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Books : Arts & Photography : Photography : Travel : Asia
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A 2006 IBBY Honor List title, this innovative book combines the story of Liu who goes off to visit her grandfather with a rebus-style look at the evolution of Chinese written language from pictures to today's modern calligraphy characters. You can read them, play with them, and dream about them. This book is sure to please children and adults of all backgrounds with its peek into this fascinating topic.
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It is now over thirty years since UNESCO's Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage was adopted , and since then more than 175 countries have ratified the convention. It seeks to protect those sites both cultural and natural-that form part of common heritage of humankind. There are twenty-eight Chinese sites on the list.
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China counts 56 ethnic groups within its borders. The descendants of Manchu soldiers, Silk Road traders and Lao hill tribes have their own cuisines, languages, and customs. American photographer Tom Carter spent two years on the road in China. Traveling by the cheapest transport and sleeping in two-dollar guesthouses, he lived side by side with the ordinary but incredibly diverse people of the PRC. The images he collected break all stereotypes of the Chinese.
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This book offers a critical analysis of contemporary post-handover Hong Kong, through words and through a selection of colour images taken over a twelve months period.
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Actor Richard Gere is well known for his outspoken defense of the Tibetan people, his Buddhist beliefs, and his friendship with the Dalai Lama. What is less well known is that Gere has long been a serious and accomplished photographer.Pilgrim will change that. The sixty-five striking photographs collected in this book document Gere's extensive travels in India, Nepal, Zanskar, and Tibet -- the work of a mature artist exploring subject matter that is close to his heart. The images -- which capture the rarely glimpsed rites and shrines of Tibetan Buddhism as well as the remote peoples and landscapes of central Asia -- are hushed and meditative, reflecting Gere's spiritual journey as much as his terrestrial wanderings.
The book includes a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, an introduction by Gere, and a poem by Patti Smith that accompanies the portfolio. Reproduced on luxurious uncoated stock in an oversized format, the photographs in Pilgrim bring to life an ancient and spirituality vital world -- and share Gere's very personal vision.
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Thailand 9 Days in the Kingdom ? compact edition is the smaller version of the commemorative photography book published for the King?s birthday in 2007. This stunning, pictorial volume showcased the work of 55 international and Thai photographers, who met
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This book is a fascinating glimpse into Mongolia's pristine landscapes in the north, vast steppes in the centre, and the East and the barren but beautiful Gobi desert in the south.
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For a appreciation Hong Kong's astonishing geographical, real of commercial and cultural diversity, nothing compares with the spectacular views in Over Hong Kong. Expanded to embrace the most up-to-date photography in a new 172 page format, this latest comprehensive volume of aerial images provides a unique and compelling bird's-eye perspective of one of the world's most exciting and dynamic cities.
In these pages you will quickly discover a futuristic city of towering skyscrapers rubbing shoulders with leafy regions of unspoilt natural beauty, rugged countryside and remote, sub-tropical islands. Over Hong Kong presents a fascinating insight into a bustling community and an inspiring city where the "can-do" spirit survives, yet where one can still get away from it all. With over 170 spectacular photographs, including extremely rare shots from the 1920s, complemented by detailed captions, this book provides an unforgettable look at one of the world's most extraordinary cities.
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An engineering feat rarely matched in the history of the world, the 1500-mile-long Great Wall of China stretches from the shores of the Pacific to the Gobi Desert. It is such a prominent structure on earth that astronauts say they can see it with the naked eye from space. The 2000-year-old Great Wall was originally constructed to shield the ancient empire from invaders, but today it is regarded as a national symbol and attracts hordes of tourists from around the world. This text is a photographical survey of the wall as it snakes across the vastness of China's northern borders, along with paintings, sculptures, and scrolls depicting life along the wall through the centuries. Here also are evocative portraits of the nomads of the steppes who live near the wall, in much the same way as their ancestors. The text recounts the complete history of the wall, from the time it was begun during the Qin Dynasty 22 centuries ago to keep out strangers, to the era when it was used to expand the empire into Central Asia, to the period it was used as a trading route facilitating commerce along the Silk Road and later to allow for Buddhist expansion. Included in the text are excerpts from literature and poetry inspired by the wall that express the Chinese spirit throughout the ages.
