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China Revealed: Portrait Of The Rising Dragon: A Portrait Of The Rising Dragon

China Revealed: Portrait Of The Rising Dragon: A Portrait Of The Rising Dragon

by Basil Pao (Author)

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    Hardcover 2007

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Synopsis

China, a country of 1.3 billion people in the grip of an industrial revolution absorbing a large part of the world's resources, was until relatively recently a closed book to most in the West. With the advent of the Olympic Games in Beijing more and more people will visit this vast country and with that in mind the Hong-Kong based, internationally celebrated photographer and writer Basil Pao determined to travel through every province of China, recording history and landscape, people and places, to give a comprehensive snapshot of China today. By turns lyrical and exquisite, stark and brutal, his informative text and powerful photographs show a country in transition. A country whose four thousand years of cultural history are being rediscovered, and where new urban wealth and rural poverty coexist uneasily as a new regime tackles a legacy of corruption, of anarchy under Mao's cultural revolution and repression in its aftermath. CHINA REVEALED is a profoundly important and visually stunning record of one of the most powerful nations on earth.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 384
 Publisher: W&N
Published: 24 May 2007
ISBN 10: 0297844180
ISBN 13: 9780297844181
Book Overview: Enormous worldwide interest in China in the run-up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Basil Pao is uniquely positioned to offer an intimate portrait of China to the outside world. Large fan base built up through Basil Pao's work with Michael Palin.

Media Reviews
'photographic masterpiece... The wide array of revealing images is inspiration fuel for any wannabe travel photographers.' DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHER 'A staggering portrait of China today' WANDERLUST 'The images of Basil Pao... portray the diverse culture, people and landscape of a country in transition.' FINANCIAL TIMES 'China, for long a closed book to the West, is beginning to open up. Pao explores its beauty, its tensions, and its rich cultural traditions.' GOOD BOOK GUIDE
Author Bio
Basil Pao began his photographic career in 1980 on his return to Hong Kong after 10 years in the United States, where he was an art director for recording companies Atlantic and Polygram in New York and Warner Brothers Records in Los Angeles. His work during that time included the book for the Monty Python film LIFE OF BRIAN, where he first worked with Michael Palin. They have since collaborated on nine books based on the travel series POLE TO POLE, FULL CIRCLE, HEMINGWAY ADVENTURE, SAHARA and HIMALAYA. He also created the limited edition books AMAN and BHUTAN for Amanresorts. His travel essays and other works, including photographs for Bernardo Bertolucci's THE LAST EMPEROR and LITTLE BUDDHA, have appeared in publications and exhibitions all over the world.