The Stars Are Fire

THE STARS ARE FIRE a Photography Book by JULIAN BOUND

A photographic collection of people from across the world by National Geographic contributor and award winning documentary photographer Julian Bound.

Taken over a ten year period whilst living on the road travelling throughout the continents of Asia and South East Asia, the following collection of portraiture work represents the diversity of people found within the countries of Nepal, Thailand, Bhutan, Cambodia, Japan, India, Tibet, Myanmar and Indonesia.

From portraiture of the women of Nepal's Jethal Village on the borderlands of Tibet to the rickshaw drivers of downtown Malang city on the Indonesian island of Java, and from Amritsar's Golden Temple in the heart of The Punjab to the Buddhist monks of Shigatse's Tashi Lhunpo Monastery of the Tibetan midlands, 'The Stars Are Fire' presents an insight into the world and its range of communities, with only a brief accompanying outline telling of each photograph's location - as it is the photograph itself which tells the story.

Photography Locations:

•NEPAL
•THAILAND
•BHUTAN
•CAMBODIA
•JAPAN
•INDIA
•TIBET
•INDONESIA
•MYANMAR

A selection of intimate portraiture photography from nine countries and two continents.

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.