Bicycles of Southeast Asia
Bicycles of Southeast Asia is a photographic journey through Southeast Asia focusing on bicycles and the people who ride them. The book is 200 pages, includes 120 color plates in both single and double-page spreads with captions, and features a 2,500-word introduction that is both engaging and informative. The book chronicles the author’s various trips throughout the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam, and is as much about the people depicted as the bicycles they use in their daily commerce and related activities. The images show the dignity and resourcefulness of their human subjects, whether they be street vendors for whom the bicycle is an essential part of their livelihood, people using bicycles for transportation in crowded city streets, or children for whom the bicycle is a deeply meaningful part of their lives. The photographs in Bicycles of Southeast Asia celebrate the machine that in the words of Iris Murdoch, “is the most perfect conveyance known to man.” The images capture the spirit of those for whom the bicycle is an integral part of life, while the accompanying captions illuminate and provide insight into the visuals, such as the image of the young boy who collects trash with his bicycle in Battambang, Cambodia, poignantly captioned, “The child is father of the man.” The book shows the bicycle in a variety of circumstances and attests to the important role it plays in the richly textured fabric of life in Southeast Asia, conveying to the reader in a poignant and timely fashion its own version of the “family of man,” with a particular emphasis on Asian culture.
Bicycles of Southeast Asia is a photographic journey through Southeast Asia focusing on bicycles and the people who ride them. The book is 200 pages, includes 120 color plates in both single and double-page spreads with captions, and features a 2,500-word introduction that is both engaging and informative. The book chronicles the author’s various trips throughout the Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam, and is as much about the people depicted as the bicycles they use in their daily commerce and related activities. The images show the dignity and resourcefulness of their human subjects, whether they be street vendors for whom the bicycle is an essential part of their livelihood, people using bicycles for transportation in crowded city streets, or children for whom the bicycle is a deeply meaningful part of their lives.
The photographs in Bicycles of Southeast Asia celebrate the machine that in the words of Iris Murdoch, “is the most perfect conveyance known to man.” The images capture the spirit of those for whom the bicycle is an integral part of life, while the accompanying captions illuminate and provide insight into the visuals, such as the image of the young boy who collects trash with his bicycle in Battambang, Cambodia, poignantly captioned, “The child is father of the man.” The book shows the bicycle in a variety of circumstances and attests to the important role it plays in the richly textured fabric of life in Southeast Asia, conveying to the reader in a poignant and timely fashion its own version of the “family of man,” with a particular emphasis on Asian culture.
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