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Cambodia: A Journey through the Land of the Khmer – in The Advisor
An extract of my new book – with renowned American photographer and Lonely Planet veteran Kraig Lieb – Cambodia: A Journey through the Land of the Khmer, is featured in The Advisor this week. Read the text – about the country’s capital Phnom Penh – here.
Continue ReadingCambodia: A Journey through the Land of the Khmer – Cover
Cambodia: A Journey through the Land of the Khmer has just been published. It’s currently only available in SE Asia but this will change soon. I am told the book will be available on Amazon soon. It’s been a great project to work on with photographer and publisher Kraig Lieb. And it’s the heaviest book […]
Continue ReadingCambodia: a Journey through the Land of the Khmer – Out Now
“Cambodia: a Journey through the Land of the Khmer” (written by Tom Vater) went on sale over the weekend in Cambodia. these shots are from Monument books at the Phnom Penh airport. it will be available on Amazon US & Amazon UK within the next month. “Cambodia: a Journey through the Land of the Khmer” […]
Continue ReadingBurmese Light Reviewed in The Advisor
Burmese Light. my collaboration with photographer Hans Kemp, gets a great review in The Advisor. Thanks, Wayne McCallum. “Burmese Light is the best photo-travelogue that I have read or browsed through in 2013 or nearly any year for that matter. Yes! It is simply that good.”
Continue ReadingAung San Suu Kyi and Burmese Light
Burmese politician and global human rights icon Aung San Suu Kyi with a copy of Burmese Light, flanked by the book’s two authors in Mandalay during the Irrawaddy Literary Festival. She kept flicking to the end papers and went, “Hm, nice….” That’s what I thought as well.
Continue ReadingBurmese Light reviewed in Wildlife and Landscape Photography Magazine
Burmese Light, a new photo book by Hans Kemp to which I contributed the text, has recently been reviewed in Wildlife and Landscape Photography Magazine. Read another recent review of Burmese Light by Ron Gluckman for The Asia Wall Street Journal.
Continue ReadingSak Yant and Sacred Skin in The Chiang Mai City News
Jennifer Jerome interviews me about Thailand’s sacred tattoos for The Chiang Mai City News this week. Read her story Ink of the Gods: The Myth and Magic of Sak Yant here. And check out my bestselling book on Thailand’s spirit tattoos, Sacred Skin, with incredible photography by Aroon Thaewchatturat. Sacred Skin is available in good […]
Continue ReadingBurmese Light is #1 at Amazon UK!
Burmese Light is #1 at Amazon UK in books about Myanmar this week. We have had magnificent press coverage in The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and on Yahoo News.
Continue ReadingBurmese Light rocks London
My new non fiction title Burmese Light has been subject of photographer Hans Kemp‘s exhibition at the OXO Tower Gallery in London this week. The private view on the 10th was a wonderful opportunity to catch up with old friends and see plenty of new faces interested in the magical light of Southeast Asia. We […]
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