The Men Who Would Be King

Why do men dream of being worshipped by people on the other side of the world? The Men Who Would Be King explores an old fantasy that still has resonance in Vanuatu in the South Pacific with the prophecy that a divine man will one day come from overseas.

About the author

Jon Tonks is a British photographer based in Bath in the UK. His work focuses on long term projects telling stories about lives shaped by history and geography. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian Weekend, and Sunday Times Magazine. He has been shortlisted for the Taylor Wessing National Portrait Prize three times. In 2014 Tonks was presented with the Vic Odden Award by the Royal Photographic Society for his first book Empire: a journey across the South Atlantic to four remote British Overseas Territories. Christopher Lord is a writer and editor. Previously based in the Middle East and Turkey for eight years, he has written about world affairs and contemporary art since 2008. The Men Who Would Be King is his first book.

Product details

• Assisted by: Tonks Jon (Photographs)
• Publisher: Turnaround
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781911306436
• ISBN: 978-1-911306-43-6
• Weight: 816 g
• Illustrations: farbige Illustrationen
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, PHOTOGRAPHY / Individual Photographers / General, Travel writing, Individual photographers