Exchange Student: A Photo Memoir of China

By Gary Heath

Twelve British exchange students travelled to the People's Republic of China in the late 1980s. Their unusual destination was Taiyuan City in Shanxi Province. One of them took a camera with him to document the experience. Gary Heath captured affecting snapshots of classmates, teachers and citizenry in Taiyuan. He also travelled wi

• Language: English
• Publisher: Caoshan Press
• Release date: Jul 5, 2022
• ISBN: 9781838157746

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EXCHANGE STUDENT

A PHOTO MEMOIR OF CHINA

GARY HEATH

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CONTENTS

Dedication

Foreword

Preface

A Photo Memoir of China

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Exchange Student — A Photo Memoir of China

By Gary Heath

Text and cover © 2022 Gary Heath

All photos © 2022 Gary Heath

Foreword © 2022 Gavin Pollock

Cover Design and formatting by Hannah Linder Designs

Published by the Caoshan Press of Birchington, Kent, England

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Chinese personal and place names have been romanized using the Roman Pinyin transliteration system.

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For Michael Heath

My dear uncle who interested me in photography

FOREWORD

In 1987, I set off for Fukuoka, Japan with nothing but a tattered copy of the Lonely Planet