Until Death Do Us Part (双喜) focuses on the unexpected role cigarettes play in Chinese weddings.
As a token of appreciation, it is customary for the bride to light a cigarette for each and every man invited. The bride and the groom are then invited to play some cigarette-smoking games of an unprecedented ingenuousness. This publication pays homage to a tradition in which love and death walk hand in hand.
These photos come from Thomas Sauvin's Beijing Silvermine project, an archive of half a million negatives salvaged over the years from a recycling plant on the outskirts of Beijing.
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Key Features
- Explores the role of cigarettes in Chinese wedding traditions
- Photographs from Thomas Sauvin's Beijing Silvermine archive
- Housed in an original cigarette box
Product Details
- Publisher: Jiazazhi Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 108
- Size: 2.1 x 3.3 x 0.8 in / 53 x 83 x 21 mm
- Edition: 3rd