Actual print run (2nd) - PARR/BADGER, Vol.III
"Photographs of full-time scavengers, cleaners and other citizens of Beijing and Shanghai picking up plastic bottles that were placed in front of the camera." - "The photographs in this book chart the daily rituals of 24 refuse collectors as they go about their business. We placed the bottles in front of our view camera and released the shutter at the moment someone picked it up." (© WASSINKLUNDGREN)
Winner of the 2007 Prix du Livre for Best Contemporary Photobook
"Photographs of full-time scavengers, cleaners and other citizens of Beijing and Shanghai picking up plastic bottles that were placed in front of the camera." - "The photographs in this book chart the daily rituals of 24 refuse collectors as they go about their business. We placed the bottles in front of our view camera and released the shutter at the moment someone picked it up." (© WASSINKLUNDGREN)
Winner of the 2007 Prix du Livre for Best Contemporary Photobook
- Book design
- KUMMER & HERRMAN
- Format
- 2nd printrun, pb., 23,5 x 32 cm., 64 pp., text language: English