This Noble Hunt

THIS NOBLE HUNT a poetry book by JULIAN BOUND

A poetry collection inspired by situations encountered during a twenty year career as a documentary photographer and National Geographic contributor.

From the documenting of the child soldiers of the Burmese Karen National Liberation Army, to the Arab Spring of 2011, Cairo, Egypt, to the gypsies of India and resettled Tibetan refugees in Nepal, each poetic chapter offers an insight into the emotions present within such times.

'This Noble Hunt' also explores the assignments of the sulphur miners of Java, the Nepalese earthquakes of 2015 and His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama's 80th birthday.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Born in England, Julian is a documentary photographer, film maker and author. With photographic work featured on the BBC news, his photographs have been published in National Geographic, New Scientist and the international press. His work focuses on the social documentary of world culture, religion and traditions, with time spent studying meditation with the Buddhist monks of Tibet and Northern Thailand and spiritual teachers of India's Himalaya region.

Present for the Nepal earthquakes of 2015 he documented the disaster for eighteen months whilst working as an emergency deployment photographer for various NGO and international embassies in conjunction with the United Nations.

The author of novels 'The Geisha and the Monk', 'Subway of Light' and 'Life's Heart Eternal', when not on the road in Asia, Julian is based in the UK.