Never smile again - Limited Edition 3 of 7 Photograph

Photography: Black & White, Paper, Engraving on Paper. “Never Smile Again”, Photograph, scraped on the surface , 50x80 cm. The work was inspired by the political history of Thailand. I took this photo in October 2010 at the Royal Thai Embassy in London. At that time, a group of postgraduate Thai art students gathered for taking a group portrait. The objective of the shooting was to have a dialogue with other group portraits in the embassy. In the place, there were portraits of princes, royals, and descendants of aristocrats who had come to study in the United Kingdom a hundred years ago. While those princes and nobles had come to study military, economics, and politics, we – the persons in the new group portrait, came to study art. After developing and printing the photo, I created an effect on the photo’s surface by scraping onto it. I applied an ‘engraving’ technique, normally used in glassmaking, to the surface of the photo. The result is a haunting but playful effect on a photo that has a special place in my memory. Later, this photo was used as a cover for a famous book on art and history in Thailand.

Photography:Black & White on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:7

Size:31.5 W x 19.7 H x 0 D in

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