"On a bridge in Guangzhou, Daniel Traub encountered a Chinese photographer who specialized in taking portraits of Africans living in the city. Intrigued by this surreal combination, he photographed the surrounding streets and activity. In the book, he added folios of the portraits taken by Wu Yong Fu and Zeng Xian Fang, his collaborator. This, together with an interview with the photographers, contributes to one of the most surprising and engaging books of the year." – Martin Parr



"Daniel Traub brings a unique, visual approach to this story, finding a rare human-scale perspective on the shifting tectonic plates of global relations. . . The combination of Traub's expository images and the cast of characters introduced via Wu and Zeng sets the stage for a compelling larger narrative." – Lesley A. Martin, Aperture

As China's power and reach have grown, it has become a new center of gravity pulling people from remote lands. Guangzhou has become a magnet for Africans and other groups who have come in search of opportunity and to trade in the goods produced in the Pearl River Delta. 

Little North Road is a photographic collaboration that looks at a pedestrian bridge in the middle of Guangzhou. The bridge serves as a symbolic gateway into China from Africa. Read book intro ︎︎︎

Title: Little North Road | Africa in China Author: Daniel Traub
Photographs by Wu Yongfu, Zeng Xianfang and Daniel Traub
Edited by Daniel Traub and Robert Pledge
176 pages / 117 color plates / 21 x 27,8 cm
Essays by Barbara Pollack, Roberto Castillo, Robert Pledge and Daniel Traub
Designed by Masumi Shibata
Published by Kehrer Verlag
ISBN: 978-3-86828-629-8

☆ Photobooks of the Year 2016 by Martin Parr
☆ Shortlist – Paris Photo/Aperture Foundation Photobook Award 2016 
☆ 2016 Photobooks of the Year – LensCulture
☆ Best Photobooks of the Year 2016 – TIME

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"Daniel Traub's North Philadelphia is not only a portrait of this often misunderstood neighborhood, but it is also a deeply personal exploration of a community Traub has long known and loved. . . .Traub does not mask the difficulties of the area, but the work is not without hope or dignity. . . .formally beautiful and elegantly conceived." – Photo-eye

North Philadelphia is a photographic portrait of a neighborhood in prolonged crisis. The book presents a compelling glimpse into an urban area that hovers between decay and possibility, and is emblematic of many such regions across the United States.

Growing up in Philadelphia, photographer Daniel Traub came to know this section of the city as a youth while working on an urban renewal art project. Many years later, after spending a decade in China photographing communities at the margins of Chinese society, he returned to North Philadelphia to explore the economic and racial divide in his own country.

Made between 2008-2013, North Philadelphia combines images of dilapidated homes, vacant lots, and street corners with portraits of the residents. While it is an unvarnished view of a neglected corner of America, it is also a book imbued with beauty and moments of revelation.

Title: North Philadelphia
Photographer: Daniel Traub
Essay by Daniel Traub
Designer: Masumi Shibata Publisher: Kehrer Verlag Hardcover, 24 x 30 cm, 120 pages, 52 color ills., English
Year: 2014
ISBN 978-3-86828-478-2


☆ Selected title – German Photo Book Award 2015

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