Lotus

Photographer
Max Pinckers
Publisher

Lyre Press
ISBN

9789082465518 — Open search and refresh status Amazon.ca — Open search and refresh status Amazon.com — Open search and refresh status AbeBooks — Open search and refresh status eBay — Open search and refresh status
Publication Year

2016
Edition

First Edition (Limited to 3,000 copies)

Hardcover with linen finish Hardcover English 152 pages 19.5 × 27 cm 700g

Description

Lotus documents the world of transsexuals (kathoey) in Thailand through a lens that challenges the “fly-on-the-wall” objectivity of traditional documentary photography. Pinckers and De Bruyn utilize deliberate staging and artificial lighting to transform their subjects into a visual metaphor for the identity crisis facing contemporary documentary work. The book features a light blue cotton cover and unique yellow fold-out pages containing raw, spontaneous images taken with disposable cameras distributed to the subjects, providing a meta-narrative that demystifies the artistic process.

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