NEWS FROM HANS
Winner of the Silver Medal in the Photography Category, Independent Publisher Book Awards 2020.
PRAISE FOR DIVINE ENCOUNTERS
Hans Kemp’s seventh photo book, Divine Encounters: Sacred Rituals and Ceremonies in Asia, is out now. The first reviews are in and unanimously praise the book.
Inspirational and highly motivating.
Art Wolfe – Renowned photographer of over 100 books and TV host of Art Wolfe’s Travels to the Edge
An exquisite journey to the far side of faith.
Tom Vater, author of Sacred Skin – Thailand’s Spirit Tattoos
A magnificent photographic tribute to Asia’s spirituality.
Kevin B. Turner, author of Sky Shamans of Mongolia: Meetings with Remarkable Healers
Kemp takes the viewer centre-stage to the drama with terrific photography that somehow manages to get right into the faces–and souls–of the participants.
Michael Buckley, author of Meltdown in Tibet
For readers who are sure to spend hours in the vibrant collection of photos.
The Kyoto Journal
This is art. Savor it and be dazzled.
Janet Brown, author of Tone Deaf in Bangkok
Every shot is bursting with colour and spectacle.
The Bangkok Post
This is a monumental work in every way — 400 pages packed with provocative images, providing a fascinating and intimate portrayal of some of Asia’s most unusual festivals and rituals.
The Nikkei Asian Review
MEETING THE GOD-MAN ONCE MORE
I recently returned to Japan to give some copies of my book Divine Encounters to the people who so graciously assisted me in taking the photos for the chapter on the Konomiya Hadaka Matsuri, 12 years ago.
NOW ON INSTAGRAM
I am now regularly posting on Instagram. If you want to be the first to get updates on my travels, see new images and receive special offers for books and tours, consider following me on IG. It will be great to see you there.
VEDANA LAGOON RESORT & SPA, VIETNAM
I recently photographed and filmed Vedana Lagoon resort & spa in Vietnam, creating visual content for their promotional needs.
ON ASSIGNMENT IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
One of the projects I’m involved with takes a novel approach to nature conservation in remote areas of Papua New Guinea.
HANS IS CURRENTLY IN THAILAND
HANS IS CURRENTLY IN THAILAND
ABOUT HANS
Award winning Dutch photographer and publisher Hans Kemp has been photographing all corners of Asia for over three decades. His iconic photography has appeared in countless magazines and coffee-table books and continues to enthrall a worldwide audience
Hans first arrived in Asia in 1986 at the start of what turned out to be an 18-month sojourn before finally taking the Trans Siberian train from Beijing to Moscow and then onwards to the Netherlands. The nomadic bug had firmly entrenched itself however and Hans soon found himself back in Asia guiding tour groups across the Karakoram Highway from Northern Pakistan into China’s Xinjiang province and onwards into Tibet.
Establishing a base in Hong Kong in the early 1990’s allowed Hans to develop his photography skills, traversing and capturing Asia in iconic images published in a wide variety of international magazines and books. He pioneered the creation of quality postcards in Vietnam and founded the illustrated book publisher Visionary World in Hong Kong.
Hans’ coffee-table books depict Asia in all its shades, textures and color. The iconic Bikes of Burden, an homage to the incredible load carrying motorbikes of Vietnam is an international bestseller.
More than 30 years after his initial foray into Asia Hans’ fascination with the vicissitudes of this vibrant continent has not diminished. Never short on ideas, from his current base Bangkok, Hans passionately continues to aim his camera at little known corners of this enervating and energizing part of the world for his next photography book or assignment.
