Brave New Burma -- A photographic book by Nic Dunlop

Book cover for Nic Dunlop's new photographic book "Brave New Burma."

Nic Dunlop at the FCCT

Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand.  Bangkok.  July 30, 2013.  Nic Dunlap is what you might call an old “Asia hand.”  That he is well-known and liked was evidenced by the fact that the book launch of his new book of photos, Brave New Burma, the type of event which usually sees only sparse attendance at the FCCT, brought with it a very full and enthusiastic crowd.  His black and white photos, taken over many years in Burma, are a stark and vivid record of life there under the harsh military dictatorship, which while still in ultimate control, has ceded some power to an elected representative assembly and executive.  Dunlop’s sober oral commentary accompanying the projection of his photos, added a dimension to his work which, of necessity, would be absent from the book itself.  An altogether worthwhile and enjoyable evening.