread: TibetSample spread: Guangdong
Sample spread: YunnanSample spread: Inner Mongolia
Sample spread: Beijing
Sample spread: HubeiSample spread: Sichuan
Sample spread: GansuSample spread: Shanxi
Sample spread: Gansu