Club Lunch: Chinese Turkestan: a Photographic Journey through an Ancient Civilisation

Speaker: Ryan Pyle
Photographer, Filmmaker, Author

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2014
12:45PM – LUNCH
1:15PM – ADDRESS
1ST FLOOR

Sparsely populated and spanning more than 1.6 million square kilometers of desert, river basins, mountains, and grasslands, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has had a turbulent history. Many of the events that have occurred there during the last 2500 years have been inextricably associated with its geographical position in northwest China, at a crossroads linking Europe and Asia. Traversed by branches of the series of trade routes that formed the ancient Silk Road, the region has been fought over and controlled by a succession of warlords and empires.  Mr. Pyle will share his insights and photos from nearly a decade of exploring ancient footsteps in shifting sands in China’s remote northwest.

Mr. Pyle moved to China permanently in 2002 and in 2004 became a regular contributor to the New York Times. In 2009 Ryan was listed by PDN Magazine as one of the 30 emerging photographers in the world. In 2010 Ryan began working full time on television and documentary film production and has produced and presented several large multi-episode television series for major broadcasters in the USA, Canada, UK, Asia, China and continental Europe.

$150 (MEMBERS)    $250 (GUESTS)

Please reserve with the FCC concierge at (tel) 2521 1511, (fax) 2868 4092
or (email) concierge@fcchk.org

IMPORTANT

• Confirmation will be sent to you once your booking is accepted. If you do not receive a confirmation within two working days, please contact our Concierge.
• Please indicate your preference of dishes (fish, chicken, vegetable or vegan) when placing the booking.
• Guests who arrive after 1:10pm will be served lunch only after the event ends.
• No cancellations will be accepted after noon on Wednesday, October 29

Date: 

Monday, November 3, 2014 - 12:45 to 14:30