Lu nan photographer biography book

First edition of Trilogy by Lu Nan (2018)

First impression 

Large format hardback in near fine condition 

There is a soft bump to bottom right corner of front cover that has also affected the corners of a few pages inside

No other makings 

Published by GOST

About

Trilogy, by Magnum photographer Lu Nan draws together three major series of work documenting marginalised communities.

Previously only published in his native China, this is the first English language publication of the renowned photographer’s work.

The first section of the book draws on The Forgotten Ones, a haunting study of the living conditions of China’s psychiatric patients.

For this project, Lu Nan visited 38 mental institutions across ten provinces and major cities, as well as numerous families in their private houses. In China, there is a social stigma around mental illness, and Lu Nan’s often difficult, photographs of those cast aside by the mainstream, aim to present the situation with a car