'YOUTH' by Chardchakaj Waikawee

YOUTH presents an alternative archive of Bangkok through portraits of people living on its margins. Produced between 2008 and 2020, the project traces Waikawee's long-term engagement with communities across the city while showcasing a photographic practice shaped by expired film, improvised equipment and DIY processing techniques, resulting in his distinctive, saturated colour palette.

The publication concludes with a contrasting series of collodion wet plate portraits of Buddhist monks. Although separated by more than a century of photographic technology, the two bodies of work demonstrate Waikawee's enduring commitment to process, materiality and the visible traces of image-making. They also draw unexpected parallels between distinct systems of belief, resilience and ways of inhabiting the world.Contributing texts by Chardchakaj Waikawee, Rachel Harrison and Thanes Wongyannava.

Size: 25.7 x 19cm
No. of Pages: 90
Edition: 700
ISBN: 978-1-0682204-3-2

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