Also by Suzanne PĂŠpin
La Belle Aurore Notebook of a soapmaker on a budget Spain sings to me Postcards to me Sweets for the heart Flowers in my backyard Make soap with me My kitchen In Mexico Pesto de Chili Mulato y Chili pasilla
Available at http://issuu.com/
Amazing China Suzanne PĂŠpin SoFoBoMo 2011
Amazing China: Inner Beauty Copyright Š2011 by : Manuel Passion design
About the Author
Suzanne PĂŠpin moved from QuĂŠbec, Canada to China at the beginning of 2011 with 4 suitcases and her Canon EOS Rebel T1i. Prior to China, she was living the intrepid life of an expatriate spouse in Mexico for four years. Soon after the move to Mexico, her passion for photography and food developed into publishing her first book in 2007: La Belle Aurore, from Mothers to Daughters, a collection of family recipes. There was never a day off without cooking something in her kitchen. With that love for creativity, she developed a love affair with photography, which she incorporated in her second book: Notebook of a soapmaker on a budget, produced in 2009. That collection of 35 handmade soaps was done with the project of SoFoBoMo* 2009, her first one. In 2010, Suzanne produced her second SoFoBoMo* book entitled: Spain sings to me, a collection of photos taken during her month vacationing in Spain in the summer of 2010. During that time in 2010, a second book of photography was produced for SoFoBoMo* : Postcards to me, because she was on a roll and decided to make a book on postcards that she has sent to herself during her trip to Spain. That book is more a collection for her than anything else, just a fun way to produce and to keep memories at bay. Sweet for the heart was her third book Suzanne did for SoFoBoMo* in 2010. She had time on her hand and she was enjoying her new camera so much that anything that would touch her heart, a photo would be taken. Since 2007, Suzanne maintains her blog at labelleaurore.wordpress.com.
*SoFoBoMo is short for Solo Photo Book Month - a group event where a bunch of photographers all make solo photo books start to finish in 31 days
To my brother Christian (1957-1975)
He was, in my eyes, one true living soul, inspired by his inner peace and the present moment.
Introduction I know it sounds a bit tacky but, I decided to do a photography book on the inner beauty of China. I mean, we all know China, by looking from the outside to the inside, almost like being on our comfort green grass this side of the fence and judging over there, what the others are doing. When people first learned of my moving to China, they all had the same reaction: ‘China? Why?, Oh it is so and so and so…’ , a conversation mostly filled with negative words and thinking’s. And when I dared to ask the question: ‘Have you been to China?’ the answer would be: ‘No but I have heard…’ To me, it is not China. Not the way I feel it and see it every day. Living the other side of the fence here in China, and with this book, I am presenting my feeling; the inner beauty of this country. China is full of colors, beautiful people with unlimited courage and a strong determination to keep family tradition their priority. Welcome to my China, through my pixels.