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my grandfather turned into a tiger ... and other illusions
123 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 23 cm
"Pao Houa Her's compelling first monograph explores the fundamental concepts of home and belonging. Her's work draws inspiration from a myriad of sources: apocryphal family tales; portraits of the artist's community; and reimagined landscapes of home, invoking a cosmology grounded in the traditions and metaphors of the Hmong diasporic community" -- Back cover
Plates -- Forest of beginnings / Mai Der Vang -- In conversation / Audrey Sands, Pao Houa Her -- Paj quam ntuj: Flowers of the sky / Kao Kalia Yang -- Confabulations, in search of Teb Chaw / Godfre Leung -- Pao Houa Her's magic of construction, dislocation, and illusion / Kong Pheng Pha -- Biographies -- Acknowledgements -- Image index -- Series descriptions
[photographs by Pao Houa Her ; interview by Audrey Sands ; with contributions by Godfre Leung, Kong Pheng Pha, Mai Der Veng, Kao Kalia Yang].
Published in conjunction with the Next Step Award, a collaboration between Aperture and Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York, in partnership with 7IG Foundation.
"An exhibition of Pao Houa Her's work will open at Baxter St at Camera Club of New York in February 2024" -- colophon.
"Each cover is unique, featuring up to thirty-two jacket iterations, but is anchored by the same sticker on the front and back"--Photo-Eye bookstore.
Illustrated wrappers; colour illustrated dust jacket.
Includes bibliographical references and index.