Sleepwalk by Zheng Yaohua

Cover of Sleepwalk
Courtesy of good morning light

This is the book received the HUH. Magazine's praise as "a highly accomplished publication" in their review in 2010.

Sleepwalk is Zheng Yaohua's debut photo book, which was published in 2009 by good morning light, an independent publisher in Beijing, China. The photographs, selected from Zheng's work of 2003-2007, were poetically sequenced and turn out to be a silent journey across New York City. HUH described the result.

Throughout the book we're taken in a trance-like state around a dream filled New York City. When we arrive everything is silent, people move around us without making a noise. No one looks us in the eye, no one even notices we're there. Strange things are happening, dozens of people cross the street dressed as angels and no one bats an eyelid. After wandering through the secret areas of Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn we go down to the subway and embark on a silent journey out to the sea. With long shadows on the sandy beach, we wake up before sunset. - HUH., 2010

The copies of the book are available in bookstores in Asia, Europe and U.S., such as  the 14-19 shop, BookActually, HUH., Ooga Booga, Panorama, Printed Matter, photo-eye or Yvon Lambert Bookshop. It may be easy to find a store near you to make a purchase before place an order on the sites listed below.

Text and more images from the book can be found in the dedicated page on the photographer's website.

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Title: Sleepwalk
Photographer: Zheng Yaohua
US$15.00 plus shipping. Buy from the publisher
US$15.00 plus shipping. Signed. Buy from the photographer
Publisher: good morning light
Published in 2009
52 pages, color
5.5" x 7.9" (14cm x 20cm)
Offset
Softcover, saddle-stitched
First edition 400