/ A unique photographic essay about the most remote city in the world, lying on the borders of China and India / Celebrates the history and character of Kashgar / John Gollings is one of Australia's most highly regarded photographers / Informed and readable text
George Michell trained as an architect and obtained a PhD in Indian Archaeology at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has carried out research on many historical sites in India including, most recently, the ruined city of Vijayanagara in Karnataka.
John Gollings is one of Australia's leading landscape photographers whose work has been widely published in books and magazines.
Marika Vicziany is a professor of archeology at Monash University, Australia.
Yen Hu Tsui in an archeologist in Beijing.
One of the most historic cities in Central Asia, Kashgar certainly merits a fine picture book. The city is crammed with photogenic subjects: the Uighur people, their dress, food, donkey carts, houses, mosques and cemeteries. John Gollings has done them justice. Steppe A lucidly written text on the history of the city, the Uighurs and their beliefs and practices, and the impact of urbanism and modernisation, this remarkable work has colour photographs of surpassing excellence. Frontline
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