Gallery: A Mind-Blowing Pop-Up Book Shows China's Vanishing Tribes
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Colette Fu constructs intricate pop-up books out of her photographs. *Image: Colette Fu*
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Her most recent series, "We Are Tiger Dragon People," looks at the minorities in China's Yunnan Province. *Image: Colette Fu*
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Each single-page pop-up book tells a narrative. This particular book is about the food of the Dai people. *Image: Colette Fu*
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When shooting for her books, Fu avoids shadows, and likes to shoot straight-on full-body shots for maximum flexibility. *Image: Colette Fu*
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Up to 20 different photos can be used in a single book. *Image: Colette Fu*
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To give you a sense of scale, her "We Are Tiger Dragon People" pop-up books are 36x53 inches when fully opened. *Image: Colette Fu*
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“I always like to do things with my hands and make things, and I was always good at math,” says Fu. *Image: Colette Fu*
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This helped her with the more technical aspects of crafting the pop-ups. *Image: Colette Fu*
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Fu says her pop-ups get people to look at subject matter that they typically wouldn't look at otherwise. *Image: Colette Fu*
