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OverviewA study of the work of celebrated Hong Kong photographer and designer Basil Pao. Carnival of Dreams offers a glimpse into the wide-ranging, fifty-year career of the internationally renowned Hong Kong photographer and designer through his work in collages and photomontages. From his early album covers when he was an art director and designer for the music industry in New York, Los Angeles, and London in the 1970s, through his diverse international assignments and personal works, to his most recent exhibition in Hong Kong, the story encompasses his long journey from cut-and-paste collages to the computer-composited photomontages of dreamscapes in this Carnival of Dreams. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Basil Pao , Pico IyerPublisher: Hong Kong University Press Imprint: Hong Kong University Press ISBN: 9789888805747ISBN 10: 9888805746 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 28 June 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviews"""Like his Surrealist forebear Ren� Magritte, Basil Pao began his artistic career as a graphic designer, creating album and book covers and Monty Python posters in 1970s New York. In the decades since, he's harnessed his multimedia talents into a solo oeuvre of visually and conceptually surprising photographs and collages: of people, animals, historical sites and landscapes around the world.""-- ""The New York Times""" """Like his Surrealist forebear René Magritte, Basil Pao began his artistic career as a graphic designer, creating album and book covers and Monty Python posters in 1970s New York. In the decades since, he's harnessed his multimedia talents into a solo oeuvre of visually and conceptually surprising photographs and collages: of people, animals, historical sites and landscapes around the world.""-- ""The New York Times""" Author InformationBasil Pao is a photographer and graphic designer from Hong Kong who has worked extensively on many film and television productions, notably with the BBC and Michael Palin on travel programs. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |