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The Demolition of Carabanchel
“Carabanchel está grabado a fuego en la piel moral de todos los españoles.” Juan Antonio Ramírez, Carabanchel: el templo de la memoria Under cover of darkness, one night in late October 2008, an excavator began tearing at the walls of the Carabanchel prison. The enormous complex, constructed in the 1940s, […]
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Beijing Book Presentation with the RASBJ
In the fall of 2025, I was back in Beijing for the first time post-COVID and 10 years after I first started photographing Chinese film sets. I shared my photobook project at an event organized by the Royal Asiatic Society of Beijing and hosted at La Maison Lyonnaise. In conversation […]
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Book Video: Once Upon a Time in Shanghai
I put together this 5 minute video to present my latest book ‘Once Upon a Time in Shanghai: Behind the Scenes of the Chinese Movie Industry’ (Daylight Books, 2019). I wanted to share what I find so fascinating about the mainland China film industry, as well as the process and thought that went into making the photographs.
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New Photobook: Once Upon a Time in Shanghai now available from Daylight Books!
My latest photobook, Once Upon a Time in Shanghai (Daylight Books, 2019), documents the movie industry in mainland China. The book is now available for order from the publisher Daylight Books. You can also find it at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington DC. Or ask your local bookstore to […]
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Press for ‘Once Upon a Time in Shanghai’
My new photobook ‘Once Upon a Time in Shanghai’ has already been generating some media buzz. Here are a few links interviews and stories about the book: Bloomberg: Behind the Scenes of China’s Multibillion-Dollar Film Studios Wired: China’s Sprawling Movie Sets Put Hollywood to Shame New York Times: These Books Take […]
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Indiegogo campaign is live!
Participate in the creation of my forthcoming photobook ‘Once Upon a Time in Almeria: The Legacy of Hollywood in Spain.’ With your help the book will be published in Fall 2017 by Daylight Books! Visit my Indiegogo project page to see an introductory video and get more information about how […]
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