Publisher Note
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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ISBN-13:
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 |
