In this issue, we travel with our editor-in-chief to the village of Heshun on China’s historic Tea House Road, visit Romano Cagnoni’s Italian studio, have a voyeuristic look inside his London refrigerator, and get a good-humored mouthful of photo slang. One of the most widely published photographers in the world, Michael has worked for most major international magazine and book publishers. A leading photographer for Smithsonian magazine (more than 40 assignments), he has also published over 120 books on subjects as varied as Angkor, Sudan, ethnic minorities in Southeast Asia, the Shakers, and contemporary Japanese design and architecture. Michael’s 50 books on the practice of photography have sold almost two million copies in more than 20 languages. His latest large-format book is The Tea Horse Road. He teaches photography at UK’s Open College of the Arts—see his educational support website at thefreemanview.com