Publisher's Synopsis
IN THE FIELD by JULIAN BOUND
From National Geographic contributor and award winning documentary photographer Julian Bound, an exhilarating story of capturing world events, conflicts and culture on camera.
From the child soldiers of a Burmese liberation army to photographing the moment Nepal's 2015 earthquake struck, In The Field tells of encounters within Java's active volcanoes, Cairo's Arab Spring, Bangkok's coup d'état, and a venture into covert photography for a government in exile.
Alongside tales of conflict and natural disasters another journey it recounted, one which saw to documenting Buddhism throughout Asia and South East Asia. Including Bhutan's fortress monasteries, Tibet's temples and chanting Tantric monks of the Himalayas, In The Field tells of a humorous meeting with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama at his 80th birthday celebrations.
Stories covered include:
- Autobiography
- The Karen National Liberation Army
- Maoist Civil War
- Rebellion on the streets of Bangkok
- Tibetan refugees
- A journey through Tibet
- Mumbai's Dharavi slums
- Cambodia's Killing Fields
- The Nepal earthquakes of 2015
- His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
A breathtaking account of life on the road as a documentary photographer, told with honesty, humour and heart.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Born in England, Julian is a documentary photographer, film maker and author. With photographic work featured on the BBC news, his photographs have been published in National Geographic, New Scientist and the international press. His work focuses on the social documentary of world culture, religion and traditions, with time spent studying meditation with the Buddhist monks of Tibet and Northern Thailand and spiritual teachers of India's Himalaya region.
Present for the Nepal earthquakes of 2015 he documented the disaster for eighteen months whilst working as an emergency deployment photographer for various NGO and international embassies in conjunction with the United Nations.
The author of novels 'The Geisha and the Monk', 'Subway of Light' and 'Life's Heart Eternal', when not on the road in Asia, Julian is based in the UK.