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Hey, Joe, you like snake?Hey, Joe, welcome to Tondo!
Hey, Joe, whats your name?
Hey, Joe. Its the phrase that greets every foreign guy in the Philippines on a daily basis. And perhaps nobody personifies the meaning of this moniker better than Ted Lerner, an American whose popular, freewheeling column, Hey, Joe, appears weekly in Manilas BusinessWorld newspaper. Here, in his new book, aptly entitled Hey, Joe, with the subtitle, a slice of the city -- an American in Manila, Ted presents a collection of his best Manila stories, a kaleidoscope of funny and bizarre incidents, offbeat characters and keen observations dished up by a wide-eyed foreigner living in a city exploding with life, unfathomable urban chaos and a story around every corner. Readers will hitch a ride with the author and spend a night at the cock fights -- the Philippines violent and gentlemanly national pastime. Walk through bustling, colorful markets that turn the senses on full blast. Experience the harrowing thrill of riding a bicycle through some of the worlds worst and wildest traffic. Visit a secretive girlie bar reserved mainly for foreigners. Enjoy the party-like atmosphere in the cemetery of one of the worlds most unique observances of the dead. Lounge in the authors very own urban nipa hut. Hang out with the rather laid back and care free folks on Manilas lively and teeming streets. Simple
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Iran is a country that deserves to be discovered, a country where travelers can move around freely and where they receive a warm welcome. There are many interesting reasons to visit Iran. First, the cultural richness of the country is astounding: the architecture and art of the great dynasties, Elam, Medes, Perses, Sassanides, Saffavides and Qadjars, are perfectly conserved. Next, the diversity and beauty of the country's landscapes, from the lush coasts of the Caspian Sea to the wilder coasts of the Persian Gulf, by way of the snow-capped peaks of the Alborz and Zagros mountains, and the huge deserts of salt, make the discovery of this country a constant surprise. Finally, in this beautiful land is a people - both rural and urban - with a great diversity of clothes and costumes in the many regions of the country. The modern Iran has preserved much of its heritage; in almost ever city, old quarters remain with their delightful markets, that bear an image of the 'Middle East of the past', where tourists get carried away by the magic of their winding streets.
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Album of Customs and Practices of Gannan Tibetan Nationality (Collections of Works for Various Arts)
From the Preface by Chinese photographer Cui Boqian: My youth is worth remembering -- Because I was still young at that time, I had plentiful vigor and faith for going on a long journey. Time passes in a flash. I'm close to sixty years old. I came to Gannan nine times and visited Labrang Monastery and approached the devotees. However, I still find that I do not really know them, have no way of devoutly believing in God like them, and have no way of admiring like them. Perhaps having experienced real vagrancy, I still long for going on a long journey....
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The photographer and film-maker Raymond Depardon and the writer Jean-Claude Guillebaud belong to a generation who grew up with the word "Vietnam" on their lips. As journalists, both had covered the Vietnam war until 1972. After 20 years - of Stalinism, boat people, Hollywood heroics and French nostalgia - they decided it was time to go back. They travelled from South to North, from Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) to Hanoi, exploring memories of the war and the contradictions of peace, looking and listening with a sensitivity and sense of solidarity all too rare in travel writing. The result is an account of a country transformed and of a people, victors and victims together, betrayed on all sides, coming back to life. In Hanoi, they find none of the grim austerity imagined by foreigners, but rather a city of beauty now "opening" to capitalism partly thanks to the experiences and money orders of workers sent in their thoousands to Poland or the GDR. At Khe Sanh, on the bloodiest battlefield of the war, children dig for shrapnel to sell for a cent a kilo, lovers stroll on the beach at Da Nang, where the first US troops landed. Loudspeakers in the street still broadcast a litany of production figures, but they are drowned out by Paul Anka and the Everly Brothers. Saigon, the authors discover, has easily triumphed over Stalinism's murderous economic planning. But it may face a tougher adversary i