Passage to China: A Photographic Celebration of the Silk Road

This portion of China, rich with centuries of culture, includes remote sections of the Great Wall, markets, temples, palaces, and more.The future holds promise, as railway, road, and pipeline extensions are underway to create the new Silk Road Economic Belt, expanding to include trade routes to Poland, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia, making it the largest global trade route of our age.Photographer Liza Gershman takes you along on her journey to visit this once prolific passageway, central to the country’s global presence and a cultural essence woven by mystery, legend, and thousands of years of history.. With a distance of approximately four thousand miles by land between China and ancient Rome, filled with foreboding deserts and fierce mountains, traveling between the two regions was a treacherous and often life-threatening trip. China’s Silk Road was instrumental in opening up a world that had never been experienced before, linking the exotic East to the developmen

She has had the opportunity to photograph in more than twenty-seven countries and forty-six US states during her career. The author resides in San Francisco, California.. About the AuthorLiza Gershman is an award-winning photographer, writer, and seasoned world traveler with a passion for food, people, and culture

She has had the opportunity to photograph in more than twenty-seven countries and forty-six US states during her career. Liza Gershman is an award-winning photographer, writer, and seasoned world traveler with a passion for food, people, and culture. The author resides in San Francisco, California.