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With VERSO Thomas Sauvin revisits his collection of ID photos amassed in China over the last fifteen years. By exposing them to a strong light source, the characters inscribed on the back of the prints show through by transparency and materialize on unfamiliar faces.
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Thomas Sauvin (1983) is a French visual artist and Chinese photography expert. He traveled the length and breadth of China for over 10 years assembling a vast collection for the English Archive of Modern Conflict project. Interested in vernacular photography, since 2009 he has collected discarded negatives from a recycling plant north of Beijing. His continuously changing Beijing Silvermine archive, which contains over a half-million anonymous snapshots, has featured in many exhibitions, collaborative projects and publications.
Thomas Sauvin lives and works in Paris and Beijing, China.
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Release Place | Paris, France |
Release Date | 2022 |
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978-2-492175-21-3
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Subform | Photobook |
Topics | China, Id, Portraits |
Methods | Photography |
Language | Simplified Chinese, English, French |
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Format | Hardcover |
Dimensions | 24.4 × 35.0 cm |
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Pages | 128 |