Bikes of BURDEN - Hardcover

Hans Kemp

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9628563734 ISBN 13: 9789628563739

Publisher: Visionary World Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

It is the motorbike that makes Vietnam tick. In Saigon alone, two million ply the streets. People commute by bike, father take their kids to school by bike (you d be surprised how many at a time!), products find their way to the consumers by motorbike. The bike as backbone of the economy... the bike as carrier of goods and people... the bike as beast of burden. * A remarkable selection of Hans Kemp s finest shots - often taken from the back of one of the self-same bikes quirky, mystifying, eye-opening, frightening and downright unbelievable. Can you really get that many people on a 50cc bike? How can he drive that thing when his load blocks his vision? Why doesn t the whole thing fall apart under the weight? Dead pigs????? Surreal, man.

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Review:

An amazing collection of wonderful images... ...a truly fascinating book to explore.--Shutterbug Magazine, July 2006 (this book) captures a most distinctive aspect of (Vietnam's) streetlife.--SF Chronicle a fantastic picture book of Vietnam," "required reading for anyone interested in Vietnam today.--Senator Max Baucus, Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, delivering a keynote speech on U.S.-Vietnam Trade and Economic Relations on Jun

About the Author:

Kemp, ( Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) is a Dutch photographer whose 3 photo books about Vietnam have received wide acclaim. His photos appear regularly in a broad range of international publications

About this edition

• Publisher: Visionary World Ltd
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 9628563734
• ISBN 13: 9789628563739
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 158