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    Luang Prabang From The Hip: Street Photography by Julian Bound
    Luang Prabang From The Hip: Street Photography by Julian Bound
    Luang Prabang From The Hip: Street Photography by Julian Bound
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    LUANG PRABANG FROM THE HIP a street photography book by JULIAN BOUND.

    A photography book capturing the Laos city of Luang Prabang, using the photographic technique of 'from the hip' photography by award winning photographer Julian Bound, with all photographs taken from the waist and with no use of view finder or display screen. Featuring the Buddhist temples and monks of the city, its bustling markets and street food and the smiles of the Laotian people in their transition of what was once a provincial town now finding its place as an emerging city, yet still retaining the same culture and traditions it has known for centuries.

    ABOUT THE AUTHOR


    Born in England, Julian is a documentary photographer, film maker and author. With photographic work featured on the BBC news, his photographs have been published in National Geographic, New Scientist and the international press. His work focuses on the social documentary of world culture, religion and traditions, with time spent studying meditation with the Buddhist monks of Tibet and Northern Thailand and spiritual teachers of India's Himalaya region.

    Present for the Nepal earthquakes of 2015 he documented the disaster for eighteen months whilst working as an emergency deployment photographer for various NGO and international embassies in conjunction with the United Nations.

    The author of novels 'The Geisha and the Monk', 'Subway of Light' and 'Life's Heart Eternal', when not on the road in Asia, Julian is based in the UK.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJulian Bound
    Release dateFeb 6, 2020
    ISBN9781393122333
    Luang Prabang From The Hip: Street Photography by Julian Bound
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    Julian Bound

    Born in the UK, Julian Bound is a documentary photographer, film maker and author. Featured on the BBC news, National Geographic and in the international press, his work focuses on the social documentary of world culture, religion and traditions, spending time studying meditation with the Buddhist monks of Tibet and Northern Thailand and with spiritual teachers of India’s Himalaya region. His photography work includes documenting the child soldiers of the Burmese Karen National Liberation Army, the Arab Spring of 2011, Cairo, Egypt, and the Thailand political uprisings of 2009 and 2014 in Bangkok. With portraiture of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Julian has photographed the Tibetan refugee camps of Nepal and India. His other projects include the road working gypsies of India, the Dharavi slums of Mumbai, the rail track slums of Jakarta and the sulphur miners at work in the active volcanoes of Eastern Java, Indonesia. Present for the Nepal earthquakes of 2015, he documented the disaster whilst working as an emergency deployment photographer for various NGO and international embassies in conjunction with the United Nations. Julian has published  photography books of settings across the world, including portraiture work, and city guides, and has also published several poetry books, including ‘Haiku, a Journey Through the Deepest Emotions’, Julian is also the author of  the novels ‘The Geisha and the Monk’, ‘Subway of Light’ and ‘Life’s Heart Eternal’.

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