Hans Kemp

Award winning Dutch photographer Hans Kemp first arrived in Asia in 1986, on a one-way ticket to Kuala Lumpur. The 18-month long journey through Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Tibet, Nepal and Thailand ended with a Trans Siberian train ride from Beijing back to the Netherlands. Unable and unwilling to succumb to the trappings of a sedentary life Hans soon returned to Asia, guiding groups along the Silk Road and across the Karakoram Highway from Northern Pakistan into China's Xinjiang province and onwards into Tibet. Establishing a base on Lantau Island in Hong Kong in the early 1990's allowed Hans to further develop his photography skills, traversing and capturing Asia in iconic images published in a wide variety of international magazines and books. Hans founded Visionary World Publishers in Hong Kong and pioneered the creation of quality postcards of Vietnam, a country where he lived from 1995 till 2008. Divine Encounters is Hans’ seventh book, adding to a list that includes the iconic Bikes of Burden, an ode to Vietnam’s load carrying motorbikes, a best-seller with over 100,000 copies sold in four languages. Other titles include Ardent Eye and Burmese Light. Since 2012 Hans is also the co-owner, together with acclaimed author Tom Vater, of Crime Wave Press, a young and growing publisher of international crime fiction. In 2014 Hans, writing as Jonathan H Kemp, published A Nose for Trouble, his first crime novel partly set in Hong Kong, Macau and Tibet. Though a long time has passed, Hans' enchantment and fascination with the vicissitudes of Asia has not diminished. Never short on ideas, from his current base Bangkok, he passionately continues to aim his camera at little known corners of this enervating and energizing continent for his next book. You can see more of Hans’ work on his website. Sign up for his newsletter if you want to stay informed about new projects and special promotions. You can also follow Hans on Facebook and Instagram. www.hanskemp.com www.facebook.com/hanskempphotography https://www.instagram.com/hanskempphotography