17 18 19 Though the passage of time

Though the passage of time is one of the most palpable tensions at work in these photographs

This volume was given a second life through the expert hands of Kensuke Koike

In the studio

I photographed the young people in pairs

There are currently an estimated 2

17 18 19 Though the passage of timeThe series 17 18 19 is drawn from a bag of negative film salvaged from a recycling plant on the outskirts of Beijing in 2010. The bag contained an archive of over 15,000 scratched black and white negatives, shot at one of the citys detention centers between 1991 and 1993. Pocket knives, screwdrivers, shovels, stolen cash, clothing, jewelry and home electronics are placed before the camera ; the photographs clearly present evidence and mugshots of the