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Former politician turned travel photographer backpacks 35,000 miles across all o

Carter has traveled more than 56,000 kilometers across all 33 provinces, stopping at more than 200 cities and villages.

  | Apr 17, 2012

"Bookalikes": six degrees of Shanghai Girls

Lisa See, Vivian Yang and Lan Lan claw it out for the title of original "Shanghai Girl"!

  | Feb 29, 2012

The Making of a CHINA Photography Book

I often receive emails from aspiring authors and photographers inquiring about the creation process or asking for publishing advice. I am hardly any kind of publishing professional or literary expert, but I am always happy to share my experiences.

  | Jan 17, 2012

(incredible photo) Beautiful Bonda of Orissa India

Orissa is also one of India's most poor regions and in a constant state of political turmoil between local indigenous tribes, represented by the far-left Naxalites, or Maoists, and government and corporate interests out to exploit the resource-rich region

  | Sep 17, 2011

(cool video) Incredible INDIA Travel Photography

Travel photographer Tom Carter is backpacking across all of India to photograph his next book. Here is a preview of some of his incredible imagery from the 35 states of India.

  | Sep 17, 2011

US-China Institute interviews Tom Carter

US-China Institute interviews photographers and photojournalists exploring China's modern transformation. Tom Carter, author of CHINA: Portrait of a People, takes us on a visual journey across China.

  | Aug 29, 2011

Pink Light

Pink-Light District is English-language nomenclature referring to brothels fronting as hair salons in China.

  | Aug 18, 2011

Chinese Dynasties

The Change Dynasty is English-language nomenclature referring to the first decade of the new millennium (2000-2010) in China.

  | Aug 18, 2011

(shocking image) Beijing Melted Man

In Beijing I often saw 'melted' people on the subway. They existed there as a sort of subculture of itinerant beggars.

  | Mar 23, 2011

Open call for all literary agents, foreign rights and translation sub-agents

Foreign rights and translation publication rights now available for Carter's book. Book publisher announces open call.

  | Mar 17, 2011

1 photographer + China x 35,000 miles = amazing!

And while the quality of the pictures is not coffee table standard, the lack of gloss emphasizes the absence of Photoshopped trickery that characterizes other photo books. This is an honest work.

  | Sep 11, 2010

Christian Science Monitor reviews new China photography book

The American photojournalist spent two years traveling 35,000 miles through every province of China to photograph this 900-photo book.

  | Aug 28, 2010

Scenes from TEDx China

The purpose of TEDx China is all about bringing in the rich learning experiences of TED to people who speak Chinese, and help foster local innovations.

  | Aug 22, 2010

Carter: Getting Book Reviewed "Frustrating"

Getting the book reviewed has been even more frustrating; there is a certain bias in the mainstream press against indie books like mine; we tend to get passed over by well-financed authors.

  | Aug 22, 2010

Expo USA Pavilion sponsors an afternoon of photography and sound

By juxtaposing photography and sound, the American Art displays a modern China of unique experiences. Tom Carter, author of China: Portrait of a People and Terence Lloren, author of Growing up with Shanghai, both have intimately captured the Chinese.

  | Aug 10, 2010

Carter publishes new book about CHINA

Carter graphically documents the old China as well as the work in progress that is New China. "The goal was to portray China as it portrayed itself to me," Carter says.

  | Aug 10, 2010

Carter: "Send all High School Grads to a Developing Country"

"America ought to enact a requisite travel-abroad program for all high-school graduates to work or teach in a developing country for a year, like a compulsory Peace Corps."

  | Aug 6, 2010

Tom Carter's Advice for Aspiring Photographers and Authors

From sending query letters to publishers, to negotiating contracts and terms, to designing your layout, to fighting with editors, to getting reviewed in the press to finding a book-store distributor, Tom Carter shares it all in this exclusive interview.

  | Jul 11, 2010

The Face of Real China

Groundbreaking snapshots were compiled into CHINA: Portrait of a People. With the international release of his book this summer, the rest of the world can now tag along on Tom Carter's eye-opening journey through China.

  | Jul 7, 2010

Art, Architecture & Photography Book Review: CHINA

The point of this book is to bring to life the China that people around the world might not know.

  | Jul 7, 2010

Carter's China Photo Book FINALLY Debuts on Amazon.com!

At 600 pages and over 800 photos, CHINA: Portrait of a People is the most comprehensive photography book on modern China ever published by a single author. Available NOW on Amazon.com!

  | Jun 25, 2010

A Photography Book Review of Biblical Proportions

Two books about China with nearly identical names was enough happenstance to invite a proverbial David-and-Goliath comparison between both: one a major title from a well-financed publishing house and the other released under the radar by an independent

  | Jun 25, 2010

Chinese Contemporary Art Books - Definitive Reading List

The Chinese presently rank at half of the world's 10 best-selling living artists. Christie's auction house continues to report record-level sales (Zao Wou-ki commanded a USD $43 million-dollar bidding war for his canvases in May 2010), proving that China'

  | Jun 8, 2010

Amazon.com: 40 Chinese Movies That Don't Suck | Ultimate CHINA Film List

Many of the movies on this list have been officially banned by the CPC for one reason or another, making it quite impossible for us expats here in China to watch them except through unlawful means, i.e. pirated DVD.

  | Jun 8, 2010

The World in Photos

As a regular world traveler for business and pleasure, one of my hobbies is to collect coffee table books for every country or city I have visited. This is a list of stand-out photography books, the ones that really are displayed on my coffee table.

  | Jun 3, 2010