A Walk Around The Block In

A WALK AROUND THE BLOCK IN a STREET PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK by JULIAN BOUND. Street photography taken in Asia's golden hour of 5pm to 6pm. With over 80 photographs in colour and black and white. 30 minute strolls around the block in the cities of India, Cambodia, Thailand and Nepal, amid the organised chaos of traffic and footfall, dust and noise. From a walk along the Ghats of Varanasi, India, on the shores of the River Ganges to the bustling streets and sois of Bangkok, Thailand, where tuk-tuk drivers jostle for position between buses and food stalls. Cambodia and its capital Phnom Penh, where Buddhist monks give roadside blessings in cooling, early evening heat, and to the shop lined alleyways of Kathmandu, Nepal, where dimly lit doorways become illuminated by the smiles held within. 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.