UNTIL DEATH DO US PART - Thomas Sauvin
Until Death Do Us Part by Thomas Sauvin is about the surprising role cigarettes play in Chinese weddings. As a token of appreciation, it is customary for the bride to light a cigarette for each male guest. The bride and groom are then invited to play cigarette smoking games of unprecedented ingenuity. This publication pays tribute to a tradition where love and death go hand in hand. These photos come from the Beijing Silvermine (北京银矿) project, an archive of half a million negatives recovered over the years from a recycling plant on the outskirts of Beijing.
The book is inserted into a real cigarette pack.
5.30 x 8.30 x 2.10 cm / 108 pages
Published by Jiazazhi
Sixth edition (2022)
Also available as a collector's edition
Until Death Do Us Part by Thomas Sauvin is about the surprising role cigarettes play in Chinese weddings. As a token of appreciation, it is customary for the bride to light a cigarette for each male guest. The bride and groom are then invited to play cigarette smoking games of unprecedented ingenuity. This publication pays tribute to a tradition where love and death go hand in hand. These photos come from the Beijing Silvermine (北京银矿) project, an archive of half a million negatives recovered over the years from a recycling plant on the outskirts of Beijing.
The book is inserted into a real cigarette pack.
5.30 x 8.30 x 2.10 cm / 108 pages
Published by Jiazazhi
Sixth edition (2022)
Also available as a collector's edition
Until Death Do Us Part by Thomas Sauvin is about the surprising role cigarettes play in Chinese weddings. As a token of appreciation, it is customary for the bride to light a cigarette for each male guest. The bride and groom are then invited to play cigarette smoking games of unprecedented ingenuity. This publication pays tribute to a tradition where love and death go hand in hand. These photos come from the Beijing Silvermine (北京银矿) project, an archive of half a million negatives recovered over the years from a recycling plant on the outskirts of Beijing.
The book is inserted into a real cigarette pack.
5.30 x 8.30 x 2.10 cm / 108 pages
Published by Jiazazhi
Sixth edition (2022)
Also available as a collector's edition
