Bikes of Burden - Hardcover

Kemp, Hans

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9628563734 ISBN 13: 9789628563739

Publisher: Visionary World Ltd., 2005

Synopsis

In Vietnam the motorbike is the main mode of transport, not only for people but for every imaginable and unimaginable product and produce. Without the motorbike the economy would come to a halt. Bikes of Burden shows in 148 stunning, full color photographs how the motorbikes, the drivers and their loads ride around the cities and countryside in acts that defy your wildest imagination.

About this title

About the Author:

Hans Kemp is a well known photographer and writer based in Asia since the early nineties. His books about Asia and Vietnam have received universal acclaim. Bikes of Burden, illustrating Vietnam's amazing motorbike transportation, has become the must have book about daily life in Vietnam with more than 100,000 copies sold worldwide.
For a gallery of other photos by Hans Kemp visit hanskemp.photoshelter.com/

Review:

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)

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)

About this edition

• Publisher: Visionary World Ltd.
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 9628563734
• ISBN 13: 9789628563739
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160