A photographer, his camera, a backpack, two years, one country, 56 cultures, 1.3 billion people, 33 provinces and 56,000 kilometers.
Tom Carter has seen a whole lot of China. After two years traveling the country, taking over 10,000 portraits of people he encountered along the way, Tom recently published a 640-page book of 800 color photographs. His aim was to capture the spirit of China through images and dispel the stereotypes of the Chinese as a homogeneous single nationality. Traveling by the cheapest modes of transport available and sleeping in 15 RMB guesthouses, the American photographer lived side by side with the ordinary people of China. CHINA: Portrait of a People is the culmination of his hard work, his passion for travel, his eye for detail and his genuine curiosity. For a few choice examples of Tom Carter's China photos and a feature interview with Carter, go to ChinaTravel.net.
Photo by Tom Carter.
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Two years in the suck!? this poor mans mind must be ruined.
Thank you Tom for capturing the diversity and humanity of the people of China. And to the commenter above, at least Mr. Carter has got a mind.
though this isn't even the best example to comment on; I am just wondering why everyone is so darn mean in the comments of this website. I read 2 different "ist" pages, and the difference is striking. everyone is super racially defensive here as well as just plain old mean.
It really takes the fun out of an otherwise pretty great page. I still wish there was a HongKongist.
on sfist people are always joking with each other, but it is not nearly as confrontational.
in conclusion: be nice.
ps. the tom carter interview is really interesting. i can't even imagine some of the things he went through.
Learn Chinese cultures with a fair mind
and you will find China not that mysterious
after all.
Really? REALLY? egads!
Just listen to these numbers, two years, one country, 56 cultures, 1.3 billion people, 33 provinces and 56,000 kilometers, this is really crazy. Compared with Chinese Long March, I should say Tom Carter achieved his Long March of the new era. That is so uncredible.
Traveling by the cheapest modes of transport available and sleeping in 15 RMB guesthouses, Tom Carter deserves anything he got. This book will be the milestone in China hisstory.
2年，一个国家，56个民族，13亿人口，33个省，五万六千公里路，光是听这些的数字，都快晕了。就跟中国的万里长征一样，Tom Carter同样也是经历取得了万里长征的胜利，非常的不简单，难以置信。通过最便宜的旅行工具，住在廉价的15元的旅馆，Tom Carter值得所有的回报。相信这本书会是中国历史上的一个里程碑。
Kissfish likely to be carter's publisher. Did he or she really decide to translate the post above on the moment? Unlikely. It's marketing.
Uncredible?
gazjoe, i think his publisher would know better than to use "uncredible." more like one of carter's rabid chinese fans. his book seems to have the sort of pro-china nationalistic appeal that drives the chinese into a patriotic frenzy. good on him.