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Folks either planning a vacation to China or returning from one would do well to pick up a copy of Tom Carter's new photography book, CHINA: Portrait of a People.
If your photos are not as great as you wish they coud be, or if you are intimated by photographing people, Carter inspires with 800 portraits of Chinese people. If your tour was constricted to the cliched Beijing-Shaanxi-Yangtze-Sichuan-Shanghai route like ours was, you will be indebted to Carter for visiting all of China's 33 provinces and over 200 cities and villages during his 2-year backpacking quest. And if you are seeking that perfect souvenir of China, a keepsake that you will treasure and always want to look at, and if you think that a Mao watch or a fake- cheongsam or a pirated DVD won't do the trick, then having CHINA: Portrait of a People on your bookshelf will.
Why, CHINA: Portrait of a People, instead of, say, National Geographic? Because unlike those archaic images, Carter shows us the many faces of NEW China - punk rockers and coal miners and hookers and factory girls. He could care less about the tourist attractions that fill the pages of so many other picture books about China. Carter's eye is on the long-ignored PEOPLE. He writes in his book, "...a look at the ordinary people who don't make the international headlines, yet are the heart and sole of this country."
Readers will be fascinated by how small in shape this book is (5"x5"), making it an ideal souvenir or gift for anyone you know interested in China. Yet the density of its 639 pages is enough to keep a reader absorbed for days after you return to China. I bought two on Amazon - one for myself and one for my aunt, who adopted a baby Chinese girl. I think the photos in this book will be a beautiful way for that little girl to learn about her homeland until a time that she can visit there. Looking at pictures of the Great Wall will teach her little; but seeing portraits of people from her own province, and how those people look differently than the Chinese in other provinces, will be invaluable to her edification.
To conclude, just trust me and take a look at, CHINA: Portrait of a People, before buying any other books about China. You will be instantly reeled in by the seemingly infinite range of photos of China that Tom Carter has put together.
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