JUSTIN GUARIGLIA
Born in 1974 in Maplewood, New Jersey, Justin Guariglia now resides
in Taipei, Taiwan. Guariglia has previously lived in Venice,
Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Shanghai, and New York
City.
His work revolves around the experience of travel, and foreign
cultures, from the viewpoint of the lone traveler.
His first book, entitled Shaolin: Temple of Zen was published by
the Aperture Foundation of New York in October of 2007, and
accompanied by a 99 piece internationally travelling exhibition,
also produced by Aperture. The book and exhibition feature the
notoriously guarded Shaolin Temple, which is the birthplace of Zen
Buddhism and martial arts. Guariglia is the first foreign
photographer allowed to document the real monks of Shaolin in the
1500-year-old temple's history.
His second book, entitled Planet Shanghai, published in Spring 2008
by Chronicle Books of San Francisco, looks at daily life in and
around the old, and quickly disappearing, long tang / li long or
back alley communal living quarters of Shanghai, China. The book
was selected by American Photo magazine as one of the best
photography books of 2008.
Guariglia was nominated for the International Center of
Photography's Young Photographer Infinity Award, received two Photo
of the Year awards, and was named by Photo District News as one of
the top "30 Young Photographers under 30."
JOHN KRICH
John Krich is one of the most original voices in the new wave of
travel writing. He is the author of Won Ton Lust, El Beisbol, Music
in Every Room, and Why Is This Country Dancing? His articles have
appeared in the Asian Wall Street Journal, National Geographic
Traveler, Conde Nast Traveler, the New York Times, and other
leading publications. His novel about Fidel Castro, A Totally Free
Man, won a Special Citation PEN/Hemingway Prize. Krich currently
resides in Bangkok, Thailand, and has reported from China and Asia
for the past eight years.
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