Beryl Chen (signed)
by Rene Groebli
Photographs: René Groebli
Publisher: Sturm & Drang
48 pages
Pictures: 44
Year: 2016
ISBN: 9780984820283
Price: 55 €
Comments: Comments: Hardcover, 29,7 x 21 cm
Swiss photographer René Groebli visited London in 1953 and by chance encuntered Beryl Chen, a young women recently arrived in the city along with a wave of other immigrants seeking a better future. Her Jamaican mother and Chinese father far away, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery and affirmation, and agrees tp be photographed by Groebli. Using back-and-white images made with his Leica camera, he mixes reportage and artful storytelling in an attempt to document her life in this new, formidable city. Perhaps she will find her purpose, or happiness; perhaps she will find even love. Now, 60 years later, this previously unpublished series of images finally comes to light.
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Beryl Chen (signed)
by Rene Groebli
Photographs: René Groebli
Publisher: Sturm & Drang
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Pictures: 44
Year: 2016
ISBN: 9780984820283
Price: 55 €
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Beryl Chen (signed)
by Rene Groebli
Photographs: René Groebli
Publisher: Sturm & Drang
48 pages
Pictures: 44
Year: 2016
ISBN: 9780984820283
Price: 55 €
Comments: Comments: Hardcover, 29,7 x 21 cm
Swiss photographer René Groebli visited London in 1953 and by chance encuntered Beryl Chen, a young women recently arrived in the city along with a wave of other immigrants seeking a better future. Her Jamaican mother and Chinese father far away, she embarks on a journey of self-discovery and affirmation, and agrees tp be photographed by Groebli. Using back-and-white images made with his Leica camera, he mixes reportage and artful storytelling in an attempt to document her life in this new, formidable city. Perhaps she will find her purpose, or happiness; perhaps she will find even love. Now, 60 years later, this previously unpublished series of images finally comes to light.
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