Shanghai Odyssey Alistair McAlpine Publishing Since Brighton Rock in the

Since Brighton Rock in the 1940s photographers and film directors have been trying to capture the personalities and characteristics of the British urban gangster on film

he embraced this sense of claustrophobia and transformed it into a fabulous series of images

The result is a combination of different stories where the birds take up the spotlight like fantastical creatures inhabiting made-up worlds

Second printing (2020)

these images are the result of collaboration and friendship – between the artist

Shanghai Odyssey Alistair McAlpine Publishing Since Brighton Rock in theFirst edition of Shanghai Odyssey by Homer Sykes. First impression. medium format hardback in near fine condition. Some minor shelf wear to the dust jacket only. Signed with a personalised inscription, by the artist, to Chris Steele Perkins. About Shanghai is a city that has experienced phenomenal growth. A new city has sprung up across the Huangpu river in Pudong, a focus for foreign investment and futuristic architecture. Yet on the Bund the citys