Vietnam - Portraits and Landscapes. Photographs. Texts by Nguyen Quan, James Whitlow Delano et al.

This book is a poignant evocation of the people, land and traditions of Vietnam, by award-winning American photographer Peter Steinhauer. His magnificent landscapes and subtle portraits reveal the diversity and breath-taking beauty of a country whose political history has at times obscured its wonders: For many people, Vietnam is the name of a war. This book is an attempt to look beyond the bloodshed and the scars of war, to capture the living traces of an ancient culture.
Steinhauer's vision of Vietnam, presented here, ist the product of seven and a half years of total immersion in Vietnamese life. His photographs, his personal response to the Vietnamese culture, penetrate to the heart of modern Vietnam.

About the author

Peter Steinhauer was born in Colorado in 1966. He graduated from the Colorado Institute of Art with a degree in photography. In 1966, photographs from his "Portraits and Landscapes" project earned him the Communication Arts Award for outstanding photo graphy. His work has been exhibited in galleries in Asia and elsewhere in the world, and has appeared in "Time, Asiaweek, Newseek, Archive, Asian Art News, Lens Work and B W, among other publications. In 2000, after seven and a half years of living in Hanoi and Saigon, Steinhauer moved to Singapore.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Steinhauer
• Publisher: Edition Stemmle
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2002
• EAN: 9783908163558
• ISBN: 978-3-908163-55-8
• No. of pages: 95
• Weight: 1242 g
• Illustrations: w. 70 photos in duotone, 1 map.
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Photography, filmmaking, video filmmaking; Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > Asia