Former politician turned photographer backpacks 35,000 miles across China
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17.04.2012 10:09:24 - Travel photographer Tom Carter is the cover story of Beijing Today newspaper
(live-PR.com) - Travel photographer Tom Carter, who made international headlines for backpacking 35,000 miles across all of China to photograph his book CHINA: Portrait of a People, will appear on the cover of an upcoming edition of Beijing Today newspaper.
Carter, 38, was once fascinated by politics and confident it would become his career. But the deeper he delved into the political world,
the more he found himself wanting out. Ten years ago, he decided to try another way of life: backpacking on the road. But before he could, he had to get off his career track of politics.
“The deeper I became involved by politics, the more disenchanted I became with it,” Carter said. “I wanted to make a difference in the world, but all the politicians wanted was to make money.”
Carter has traveled more than 56,000 kilometers across all 33 provinces, stopping at more than 200 cities and villages. In the past six years, Carter has watched the country change in ways that make it poised to eclipse the US, Carter said.
“I can’t say that I agree with all of China’s progress; it’s a real shame to see so much of what made China unique erased so that the cities can look exactly the same as they do in America,” he said. “But I am very impressed by how swiftly it has all happened right before my eyes.”
The China journey has also given Carter a deep understanding of how life and humanity varies from province to province.
“If I had just come to China and stayed in, say, Shanghai or Beijing the entire time, then I would never have the right to claim to be an authority on Chinese culture,” he said. “This is what I don’t understand about so many foreign journalists, authors and so-called ‘experts’ and Sinologists here who claim they know what they are talking about when the fact is they never actually leave their little bubbles.”
The entire interview with Tom Carter can be read on Beijing Today:
www.beijingtoday.com.cn/expat-news/venturing-chi ..
Carter, 38, was once fascinated by politics and confident it would become his career. But the deeper he delved into the political world,
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“The deeper I became involved by politics, the more disenchanted I became with it,” Carter said. “I wanted to make a difference in the world, but all the politicians wanted was to make money.”
Carter has traveled more than 56,000 kilometers across all 33 provinces, stopping at more than 200 cities and villages. In the past six years, Carter has watched the country change in ways that make it poised to eclipse the US, Carter said.
“I can’t say that I agree with all of China’s progress; it’s a real shame to see so much of what made China unique erased so that the cities can look exactly the same as they do in America,” he said. “But I am very impressed by how swiftly it has all happened right before my eyes.”
The China journey has also given Carter a deep understanding of how life and humanity varies from province to province.
“If I had just come to China and stayed in, say, Shanghai or Beijing the entire time, then I would never have the right to claim to be an authority on Chinese culture,” he said. “This is what I don’t understand about so many foreign journalists, authors and so-called ‘experts’ and Sinologists here who claim they know what they are talking about when the fact is they never actually leave their little bubbles.”
The entire interview with Tom Carter can be read on Beijing Today:
www.beijingtoday.com.cn/expat-news/venturing-chi ..
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