Thomas Sauvin : Until Death Do Us Part

Thomas Sauvin

Until Death Do Us Part

5,30 x 8,30 x 2,10 cm / 108 pages
Hardcover, with a cigarette box
2015
Publisher: Beijing Silvermine

"Until Death Do Us Part" focuses on the unexpected role cigarettes play in Chinese weddings. As a token of appreciation, it is customary for the bride to light a cigarette for each and every man invited. The bride and the groom are then invited to play some cigarette-smoking games of an unprecedented ingenuousness. This publication pays homage to a tradition in which love and death walk hand in hand. These photos come from the Beijing Silvermine project, an archive of 850 000 negatives salvaged over the years from a recycling plant on the edge of Beijing.

Riso print available in bundle with the book:

A2 Size / 42x59.4cm

Munken Pure 150gr

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