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Photo-Essay Of Tibet (prior To Being Outlawed For Foreign Travel)
These photos of Tibet capture something of the peerless beauty and character of the people I came across during my journey from Kham to Ngari: China’s final frontier.
(funny Photo) Chinese Window Washers On A Smoking Break
Shanghai window washers sharing a cigarette from a 33-storey building.
Tom Carter Named "one Of The Most Extraordinary Explorers Of China"
The World of Chinese magazine has named Tom Carter "ONE OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY EXPLORERS OF CHINA", along with Zheng He, Xu Xiake and Matteo Ricci, in their latest 2012 issue.
American Politician Turned Travel Photographer Backpacks 35,000 Miles Across All Of China
Carter has traveled more than 56,000 kilometers across all 33 provinces, stopping at more than 200 cities and villages.
Battle Of The Copycatting Shanghai Girls
*screech* *hiss* Things are getting catty again in the Shanghai literary scene: Lisa See, Vivian Yang and Lan Lan claw it out for the title of original "Shanghai Girl"!
The Making Of A Photography Book
I often receive emails from aspiring authors and photographers inquiring about the creation process or asking for publishing advice. I am hardly any kind of publishing professional or literary expert, but I am always happy to share my experiences as an indie author and impart my accrued knowledge about publishing.
(incredible Photo) Beautiful Bonda of Orissa India
Orissa is also one of India's most poor regions and in a constant state of political turmoil between local indigenous tribes, represented by the far-left Naxalites, or Maoists, and government and corporate interests out to exploit the resource-rich region.
(cool Video) Incredible INDIA Travel Photography
Travel photographer Tom Carter is backpacking across all of India to photograph his next book. Here is a preview of some of his incredible imagery from the 35 states of India.
US-China Institute Interviews Tom Carter
US-China Institute interviews photographers and photojournalists exploring China's modern transformation. Tom Carter, author of CHINA: Portrait of a People, takes us on a visual journey across China.
The Face of China (cool Video)
Portraits of Chinese people from the 33 provinces.
Do You Think You Know China?
If you think you know what China is like, an attentive encounter with this photograph collection may surprise you many times over.
640-page Coffee-table Book As Big As CHINA Itself!
Getting a full picture of China - a vast country with an enormous population, a place that is experiencing sweeping cultural and economic changes - is impossible. But Tom Carter comes close!
Carter: "Flickr Killed the Coffee-table Book Genre"
Tom Carter: "My book might be a critical success, but the fact is that people don’t buy coffee-table books anymore; Flickr killed that genre."
Christian Science Monitor Reviews New Photography Book
The American photojournalist spent two years traveling 35,000 miles to photograph this 900-photo book.
China's New Ambassador of Good Will: Tom Carter
Reading and absorbing this book will provide the reader with a true sense of the cultural riches of China: more important, the reader will feel an affinity for these people with whom we share life on the planet.
Still Think All CHINESE Look the Same?
China - home to 1.3 billion people of 56 different ethnicities with over 400 spoken dialects. Photographer Tom Carter spent 2 years traveling 56,000 kilometers across all of China's 33 provinces to dispel the stereotype of the Chinese as a single, homogenous race. The following portraits are just a small sample of Tom Carter's new 640-page, 888-image book of photography CHINA: Portrait of a People, considered the most comprehensive photography book on modern China ever published by a single author. Now, do you still think that all Chinese look the same?
Carter Publishes New Book About CHINA
Carter graphically documents the old China as well as the work in progress that is New China. "The goal was to portray China as it portrayed itself to me," Carter says.
Carter: "Send All High School Grads to a Developing Country"
"America ought to enact a requisite travel-abroad program for all high-school graduates to work or teach in a developing country for a year, like a compulsory Peace Corps."