Thursday, August 20, 2009

Exits – The Mystery Of Death by Victor Chin, Peter and Wuan Tan


Body, photograph by Victor Chin

"The mystery of death - photo essay, in mysinchew, Aug 13, 2009 - - What is death? - This is a question that confronts everyone as it is at the heart of humanity. There are those who believe that after death, there is nothing, and there are those who believe it is the exit to another life. But the real answer is finally unknowable – for no one has been there and come back to tell us what it is. What may survive after death are memories, some of which are concretized in photographs. Photography has a tremendous power to preserve private memories and perpetuate the ‘life’ of a departed one. They record moments and emotions that can be revisited by the person looking at them. Exits presents two photographic views of death by Peter Tan and his wife Wuan, and by Victor Chin, focusing on their mothers as subject..."

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Mum and me, photograph by Peter Tan

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Exits – The Mystery Of Death, in Peter Tan's Blog http://www.petertan.com/blog/2009/08/19/exits-the-mystery-of-death
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Photographs as Memories, in Victor Chin's Blog http://victorchin.com/2009/08/19/photographs-as-memories/

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Pictures that speak a thousand words, The Star Online, Tuesday August 18, 2009 ... read on
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