The Vanishing Tribes of Burma

Diran, Richard K. The Vanishing Tribes of Burma. New York: Amphoto Art, 1997. First edition. Folio. 240pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over black cloth with silver lettering on spine. Pictorial endpapers. Photo-illustrated half-title and title page. Richard K. Diran, an American photographer/writer who lives in Thailand, has been visiting and recording the tribes of Burma since 1982. The lush photography of this pictorial study of tribes (many of whom have never been recorded on film) hmakes it one of the most evocative cultural portraits ever published. As an anthropological study, the 28 tribes of Burma reflect the wide diversity of this nation’s races.In addition to hundreds of color photographs of tribesmen and women – especially women – dressed in their Sunday best, a 30 page “Ethnological History,” gives background on each of the groups and reproduces many black and white photographs from the 1920s. vg. Hardcover. (37352) $45