CHINA PORTRAIT OF

A PEOPLE TOM CARTER

Tom Carter is an extraordinary photographer whose powerful work captures the heart and soul of the Chinese people. Anchee Min author of Red Azalea and Empress Orchid

Tom Carters 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 It takes a great boldness of spirit to set out to capture the essence of so diverse a people as the Chinese in a single volume of photography. The thrill is to discover that Tom Carter has achieved just that. Chris Wood Editor-in-Chief, Asia Literary Review

CHINA: PORTRAIT OF A PEOPLE

by Tom Carter

A PHOTOGRAPHER AND HIS CAMERA 1 COUNTRY, 56 CULTURES 1.3 BILLION PEOPLE, 33 PROVINCES 2 YEARS, 56,000 KILOMETERS
The Beijing Olympics race ever closer. Despite increased tourism and rampant foreign investment, the cultural distance between China and the West remains as wide as the oceans that separate them. The heart of the Middle Kingdom is still relatively unknown by Westerners. China is more than Beijing and Shanghai; much more than the Great Wall and the Three Gorges. It is made up of 33 vast regions populated by 56 different ethnic groups and photojournalist Tom Carter has visited every one of them. This little book is a visual tribute to the Peoples Republic of China, with an ardent emphasis on the people. Travel/Photography ISBN: 978-988-99799-4-2 Softcover with jacket, 15cm x 15cm, 6 x 6 632 pages, full colour With maps of each province of China Pub date: Spring 2008

Contents 33 chapters, each with a map and introductory text: Anhui Beijing Chongqing Fujian Gansu Guangdong Guangxi Guizhou Hainan Hebei Heilongjiang Henan Hong Kong Hubei Hunan Inner Mongolia Jiangsu Jiangxi Jilin Liaoning Macau Ningxia Qinghai Shaanxi Shandong Shanghai Shanxi Sichuan Tianjin Tibet Xinjiang Yunnan Zhejiang

Custom editions Corporate logos can be placed on the jacket and/or on the optional gift box, and additional pages may be added for your own message or custom content. An alternative cover and jacket is also available. Please contact us to discuss details. Pete Spurrier Tel: (+852) 2877 7899 pete@blacksmithbooks.com Dania Shawwa Tel: (+852) 9830 1860 publisher@havenbooksonline.com

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About the Author Writer and photographer Tom Carter, 34, was born and raised in San Francisco and graduated with a degree in Political Science from the American University in Washington, D.C. Following a political career with a number of state and national campaigns, Tom spent 18 months backpacking down the length of Mexico and Central America. Most recently, Tom spent the past four years in the Peoples Republic of China, where he made his own Long March throughout all of the countrys 33 provinces and autonomous regions one of the few living Westerners able to make this claim. Toms work as a photojournalist and travel writer has been published in every major Englishlanguage periodical in China. He currently lives in Tokyo.

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