Imagine Chinese by Armelle Burke

Imagine Chinese illustrates 150 simple Chinese characters with photographs to represent their meaning, taken over a decade of travel in China by Photographer Armelle Burke. A series of photographic essays visualise the iconic imagery in Chinese characters to make them understandable. This book explains what you need to know about a country where the written language is unique.

The book has four sections: Human, Nature, Animal and Material, presenting Chinese characters relevant to each theme. An introduction to Chinese character construction, their history and the evolution of Chinese script enables the reader to comprehend the information in the book.

Imagine Chinese concludes with a giant gallery mural illustrating the meaning of 600 Chinese characters with photographs, exemplifying that learning the simple characters presented in this book enables Chinese comprehension to expand rapidly. The book’s Photography shows in glorious colours a fascinating country and illuminates what is dazzling, different and useful to know about a language and culture oozing imagination.

About Armelle Burke

Armelle Burke is a British/French Photographer who has travelled extensively. Her creative projects include music Photography for London-based magazines and ski Photography in Argentina. Armelle Lectures Photography at Universities in China and has spent a decade studying Chinese. Armelle is a native English speaker and fluent in French. She has also studied Spanish, Portuguese, and Indonesian.

Imagine Chinese is inspired by her language studies and years of professional practice as an Artist and Lecturer. The story follows her creative journey to understand Chinese using a camera, producing a book where art and language collide.

Armelle Burke is represented by the London Siger Gallery, with whom she exhibits her Photographic artwork internationally. For more information about Armelle Burke, please visit: www.armelle.co.uk