China. Travels Between the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers
Lloyd Barbara
Skira
Milano, 2006; bound, pp. 152, col. ill., cm 30x23,5.
(Fotografia).
series: Fotografia
ISBN: 88-7624-938-9 - EAN13: 9788876249389
Subject: Photography,Towns,Travel's Culture
Period: All Periods
Places: Out of Europe
Extra: Oriental Art and Culture
Languages:
Weight: 1.25 kg
From the mouth of the Yangtze at Shanghai to one of its tiny tributary rivulets high on the Sichuan Plateau, Barbara Lloyd's poetic photographs of landscapes and cityscapes, monuments and ruins, together with a great diversity of people and costumes offer the reader a compelling and novel insight into this fascinating country.
From the estuary of the Yellow River, where the ochre waters meet the China Sea, and from thence up to the border of Inner Mongolia in Ningxia Province, via the treasures of Xian, and the ruins of the Great Wall, the captivating photographs tell a story that is truly varied.
Following the photographer's footsteps, the book is divided into 5 "itineraries" including Beijing, home of the Forbidden City and Tiananmen Square, Shanghai, the boom city on the banks of the Huang Ho River, the Yangtze River, Dali, Shangri-la, Sichuan, Leshan, and the Yellow River.
Filled with memorable images, this book is both a visual travelogue and a cultural portrait of a changing China and will inevitably encourage readers to venture further into this majestic and multifaceted country.