Vietnam: A Book of Changes Valerie Galloway Harry saw a purple wax

Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms

Bound in vellum with traditional Japanese thread

in search of the figure of the savage as it survives in local popular traditions

and introspections

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Vietnam: A Book of Changes Valerie Galloway Harry saw a purple waxFirst edition of Vietnam: A Book of Changes by Mitch Epstein. First impression. Medium format hardback in fine condition. About Mitch Epstein's evocative pictures reveal a complex Vietnam that few Americans have ever seen. This is not a document about the war; nor is it the pastoral idyll other photographers have portrayed. Vietnam, through Epstein's eyes, is a sometimes disturbing and sometimes sublime palimpsest. Vietnam: A Book of Changes