From the Archives: World Press Photo contest 2022
A third-year student at Thammasat University participates in a pro-democracy protest in Bangkok, Thailand on 3 October 2021.
The project juxtaposes archival images of the 6 October 1976 massacre of students at Bangkok's Thammasat University with photographs Rachurutchata took during the 2020-2022 Thai protests, in order to understand the root causes of the present-day protests. The photographer emulates the Japanese art of kintsugi by tearing photographs, then mending them with lacquer and powdered gold. Rachurutchata uses the kintsugi to symbolize the transformation of trauma into hope for a better future.
SEAO-OPF-WIN-14
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