Chinese Portraits

Diane Droin-Michaud, Anais Martane, Jacques Penhrin

As China has become one of the world’s superpowers, Western observers continually try to understand the country, often with little success. In this unusually perceptive photo book, three Europeans who have been living there for years paint a captivating portrait of China and the Chinese. Beijing-based photographer Anaïs Martane has been shooting for Time magazine and Le Monde since 2001; Hong Kong-based Diane Droin-Michaud is a correspondent for French publications; and Jacques Penhiri, who now heads his own photo agency, has observed and scrutinized the Chinese market as a consumer analyst for more than a decade. Together, their 40 narrative Chinese portraits open an essential window into this complex country.

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Thierry Colin

Beyond the Edge

In the work of photographer Thierry Colin, every picture definitely tells a story – a memory of happiness, an expression of anger, a message of shared humanity. In this beautifully printed, large-format book, these political and poetic photos from Colin’s travels in the Third World – from India to Morocco to Cuba – show, as the artist says, “the experience of what lies beyond the pictures.” Whether he’s shooting children in Phnom Penh as they rummage with rats on a garbage dump, or a stunning forest scene in Kenya’s Masai Mara reserve, Colin is doing what true artists do: letting us see the world through his eyes.

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