Catching the Light: A Journey Across Myanmar - Softcover

Birgit Neiser

Softcover

ISBN 10: 616733983X ISBN 13: 9786167339832

Publisher: River Books, 2024

Synopsis

• Award winning photographer with exhibitions in London, Munich, Sydney and Yangon
• Evocative images capturing day-to-day life in Burma and images rarely seen by the western traveller

German photographer Birgit Nieser travelled across Burma on timber trucks and motorbikes capturing a way of life that is fast disappearing. Her stunning black and white images capture the essence and heart of this breathtaking country.

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About the Author

Birgit Nieser is a German photographer who divides her time between Germany and Australia. She has been visiting Burma since 1981.

From the Back Cover

Much has changed in Burma since Birgit Neiser first visited in 1981.The country is now known as Myanmar, and military rule - which lasted nearly half a century - has given way to a tentative democratic process. Returning in 2010, at the cusp of this groundbreaking shift, Neiser began spending two months each year in Myanmar. To document ways of life she knew would soon start to disappear and to reach areas inaccessible to the casual visitor, the author travelled across the country - on the back of timber trucks in the mountains of Kachin state, by motorbike in northern Shan State, and onboard an old fishing vessel in the Andaman Sea. The result is Catching the Light - a dazzling collection of photographs that captures a unique moment in Myanmar's social, cultural, and political history.

Edition details

• Publisher: River Books
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 616733983X
• ISBN 13: 9786167339832
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 194