PSALMS

The photo essay. Something between a novel and a film. Experienced alone and in the quiet that books bring. Part photojournalism, part ethnography, part storyboard, part polemic, part truth and part history. A physical object, designed, edited, printed and bound - bought into production by fine publishers through collaboration.

These works record some of what was witnessed, what was seen and who was met, the conversations we had - the psalms we repeated.

Subjects include a portrait of Kuala Lumpur’s infamous Pudu Jail days before it was demolished, a similar record of Pentridge Prison in Melbourne, an account of Myanmar’s discarded cultural memory, a journey into Japan’s urban rituals, and a modern history of Bangkok through its graffiti and street art subcultures.

Amidst great volatility, these books focus on alternative heritage in the Asian region where the fascinating nexus between, place, people, memory and change is legible.

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With admiration:
[] 梅佳代 UME Kayo – Ume-me, and others
[] Danny LYON – Conversations with the Dead
[] Larry CLARK – Tulsa
[] 石内都 ISHIUCHI Miyako – Hiroshima
[] 野村佐紀子 NOMURA Sakiko – About Love, and others
[] Andrew LICHTENSTEIN – photojournalism